The passage of time can be incredibly swift for historiography.
In one line, two countries are engaging in friendly interactions, but in the next line, due to some incident, the relationship breaks down and they come to blows.
To the reader, it seems as if everything happens within an incredibly short span.
Yet the start to the finish of these series of events might have spanned several decades.
For those involved, it can feel incredibly slow.
Horn felt the same way. In the past, when reading various histories, he always felt that wars from start to finish seemed like the blink of an eye.
But after actually experiencing the Thousand River Valley War and the series of wars that followed, he realized—
The process from the beginning to the end of a war is actually an extremely long one.
And even battles themselves only occupy a very small part of a war.
