[Underground Fortress in Africa]

“He’s planning on building a nation.”

Rumi gave her last testimony as a spy.

“A nation?”

Aileen and Jin Seyeon wrote down Rumi’s words and tilted their heads.

“Yes, he’s already built several villages in Africa. Didn’t you say some people went missing after the recent monster incident?”

“Huh? Yeah, I did, but… that can’t be right.”

Rumi sipped her glass of cold water and sighed.

“You guessed correctly. Orden probably forced those missing people to his villages. Your drones couldn’t detect it because his hypervigilant monster birds destroyed them beforehand.”

Rumi’s explanation made sense. The government dispatched 1000 drones to Africa, but 990 of them had already been destroyed. They used the remaining 10 to plan their safe route. Unexpectedly, Orden kept the missing humans alive and even built a place for them to live.

“Trust me. I’ve seen his papers. They made me assign the categories.”

Rumi continued her testimony.

“Categories?”

“Yes, I ranked their monsters and villages.”

Rumi recited the settings of Orden’s kingdom. All monsters received a category between sacred bone and true bone and rank 1 to rank 9. Similarly, all villages received a low, middle, or upper rank.

“So you’re saying these villages exist?”

“That’s right. They’re human villages run by monsters since the number of humanoid monsters can’t compare to humans. However, Orden also has scientists researching ways to turn those kidnapped humans into monsters.”

Aileen frowned when their conversation reached that point. Yi Gongmyung also wore a similar expression...