Chapter 74: This World Must Be Saved (7) (Teaser)
"Ask whatever you wish," the old man replied.
"It's nothing serious, but where do you think the Empire will strike first?"
The old man responded without hesitation or even a tilt of his head. "That would be Ember."
I was surprised.
He knew?
I asked, "Isn't that where your headquarters is located?"
The man answered nonchalantly, "Of course. Naturally, Ember is aware of it too."
"And yet…"
"Ember tried to prevent the war."
"And?"
There was a subtle shift in the old man's expression. "Their efforts failed."
I remembered that the slime had mentioned something about a response.
"There was a strong and vicious response, but that ended in complete failure. Afterward, the preparations for war accelerated, almost as if the royal family had awakened to their resolve."
"A failed response to stop the war? Then…" I asked the old man, "Were you the one who thwarted it?"
At that moment, the old man bent over and burst into laughter. "Ha ha ha ha!"
His booming voice seemed to shake the moonlight. Some people snickered from the spiral staircases where they stood and looked down...



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