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The fact that the Marquis of Edfelt concentrated his forces on Teiracaines means that the rest of the cities in his territory are as good as naked.

The Marquis of Edfelt has concentrated his forces on Teiracaines, which means that the other cities in the territory are as naked as if they were. And since Rene had fallen to several territorial capitals up to this point, and in each case he had attacked them without paying attention to other cities, he might have thought that the next attack would be the same.

However, this strategy was designed to efficiently kill the lords by surprise.

Since a good amount of forces were already gathered in the capital, Rene had no hesitation in taking the appropriate steps.

Rene crushed the cities near the capital, whose defenses were in a state of disarray, as if it were a drudgery. In the same way, he organized dozens of squads of undead soldiers to uproot the scattered villages.

Property, food, and weapons were taken at random, and those that could not be carried were destroyed.

However, they did not kill non-combatants.

They tore down house after house, meticulously demolished city walls, poured fertilizer or zombie water into wells, and sprayed poison on fields. Even so, people were killed only minimally.

Inevitably, people whose livelihoods had been destroyed and who had become refugees flocked to Teirakainen.

There were too many people to fit in one city, and a long line of people waiting for physical examinations formed in front of the city gates.

Those who were somewhat wealthy were able to get lodging immediately, but even with the hike in prices, lodgings filled up quickly, and some people tried to pay citizens to provide them with lodging. Those who had no money would offer their labor, or even their bodies.

Most of the temples, meeting halls, and other places where people can sleep have already been filled by refugees from the capital. Although Teirakainen is relatively close to the capital, most of the evacuees have headed west, and the city has been able to accommodate them until now.

However, that balance has been shattered by the influx of refugees from all over the territory. Unfortunately, it is now winter. It's a good time for suicidal people to sleep outside. But what can't be contained can't be contained.

As a desperate measure, the Marquis of Edfelt gathered tents from all over the city and lined them up inside the enclosure left by the Noachian army to accommodate the refugees. However, it was not enough in the end. Some people fell ill sleeping under the eaves of houses.

The only way to keep warm is to have a bonfire. If you cram all the people into one place, there will be trouble.

There is not enough food to feed the refugees. Since the Noah's Curia and the ”Rose of Hell” had already bought all of the food, the food stocks in the market were in short supply. If you don't have money, or can't afford it even if you do, some people will steal it.

The fact that the humanitarian aid coming from the Temple was concentrated in the west, where there were many displaced people, was also a problem.

In times of hardship, people resent others.

Why did we have to go through this?　The direct cause was, of course, the Rose of Hell.

But...

The lord who gathered all the knights to his lap and left the rest of the city to fend for itself. How can you say that he is not responsible?　The people are paying taxes in return for the nobles uniting and protecting them.

The Noachurian army that the Marquis of Edfelt brought in with great fanfare was also blown away by the cowardly wind and escaped. The distrust of the Noah's Curio army became a distrust of the Marquis of Edfelt, who used it as a propaganda tool.

Hungry, shivering in the cold, and suspicious of the Marquis (and, incidentally, the Noachurian army), the people ......

What would happen if such people gathered beyond the capacity of the city?

I'm not sure.

At the same time as the Noah's Curio army retreated, several cities were attacked and sunk simultaneously.

One night later, refugees were still pouring into the city of Teiracaines.

”My Lord Marquis. If I may be so bold as to say so, I don't know what the citizens of Teiracaine-who have lost their grip on the city-would do if the Rose Princess of Hell were to attack. That's my honest opinion after looking around the city.

I'm sure there will be panic, but I don't know what they'll do as a result.

”Nuh-uh. ......

The Marquis of Edfelt, Marks, a large, elderly man, sat deep in his office chair, his face frowning like a rough-hewn rock, his dark brown head cropped short.

Barthil was walking around the city, looking at the refugees. His impressions were as described above.

The atmosphere of the city was somehow stale, as if it smelled of rusty iron.

However, it is not something that can be managed by ingenuity or effort, so the situation will inevitably be inconvenient for the refugees for some time to come. In other words, we will be facing the ”Rose of Hell” in this situation.

”It seems that the forces of the Rose of Hell are currently camped in the ruins of Ouarcamarte.

”You're quick to hear. I've heard that too. ......

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The speed of the undead army's advance was something that Bertil knew firsthand, and Marks understood this as well. It was still fresh in his mind that they had raided the royal capital in a single day, a journey that would have taken an ordinary army several days.

Even so, since the city of Duarte was near Teiracaines, this was as if a blade was being held to his throat.

You can either gather them here in Teiracaines without killing them,......, or you can continue to watch them while positioning yourself in a position where you can attack them immediately. They're waiting for the city to ripen, just like they wait for wine to ripen.

We're getting calls for help from the cities that are still standing, but if we send our troops elsewhere, we're playing right into the hands of the enemy.

Marks gritted his teeth in annoyance.

Bertil didn't say anything.

I'm sure that's the way Rene likes it. ...... The number of displaced people is slowly increasing, and the discontent is slowly piling up. And the food is being devoured. If the undead army continues to wait and see, Teiracaines will slowly sour.

But only Barthil knows. Rene's saturation of Teiracaines with people has an even more devastating purpose.

We don't even have to wait. Rather, he'll move now. Because there are enough people here.

Now Teiracaines is like a pond that has been stirred up and the sand at the bottom has become muddy. Rene's strategy is to take advantage of the chaos.

”Either way, there's no doubt that the Rose Princess of Hell will be coming soon. How will you deal with it?

Barthil said here, intending to test Marks.

The fewer dead, the better. I want to protect as many people as I can. It's up to Marks to decide how he wants to do that. To what extent he will use them. And where to abandon him.

At first, it seems that Marks was planning to take Gislain and escape secretly to the protection of Noachurian forces.

Rene had been targeting the lords with pinpoint accuracy, and it was hard to imagine that he would go to the trouble of targeting Teiracaine-where neither Marks nor Gislain were. He seemed to have planned that by daring to advertise his location under the Noachurian army, he would divert Rene's attention from his own territory, and also make himself and Gislain untouchable. He was also thinking of entering Noa Curio when the Noa Curio army withdrew, and returning with a second ”reinforcement” that was fully prepared.