Only through a horrifying rate of attrition was the Government Army able to hold its ground against the Salvation Army in this warzone. The military and the government simply ignored the staggering death tolls.
North Carolina had no shortage of people.
In the afternoon, the frequency of clashes between the two armies eased slightly, as both sides were growing too exhausted to continue fighting.
After hours of such intense, focused concentration, even Ascenders couldn't endure such a high frequency of combat, let alone ordinary people.
At 3:16, the two armies officially entered a truce.
The battlefield was unrecognizable. Several mountains that once stood here had been blasted into two low hills. The land had become a field of black, scorched earth covered by thousands of corpses, the char mixed with an indelible, deep crimson.
