Next Life

The evacuation of Holdia's people and slaves took place quickly before the coalition attacked them.

Commanding was Senbeine, who has a reputation for the retreat.

It was elderly, and he was particularly serious about the role he was given without spilling dissatisfaction, as he practiced Asteria rarely and honestly among the active generals of Holdia.

"What the hell does Your Majesty intend to do?"

Not to mention himself, not even his men.

The truth is that I do not mean to discredit my lords even to my men, but I am confused because I do not know where the sincerity is.

I don't know.

Sembane's answer was not astute.

As a matter of fact, how many people know the truth about Asteria?

Even the most trusted Isabella of childhood friends is unlikely to know everything.

My men are unhappy there and want to be "more trusted," but Sembane interpreted it differently.

"You must be wary of the demon Gehrick."

The demon man who was the culprit of the Seraeno weakening is quite famous.

Most of all, the general public doesn't even know about the skill "Transform".

It would be because confusion is inevitable if the people knew, such as there are demons who can disguise themselves that their best friends and family don't even understand.

"Sure sounds like the worst thing about a demon is Gaelic"

Hard to say that even the soldiers have a complete grasp, which makes them an unusual expression.

This was also evidence that Asteria was most vigilant.

"Your Majesty must give due consideration to protecting the people. Unlike nobles."

"Oh, you're so relieved to have solemnized your nobility! Your taxes are cheaper, and you want to rule them for the rest of your life!

The soldiers' expressions become brighter as soon as possible.

Simple for them, it was the king who made taxes a cheap and decent living a good king, and Asteria was popular in that sense.

Of course Sembane deliberately missed the point.

Because higher soldier dissatisfaction with Asteria makes it harder to fight.

Fortunately successful, the soldiers began to praise Asteria one after another.

(What the hell are you thinking?

Sembane couldn't have figured it out, and it wouldn't be easy for me to get it out, but I wanted to do something to help the king.

Asteria, a popular queen in the country, aside from her reputation outside the country, was just getting more anxious when the coalition forces made the country good all they could.

"It's time to fight back..."

"If they consolidate their defense disappointingly, won't they be able to take it back?

The bureaucrats are coming to an opinion, and the people are beginning to ask for the regular army to go out.

Foreign countries had about six to four, with the coalition taking advantage, but with less domestic expectations.

As a result of the active liberation of slaves, it was reduced to about 100,000 that could be calculated as a force of war.

Combined with regular and reserve forces and slave soldiers, about half a million may be said to be the full force of Holdia today, and it seemed to me that something needed to be done to counter the coalition forces of 850,000.

Anxiety and dissatisfaction do not get louder because Asteria is as confident as ever and has a grin as if she had eaten a person.

"I'm sure you have something on your mind," reassured the people who saw the queen behave as usual.

Still, the limits are approaching.

(It's nothing more than a small fire, such as the Union of Three Kingdoms, but you'll only believe about Bella)

Asteria hasn't revealed anything.

My efforts to get you to believe me were scattered as a princess.

Holdia's intelligence network had yet to grasp about the tragedy in eastern Berganda, but Asteria reads that there is a demon raid in the east.

Filato, Holdia's intelligence, who had grasped that there was a place in Holdia that looked like a demon king's seal, had grasped that there was a similar place in the east.

Asteria thought about what Rubens the Demon would do.

Except for the Serraeno raid, we cautioned against flashy attacks, and the Serraeno raid also has a small number of demons who participated.

That is why Seraeno did not perish, but from there Rubens speculated that prudence and the Resurrection of the Demon King were paramount.

Marius appeared with no visible upper limit of strength, and many demons were defeated and Zagan perished as well.

Then what will the next hand do?

Perhaps simultaneous raids, Asteria read.

We have no choice but to revive them completely and confront them than simply reviving them could bring them right down to Marius.

And Marius is in the way.

Then the most likely thing to think about is to use "Yang Dynasty that catches Marius' eye".

For example, use multiple advanced and lower demons to attack one or several countries.

Revive the Demon King, of course.

The resurrection of the Demon King will be complete while he kicks the Demon Army that Marius has attacked, and even if he is defeated before that happens, you just have to destroy them all.

Because even if we revive the western Decarabia, Marius, who fights demon kings and demons, will suddenly not be able to come to support us.

In order to increase the operational success rate, would you choose the far east rather than Holdia, Philato's neighbor?

Because Holdia makes it easy for Marius to know about the anomaly, and she may be repressed before things get bigger.

Rubens himself, on the other hand, takes around Gaelic, which can be transformed into a human being, for Holdia.

Isn't the timing of the passage through Philato when human attention turns to you after your companions have done something in the east?

And it was Asteria's reading of using skill "arithmetic" to unseal Decarabia at such a time that Marius could not come.

In other words, assuming the worst case scenario, Holdia needed to conserve her country's maximum fighting power in preparation for the King of Demons.

Exactly. I didn't predict it until Aulanis came back, and I was aware that Marius was involved in removing it.

Then there was the difficulty of preparing evidence that the surroundings believed only, and that the demon would not leave it alone if his skills were known.

Equally harsh even if Gaelic switches for Isabella.

Fortunately for Asteria and humanity, the demons found no value in Asteria or Isabella thanks to Asteria's information manipulation.

Of course, it was Asteria's aim to deceive the demons.

It could only be achieved because of the ever heavily unweighted, untrustworthy, half-attended Asteria's state of affairs, but is this ironic at all, or should I say heavenly dispensation?

(Well, I guess I'll put the little fire out in the little fire...)

Asteria's feeling was that the coalition was just a small thing before it mattered, and he wasn't the one to lose no matter how many times he fought in his brain.

But I can also say that everything doesn't always go according to the calculations.

It was just a scattered reminder to Marius.

Asteria said to those who came to complain.

"It's time to put out the little fire"

The subordinates twisted their necks first, "What is it about?", then realized that it was about the coalition.

I don't know if I would describe it as a "light fire" if I were to be attacked by hundreds of thousands of large armies and continue to fail my territory.

Some people had the expectation that there would be any measures in place to say so.

"The coalition will soon come to challenge the showdown. Then I'll crush them all together."

What the subordinates want to hear is how to crush the coalition.

Ignato gave in to silent pressure from his surroundings and uttered words demanding explanations.

Asteria answered somewhere delightful, then mean.

"It's not a measure... but do you know the phrase, let them cut the meat and break the bones?

We can't respond to mysterious remarks together, and we look at each other.

Of course I knew it, including what it meant, but in this case what intention did it come from?

"I know. Let's just say it's a big blow to them instead of hurting them."

It was Ignato who answered that.

Asteria nods satisfactorily, followed by words.

"So how much does this one need to hurt when you stop the other person from breathing?

Silence dominated the field not for a short time.

"Ma, ma, ma, no way...?

The first to be released from the curse was the Chancellor.

"No way," he repeats over and over as he pales his face and seeps his fat sweat into his forehead.

I couldn't help but be terrified of the conclusions I made myself.

But reason tells me I'm not wrong.

The Allied forces are now putting in huge amounts of food to feed them with the bulk of their total force.

If we wipe this out, the coalition will certainly roll to ruin.

In ancient times, there were many examples of defeating enemies in so-called "Operation Scorched Earth", but no one tried to crush the foundations of an enemy nation.

For the first time since the history of the continent, Asteria is trying to do it in three countries at the same time.

It was after leaving the room that my subordinate realized that I was distracted by the horror and that I could not, in the end, hear any specific measures.

Holdia can be described in a way as a peculiar country.

Because if the king gave the order, everyone would have obeyed, even if they had not been informed of the specifics.

It was only during Asteria's reign.

When the battle between Holdia and the coalition of three countries was about to enter the good border, the "tragedy of Berganda" was being passed on east of it.

Bernhardt III broke a letter from King Vester.

"What's Monster Tame, not now!

Make your face bright red and expose your anger.

It was very rare for a warm King Fillato, but that's all the situation is tough.

Five demons, including two advanced demons, are leading the monsters, raiding and attacking the Imperial Capital, and destroying the rest of the country with their surpluses.

Besides, the Necromancer had undead and dominated the dead and continued to increase his power.

The Bergandians will only remain in some of the land around the border at the earliest opportunity.

If we were to send rescue aid, it would seem that it is not Berganda, but Berganda and its neighbors Boltner, Serraeno and Lanreo.

"I'm sorry, Lord Marius, but I need you to leave."

Marius nodded without hesitation at the king's request.

Aside from the junior demon, if there is a senior demon, the rest of us are likely to have heavy loads.

If it's Zofi's standpoint, even Barra says he can't beat any of Gastark, Pal, or Rabella.

Even the most powerful wizard of humanity is like this, so it seems more stomach-friendly not to imagine what it would be like to be a general soldier.

Best of all, Bhara is not going to be at peace with the crisis in her country either, but intends to return once and for all.

Even Catherine wanted to at least encourage soldiers.

"I'm going to send help to my country, too."

Bernhardt III proclaimed it harshly.

If the Three Kingdoms are defeated, it's more obvious next time it's Filato than seeing fire.

I don't expect to lose as long as Marius is around, but more power would be better.

"Then to Boltner. With all due respect, you won't be good at undead."

It is only natural that Burra turned her attention, and the Boltner army is very incompatible with an opponent who can only be effectively hit by magic.

It is imperative that we struggle more than Lanreo or Serraeno.

"Lanreo, on the contrary, won't be good at fleshshell fights."

It was Lucas who was so concerned.

There are as many who can use effective light and flame-based magic for the undead if they are the magical giant Lanreo, but flesh-bomb warfare is not so much.

Filato and Serraeno were both well balanced in that regard.

Gallius is better at fleshbullet warfare than Boltner, one way or another, and he's better at it than magic.

Holdia's army is also balanced, but I can't really hope for reinforcements right now.

He alerted the coalition of three countries that were attacking him suddenly and asked for help with immediate withdrawal and demon repelling, but the results were not encouraging.

They're sending most of their troops into places where they can't suddenly turn back.

I was tempted to cooperate, but the clarification also made me angry at Marius.

The Union of Three Kingdoms, which wants to avoid pissing off Marius, decided to hasten the settlement, that is, the attack of the king's capital, Holdias.

This is what Asteria was saying about "coming to the showdown soon".

Later, the subordinates sneaked together and said, "How far did His Majesty foresee?"

The fate of the Tariant continent was about to move greatly.