Chapter 397 [Illustration] (Teaser)
This conclusion was not one that only Olivia could reach. Even in the atmosphere of fear that remained in the wake of the attack, an individual who could remain calm and rational could deduce this from the list of victims.
If the main force had attacked this Merchants’ Guild branch, sweeping away the empire’s influential figures and then disappearing, it would demonstrate that the demons might not need a significant reason in order to kill powerful individuals within the empire.
Demonstrating that even those with immense power could become targets would instill fear in the populace.
Even if the special investigation unit’s investigators did not know the truth about the Raziern attack, they could have easily figured all of this out.
“The influential figures who died at that location were all rather skilled, as were the forces they had escorting them. The escorts were a small elite group, rather than a large force. The core forces of the demons would have hit the Merchant’s Guild branch and then retreated.”
“That seems to be the case.”
“This time, though, there’s no trace of large-scale destructive magic being used. Of course, it seems like veteran close-combat fighters were involved… which means that the remnants of the demon forces are not insignificant, or they might have built up a new force. Given the appearance of orcs and goblins, which haven’t been seen before, the latter seems more likely.”
Orcs, goblins, ogres, trolls…
The fact that they had deployed forces they hadn’t used before made Olivia consider the possibility that the demons had strengthened their forces.
Olivia had yet to reach the point where she suspected that this might not be the work of demons but someone else, and that was perhaps understandable.
Even Olivia, who had been thoroughly disillusioned with humanity, had limits to her thinking. If I weren’t the Demon King myself, I might have just clicked my tongue and dismissed the whole situation as the demons suddenly going crazy upon hearing about such an incident.
Even though some of the...
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