‘Eight days…’

It was a really long time. I was shocked when I recalled how Laios was completely surrounded during those eight days. I was sure a minimal amount of troops were left behind, but Laios had basically gotten abandoned on the battlefield. I wasn’t sure how crazy Cha Hee-Ra became that the situation there became like this, but…

‘I can understand them.’

I recalled how Cha Hee-Ra’s strength stat went up to 117 points during the Castle Rock monster wave incident, so the temporary truce to avoid her was understandable. Even if I were on the Republic’s side, I would still find it difficult to do something about her. To safely suppress her, one needed a party of named members from the Eight Seats or the Five Tiger Generals.

‘It’s not an easy task.’

Taking out the named members when the front line was currently in a tense situation was close to impossible, and if they were in the process of capturing Castle Rock and surrounding Everia at the same time, they wouldn’t do something stupid like thinking that Laios was important to their plans.

“Is the Sacred Democratic Country doing something about this?” I asked.

“They’re just waiting for now. To be honest, the Red Mercenary Guild is in...