"Full, surrender..."

The word was a heavy one for those engaged in war.

It's enough to say that everyone in the military keeps fighting to accomplish that end.

That was what Rio said abruptly. Originally, the aim was to go as far as to pinpoint the conditions that would be advantageous to support.

Pay for support supplies.

I can't be complained about or encapsulated if I have been charged a more broken amount than normal because the amount is an amount.

For that reason, it would have been sufficient if only minimum humanitarian aid had been available.

That is the conclusion drawn by the discussions with the Minister.

However, Rio has made further demands.

"Supporting human beings in enemy countries just isn't a good word to hear. Besides, someone is still on their way here. Looks like some of them are fleeing the sea to the Kingdom of Metis and other countries, but most of them are looking to be here."

Surrounded by the sea, only the south can travel on foot.

Everyone went south first, because we all knew about it, even the civilians.

"When it comes to supporting everyone, the burden is considerable. I can't help you with a little."

Rio personally wants to help too. However, the position of 'Emperor' is not acceptable.

That's why it was a negotiation...

"But if the people you help are your own people, things will change."

"I mean... are you trying to tell me to abandon being an imperial Gardis citizen and become an imperial Glenvarga citizen?

"No."

General Quenti's guess. Rio trumps it with bassari.

"Gardis Empire descends into Glenvarga Empire"

"Become...!

I lose my word on that condition.

"That's what full surrender means."

Not enough for a person who wants to be a Glenvarga Emperor Nation but wants to help.

We can all agree and help for the first time.

"That can't be acceptable!

"Really? People shouldn't care which country they belong to if their lives are saved."

In fact, for civilians, we don't mind either of us if we stay at peace.

When I was a villager too, I used to live on the border away from where the war was taking place, and I had no interest in the country at all.

If the refugees also guarantee their lives, the majority of them don't mind either.

But some of them are unacceptable.

"All titles of nobility are forfeited. As for the royal family, you should be prepared to take responsibility for this disturbance."

"... don't be ridiculous! You can't accept that!

"The terms of support are 'repayment' and 'total surrender'. If that's unacceptable, I'll refuse to support you."

"I'm not talking about it! I beg your pardon!

General Quentie leaves the tent.

It's also a hand to negotiate with another if you're stuck negotiating with them, but there's no point in negotiating with another than you're dealing with Rio, the supreme power in the Glenvarga Empire. Now I just have to set aside some time to get the terms changed.

If there's a problem, we don't have much time.

That leaves one General Holland staring at Rio.

"Don't you have blood or tears?

"Let's allow ourselves to speak. You've decided to have something like that. I'm a human being."

"Then you should help because there are people in so much trouble in front of you that you don't even know what's going to happen tomorrow!

General Holland should have thought that some conditions could be put in place in getting support as well.

"I am the one with the countenance with me. When I thought about the people, I was going to do whatever I could, and I was going to persuade others if they needed their help. But this condition is too…"

Conditions I just don't think I intend to support.

Convincing is impossible under these conditions.

"Are you going to abandon people without any sin!

"What are you talking about...?

General Holland yelling at Rio.

But Rio was sincerely perplexed at the time he was yelled at.

"Help, I'm telling you"

"But..."

"I offered you conditions to help. It's up to you to accept our support."

"Is that what you mean..."

It is only the people of the Gardis Empire who decide.

"But you can't accept that kind of condition."

"Then we'll just talk about whatever we want."

"... excuse me"

Rio's stance remains the same.

General Holland, who has given up his support, also leaves the tent.

The faces of the remaining Glenvarga Empire are also bewildered.

"Sire, weren't you sure you didn't have to put any such conditions on it?

Most of them are military because they are on the battlefield, but one of the few clerks in the tent makes his point.

Exhale loudly against the word.

It's about me and Rio who have the best idea of the situation of the Gardis Empire right now. I can't help but think that others have expressed different opinions than I do.

"If this is the battlefield, reconnaissance is being conducted."

"Yes."

A skinny man rises to Rio's words.

He's long, and when seen with sharp eyes, he's about to fall into a sensation of being shot down.

"We are infiltrating the Gardis Empire from shore. We haven't heard from you yet, but we're doing reconnaissance from above by demons that we don't normally do because the situation is a situation."

Allow a user demon who can fly through the sky to gather information about enemy lands from above.

I struggle to connect with demons until I tone my senses. Naturally, the enemy is also wary of being observed from above, so when he senses the presence of the user demon, he is desperate to shoot it off.

If you're wary of being shot down, you'll have to observe from afar, and you may not be able to get accurate information. Sometimes they use it to pass the wrong information from the other person.

It is not used on the battlefield in alarm of small numbers and dangers, as well as misinformation.

But now I can contain those dangers.

"People can't even get around to surveillance from the sky with the best they can just run away from demons. If you're just watching, you won't be attacked by human escorts, and the demons aren't looking up."

The aim is only to raid cities and make them their own territory.

If attacked from the sky, they would react and intercept, but while we keep them under surveillance, safety is relatively assured.

"It sounds terrible. The building was occupied by demons and if it seemed difficult to use, it was destroyed, and the food stored was devoured. The worst part is that demon-eaten human trails are left everywhere."

I have no intention of annihilating humans.

Still, some people had been sacrificed to hunt them down. Given the scale of the raid, it's about a miracle that dozens of people are still holding it back.

"How far have you looked?

"I'm sorry. There's a limit to how far you can keep flying, so it's up to three cities away."

Anymore, if you let it go to the city ahead, the demon's health runs out and you have to let it rest somewhere. Demons on break cannot be made impossible if they are wary of being attacked because they become defenseless.

"Right."

That's why the sapphire eagle we sent out for reconnaissance is abnormal.

"Me and Malus there have also tried to send the demon out for reconnaissance. To put it straight, it's devastating to the capital."

"Huh..."

Everyone lost their word to that word.

Previously, we talked about it in view of the fall of the capital as well with speculation that it might be. However, somewhere in my mind I thought that the capital would never really fall. Now we were optimistic until we saw the fallen capital too.

But there was no such thing as a living person in the observed capital.

"The capital has already fallen. No, that's not the right word."

The same applies to a number of cities between the capitals.

This was not the case if I had already said 'truce' or 'truce', etc.

"The Gardis Empire is already dead."