Dungeons for the Devil, Dungeons for the Core (Book Version Title: A Different World Dungeon Made with the Devil)

"I say! Norland North Post has been dropped!

Until then, the air in the King's Office, busy but orderly, was transformed into chaos and tension.

"What happened!

"Are you telling me that Morfan has invaded!

"Oh, no, the Morphan army invasion has not been confirmed"

"Then what happened! Say yes to your body!

What was reported was sufficient to cause headache and stomach pain in the face of the office.

"Get General Rover and Sir Warren! It's a top national priority!

"... that is, a platoon of border guards can disappear without a trace, Norland's squadron headquarters takes three days to notice an anomaly, during which time the precinct remains open and we have no idea when or who went through,"

"To be angry."

"There's another one as I get angry, a street from Noland is halfway blocked by a cliff collapse. It is possible to pass by foot, but not by military horses or luggage vehicles. They can't secure a scaffold on top of the collapse, so it'll take about a month to recover."

"I mean, it's impossible to send reinforcements from King's Capital to Noland."

Needless to say, the cliff collapse on the streets is the work of the Crows. In anticipation of the cover-up for operational purposes, rather than the disruption of the upper management, he left a job at the cost of his return. In the sense of causing confusion in the kingdom, the work of the Crows had fully fulfilled its significance.

"General Rover, Sir Warren, I'd like your opinion."

"And even if you said that someone had broken in or escaped, that the killer could take it from a Norland squadron without a problem, but he didn't want any further backup, that's all I can say."

In response to the Prime Minister's inquiry, General Rover first returns the answer, and then Sir Warren speaks of some concern.

"If you say you care, the killer's intentions are unknown. From the location where a platoon of surveillance soldiers disappeared and the gates of the barracks were opened, there is no way to look at them secretly. But on the contrary, I don't know what it means not to leave a platoon of soldiers, or their bodies. I don't see any reason to go out of my way to get rid of it. If I were to mention it, I think it was to get a respite of three days until I was noticed..."

"Hey, Warren, that means a little..."

"Yes, we can't ignore the possibility that someone has already broken in on a troop scale"

"Troop size, huh?

"If you're a small intruder, you don't have to go out of your way to break the gates. Daring to do that suggests that a large number of troops, or some kind of large package, could have been brought in"

"Big baggage...... what?

"... just what I've said so far stands above dangerous speculation. Any more speculation..."

"I don't mind, tell me.... No, say it for my country, at the king's request"

Sir Warren opens his mouth after a period of silence, as if to be pushed by the voice of a king like Rikane.

"... only delusional, but I was wondering if you could think of a siege weapon or its equivalent, or a warcraft like a dragon or its eggs, etc..."

Sir Warren's remarks were more than convincing enough to hear, even though they were far removed from the facts. The yang, or turmoil, intended by the Crows was trying to cause more turmoil to the kingdom than he would have expected.

"... Warren, in that case, what is the enemy's operational purpose"

"Due to the blockade of traffic with Wang Du, it is unlikely that the area south of Valen is the goal. Noland is the purpose, you can think of that."

"But not accompanied by the occupying forces..."

"Destruction is the only purpose," he said. However… "

Where the Crowe's revelations were about to cause international tension or kingdom only, Lord Joon-young Warren of the kingdom spoke of another possibility.

"We can't ignore the possibility that all of this is a positive move in hand,"

"(Yangtze!?) x3"

The voices of everyone in the room, except Sir Warren, overlapped.

"If this case is related to a series of events surrounding Baron Baron Barren's territory, it's possible that everything is a positive move to keep our eyes off the south of the kingdom."

"So, Warren, is this just an empty noise?

"No, we can't ignore both possibilities. Neither the massive invasion of Noland by enemy forces nor the attack on the south of the kingdom are stories that can be ignored. We have to deal with both situations in anticipation. Even if that in itself strengthens unnecessary tension in our troops."

"Nooo, Sir Warren, do you have any leads?

"... this is also speculative... if a massive force breaks in, you can't be lurking around for that long. If we can do it for a week or so, if there is no noise in Noland already four days, three more days, or at the latest five days after the location breaks through, we wonder if there is a good chance of positive movement."

"... is there anything we can do by then?

"As a precaution, would it be enough to wash the identities of those who have come to the town of Noland in the last month or so, and to check the empty houses in the town?"

"What does a month mean?

"Because we can't ignore the possibility that we were infiltrating our collaborators beforehand either. And even if something goes wrong in the south, the investigation itself should continue."

"Hmm. Hurry up with the restoration of the streets to Noland, and then enough to draw attention to each battalion? Sir Warren, is there anything else?

"Yes, if the attack so far is a positive move against the southern attack, I wonder if the attack on the southern would be a glimmer. It may be dangerous to reject moving all the troops in a hurry to get started. Most of all, this is when the enemy is large."

"What do you mean? Warren."

"The size of the enemy forces is completely unknown. If you are small, you may not be able to afford to use extra manoeuvres in the south."

"We should assume the worst. If the opponents are small, some squadrons can easily crush them at once. Tell them not to move the whole army in a hurry, assuming it's a big unit."

"Your Majesty, what will you do with the aristocrats' private soldiers? Even if they sneak up on the less smelly guys, they're only gonna get in the way."

"I might rather just be ridden by the enemy. Tell me not to underestimate it."