They no longer focused purely on brute strength and reckless charges alone, and instead they learned coordinated battlefield tactics, layered retreat formations, long-range magic support, rapid reinforcement strategies, rotating defensive lines, and methods that greatly increased survival during large-scale warfare.
Ethan understood something very clearly after experiencing enough bloodshed and witnessing countless deaths firsthand.
In war...
Survival mattered far more than glory or pride.
Because no matter how heroic someone appeared in the stories afterward, dead heroes were still dead in the end.
That was why he continuously drilled the same lesson into every soldier over and over again until it became engraved into their minds permanently.
"Live first."
"As long as you survive, there will always be another chance."
