Depart for Wild Wolf Valley

"When a person earns money through their own labor, and someone else who did no work wants to claim a share of it, what would you do?"

"Of course I wouldn't give them anything. I worked hard for it—why should I share it with someone else?"

Exactly. The Brain-Eating Ants were extremely greedy. Last time, I went to discuss cooperation with them. Do you know what the Ant King demanded?

"What was it?"

"All the territory of the Death Wasteland."

"Heh, what an outrageous demand! So now that the Brain-Eating Ants are asking us for help, what should we do?"

Gaino said, "Wait and see."

"Alright, I'll send word to Sku right away. We'll wait and see."

By the way, to put the Brain-Eating Ants at ease so they can fight the Demon Clan, have Sku tell them that we'll deliver a fatal blow to the enemy from behind. The Brain-Eating Ants' task will be to draw the enemy's attention from the front.

"Alright, I understand. I'll convey your intentions to Sku immediately."

While Laiya was relaying the message to Sku, Demon Lord Haibage had already led the Demon Clan army toward the Brain-Eating Ants' territory. During Haibage's march, anyone who tried to stop him was crushed by his overwhelming strength. The formidable combat power Demon Lord Haibage displayed made everyone who stood against him shudder in fear, desperate to stay out of his way.

Under such overwhelming force, the Demon Clan army led by Haibage drove straight ahead, heading directly for the Brain-Eating Ants' territory. After receiving Gaino's orders, Sku first conveyed them to the Ant King's subordinates. Then, he sat back and watched, waiting for the Demon Clan army and the Brain-Eating Ants to clash while he observed the battle from the side.

At that moment, inside the