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"Well, shall we hear the report?"

Rio sits behind a large tent.

The table placed in front of Rio was lined with executives on the battlefield.

By the way, being an outsider by nature, I was allowed to be present specially if I was just watching the meeting at the corner of the tent. Anyway, the outcome of the meeting is not irrelevant to me either.

"Yes, many people are currently fleeing the Gardis Empire to our country"

After all, those who were running on the battlefield were on the run.

And when you say what you're running from...

"The cause is the outburst of demons."

There are so many demons attacking people that the military can't handle them.

As a result, people attempted to flee south by losing other means than fleeing. That was also because the people of the Gardis Empire knew that they were at war in the Oneiros Plains, and decided that it was safe to have many soldiers, ravaged by demons because fewer soldiers had been driven out to war.

Let's hear your report.

"Yes."

He grows a beard and a skinny man with glasses stands up. He was a man who looked more like a dealer merchant in one way or another, but he was a proper military man and a general who would put together intelligence units.

And he is also the boss of the soldier who made the first report to General Holkes.

"The exact numbers haven't gone up yet, but they said there were millions of demons to attack one city"

"Hiccup......!

Someone who was at the meeting groaned.

Nearly 10,000 demons used to ravage the village and attack Alistair, the city, when a demon storm (stampede) broke out in the woods near my home village of Dayton.

Originally, Alistair had to deal with the matter with total force.

With that in mind, 10,000 is enough to destroy a city.

"If that million demons are made up of goblins alone..."

"Even if you're the weakest demon in the class, you can't handle that number."

Another reacts strongly to the whining of one person who was at the meeting.

Well, there's no way we can do anything about millions of goblins and slimes.

"Besides, that's all there is in one city. We don't know how many demons are overflowing across the country."

This time, I found out I was being attacked because I was letting one of my spies dive into a city closest to the battlefield. It was a city that served as a supply base for the Gardis Empire, diving in because of important information in setting up the operation.

While he was being attacked, he stayed in the city until critical and was able to find out beforehand because he was collecting various pieces of information. If we had not known the flood of demons, we would have had to accept those who had pushed us without even knowing the situation.

"How are the people who have fled?

"You can't just go into this base."

It is possible that enemy spies are being distracted. No, given that it was in the war, it was natural to be as vigilant as that.

Now I was wary of opening up some of what was supposed to be a battlefield and not entering this side.

"But it can't last long either"

"What do you mean?

"Too many people fled"

Hundreds of thousands of people lived in the nearest cities. There will be even more people, including those who lived in the surrounding villages and towns.

And those who fled had already reached 100,000.

"So... there's no human damage?"

"No, a lot of people must have sacrificed just too little for a demonic outburst."

It's also the closest place from here. Short travel distance means less time to get there. Not many people are sacrificed while they are on the run.

"Perhaps demons just take instructions from someone to attack cities, and they should refrain from imitating attacks on people"

"On what grounds?

"The decisive thing would be across the border"

A wide variety of beast-shaped demons, such as dogs, cats and deer, who were chasing escapees.

But I stopped chasing him as close as I could to the border, as if waiting to open the way or heading back north.

Their actions seemed to keep them from leaving the Gardis Empire.

"Someone's instructions, or some kind of intent, are definitely in the background"

"I guess so. But is it something you can manipulate enough demons to lose your country...?

A questioning Rio.

But I couldn't say what I thought was possible for just one thing.

"If the only purpose of a demon is to lose a person's place of residence rather than to say that the purpose of a demon is a city… it could be a big deal"

Oneiros Plains, a fertile earth.

Even accepting 100,000 people had some extra space. But all that's left is some space. If the millions in the Gardis Empire have escaped, they will be over-capable in an instant.

That remains the same even if we open up to the Glenvarga Empire.

"There is no doubt that the number of refugees will increase. The Gardis Imperial Army is protecting and letting the refugees flee while intercepting demons that are attacked by fleeing people. Some of them crossed to this side to gather the evacuees, but the majority returned to intercept."

There are only a few raids on demonic people.

If you imitate to be alarmed and loosen your hands, you will be so fierce that you will be wiped out in no time.

Soldiers are now more harmed than refugees.

"So we received a request from a general who was gathering the refugees to visit our military commander."

Everyone's gaze is directed at General Holkes... barely to Rio.

Even now that Rio has visited, the commander is General Holkes, but there is no doubt that the chief officer is also Rio.

It would be more efficient for Rio to be present if we needed to have a meeting, including a political story.

"I don't mind. But it's hard to say right away today."

"Yes, they want tomorrow morning just to wrap it up."

"Okay. That's okay."

Rio, the emperor, answers Eagle Deep.

Being seen poorly was above all a problem for the emperor.

"The only way we can do this is to open up to the point where we're allowed to go."

There is still a lack of information.

That was the end of today's meeting, and it was decided that the response of the Glenvarga Empire would only be to prevent those who fled from inadvertently coming in the back.

"What do you think?

Rio back to his tent.

I should have been able to get a knight's escort, but I left it to me, who accompanied me because I could say it was an emergency that I didn't envisage right now, and the knights were under the command of the army and being chased to respond.

I don't know if you trust me too much, an adventurer from another country, but the reward is promised separately, so I didn't mean to betray you.

I am with the same labyrinth lord and I do not hesitate to ask.

"Summon massive demons and make them attack... I think that's possible in itself, but the numbers are too unusual"

This time, the very events that are happening are not impossible if we use the power of the labyrinth.

However, it is not easy to use the power of the labyrinth because the scale is so abnormal. I'm not even willing to calculate how much magic it takes to cause all this commotion. It should be more meaningful to use it for something else if it's enough to cause such a commotion.

"I don't know what it is, but I have no idea how to do it."

But it is likely that the labyrinth lord is the mastermind of the commotion.

We reached the tent reserved for the Emperor.

"That's terrible. There is no such thing as karaki. Purely accomplished by the power of the labyrinth..."

The center of the tent.

There was one young man sitting at the table.