The Lotes Empire, Lancelot I, the supreme Great Emperor, co-ruler of Lott, Tania, Fitelia...
Personally led an expedition!
The news spread throughout the empire!
The old nobles were thrilled! The farmers had hope! Almost everyone was singing the praises of this legendary emperor, the chosen one who had first united humanity's many kingdoms! "He'll surely wipe out the rat plague like he did last time!"
"It's not a rat plague. It's a demonic tide!"
"Same difference. The emperor defeated the Minotaur Demon God last time; this time, he can defeat the Mouse-Headed Demon God too!"
In every tavern, every Post Station, and every street, people competed to recount the Great Emperor's legends! They desperately needed a hero—an invincible hero!
A city currently ravaged by the rat plague became the Great Emperor's first stop.
"Harriet, unleash Ice Storm!"
"Libis, use your Death Magic!"
"Elga, lead people to evacuate the civilians!"
Lancelot had completely pulled himself together.
At that moment, he was like Geluxi, desperately trying to make up for his mistakes after missing the chance to send reinforcements during the Battle of Waterloo.
He issued one flawless order after another. Through Mind Link, he opened every map and saw where the rats' core forces were.
Kill the strongest and most organized Red-Eye Giant Male Rats. Kill the most fertile Red-Eye Female Rats...
Half a day later, the city was reclaimed.
More than half the civilians had been rescued.
They lay prostrate on the ground, expressing boundless gratitude to the emperor.
Then they made an even more difficult request.
"Our food has already been eaten by the endless rats. Please show us mercy, Your Majesty," begged the city lord, an old noble.
"Take your people to ***'s fief. The empire's largest grain reserves are there. I'll issue you an order." Lancelot decisively