Zanzan's Spring
The Margraves had not only won the battle.
And it was just not a decisive win.
No.
For as if the gods were compensating them for their recent misfortune, in the ensuing flanking attack, the biggest fish out there, Straus, was injured and even captured.
What a catch!
The man was then interrogated about the real political maneuvering going on in the mainland against them, but he simply refused to open his mouth.
And with him being a high-ranking noble, the Margrave's did not dare to raise their hand on him, restricting their interrogation techniques to only denying the man food and particularly water.
This soft approach was applied because the public opinion was still neutral, and if the Margrave were to assault a noble like Straus, a gaint Sybarsis navy coming to greet them was entirely possible.
The Margraves were not that powerful.