'No futile resistance, disarm and surrender. That way, I won't take it to life. Repeat. Surrender without futile resistance.'

The offensive between the Oriental Expeditionary Army and the Guard of the Brillian Demonic Power inside Atmos is over.

The trend was decided when the opponent sealed all the trumpets called Demonic Weapon and, conversely, became irresistible to this attack.

So I called on the opponent to surrender by letting him give me Seung-Joon.

Run around the valley called Inside Atmos and keep calling out your voice.

At first some still resisted, but gradually it also settled down.

"But is that okay, Ars? These guys took this place for treachery against the Tanatos, didn't they? So aren't the Tanatos going to forgive these guys?

"Maybe so, brother Byte. But that's none of my business. Or it's too barren to keep fighting until one of them is completely gone."

"Well, I guess so."

"Besides, we don't have enough to keep this Atmos inside. Maybe we need to negotiate with the Brillian Demon Power."

You want to talk to me about what happened to Brillian?

"I mean, I don't think we're gonna be able to go home to Fontana unless we do."

Spirit stone miners emerge one after the other from within the valley.

Seeing it, Brother Byte and Tanatos tried to point their weapons at all of it.

but that just stopped it.

There are several reasons.

First of all, as far as I can tell, there are nearly 10,000 Brillian Demonic Guards stationed inside this Atmos.

And on top of that, there are several times as many workers mining spiritual stones that can be taken in the Atmos.

You can't chase it all with a weapon, and I don't want to.

Besides, I needed to look inside and out as well.

The Brillian Demon Nation, which occupies the land, had its workers do mining work, even though it was winter.

And naturally mined stones are not only piled up, but transported to approximate.

In other words, there are those who carry stones from this place to some place at all times, and some who return here after they have carried them.

Inside this Atmos is not a secret room completely cut off from the outside, but a place where people come and go all the time.

If, from now on, the carriage of stones is no longer possible, it would obviously seem unnatural, and even if not, the person who came here would notice the anomaly along the way and send a communication to his home country.

At last, the fact that the inside of this Atmos was taken down by an unidentified army means that time will not be spared to know.

What will they do if they do so?

First of all, I'm sure you'll come and see how it goes.

If you find out that the guards have lost, you'll be bringing more men here.

"... So you're saying there might be a new army here? Then will we fight them again?"

"You don't have to fight any more. Even if you beat the new army, they'll send you the next one. This one only has 3000. Replenishment doesn't work on top. Jiri, you're going to be poor, and more importantly, you don't see the end."

"I guess so. But then you give up inside Atmos? You fought all the way out here to take it back."

"Right. It's not like there's no sacrifice either. But this isn't Barca. I'm sorry we're all fighting to protect this land. It's bad for Tanatos."

"So what are we gonna do?

"I don't know. Think about it from now on"

"You're probably right too."

"You can't help it. I had no idea there were so many people in Atmos when I was in Fontana."

Things were finally starting to subside thanks to my desperate voice urging me to surrender.

The guards keep them locked up after taking weapons and protective equipment.

And the miners broke it up into several pieces, and this again forbade them to push themselves into their own beds and go outside.

Apparently, they store enough food, etc.

I really had food and firewood ready so I could work all winter.

Lend it to me to think about the future.

As I told my part-time brother earlier, all we need now is an exit strategy.

As he returned to Atmos at the request of Tanatos, he thus recaptured his occupied homeland.

but for a few more years the Brillian demonic power continued to occupy the land.

It wouldn't be strange to argue that the place would be your own if you occupied it for years.

To be honest, I don't know if I can get the story together properly where I've had discussions with them.

but I also wonder if I will continue to protect this place.

The best thing is for Atmos' warriors to return to the land, to become autonomous and independent and to build a path that allows them to defend this place on their own.

... can you do that?

Or if Atmos' warriors didn't come back here, the meaning of the recapture operation would be blurred.

What's the matter?

For a while, though I've been thinking about this, no good idea came to mind.

I gave instructions about the treatment of those who surrendered, disturbing my mind about the future.