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57. Solace and strength
Dimitri ran his eyes over the carriages and saw the way each of his men were butchered and killed. The gore scene and the blood stench made many blood stench people to move away from the area. It was too much for the common people to bear. However, that was not the case for Dimitri. For him, this scene evoked a sense of provocation, a sense of failure, a taste of defeat.
Dimitri walked around the carriages, keenly observing the dead bodies. Nobody could decipher what was running his mind. However, only he knew how impressed and stirred he was by what he was seeing. ‘I must applaud your army, Eldrick.’ He nodded, an evil glint flashing in his eyes which nobody noticed. ‘But I have not accepted defeat yet, nor will you be able to defeat me. I will take this as a challenge and let me assure you that you will not like the outcome once I take
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