Wait, so the battlefield was actually THAT close to Noel's village? And he did nothing even though it's common for wars to easily spread to nearby villages? Wow, Noel and everyone in that village are stupid to keep relaxing and prepared nothing.
The pacing reminds me of cooking shows where the “chef” presented the finished dish out of thin air because “it would have taken too long”.
Nevermind catching up, I think Noel wouldn't follow Gudal at all. Remember how amicable Noel was to Gudal even after Gudal ordered his soldiers to kill him. It would be uncharacteristically weird if Noel suddenly realized that Gudal is actually a bad guy and then went on pursuing him back to his village.I don't think it is supposed to be that close. I think we're just supposed to ignore that Gudal got there in the time it took for Noel to dispatch the other knights, which was somehow also not fast enough for him to come anywhere close to catching up.
so the idea that this may be a dash to a ending do to a axe is rather probable.If comparing to the WN ver, i can guess who she is, tough the manga plot already move into different route
Even Gudal died in different way compared to the WN ver
Once again, i cant say which ver is better tbh