From a certain perspective, he did succeed, for when the knights were more than halfway across the Evil River, they were met by the Green-Skinned Army of over a hundred thousand... It's said that the battle was so brutal that even the Lake Fairy wept.
In the end, the number of knights who returned to Brittania was barely around ten percent, and John II was overthrown by the Duke and the Lake God Witch after barely holding on for a few years.
It seems that Baron Gene perished in the battle of the Evil River.
"My baron, the furniture in the castle has been moved to the Gene Wine Vineyard, and the servants have also relocated to the vineyard. For this period, you can reside in the Wine Castle. Once the castle reconstruction is completed, we will proceed with further renovation of the vineyard." Gaspardon interjected, interrupting Kasenberg, as this faithful follower of the Lake Fairy clearly did not wish to hear of the disastrous defeat again.
