The continuous drizzle blurred the boundary between heaven and earth.
Eight-cloud Ink stood on the tower with an oil-paper umbrella and a brocade dress.
Below, along the bluestone road, countless knights in military attire were slowly leaving the city.
He reached out his hand, and the falling petals rolled up by the cold wind drifted to Eight-cloud Ink's fingertips.
"I didn't expect it to rain today."
Ares stood beside Yakumo. Even though it was a rainy day, his crimson armor still glowed with a crimson light.
Ares frowned and looked at the drizzle in the sky, then shook his head.
"Do you need me to change the weather?"
"You can do it?"
"Of course."
Eight-cloud Ink nodded.
Ares thought for a moment, then shook his head and refused. "Forget it, this is not bad."
After staring at Eight-cloud Ink for a while, Ares suddenly said, "Look at your outfit, it's very similar to a country in the far east of the continent. I heard that the country has to have a toast before going to war — "
"Don't mention the wine!"
Eight-cloud Ink glared at Ares in disgust.
"I hate that stuff."
"Uh …"
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— The Kingdom of Lakia's army sent out troops.
This news instantly spread in the nearby countries.
Soldiers in heavy armor, tens of thousands of armored horses, and hundreds of thousands of spears emitted a dim light under the gray sky.
Many merchants and travelers had already witnessed this super large armed group marching towards the country's border.
The total number of soldiers marching was as many as 130,000.
They were heading straight to the center of the world — the maze city Eulalia.
Toward the huge city wall and the white tower that soared into the sky, the sound of hundreds of thousands of soldiers' boots could be heard approaching.
The military flag that led the heroes in heavy armor was fluttering in the wind.
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With the recruitment order issued by the [Union] in his hand, or rather, the compulsory mission, Bale smacked his lips and returned to the [Hestia. Clan] camp.
At the end of today's adventure, after handing over the day's harvest to Bale and letting him go to the [Union] alone to exchange for money, Yui and the others returned to the clan camp first.
Meanwhile, in the [Trade Union] hall, Bale received a shocking piece of news from Eina.
"Dispatch, dispatch, dispatch troops!?"
The rabbit opened its eyes wide and stared blankly at the bespectacled lady with elven blood in front of it.
"Yes."
Eyna tapped Bel lightly on the head.
"Don't make such a fuss. This matter hasn't been officially announced yet, but the higher-ups have already decided to carry out the compulsory assembly order."
"What's that?"
"It's the same as the missions issued by the [Union] in the past, but the named clan members must carry it out and can't refuse."
Bell nodded in understanding.
Since Eulalie was about to be invaded, the powerful clans who were usually high and mighty had the responsibility and obligation to stand up and face the attack.
"This is really …"
Bale was in a trance. He had never thought that there would be a time when Eulalie would be invaded by enemies. In his mind, there was only one enemy, and that was the monsters in the underground city.
"This isn't the first time."
Eina was looking for information on the side.
"According to the records, there have already been five invasions."
"Eh?! Five times? "
"Yes."
Aena gave Bell a book.
"The details of the past wars are recorded here. Do you want to take a look?"
"No, no need …"
After returning the book to Eina, Bale took the profits from the exchange and was about to leave.
"Wait!"
As soon as he turned around, Eina stuffed a piece of parchment into his hand.
"I'll give it to you sooner or later anyway, so I'll give it to you now. This is the compulsory assembly order of your clan members."
Bale looked down at the parchment in his hand. On it were the words [Warning, Hestia's Clan Member. Compulsory Assembly Order] …
"Are we going to join the war too?"
"Don't tell me you don't know?" Eina rolled her eyes at him. "After defeating [Apollo's Clan Member], your overall evaluation has reached B, so you're naturally within the compulsory assembly range."
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Just like that, Bale returned to the base with the assembly order in a daze.
After explaining the matter to Hestia and the others, a group of girls immediately surrounded him.
"Is there going to be a war?"
Yui curiously held the parchment and looked at the assembly order written on it.
"Lagia … Kingdom? What's that? "
"That's the clan of Ares, the God of War. The whole kingdom is his clan."
"Huh!!!!!"
The little guys suddenly exclaimed.
"Doesn't that mean they're more powerful than the strongest clan members, Loki and Freya?"
"Of course not." Hestia waved her hand in boredom as if she was not interested in the assembly order. "Although the number is large, most of them are Lv. 1 or Lv. 2 adventurers. Few of them have reached Lv. 5, and none of them have reached Lv. 6."
"It's no longer an era where numbers alone can overwhelm everything. Do you know why the previous invasions didn't succeed?"
"Don't ~ know ~!"
The little guys sat in a row and shook their heads neatly.
"Hmph! Of course, it's because the children who have been blessed by God have the strength to fight against thousands. The most powerful adventurers can stop thousands or even tens of thousands of troops alone! "
"And in the whole continent, only Eulalie has an underground city, which is the best place to train adventurers. In other words, the most powerful adventurers will only appear in Eulalie. "
"Since Ares was driven out of Eulalie, it's destined that he won't be able to produce the most powerful adventurers."
"And the low-level children, no matter how many of them there are, are useless."
Hearing Hestia's explanation, Bale and Shesta were relieved.
For them, a war game with hundreds of people fighting was a bit unimaginable, let alone a war with hundreds of thousands of people …
"No wonder we're also under the assembly order."
Yuriko tapped the table lightly.
"Does the [Union] also want us to help fight against the Lagia army?"
"Yes."
Bale nodded.
"Aina told me that this time, the [Union] intends to let Finn Danner, the leader of [Loki. Clan], be in charge of the overall command."
"That little guy?"
Shesta's eyes widened. She had a deep impression of the little guy who looked only in his teens but was actually over 40 years old. She could not help but look at Lily Luca on the side.
With the help of Yui and the others, the little girl had now separated herself from the original [Su Mo. Clan] and officially became the special support of [Hestia. Clan].
Shesta had a deep impression of the little guy because Finn Danner had once proposed to Lily Luca — of course, he was rejected.
"Well, anyway, it's not a big deal!"
Hestia clapped her hands.
"The children living in Eulalie are also used to being invaded by the Lagia army after a while, so there's nothing to worry about."
— Really, there's nothing to worry about?
Yuriko looked at the assembly order on the table in silence.
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