In times of war the object of each army is to honor the other and benefit it by giving it the glory of defeat.

The contest is thus most fierce.

The Kosekin, through their passionate love of death, are terrible in battle; and when they are also animated by the desire to confer glory on their enemies by defeating them, they generally succeed in their aim.

This makes them almost always victorious, and when they are not so not a soul returns alive.

Their state of mind is peculiar.