"We can't rely on others anymore."

The autumn morning glow shines on the seaside town with smoke and sea mist.

The harvest season has passed, but in the north of Liberty City, a strange shroud rises over the barren land.

Olmedo looked away from the window and looked at Annan, who was pushing Itilia in.

"Did something happen?"

Itilia's soft hand covered the back of Annan's hand holding the armrest.

"Hmm...... Last night there was a Holy Council, and those guys were still arguing, and in the end they just sent a joint investigation team to the fortress to investigate. ”

Annan couldn't help but gag at the thought of trying to work with such a group of guys.

This is Middle-earth, just across the Strait of Obiris from Wilhelm. If you let Chaos get here...... It shows that there is no need for the Saint Laurent calendar to exist anymore.

Especially since human beings are ugly selfish and make all this happen.

Annan even thought radically that if he really got to that point, he would give up resistance and lead Liberty City to Maria. Anyway, I just want to be the lord of Liberty City, and it doesn't matter whose lord of Liberty City I am. As for the trouble caused to the nezumi and the nezumi killed...... They shouldn't mind, after all, even the nezumi themselves are fighting around.

If Maria can't shelter herself, she flees overseas with Freeville and becomes a true Freetown.

"We have a hard time caring about things that are far from us...... Itilia whispered.

At the end of the day, the Allen continent is too big, and it's none of their business if it's just the north, or the crisis in the west of the north.

"yes, so I figured it out. I'm only responsible for Liberty City, and only for my family, friends, and people......" Annan looked at Olmedo.

Itilia supported herself, and now her opinion remained.

"You should have done it a long time ago."

Olmedo, who was instilled by his father to be a good city lord since he was a child, has always practiced this.

Annan's decision was adopted without any hindrance. But before the announcement, Annan has one more thing to do.

Go to bed.

In the bedroom, Annan, who had fallen asleep in the early morning, appeared on the shore of the lava lake, and then flickered around it, turning into a familiar and unfamiliar castle lord's mansion...... It's as if the Demon Lord didn't react.

"Demon Lord, I want to ask you a question." Annan humbly said to the demon lord who was watching here.

This time the heroine is Evelyn...... She looked to be only five or six years old, and the self next to her was also the appearance of a young child.

A new nightmare had begun, but Annan knew the Demon Lord was still listening.

"Do you know which demon lord the demon tide in the north of the Snow Mountain belongs to?"

Annan still remembers when Beludona introduced the Abyss and said that the will of the Abyss affects the demons all the time, and even the Demon Lord cannot resist the chaotic nature...... Whenever the demons unite, even if only for a while, the nine layers of hell will disappear for eight layers.

Luckily, they can't do it at all, and the devil has been using it as a-stirring stick for them to beat around. Annan thinks there's a chance to get something from the Demon Lord - provided that the Demon Lord isn't the Demon Lord behind the Demon Tide.

Probably not...... Otherwise, it has no reason to use mad blood to control the Montabulllock family, manipulate their lives, and take revenge after being destroyed by itself.

This time, the nightmare seems to be that Annan and Evelyn are childhood sweethearts, they live together, play, become part of the magic academy, and meet to visit the Mage Tower...... During this time, Annan has been trying to elicit a response from the demon maharaja.

Annan thought that the Demon Maharaja would reenact the plot of "The Fall of the Mage Tower", but after they entered the Mage Tower, Evelyn was suddenly rescued from the tower by a strange young man.

Annan plays not Jack, but his fiancé Karl......

Annan was breathless, exuding pain—he pretended. The hunter will only say a few words out of pleasure when he takes the bait.

This is Rela's experience.

Annan made a painful appearance that could not breathe, and said intermittently: "It led the demon tide under its command to attack the Allen Continent, but you can only hurt me with a curse...... It's boring, isn't it? ”

"Why don't you try to manipulate me and cause it some minor trouble? That way it will no longer be smug in front of you, and you will only see its angry and helpless stupidity......"

"Evelyn", who fell to the ground, stood up at this time, and said stiffly in Annan's anticipation: "You will lose everything you have." ”

"You mean, it's really preparing to launch an attack on the Allen Continent?"

Evelyn looked into the darkness outside the Mage's Tower, "They're going to devour this place. ”

These as hints are enough.

"You are truly the best demon lord in the world! See you later! "Rejoicing Annan disappeared from the nightmare.

As the only audience member of the show leaves, the still dolls suddenly melt with the Mage's Tower, and the distorted heat rises and reverts to the shores of a lava lake.

It's hot, it's boring, it's like it's been forever.

……

Annan, who woke up, ran out of the bedroom, eager to tell the news to the eldest sister and Olmedo.

And on the way, Annan, who thought of the nightmare, became angrier the more he thought about it. He can't clean up the demon king, so he asks the maid Abby to tell Fast that Evelyn is suspected of being in love.

Itilia and Olmedo, though skeptical that "the Demon Lord told Annan that the Northern Demon Tide was indeed preparing to attack", assumed that this was true-

As the city's projects were completed, many of the people were left with nothing to do, just in time for a new round of construction to keep them busy.

Next, in addition to the long-planned mage tower and arcane core, the northern wall began to accelerate, and the west and east sides also began to plan for the construction of a wall.

The walls to the north were used to prevent the Duchy of Montabulllock from being able to stop the demons, the walls to the west were used to prevent the demons from climbing over the forest and mountains, and the east was used for the most - not far from the Tatun Empire. If even the empire had lost its territory, Liberty City would have drifted overseas long ago.

As the only two allies of Liberty City, Annan told Lady Winter and Giraldi one after another.

Giraldi had many shortcomings, but none of them could indelible his strengths: believing in Annan and being greedy for life and afraid of death.

After his request to visit Freeville in person for an indefinite amount of time was denied, Giraldi began to gather the wealth and population of the Duchy at an accelerated pace, intent on turning the Overwatch into a barrel.

On Lady Winter's side, she promised to move her people over first, but she agreed with Annan about the dynamics of the northern demons - and observed for a while.

The ancestor Annan also said it again, and she lovingly said that she knew, and she didn't ask where Annan knew it.

As December approached, just as the first snow was approaching in Liberty City, the Imperial-Gazette announced that the joint investigation team had set off.

(End of chapter)