Dealing with It Halfheartedly

Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, another month had gone by.

On the eastern side of the Kukull Basin, bunkers stood everywhere and defensive lines crisscrossed the land. Along a front stretching over a hundred miles, densely packed demons and human soldiers faced each other from afar.

That was right. During this time, under Roland's orders, the six hundred thousand troops had done nothing else. They had focused entirely on one task: building castles and digging defensive lines. Through their efforts, a human castle had risen before every demon castle, while simple yet sturdy small fortresses spread throughout the surrounding area.

Although their defenses were certainly far inferior to the demon castles that had been built up over many years, they would no longer need to use the lives of heavily armored soldiers to hold the line should the demons launch another massive offensive.

This move left Belial, who had now initially taken command of the battle, staring wide-eyed. Weren't they here to attack? How had they become even more cowardly than the demons?

It was not just the demons. After learning of the Sacred Co-Prosperity Kingdom's recent actions, Matthias and Freddy could not help twitching at the corners of their mouths. Roland, when it came to being shameless, you really were the best.

Having entered the Kukull Plains for over a month, they had organized several large-scale offensives against the demons despite their reluctance to fight, battling them to a standstill at the cost of tens of thousands of soldiers killed and wounded.

Then there was Roland. He did not look as though he had come to wage war. Instead, he looked more like he had come to display their superb civil engineering skills.

At this moment, at the center of the Sacred Co-Prosperity Kingdom's