Shortly after the Indomitable Grand Duke left, the horrific rumors that had been floating around the Empire disappeared as if they had never happened. Even the requests from the minor border lords that flew into the Imperial Capital daily asking for support abruptly stopped and there wasn't any more news about attacked villages.

“Each of the lords dispatched soldiers to search the vicinity, but they all said they couldn’t find a single monster.”

The ancient monsters that had been disturbing the Empire disappeared as if they had never existed in the first place. 

Of course, the monsters hadn’t soared into the sky or disappeared into the ground. 

“After talking to the people and chasing any traces of the monsters, we found out that all the monsters within the Empire have migrated outside the borders of the Empire.”

As if they had all been kicked out by something, the monsters had all fled from the Empire. Because of that, the Imperial Capital heard that the kingdoms that shared borders with the Empire were quite troubled. 

“There’s news that bigger and more powerful monsters are appearing as time goes on.”

It was already difficult for the kingdoms to deal with the headaches that were the existing monsters, but when new, larger monsters appeared and rampaged through the lands, the Imperial Capital heard that there wasn’t a day when...