Save me! (3)

"How did it come to this?" The Midra Kingdom general whispered under his breath.

As he led his men through this carnage, he couldn't help remembering the words of the second prince.

Were these the consequences of underestimating the enemy?

But how could he have possibly expected something like this to happen?

How could anyone have known about this?

No, there was someone that had known about this. The enemy had known about this, which was why they had done all that they had done.

They should have known that this was a trap the moment that the enemy retreated. The retreat came so suddenly that it didn't make sense at all.

They had just assumed that this was due to the incompetence of the enemy commander when they saw their formation.

No…the fundamental reason was because of the arrogance of the general.