"We have confirmed that among them, there are races capable of transforming and disguising themselves as humans. They have already begun infiltrating the city's administrative system."
Refresh later.
The infiltration of the internal administration would inflict immeasurable damage upon Free City.
Free City had come this far because it had won the people's hearts.
The mixed-bloods all regarded this place as their home. United as one, they gave everything they had regardless of cost, and that was how this vast, sturdy city had come to exist.
But once the trust between them fell into crisis, cracks would appear in Free City's very foundations.
That had to be avoided!
City Lord Montilfali summarized Free City's current predicament as swiftly as she could.
Only then did Dark and the others finally understand why the eastern gate had been sealed off.
As everyone sank into thought over the matter, City Lord Montilfali gently clapped her hands. The attendants waiting outside pushed carts into the room and placed the dishes from the serving carts onto the table one by one.
There were not many varieties of food, most of it meat, accompanied by bread, vegetable soup, and Free City's specialty lemon tea. This was the lunch served in the City Lord's Manor.
City Lord Montilfali composed herself and said with a smile, "Give it a try. These are all edible cuts of meat carefully selected from magical beasts. To process the meat, we specifically hired priests skilled in purification magic from the Holy Church, ensuring that all residual demonic energy was thoroughly removed. Speaking of which, the cooking method used to tenderize and refine this magical beast meat was invented by Aurora. It has now been widely adopted throughout Free City."
"Magical beast meat?"
Turning magical beasts into ingredients—reversing the roles of hunter