An hour later, the remnants of the Ammarian Army that managed to escape ran as if their lives depended on it.
As much as General Fahad and Benjamin wanted to kill them all, they simply didn't have enough manpower to do so.
Their side had also suffered quite a few casualties, as well as serious injuries, but the morale of the Yelan Army was at an all time high as they shouted their cries of triumph, making the fleeting Ammarians hear their victorious shouts as they escaped from the jaws of death.
There were also hundreds of soldiers who had surrendered. All of them were herded to the side, while General Fahad and Benjamin listened to the reports of their commanders, tallying the numbers of injured and dead in the battle that just ended.
Lux's team, with the exception of Cai, Keane, and Xander, had joined the Yelan Army in the fighting against the Ammarian Soldiers.
Cai and Keane had pushed themselves too much in the battle and were no longer in condition to join the fight.
Xander, Fei Fei, Ishtar, and Lazarus stayed with them in order to guard them to prevent anyone from taking advantage of their weakened state.
While the others were resting, Lux was looking for Eiko who had suddenly disappeared without his notice.
"Eiko!" Lux shouted. "Where are you, Eiko?!"
The Half-Elf shouted for the Baby Slime's name over and over again for nearly half an hour before he heard Eiko's reply inside his mind.
"Pa!"
Lux immediately locked on the direction where he sensed Eiko's presence and urged Bedivere to fly in that direction.
A few minutes later, they found the Baby Slime perched on top of a tree, waiting for Lux to pick her up.
"Pa!"
Eiko happily jumped towards Lux, and the Half-Elf caught the Baby Slime with both of his hands.
"Where did you go, Eiko?" Lux asked. "I was worried about you."
"Pa!" Eiko replied as she told Lux where she went and what she did.
The Baby Slime was like an obedient child who nonchalantly confessed all the bad things she had done to her parents, and the things she said made the Half-Elf break into cold sweat.
"You did what?!" Lux exclaimed as soon as Eiko finished her tale. "Eiko, don't do something like that again without telling me. That was very dangerous!"
Eiko blinked once then twice, before nodding her head in understanding.
"Pa!"
"Promise me you won't do something dangerous again without my approval. You already died once. Iris and I definitely don't want to see you die a second time."
Eiko became a bit teary-eyed as she nodded her head in acknowledgement of Lux's words. So, she made a promise to not do anything dangerous again without her Papa's consent.
"Pa!"
"Good girl. For now, keep Second's body. We will tell General Fahad and Benjamin in private that we managed to kill the two highest commanding officers of the Ammarian Army. I'm sure that they will be very happy to hear the news."
Eiko nodded. "Un!"
The Half-Elf then placed Eiko back on top of his head as he made his way towards the place where Cai, Keane, Xander, and Fei Fei were currently resting.
It had been a long night, and the Half-Elf could feel that his body was starting to feel as heavy as lead.
After the adrenaline rush ended and seeing that Eiko was safe and sound, the Half-Elf just wanted to go back to his tent to sleep.
He and the others hadn't had much rest for the past few days, and he was looking forward to sleeping for ten to twelve hours, in order to rest his tired and aching body.
When Lux appeared in the small clearing, he saw Cai lying sideways on the ground, snoring like there was no tomorrow.
Fei Fei, who was lying on the side of Cai's face, was also sound asleep. It seemed that even Cai's loud snoring wasn't enough to wake her up, which proved how exhausted the Golden Slime was after her first campaign with her Master.
Keane, on the other hand, was seated while leaning against a tree. His sword rested on his lap, allowing the skinny swordsman to draw it as soon as danger appeared in front of them.
Although his entire right arm felt numb, he would rather break his bones than die helplessly under the blade of their enemies.
"Is everything alright?" Lux asked.
"Yes," Xander replied. "The battle has ended. Einar, Val, Henrietta, and Malcolm went to see the people that surrendered to check if some of our 'acquaintances' are mixed in among them."
Lux sighed in his heart before sitting beside a tree, using it as a support to hold his exhausted body.
'We came together as allies,' Lux thought. 'Now, we stand on opposing sides.'
Seeing that the Half-Elf was deep in thought, Xander approached him to ask the question that mattered to him.
"If we do see our acquaintances, what do we do with them?" Xander asked.
Lux didn't answer right away. Instead, he lightly patted Eiko's head who was now resting on his lap.
A few minutes of silence descended on the clearing as Lux pondered about what to do with them.
As the leader of the group, he knew that it was up to him to decide their fate.
Whether they would receive mercy or not was entirely up to him.
"Let's discuss it after the others return," Lux said after organizing his thoughts.
Xander no longer insisted on getting a definite answer from Lux.
He knew that this was not an easy decision to make because it would affect the Half-Elf's relationship with the factions waiting for them outside the Domain of the Fallen.
Half an hour later, Einar, Val, Henrietta, and Malcolm returned, and all of them had solemn expressions on their faces.
"How many?" Lux asked without even raising his head.
Although he didn't ask a specific question, Einar and the others understood what he was talking about.
"Six," Einar replied. "Two from Skystead Alliance, two from the Xynnar War Pact, one from the Storm Dragon's Guild, and one from the Six Kingdoms."
Lux sighed internally after hearing Einar's reply.
"Six…," Lux muttered.
If only the representatives of the Six Kingdoms weren't able to view what was happening inside the Dungeon, Lux would definitely not bat an eye and execute them without fail.
Unfortunately, his relationships with the other factions were already strained.
It was one thing for their representatives to die in the midst of battle. No one would find fault with that because this was a battle between two warring nations, and it was only natural for people to die on the battlefield.
However, the fighting had stopped, and they had already surrendered.
If Lux were to kill them now, he would definitely cross the bottom line of the factions that were watching through the eyes of their representatives.
"What should we do with them?" Einar asked.
Even the Barbarian Prince knew the political consequences of Lux's decision. In truth, he was quite happy that he wasn't the one making the hard decision.
If it was him, he would definitely not make a move that would anger the different factions, who could definitely make his life difficult in both Solais and Elysium.
"I'll ask General Fahad to send them to prison and ensure that they will no longer get in the way of our mission," Lux replied as he scanned the faces of the people around him. "You guys won't have any issues with that, right?"
Lux's question wasn't only directed to his teammates, but to those who were watching them from the entrance of the Domain of the Fallen.
This was war, so his actions were in line with the rules of war, and no one can find fault in it.
Although the different factions whose representatives had been captured didn't like the current situation, they had no choice but to begrudgingly accept Lux's decision.
If they were to find fault with how things reached this point, they could only blame their people for not choosing to side with Lux when he had given them a chance to switch sides to the Yelan Army.
Einar, Val, Xander, Henrietta, and Malcolm were relieved because Lux didn't choose the option that would burn bridges between them and the different factions that belonged to Solais and Elysium.
As long as they didn't cross the other parties' bottom line, they could still work together in the future.
Two hours later, the dead bodies of the Yelan Army were taken by their comrades in order to be given a proper burial.
Lux, on the other hand, asked General Fahad to leave the dead bodies of the Ammarians because he still had a need for them.
The General stared at the Half-Elf with a solemn expression and was on the verge of telling him something.
But, in the end, General Fahad decided to hold back the words he wanted to say and just reluctantly nodded his head at the Half-Elf's request.
Although he didn't like how the battle progressed a few hours ago, he had to admit that if the Half-Elf didn't play the villain, their chances of winning were non-existent.
Lux and the others returned to the Yelan Camp, leaving the Half-Elf's Undead Army and Golems working together to strip the dead Ammarian Soldiers of their belongings.
Their storage rings, weapons, and armor were all taken from them and given to General Fahad.
Although Lux liked treasures, he didn't feel like looting the dead bodies of the people that he had killed so viciously.
Even Cai didn't raise any protest about the Half-Elf's decision. The Boar who would shamelessly collect weapons and armors didn't even want to touch a single piece of equipment from the bodies of the dead Ammarian Soldiers.
The only thing it took was General Phobus' equipment and storage rings because they belonged to it by right.
Cai was the one that made it possible for the General to be crippled, and no one had the right to take its hard earned treasures from it.
Lux didn't tell them about what happened to Second because he didn't want the other factions to know that the Vice General was also dead.
He planned to revive the Vice-General and make him one of the members of his Covenant. Although it was regrettable that Second's Rank would deteriorate, Lux knew that adding the deadly strategist to his Undead Army would increase his combat prowess drastically.
For the time being, all of them rested without worry because they knew that the Eastern Battlefield was won.
However, this was just the beginning.
Even though they managed to win against their enemies, the Yelan Army had suffered countless losses, making them unable to reinforce the other battlefields because their remaining army needed to defend the territory they fought so hard to protect.
