The morning after the battle brought a fragile stillness, the kind that only followed great turmoil. The first rays of sunlight spilled across the bloodstained battlefield, illuminating the devastation but also casting a warm glow over the surviving army of light. The land, though ravaged, seemed to breathe again, as though freed from the suffocating grip of darkness. Prince Elric stood on a rise overlooking the plains. His golden cape, torn and weathered, billowed gently in the breeze. In the distance, survivors worked tirelessly, gathering the wounded, honoring the dead, and salvaging what little remained. Their faces were etched with sorrow, but in their eyes glimmered a newfound hope—a spark that had been absent for so long. "Your Highness," General Ralen called out, ascending the slope with a noticeable limp. His injuries, like so many others’, were hastily tended, but his spirit remained unbroken. "The healers report that our numbers are fewer than we feared, though still fa
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