"...Prepare for battle immediately!"
Crack!
As the communications officer had just put down the receiver, Novi, who was studying the map nearby, issued another order.
"Have the weapons department prepare at once. The battle begins in five minutes!"
"Yes!"
The communications officer hurriedly acknowledged her, picked up the receiver again, and began relaying the order.
Novi did not look up. She continued staring intently at the map on the table, placing the flags one by one.
"Captain Novi, the detection department has finished counting the types and numbers of monsters within a range of 200 kilometers."
It was still that tall, straight-backed man in a military uniform. Holding a sheet of white paper, he jogged over to Novi and spoke in a low voice.
"Mm. I understand."
Novi looked up and took the paper from him. After briefly scanning the data, her brows immediately knitted together.
There were already nearly 230,000 monsters within the detection range alone. Most were Earth Element monsters, while a smaller portion belonged to other types.
Golems, Rock Lizards, Fire Coyotes, goblins... They were all monsters active in the surrounding area.
These were monsters that had fled north after sensing the Rockscale Dragon's aura. In other words, all the monsters from the surrounding regions had gathered here.
No one knew how many more monsters lay beyond the detection range. With such a vast number, it was impossible to kill them all.
If these monsters continued lingering around the area, Hill City would suffer heavy casualties and come under tremendous pressure. They had to subjugate that Rockscale Dragon as quickly as possible.
She looked up at the man in the military uniform beside her, handed back the paper, and said calmly:
"Deputy Sali, relay the monsters' types to the weapons department. For now, have the Magic Core