Dragon and Ogre, Sacrifice and Sin (6)

★ Lef Magitech Empire: Tent City ★

The Fourth Labyrinth Conquest Division was steadily making progress on its reconquest of the "Labyrinth of Nine Emotions," aided by the Adventurer party "Silver Balance."

The first meeting to compare the results of their explorations was held that day.

Lulusha, the head of Division 4, naturally attended, while Dantes joined as a reference witness from the "Silver Balance."

Members of the various teams in the Labyrinth Conquest Department, representatives of major merchant houses well versed in magic research, and the director of the Labyrinth Administration Bureau had all gathered—the Empire's key figures. Even the great tent felt rather cramped with fifty people inside.

Most of them were Lef people, with only a few members of the Human Race and other races present.

"Director, Division 1 would like to review all the exploration results first. We have the deepest bench of researchers, after all."

"Hold on. In terms of researcher numbers, our Division 2 has more."

"Ha ha ha! This is why the people from the Administration Bureau are so amusing. It was our merchant house that actually analyzed the magical devices."

Each side insisted on its rights, and the discussion went nowhere...