From the very beginning.
Fredos had never imagined that this city could remain hidden forever.
Even if this region was an extraordinarily desolate place.
Not only was there barely any population, there were practically no usable resources either.
Ordinarily, the Mind Flayer Empire could not be bothered to pay attention to a place like this.
But this was an inland region, deep within their territory.
As long as they wished to develop, then no matter what they did, contact with the other side would remain unavoidable!
Thus, under such circumstances, a massive assault from the Mind Flayer Empire had naturally become something foreseeable.
The sort of situation where they did not know exactly when it would happen, nor what the reason would be, but knew it would definitely happen sooner or later!
For that reason, Fredos had long since made preparations!
As for what preparations, exactly?
That was not so easy to describe.
In any case, they were basically all fallback strategies—sacrificing the small to preserve the great.
Turning the tables and killing them instead?
Perfectly fending them off?
He had never entertained such thoughts.
After all, he had at least some self-awareness...
Though this city had undergone a complete transformation compared to its early days, before the Mind Flayer Empire, it was still not much different from something made of paper...
What was he supposed to use to turn the tables against them...
Not long afterward.
Fredos directly contacted the city lord, along with several elite individuals he had repeatedly selected.
In his observations, these people could basically be called the smartest and most capable individuals in the entire city. They were also crucial to whether the Gith race could rise again in the future.
They were as important as a house's foundation!
"Did you call all of