Victory is the finest wine, and also the strongest, most harmful stimulant. Once one tastes the exhilarating pleasure of victory, all other drugs pale in comparison. Even the most stoic person, once experiencing that absolute liberation and ecstasy, will become intoxicated, turning into a gambler who completely loses reason in pursuit of more victories.
In the past, Charlemagne, due to this "victory addiction," missed the most opportune moment to end the war. Had Charlemagne proposed a ceasefire before advancing to the Rhine, Alfheim, under the pressure of international public opinion at that time, would have likely had no choice but to accept. Subsequently, history would probably have developed in a direction that the Elf Camp would not have liked, and back then, a Divine Agent serving as a dictator would have had to seriously contemplate "how to quickly and efficiently raise mushroom clouds over the major cities of various countries."
