[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bear-school-astartes":3,"chapter-bear-school-astartes-bear-school-astartes-chapter-597":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Bear School Astartes",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1620358,2087,"Chapter 597 - 600. The News of the Battle","bear-school-astartes-chapter-597",597,"\u003Cp>\"Phew~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann let out a long breath. His strength was gradually returning, and his body temperature was falling back into the normal range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difficulty of saving lives is not the same as taking them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann confirmed this point once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The operation to break through the blockade could actually be considered a success, after all, more than eight hundred people survived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surely, some people had to die, it was just a matter of how many.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So many people took this as a comfort to themselves: people have to die, but I didn’t. That was lucky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so they could happily rush towards a new life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was still a large group, those who were organized into the front phalanx, truly facing the Niflgaard people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time in their lives, they set foot on a battlefield, facing the enemy’s blades and bloodshed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although they survived, most of them had vacant expressions, stiff movements, unable to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small number, who seemed not to have collapsed, were crying bitterly. Crying for escaping death, crying for their own wounds... and others were crying while cursing with resentment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ged hung his head, unable to lift it, his strong body occasionally shaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because some were cursing him, cursing why he hadn’t protected everyone like he used to, why he brought them into the battlefield when they were supposed to be protected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann was already holding back his anger; when he heard such absurd words, he immediately wanted to teach the person a lesson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when he saw that person exhausted, near collapse, and with a crossbow arrow still lodged in his shoulder, he just couldn’t bring himself to do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps he was only a farmer, a fisherman from the countryside of Sintra. The most lethal things he ever handled might have been pitchforks, sickles, and fishing hooks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the enemy he just faced?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those were the Niflgaardians who had swept away all the regular troops of Sintra.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The few hundreds cobbled together from a temporary encampment came up with bows and crossbows that could even fire a rain of arrows! Among them were also alchemy arrows, explosive arrows, split arrows, flame arrows, and the like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For someone like him to be able to speak at all after facing such a scene, without being mute... was already considered to have strong mental resilience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time it was Ged who held onto Lann’s arm, silently shook his head, and walked away together with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, if you had hit him just now, I know I couldn’t have stopped you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ged had also seen with his own eyes how Lann dealt with the Niflgaard people, this awareness he still had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Lann waved his hand: \"I couldn’t do it anyway... you saw that guy’s state, didn’t you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying this, Lann was silent for a moment, then turned his head slightly and spat on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tch. I always knew that doing good things meant having people pointing knives at you. At the time I thought, if I did good deeds and someone dared to treat me like this, I would certainly not be polite. But I didn’t expect that when I really encountered this day...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I actually didn’t know whether I should be angry or pitiful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ged also shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been with this group of refugees for a longer time, had helped more refugees, and had previously received gratitude from many refugees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But precisely because of this, the refugees relied more on him, had more expectations for him. He also cared more about these pitiful people, and as a result, was hurt more deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And his experience ultimately was greater than Lann’s, and now it was he who was comforting the young Demon Hunter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let go of it, just one day left. In a day’s time, we’ll be able to walk out of Sintra, and at least we can answer to ourselves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, on the other side, Hacksaw was also giving an inspiring speech to the refugees who survived the disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition to the news that they were only one day from reaching the national border, he also revealed a piece of good news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sodden!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The former Royal Steward used his thick and well-trained voice to loudly announce this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That solemn and dignified tone was like announcing the presence of royalty and nobility entering the court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In Sodden! Everyone!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All the noble lords of the Northern Countries! They have already seen the threat of the Niflgaardian black dogs, and have deployed forces to Sodden!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There, justice and evil! The Northern People and the Niflgaardians will commence the battle!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hacksaw passionately waved the heavy steel scepter in his hand, as if a Niflgaardian stood in front of him and he was about to crush his skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hacksaw stood on a small stone platform, with Stuart beneath him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eighteen-year-old knight did not follow his father’s emotions, instead simply lowering his head and fondling the pommel’s balance on his sword hilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Watch, everyone! When you cross the border, you will gain not only safety and freedom! You will also witness firsthand the crushing defeat of the Niflgaardians!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The passing refugees below cheered in response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t clear if it was because they were excited to hear the news of approaching the border or because of the news of the Battle of Sodden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wave after wave of refugees moved away, and Hacksaw on the stone platform continued to spread the message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if he wouldn’t stop until he told every refugee the news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the sun dipped low into darkness, the refugees finally reluctantly stopped to set up camp and rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it was only a day’s journey, traveling at night was after all a life-threatening matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, this night, there were hardly any people gathering near the Demon Hunter’s tent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They uttered low whispers like mosquitoes and flies from afar, imagining life after reaching safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-----------------\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, at the Niflgaard temporary encampment that had failed to block them, the atmosphere didn’t feel like that of defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because outside the temporary encampment that should have been sparsely populated due to heavy casualties, there was now the dense and uneasy sound of horses’ hooves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A horse’s hooves trotting on the ground wouldn’t make too much noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if the number were... a thousand?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the cover of darkness, the temporary encampment was maintained at an illuminating expense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the encampment, a large number of knights, each with two horses, were gathered together, their armor, and the armor on their warhorses, gleamed with a glossy finish under the firelight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silent, oppressive, full of killing aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And behind the cavalry unit, there was a total of two thousand five hundred infantry and archer units.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cavalry unit alone, in terms of military strength, was equivalent to the total armed force of many small Northern countries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, such a ferocious unit, sufficient to play a decisive role in a large-scale battle, was all gathered outside this small temporary encampment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These soldiers can only stay here for at most two days, they have other orders. And you just used up a precious Magic Communication Talisman.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the temporary encampment, Duke Adal Epp Dasrcy, in full armor, played with a dagger at his fingertips, his eerie gaze set on Darkley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, the information you give me better be worth this kind of spectacle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Darkley wore a confident smile on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>",1238,"2026-06-06T10:40:23.767Z",1,"novelbin.me","c72325030c8a614dab8b06eb50519dba8a256471ed8ee2f15a44578b9f35aafc","bear-school-astartes-chapter-598","bear-school-astartes-chapter-531",1043,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbear-school-astartes-cover.jpg"]