Breaking the Egg

Arken Empire Emergency Response Headquarters.

A body convened in times of crisis to handle grave matters that shake the foundations of the Empire.

It consists of five chief commissioners and conducts a postmortem to determine the course of events and those responsible.

The capital of the Arken Empire continued on peacefully without suffering so much as a blow.

That was because the advancing monsters had been swept away in a single stroke.

As a result, many people probably regarded it as nothing more than a minor disturbance.

But in reality, an entire legion had been annihilated.

Alexander had tried to send reinforcements, but those who sought to evade responsibility had only made matters worse.

Alexander had made those who had used illness as an excuse to stay behind genuinely ill.

On the grounds that they had created a plague within the Empire, he had beheaded the offenders and their entire families before having their bodies cremated on the spot...