(3rd PoV)
In the Kingdom of Dwargon, a high level meeting was taking place.
King Gazel asked his top spy, "So, what information do we have about Orc Lord?"
"I am sorry. We couldn't gather any information. All spies around Lizardmen territory disappeared, along with the entire Orc Lord army. There is no sign of Orcs in Great Jura Forest now.
And we couldn't approach the battlefield for inspection because of Kijins."
Gazel frowned.
"Kijins? More than one?"
"Yes. All of our spies that are not native to Great Jura Forest were captured as well.
It's possible that they were Ogres named by Apolloyon, the slime named by Milim."
'This slime doesn't seem that friendly, unlike the blue one.'
Gazel wondered about the blue slime which had gotten arrested in Dwargon and created a full potion, which is basically impossible.
Rumours have spread that the red slime, Apolloyon Nava, has murdered the daughter of Archduke of Sarion.
And, it indeed is the case that the Archduke was raging on the Blumund Guildmaster for sending his daughter to Great Jura Forest to investigate Veldora's disappearance.
Just as he was lost in thought, unnoticed to everyone, Elmesia walked into the meeting room.
"Do you want the information my spies have gathered?"
As she said that, everyone's attention turned to her, their weapons pointed at her. Yet, she was not scared in the slightest.
"What are you doing here?!"
"Ara~ Gazel-chan is not happy to see me?"
Gazel raised his hand, ordering everyone to drop their weapons.
"This is the Emperor of Sorcerers' Dynasty of Sarion. Don't let the fact out. And everyone can leave the room."
"But—!"
A guard tried to oppose, but after seeing Gazel's gaze, he nodded, and left along with the main people of Dwargon.
After the people were gone, Elmesia said to Gazel.
"Gazel-chan, do you have enough space to fit 20,000 Elves refugees?"
This immediately rang alarm bells in Gazel's mind.
Sarion is one of the strongest nations in the world. Just like Dwargon, it doesn't bow to the ideology of Western Holy Church. For Elmesia to even ask for this...
"What happened?"
"The rumours have spread the my niece was killed by Apolloyon Nava. Moreover, many Western Nations have tried to contact Sarion for countermeasures against him.
I feel like this is someone's scheme to direct Demon Lord Milim's rage towards Sarion by harming Apolloyon.
I have already contacted Leon to have Demon Lord Guy on standby in case something happens. The children and non-combatants have been evacuated to El Dorado. But, even with Sarion's full power, against Milim..."
Gazel gulped and decided against visiting Great Jura Forest at all. He didn't expect the situation to be this bad.
"Do you know who started the rumour?"
"It's very difficult to determine. Gerald made such a big commotion, that anyone with good enough information network will know about it.
But, it's most likely that whoever is behind it wants to take care of Apolloyon and Sarion out of their way without doing much themselves."
Gazel sighed, putting his head in his palm, feeling headache.
"Can you promise that Milim wouldn't destroy Dwargon for sheltering citizens of Sarion, in case something bad happens?"
"I can't promise you that. I am going tomorrow to inform Apolloyon about this possible mastermind who would want to assassinate him and blame Sarion for it. But, I have to ensure that no lives are lost in case they succeed."
"For someone named by Milim, with her surname... and most likely the one who took care of the Orc Lord... with several Kijins and Shizue Izawa at his side...
Can someone really assassinate him?"
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"I will assassinate him."
"Then, I will trust you, ———."
In a mysterious meeting, the assassin declared.
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Meanwhile, Apolloyon heard the report from Kurobe about the different alloys.
"Good job, Kurobe!"
"Hahahaha! It was nothing. I should thank you for allowing me to witness such alloys."
Apolloyon grinned and gave some samples of the alloys for Kurobe to work with as he pleases.
Then, he ordered Nexis.
'Nexis, start creating the bodies for the demons. Hmm... 1000 bodies should do, right?'
[Understood.]
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