After being forced to step down, the once-annoying nun eloped with me.

Left with no other choice, they could only place their hopes on that unfathomable deep-sea cave—in order to explore the cave, they sent the golem carrying the lamp into the deep sea.

Under Kino's careful control, the cave of the ancient Sirens ruins was quickly filled to the brim with Golem's robust body.

The cave was filled with crystallized siren fossils. Deeper inside, there was an upward-facing cavity. There was no seawater here, and the lights worked properly, which relieved Kino and the others, but also made them realize that this might be their last chance.

"This place is really deep...we continued down for another two hundred meters or so before we reached the top," Kino muttered. "And there are traces of flesh magic ahead...it's very possible that the flesh magic that sank Allandis started from here..."

"Can we raise the continent again here?"

"It's possible, but the impact could sink our ships...so we'll have to move further away—but before that, we need to check what's going on ahead."

Otherwise, it would be troublesome if only one plot of land was developed while the rest remained unchanged... Let's get back to work.

Kino looked up at the sun in the sky. She sighed heavily and said, "Another long, dreary day of sitting all day."

While Kino was working hard, in the Roman Magic Realm of the continent of Elusia, the head maid began to plan a new travel route.

On one hand, the demon servant's demand for resources has been increasing lately—she knows the problem likely stems from the rift in the sky, but since it was promised, the head maid can continue working as long as she doesn't go against Prince Garsen's wishes.

On the other hand... naturally, Prince Garsen has recently developed new desires.

"Want to eat people? My prince, I will satisfy you..." the head maid murmured, "But elves are not an option for now... Let's go to the Manchu city. After all, Romans aren't good to eat, so just bear with it a little longer."

The head maid left the old site of the Roman capital. The demon servant watched as the head maid soared into the sky, and could only sigh weakly.

He is doing his utmost to widen the rift in the Great Calamity.

Although it's unclear whether this poses a threat to humanity—that's all he can do.

For some reason, he had a vague sense of foreboding.

After all, although the cracks were widening, humanity was behaving far too calmly.

What exactly are they planning?

The demon servant fell into deep thought.

And that's where he was unaware.

Kino found the old site of the flesh magic.

She can make Arlandis rise again.

Chapter Twelve: [Fighting on Two Fronts]

Kino knew she could finally raise Allandis again. All she had to do was send the Golem carrying [Hate Flesh] into the deep sea, have the Magic Dolls increase the output of the artificial magic reactor, and then wait for good news.

But Kino wasn't impatient for quick results. She just rubbed her dark circles for a while, until the sun was replaced by the moon, before she finally sighed and said: "Let's report back home."

"After all, we can't act on our own when the country isn't ready... Moreover, we have to coordinate with the main force back home—otherwise, if Allandis rises and we open the portal only to find the troops back home still taking a shower, we'll be in trouble."

Kino muttered to himself, thinking that his arrangement was necessary.

After all, they are currently very far away from the interior of Isugavad Gol. Given that communication heavily relies on magic and there's no way to know everything, the information the expedition obtains is bound to be significantly different from what's reported back home.

To avoid the awkward situation of "we're all ready here, but you're all going to sleep there," it's essential to contact our home country before making important decisions.

In reality, even if Kino hadn't done it, others would have. But considering this was the first time this young girl had calmly considered such a major decision, everyone decided to respect her wishes and say, "Let's do it this way."

As the magic flowed, Kino's good news reached the country. For Yang Hao and the others, who were still awake in the middle of the night, Kino's news was undoubtedly a shot in the arm.

As it happened, Lalumia also came over today because of some things that happened on the continent of Elusia... So the group reunited in the conference room, discussing important matters of Allandis while also discussing matters on the continent of Elusia.

The matter of Allandis is easy to handle.

After all, following the demonic invasion, Ysgard, now in a dictatorial phase, was fully capable of mobilizing its army and keeping it on standby 24/7—of course, the United Nations' army had already completed its mobilization. Once the portal opened, a steady stream of military equipment would immediately appear on the continent of Arlandis to fight the demons to the death.

The key is to choose a good time to invade. Frankly speaking... if possible, Yang Hao doesn't want the situation on the continent of Elusia to become a constraint on Allandis. And the situation on the continent of Elusia is precisely Lalumia's objective for this trip.

The gentle deity said with concern, "Recently, a peculiar high-ranking demon has been active outside the Roman Demon Realm."

If the other side only attacks humans occasionally, then the United Nations only needs to evacuate the residents of the dangerous areas or communicate with the Khutto Khanate.

But the problem is... that demon's behavior has been acting rather strangely lately.

It is getting closer and closer to the territory occupied by the United Nations.

The Protestant area, which was deliberately used as a garbage dump, was not even on its radar.

In other words, this demon may have become picky lately—it rarely bothers the Romans anymore, and it seems to prefer harassing elves or Bayerns.

This is terrible.

After all, within the original territory of the Roman Empire, the Shkur Territory and the Kagard Territory had become important mining areas for the United Nations.

Although there are not many residents in these two areas, there are still a small number of elves and Bayezians working hard to build a better new home.

Worse still, these two locations are very close to Roman's Demon Realm—this isn't the first time that cunning demon has approached these areas for reconnaissance...

In other words, it's ready to make its move.

"To prevent our people from being threatened, Theresa has already had the elves use teleportation magic to bring them back."

Aside from the oak mines, only automated golems are active in the area. But the intelligent demon's actions still unsettle us: it seems far too cunning. If possible, we'd like to bury it in the Roman Demon Realm.

At this point, Lalumia sighed softly. She ruffled Yang Hao's hair while waiting for the children's reply, and Yang Hao, upon hearing this, asked: "Is Theresa confident?"

Lalumia nodded: If she went in too, she wouldn't say she was absolutely certain, but she was at least 99.9% certain—the only variable was that the demon might suddenly sacrifice all the creatures in the demon realm to gain explosive growth in vitality, causing it to be in a state of being neither dead nor alive for a short period of time.

"So what are Theresa's plans?"

Fen, resting her chin on her hand, asked.

"Theresa's current plan is to have a large number of magical dolls and golems lead a team to ambush around the Roman Magic Domain—of course, the sentries inside the Roman Magic Domain will also cooperate in the operation."

"I see... They don't care if the golems break, and the Edenites can upload their consciousness at any time... In a sense, they really are an army that 'can't be killed no matter what.' So, will she go there herself?"

"After confirming the demon's location, Theresa will go with me."

"I see..."

Teresa was the saint of light. Before the light was bestowed, this devout saint would not have been in any danger to her life.

Lalumia is the light, and her power is greater than that of all the demons in the Roman Demon Realm—in other words, her only concern is how to limit the area where that demon appears, nothing more.

These two combinations, along with the magical puppets and Golem's forces, could almost completely annihilate the core area of ​​the entire Roman Magic Domain—so why didn't they do it before?

Because the two of them were simply too busy.

Teresa was not only a nun, but also an empress.

Lalumia is not only a deity, but also Anna's educator and Natalia's supporter. With so many roles, it is difficult for her to take on long-term military campaigns again.

Neither of them would abandon politics to go to war unless absolutely necessary—but now it seems that such a necessity has arisen...

Although Yang Hao still had some objections, he figured it was his wife's decision, so he could only trust his mother and wife.

"Then, I'll leave things at home to you. But this means we might have to fight on two fronts for a while."

"Can we proceed with the other plan after we've dealt with things on our end?"

"Denial: No."

Elena answered this time.

The tiny synthetic doll always preferred to let the data speak for itself. Even when facing Lalumia, Elena never relaxed her efforts when it came to serious matters.

She summoned the magic screen and, under everyone's watchful eyes, brought up the research data on the sky rift. She then said solemnly, "The longer we delay, the faster the rift will become active, and the more difficult it will be to close."

Especially considering that it would take an unknown amount of time for Lalumia to hunt down that demon, or even to destroy the Roman Demon Realm... they were even less likely to waste time and let Kino and the others drift at sea for longer.

"Seriously: Especially considering the time it takes for a continent to rise... we should do both things at the same time. Otherwise, we are likely to fail, or find that the rift has widened to an unclosable size after Lord Lalumia has dealt with the demon."

"...Hmm. That's true."

Elena is right.

If Yang Hao and the others have time to wait for one of the fronts to resolve the issue, then it doesn't matter.

The key problem is that they don't have the time to wait—not to mention, it's unclear how long it will take Lalumia and the others to resolve the Roman Demon Realm.

Considering the time it would take for Arlandis to rise, as well as the necessary time for military operations and research after acquiring the technology... Although Yang Hao and his team had about three years to wait, they actually had to race against time and didn't have much free time at all.

So...no matter how much Yang Hao and the others stir things up, fighting on two fronts is unavoidable.

Since it can't be avoided, we can only let it come.

They confirmed their plan to operate on two fronts. Meanwhile, after receiving the message that the operation would begin the day after tomorrow, Kino finally slept soundly for the first time since she set sail.

Humanity is prepared.

For the demon servants of Roman's Demon Realm, the head maid's increasingly radical and bloodthirsty behavior has indeed caused him a lot of trouble.

One of the problems is that more and more humans are beginning to conduct frequent reconnaissance missions into the Roman Demon Realm.

These adversaries from the United Nations seem to have figured out how to protect themselves in the Demon Realm. Under the helpless watchful eyes of the demon servants, they have built outpost after outpost at the gaps in the Demon Realm, and even have the mind to continue exploring the depths of the Demon Realm.

Although the number of Roman demons is still large, these uncontrolled demons will not guard the key passages according to their own will.

The mental fog that could obscure the vision of life seemed to have lost its effect on these guys as well.

In the end, the only strategy the demon servants could use to protect the heart of the demon realm was to have the primal demons further retreat into their defensive lines while attempting to lure the Roman demons to attack human outposts.

Although the demon servant himself didn't know if he would achieve anything, it was better than doing nothing at all.

Even so...

"...Should we postpone any further activities that could stimulate the rift?"

The demon servant considered postponing his plan. But then he thought that stopping now was impossible, so why not just keep fighting?

Besides, the head maid doesn't obey his orders—even if he stops, will the head maid stop?

Looking at the larva that Prince Garsen had transformed into, feasting on flesh and blood in the distance, the demon servant sighed heavily: Of course not.

The head lady-in-waiting's current code of conduct is all related to Prince Garsen, and she will directly attack anyone who gets close to Prince Garsen, even him.

The demon servants didn't even have a chance to persuade Prince Garsen to exercise restraint and stop the head lady-in-waiting from causing trouble.

Not to mention... Prince Garsen was completely unrestrained and would never listen to his advice.

...All I can say is that this place is absolutely rotten.

The demon servant sighed heavily once more. Just then, the head maid returned.

She seemed somewhat elated. She was still clutching some spoils of war that appeared to be reserved for Prince Garsen. She hadn't forgotten her large demon servant either; his share was already piled up downstairs.