By Charles's way of thinking, before driving out the enemy, one must first put one's own house in order.
But the two troublemakers within were even harder to deal with.
If Anog and Kolsama truly came to blows with him, they could make Charles suffer badly.
Just as they found Charles troublesome, Charles found it equally troublesome to deal with them.
Devils without, demons within.
For the moment, he truly could not think of a good solution.
The demons had yet to launch an attack on Charles.
But the devils already intended to kill him.
The devil army was gathering. Before long, it would begin its assault.
Charles spread out a map and considered his next move.
After a long while, he muttered, "Preserve the people and lose the land, and both people and land will remain. Preserve the land and lose the people, and both people and land will be lost."
"The strength granted by my authority comes from my territory and the demons upon it."
"If I fought the devils across ordinary towns on the front lines with my legions scattered apart, then ten million demons would not last long before being defeated one by one by the devils."
"Not to mention that the number of fourth- and fifth-rank forces under my command definitely does not exceed the number of Greater Devils."
"Once I am tied down, the legions under my command will be gradually gnawed away, one by one."
"If it truly comes to that, I will either be beaten to death by the devils or flee the Abyss in disgrace and return to the Wizard World."
"Although the Wizard World is not bad either, I clearly have better prospects in the Purgatory World. I absolutely cannot flee back in disgrace like this."
Having thought it through,