By the time the first streak of dawn appeared in the east, the battle that had begun with a night attack had already ended.
Above the sea, aside from three warships of the Bold-Violet Joint Fleet which had narrowly broken through the siege and escaped, the remaining ships had either been sunk or captured.
Even the flagship of the Joint Fleet, "Glory Bold," had become a prize of war.
The land battle was even more brutal.
Because the only passage south, North Port Bridge, was controlled by reinforcement forces, the Duchy Alliance Army was completely cut off from retreat and suffered heavy casualties under pincer attack.
On the Don River, bodies floated everywhere; these were the soldiers of the Alliance Army who had jumped into the river in their panicked flight.
In the camps on the riverbank, deaths due to crushing and trampling were even more numerous than those killed in combat, turning the collection of bodies into a particularly challenging task.
