Frieren: Demon of Domination

What is the most prosperous human region in the world?

Even without thinking,

Based on common knowledge alone, most people could instinctively give the answer to this question—

The Southern Nations.

When the Unified Empire had not yet split, the predecessor of the Southern Nations, the Southern Province, had already gathered 80% of the world's wealth at that time.

And to this day, due to their geographical position avoiding direct warfare with demons, the Southern Nations are undoubtedly humanity's most prosperous region.

Unlike the Northern Nations and Central Lands that have been ravaged by the Seven Sages of Destruction,

And the Second Empire deeply surrounded by the Demon King's army...

The Southern Nations region has almost never been affected by the warfare of the thousand-year human-demon war.

Precisely because of this, they were able to forge today's prosperity under the gathering of countless people and nobles who came seeking fame.

For the peaceful Southern Nations, the outside world's war with demons was almost equivalent to stories and legends.

Willing only to provide financial and material support externally, they had been immersed in false dreams for hundreds of years.

But...

Just recently—

This veil of dreams that had lasted nearly a thousand years was ruthlessly torn apart by that Left Arm of the Demon King.

Qual the Corrupt Sage, alone penetrated deep into human territory and invaded the Southern Nations.

The Demon King's army's third front, the human-demon southern battlefield, was thus officially declared open!!

This was precisely the reason this plea for aid had arrived even before Himmel and his party.

Actually, by rights, the Southern Nations had absolutely no reason to seek aid from Himmel's team, who had only debuted for nearly two years—

After all, although they had the achievement of repelling Grand Demons,

It seemed somewhat insufficient given the scale of the entire Southern Nations.

You must know that although extremely peaceful and having experienced no war for hundreds of years...

The Southern Nations were not defenseless fat sheep to be slaughtered at will.

On the contrary,

The Southern Nations possessed military strength that could be called mighty, as well as the second-highest number of peak experts after the Second Empire—

Even the main battlefield of the thousand-year human-demon war:

The northern defense line currently jointly guarded by the Central Lands and Northern Nations could only be said to be evenly matched with the Southern Nations' military power.

As for why the peaceful Southern Nations would possess such powerful military strength,

Or rather why this powerful force had never been used on the northern main battlefield...

The reason was actually quite simple.

—It wasn't only demons who feared death; humans equally had fear of death.

Demons would die if killed, and humans would equally die if killed.

Since one could spend a lifetime peacefully in the Southern Nations without warfare, why would one let themselves die on the Northern Plateau?

After all...

True heroes like the Hero of the South and Himmel who were genuinely willing to sacrifice their lives for others,

Using their lifelong honed martial arts and magic to protect others...

In the current era where the human-demon war had already lasted a thousand years, were only a minority among minorities.

But under such circumstances, the Southern Nations' defense line was devastatingly pierced through by Qual.

The renowned Three Southern Heroes and Hero Valentine, Hero Barcelona, along with six thousand allied forces, were annihilated overnight.

Qual's Killing Magic, which had slaughtered the allied forces to extinction in just half an hour, thus became famous worldwide.

In the short half month afterward, seventeen cities and towns successively fell to Qual's hands.

Tens of thousands of residents all perished under that overwhelming Killing Magic.

The Southern Nations thus erupted in unprecedented panic...

"The Corrupt Sage has come, another city is about to fall..."

This was the despairing phrase that spread throughout the Southern Nations during this period.

—

"And because Frieren has used Anti-Demon Magic that's extremely similar to Killing Magic,"

"The Southern Nations believe we might have the possibility of breaking Killing Magic..."

"So to defeat Qual, the Adventurers' Association and various royal courts hope we can temporarily redirect and go assist the Southern Nations."

"That's roughly the situation—"

Under the illumination of the firelight in the village chief's wooden house,

Himmel, who had returned, explained the letter's contents word by word to everyone.

At the end, he placed his gaze on the white-haired elf.

Not just him—

Everyone except Agusheed and the Hero of the South looked toward Frieren at this moment.

"Frieren..."

"Is the Anti-Demon Magic you used before related to Qual's Killing Magic?"

Heiter was the first to ask.

He rarely showed seriousness at this moment, his Spell book gripped tightly in his hand.

One could imagine the shadow that Qual's atrocities had cast in his heart.

"To be precise..."

"It's not related—the Anti-Demon Magic I used before was modified based on Killing Magic."

After inquiring with her eyes and receiving her old father's permission,

Frieren very frankly revealed the source of Anti-Demon Magic.

Without generating any other suspicions,

And without exploring the secrets within too deeply—

Himmel's trio unanimously associated the source of Killing Magic with Agusheed.

After collectively glancing at Agusheed, who showed no expression about this...

Himmel, Eisen, and Heiter became more convinced of this idea.

"If that's the case..."

"The question of whether to go or not needn't be discussed."

Eisen stroked his beard, expressing everyone's shared thought.

"Right, if we don't go..."

"I'd probably regret it for the rest of my life..."

Himmel's sigh was soft, but the white-haired elf easily heard the suppression within it.

—

Frieren's thoughts were also to go...

But to prepare her companions, she still appropriately threw cold water on the idea.

"Let me say upfront—"

"I have no confidence in breaking Killing Magic used personally by Qual."

"And I equally don't think we have the possibility of defeating Qual..."

At this point, Frieren paused, her gaze shifting slightly.

Himmel's trio followed her gaze,

What came into view was the Hero of the South and Agusheed drinking tea.

"If the mustached uncle or Agusheed is willing to act, then pretend I didn't say anything."

Frieren's words weren't without reason—

If Agusheed or humanity's strongest Hero of the South were willing to act...

That would indeed be the most ideal situation.

As long as either of them was willing to resolve it, the crisis brought by Qual would be easily solved.

At least Himmel, Heiter, Eisen, and Frieren all thought so.

But similarly, they didn't hold much hope for this.

And just as they thought,

Agusheed's calm response arrived almost instantly.

"Don't place your hopes on him and me."

Not only for himself, Agusheed also helped deny Frieren's proposal for the Hero of the South.

"Both he and I have more important things to do. We don't have time to deal with Qual."

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