The Light Screen footage showed that it was noon.
Fujimaru Tachibana and the others, who had not gone to sleep until nearly dawn, slept until close to noon before getting up.
Thankfully, every one of them had an extraordinary constitution. Otherwise, such a short amount of sleep would never have been enough.
Then again, young people really did have good bodies. Even after staying awake all night, a few hours of sleep were enough.
As everyone prepared to seek an audience with Gilgamesh, they first met Siduri, who had come on Gilgamesh's behalf. She said they should rest for the day, that he already knew about the Tablet of Destiny, and that they need not worry. They could spend the day however they wished.
The arrangement caught Fujimaru Tachibana and the others off guard, yet coming from Gilgamesh, it somehow seemed perfectly reasonable.
After all, that king always liked doing things that left people baffled, though there was invariably some deeper meaning behind them.
Since Gilgamesh had arranged it this way, Fujimaru Tachibana and the others accepted.
Afterward, Fujimaru Tachibana exchanged information with Chaldea. Following some discussion, they decided to visit the Absolute Demonic Front and take the opportunity to see the state of the front lines with their own eyes.
The sprawling Absolute Demonic Front was a colossal wall, like The Wall from A Song of Ice and Fire. Standing like an insurmountable natural barrier, it kept the Demonic Beasts outside.
The no-fly barrier also ensured that flying Demonic Beasts were rendered useless here, utterly unable to make use of their aerial abilities.
Likewise, the immense barrier sealed off the underground, leaving burrowing Demonic Beasts no choice but to rage helplessly.
As such, the Demonic Beast horde was ultimately nothing more than a mass of land-based Demonic Beasts.
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