With little to no next choice, our forces were forced to retreat, leaving behind just the conquered city.
This obviously hit our soldiers' morale and stuff, but still, it's better than getting wiped out.
However, there is an obvious side effect.
The elves are now able to fortify their line of defense back to their original state.
But…. Well, I wanted to say "fuck you", so I suggested to set the entire city on fire and let it burn down.
This will weaken the elven defenses and make it harder for them to repair the damage…. But on the other hand, it's also wounding us, since we needed a base at the frontlines and now we have lost a base that would be both an easy target as well as a perfect location.
Still, the benefits outshine the downsides, since we cannot let the enemy reinforce their line of defense.
And this is not the end of bad news.
Thanatos was forced to run away.
