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34 -  Meanwhile, in A Empire (4)

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This is C Principality, where the [Stampede] occurred.
Almost all the towns and villages near the high-ranked dungeon were trampled down by monsters’ advance.
Of course, the residents have already prepared a kind of [Disaster Evacuation Set] so that they can escape quickly in case of emergency, and have already grabbed it and evacuated, as they live in the area knowing this would happen, although it is not an event that happens annually.

But… originally, these towns and villages were also places for laying an encircling net.
If it seems to be progressing that far, they will have to counter it with a different countermeasure than the encirclement net that A Empire originally does.

When the elite forces of A Empire retreats, the elite forces of B Republic, other allied nations and the neighboring countries would deal with it, when that happens, it would be announced publicly.
The first salvo. It was E Kingdom that took the initiative.
They have recently been increasingly involved in alliances and other exchanges through W Country――even though they have mainly taken a stubborn stance of respecting the old and not changing their national culture.

This time, they had declared that they would deal with the [Stampede] in C Principality through W Country who had an exchange with B Republic.
They didn't send an army or adventurers from their country, but they supported C Principality with long-range attacks from their own country.
It’s as if the very presence of the army and adventurers is a waste of time.

Precise magical attacks by means of magic circle.
Those were the E Kingdom's forte, the magic techniques that the world was afraid of.
In the blink of an eye, they gained total control of the frontier area of C Principality, which had turned into hell, as if to say ‘magic circle breaker? What’s that?’.

Among them, there are monsters that have the magic nullification property. They survived, but not in numbers that were as bad as the picture of Hell, and continued to advance.
We have dealt with them as much as possible, we ask B Republic to deal with the rest of the monsters that were immune to magic.
Said E Kingdom to B Republic behind the scenes through W Country.

While B Republic and others were disgusted by their sheer arrogance, they were also reminded that the power of E Kingdom is still alive and well.
Only monsters that were immune to magic remained, but they were all from the S-rank dungeon.
By no means were they easy.

Although they were determined and well-prepared to take on the challenge.
As expected, it was not a simple matter. They requested supplies from each country and they somehow managed to continue the offense and defense while consuming them.
In the midst of all this――

“What is this?”

“It's a [Potion] made by a light-element magician.”

Actually, Josiah continued to diligently make and deliver [Special Potion] every day.
They were transported to this battlefield where supplies were scarce.
The adventurers reacted with a small hope, saying “Potion, eh?” Seeing the low rank of the potion, they judge it to be only a mere consolation, and hand it over to the medical unit.
When they do――

“U, OOoOOo! What a crazy potion!”

“Is this actually a high potion!? Give it to the critically ill patient!"

They said the effect was outrageous.
[Clean Water] is known as cleaning magic, but more accurately, it has the property of removing impurities.
Because of that, from the raw material for potions, by filtering it with [Clean Water], only the healing components were condensed. Truly, a Special Potion.

C-rank.
Rather than the low rank of potion, what’s abnormal is that the low grade recovery medicine called potion is C rank.
In other words, it was a potion with good purity and of the highest quality.

“With this, I can still go on!”

“If you've recovered, go back to the battlefield!”

However, in this situation, they can’t afford to evaluate that ‘the contributor of this potion is amazing!’. In any case, they kept fighting and fighting, and everyone forgot about who the potions were from.

☆

“Wh, what's going on here?”

“That's... my line. I heard that the people of A Empire, who had retreated, were advancing to C Principality while riding strange vehicles. We were also alarmed.”

By the time A Empire completed their magic weapons and triumphantly appeared to suppress the [Stampede], the activation of the dungeon was coming to an end. Just in case, B Republic and others laid an encircling net around the dungeon.

A commander from A Empire barks in agitation.

“There’s no way people like you can handle that number of monsters!”

“Yes, we could never have dealt with them on our own. This time, E Kingdom, with the help of W Country, exterminated 70 percent of the monsters.”

“E Kingdom!? That old and harmful country that relies on their defective magic circles!!?”

“Their combat power was still alive and well... So what brings you here?”

“Uh, grrr...!”

To think that the old kingdom and neighboring countries would snatch away the perfect opportunity to show off their cutting-edge combat weapons.
The A Empire troops have no choice but to drink their bitter pill and retreat.
However, before they can circumvent their first and last perfect chance... they will be assailed by a country-wide problem.

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(T/N: Special Potion: previously translated as ‘specially made potion’)

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