Achilles doesn’t know krauts or France, but he does know that men who use children as shields are unforgivable cowards. Right up there with the capital-G God who slaughters innocent babes to punish the crimes of their parents.
“Were your kingdoms so lacking in grown men and worthy warriors?” He glances between each of the boys, though he expects no response from Stab. “A king does not go to war if he has no grown men to fight for his cause. My son— Lamb was only taken to fulfill a prophecy.”
His divine strength was only a secondary (if terrifying) benefit, near as Achilles can tell. The Greek generals would have been as pleased if Pyrrhus was a sort of blood sacrifice, fated to die in his first battle.
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“Were your kingdoms so lacking in grown men and worthy warriors?” He glances between each of the boys, though he expects no response from Stab. “A king does not go to war if he has no grown men to fight for his cause. My son— Lamb was only taken to fulfill a prophecy.”
His divine strength was only a secondary (if terrifying) benefit, near as Achilles can tell. The Greek generals would have been as pleased if Pyrrhus was a sort of blood sacrifice, fated to die in his first battle.