Epilogue (3)

★ "Silver Scales" ★

An airship rained shells down from the sky, bombing the monsters on the ground.

Each shell was powerful, sometimes wiping out more than ten monsters at once, but some individuals survived with no more than an arm blown off.

There were many monsters no one had ever seen before: a dragonkin monster with four arms, a one-horned antelope that stored electricity in its horn, and a venomous spider with abnormal jumping ability.

At first, they had fought back on the ground, but now they were moving toward sealing off the city, taking advantage of the massive checkpoint.

This threw the Empire into chaos over how much property could be transported out. The country was still functioning, narrowly preventing looting and riots, but the citizens were nevertheless forced to abandon most of their possessions—furniture was obviously impossible to transport, and the banks had been shut down—leaving the entire population steeped in dissatisfaction and anxiety.

"—Zelly, how are things outside?"

When Zelly returned to the tent, Dantes asked her, and she shook her head.

"Same as ever~. Everyone's got gloomy faces and their heads down."

"I see..."...