Inside Vera Fortress, Duchess Vera waited anxiously, but she did not receive a satisfactory outcome.
"My Lady, your reputation saved Viscount Perez."
"However, that army has not left. There is also a group calling themselves Dawn Followers. They claim to be carrying a Divine Oracle and have come to cleanse this land of its evil forces."
Hearing this news, Duchess Vera trembled all over and asked nervously, "Dawn Followers?"
"Not Dawn Believers?"
"No, no. If they enter Duke Vera's Territory, the Holy Kingdom Knights will turn around and come back. Then they'll kill everyone!"
Duchess Vera refused nervously. Knight Damon had gone on a killing spree precisely because the Dawn Faith on this land was weak.
"My Lady—we can't stop them."
"That Northlands army never left. They used only one attack to defeat Knight Costa."
"They also said they would take you to a place called Rhino Horn Mountain."
Hearing the knight's description of the opposing army, Duchess Vera lowered her voice. She had enough knowledge to understand.
"An Extraordinary Legion?"
At once, she fell silent. She no longer even had the strength to berate her own troops. She knew clearly that an army of ordinary people had no power whatsoever to resist monsters who were all Extraordinary.
This Thousand Lakes Region of the Maple Leaf Forest was close to the Wansu Kingdom, a nation made up of other races. Their innate advantages gave them powerful armies, and Duchess Vera had seen the combat strength of those soldiers.
"How could this happen? Why aren't they driving out the Demons of the Abyss? Why have they all come to my territory?"
Duchess Vera was close to breaking down. What had happened these past days had exceeded her control. The changes were too great; this simply did not conform to the rules