Two full categories were nearly finished, with only Atlas left to carry out an offensive battle in the next round. The opponent he would face was a rank 3 lord. That was never going to be easy, even though, from the very beginning, this battle had already looked almost impossible as a whole.
But… the results spoke clearly. Atlas had nearly secured total victories in two categories. From the calculation of rank points alone, Atlas was already far ahead. No matter what happened after this, his alliance was guaranteed to win the battle event this time.
The only real concern lay in the limited number of lords within his alliance. If a lord were to be killed, or if too many were lost overall, they would lack the personnel needed to be sent into the next battles.
And perhaps the biggest issue was Atlas himself. He would have to face rank 3 lords twice in the next two battles. That was not something he could afford to underestimate.
