While Roger and the Magic Goddess toured Dragon Island and enjoyed their unexpected vacation, Dragonkind had already begun to act.
Meanwhile.
The Tech Combat Force, led by the Lava General, had also entered the final, most intense stage of its campaign against the dozen or so small nations controlled by the Church of War, wedged between the Graycastle Empire and the Dawn Kingdom.
Krieger City.
It was the last city controlled by the remnants of the War God Church, and the only one the Lava General had not yet dealt with during this expedition.
Krieger City had been blockaded more than ten days ago.
Anyone who left would immediately be captured by the Tech Combat Force led by the Lava General.
Of course, if remnants of the Church of War wanted to enter, so long as they were not carrying large quantities of supplies, the forces outside would turn a blind eye and let them through.
With this arrangement, more and more remnants of the Church of War gathered in Krieger City. The pressure within the city grew greater, bad news from outside arrived every so often, and supplies were being consumed at an increasing rate...
"Are they still maintaining the blockade outside? Have they made any further moves?"
Crazy Lion Kleck, the former archbishop of the War God Church responsible for the campaign against these small nations, stood in the church at the city center with a grim expression. His entire body seemed to radiate a heavy, oppressive gloom.
If the Lava General had directly represented the local nobles or royal family in holding them accountable, or had even sent troops to the city gates and declared war on them, Kleck might have felt more at ease.
At the very least, the Lava General—or rather, the Dawn Kingdom and