The ones left in the most ambiguous position in Hauria were the high-ranking demons who had departed Helmuth to collaborate with Amelia. The demons had hoped that the Demon King of Incarceration would eventually end the peace treaty.0

They aimed to reap various benefits from the war that would erupt in Nahama. They would revel in slaughter after three hundred long years, harvest fear, make contracts with power-seeking humans, and collect souls. Then, as promised by Amelia, they would offer sacrifices from the battlefield to become Demon Kings.4

Unfortunately, most of these expectations vanished into thin air. While slaughter was still possible, harvesting fear wasn’t. There was only one subject of despair and fear in this war.2

Making contracts with power-seeking humans was impossible, too. Although some people were left in the city, the powers of the demons couldn’t beguile them. It was impossible to collect the souls of humans without forming contracts.0

And becoming a Demon King? It was impossible to even attempt the ritual. The hundreds of thousands of soldiers conscripted from the Emirs never even got to participate in the war. The madmen that were beguiled by demons and the remaining humans in the city barely numbered ten thousand.0

But instead of attempting the ritual with the few allies, if they sacrificed the enemies.… Or if they left the city and made another city the sacrificial grounds for the ritual….0

Asking about it now would be foolish, even idiotic since one demon had already asked the question on the first day.0

—If the citizens are expelled, what happens to the...4