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There were hardly any nations left intact.
“There is news that the special guerrilla unit led by Ellen Artorius has succeeded in reclaiming the territory of Lambator, Your Majesty.”
“… I see. That’s good news.”
Vertus slowly nodded from where he sat on the throne in the audience chamber, fiddling with his robe.
The month before, Emperor Neliode de Gradias of the empire had passed away.
The previous emperor had survived the Great War, but after the Gate Incident, his strength had begun to wane, and he eventually met his end.
The responsibility, guilt, and pressure of this situation had ultimately killed the emperor.
Vertus de Gradias had inherited the throne without a proper coronation ceremony. He had obtained the position of emperor, which he had long desired, in a way that he’d never wanted.
In the midst of humanity’s downfall, Vertus was waging a war that would determine the fate of humanity.
Hordes of monsters rampaged across the continent, with no other motivation than to kill humans.
Negotiation and diplomacy were impossible. It was a war being waged with the sole purpose of mutual annihilation, and everyone bore some responsibility for this entire situation: the Demon King himself, his subordinates who had activated Akasha to save him, and the empire which had failed to believe his words.
However, the details of this were kept very quiet, and most people only knew the surface-level fact that this situation had been caused by the Demon King. Only a few, including the popes of the Church of the Five Great Gods, the head of the Order of the Holy Knights, some of the imperial family, and Ellen, knew the full story. Since the Gate Incident, everything had been bleak, but there had been some progress.
“Your Majesty, the First Special Forces of Lady Sabioleen Tana’s Shanapell have succeeded in destroying the warp gate in the capital of the Kingdom of Haig, Hashfel.”
“… That’s good.”
If Ellen Artorius’s guerrilla unit was tasked with exterminating all monsters in the ruined cities, Sabioleen Tana had the even more dangerous mission of entering those cities first, destroying the warp...
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