"In the Battle of Ustato, my lord proposed the 'high strategy' of destroying the river, an action that caused vast fertile black lands to be washed away. Countless farmlands remain uncultivable to this day. My lord, do you understand the harm that floodwaters impose on the land? How many homes will your decision destroy, how many people will be displaced, and how many will perish in famine?
You, laden with countless honors, yet seek victory by any means necessary, without adhering to the Knight's Creed, imposing a heavy price upon hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians. My lord, do you feel no remorse in your heart? Or perhaps, in your noble eyes, the civilians... or rather, the Kantadar people, are mere ants, not truly considered human?"
Adexus, with a defiant gaze, spat out the blunt questioning, his sharp and piercing voice echoing in the hall.
