**[Main scenario quest conditions have been met.]**  
**[CHAPTER 3: Destroy the Golden City of Eldorado.]**  
**[Time remaining until invasion begins: 143 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds.]**  

A day has passed.

I posted a notice that operations would be suspended for a while and focused on defense.

If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have broken the city walls!

“Could I ask for a favor? Would five days be enough?”  
“What!? Five days!? That’s absolutely impossible!”  

As I explained that I would attach monsters to the dwarves, they sighed and said they would somehow try.

It’s reassuring to have their support.

So, could we hold off with the monsters we currently have?

Most players said they would help us, but I couldn’t let my guard down.

I didn’t know what the Arcana management would do.

Even if I requested help from the Celestial and Infernal realms, the odds of victory were uncertain.

While hugging my little dragon, who was comforting me, I headed to the meeting room to recruit new monsters.

Representatives from each race had gathered in the meeting room.

As I entered, everyone rose from their seats.

“Please, don’t feel burdened. Make yourselves comfortable.”  
“That’s impossible, oh benefactor.”  

Lan, the twin sister of the Moonlight Tribe, stepped forward and everyone nodded in agreement.

The leaders of various evolved monsters, nourished by magic stones, stared at me.

I took my seat and began the meeting.

“The world is targeting our ‘home.’”

It’s a city and village where many races live together—a home.

“We’ll do whatever it takes to protect our home.”

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**[Time remaining until invasion begins: 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds.]**

I was busier than ever, and the remaining time was down to just one day.

I had persuaded many monsters and made all preparations to protect our home.

In the time left, all that remained was the final adjustments.

Suddenly, hurried footsteps were heard, and a knock came at the door.

“Oh benefactor! There’s been a huge problem!”  
“What? What happened?”  

I was led to the city walls by Lan of the Moonlight Tribe.

Thanks to the little dragon’s help, we climbed up the walls and saw a large number of players approaching.

It was still a day away; had they already launched an attack?

In the distance, I spotted someone waving their hand. Was that Leah!?

“Yuna! We’ve come!!”  

Leading numerous players, most of whom I recognized from before, were suspiciously wealthy individuals.

They were our city’s regulars.

I had no idea they were the leaders of the teens’ guild.

As I opened the gate to welcome the players, their expressions were bright.

Some laughed heartily, saying they brought all their guild members, while others asked to see our little bear just once.

Truly, there were all kinds of people.

Thanks to the influx of players, we finally had a fighting chance.

I assigned defensive positions to the newly joined players, preparing for the channel merge.

Currently, we were operating in Channel 1, but if players from other channels converged, the number would swell tremendously.

After an all-night meeting, I entered my room to find Judicator Nia waiting for me.

As soon as she saw me, she stood up and bowed her head.

“I’m so sorry. I didn’t expect this to happen because of me.”  
“No, it’s not your fault, Nia.”  

As I held her hand and reassured her that this was something bound to happen someday, she began to tear up.

“It’s okay.”  
“I’m really sorry.”  

As I wiped her tears, she awkwardly avoided my gaze. What was going on?

I told her to stay hidden for a while since I didn’t know how the management would act, but Nia refused.

“I’ll help too. It may be weak, but it will be of some assistance.”

Having a Judicator, a progenitor vampire, helping us would be reassuring.

“Really!? You’re welcome here!”  

As I hugged Nia, she squirmed a bit and patted my back.

Wouldn’t this increase our chances somewhat?

The time we had promised was fast approaching.

**[Time remaining until invasion begins: 00 hours, 59 minutes, 00 seconds.]**

Numerous monsters and players gathered in one place, preparing with nervous hearts when an unexpected event occurred.

**[Due to the main quest, the channels will be merged.]**

Countless players emerged, and those inside the castle were our allies, while those outside were enemies.

Players jeered from the city walls.

“You trash! You’re planning to attack these cute creatures!?”  

A retort echoed back.

“Look around! Where are the cute creatures!?”

All the small monsters had unleashed their skills and reverted to their original forms.

Except for some larger monsters, they had all transformed back.

And time passed.

**[Time remaining until invasion begins: 00 hours, 00 minutes, 00 seconds.]**

**[CHAPTER 3: Destroy the Golden City of Eldorado.]**  
Invasion begins.

I looked down at the players with tense hearts, but nothing unusual happened.

Even the hostile players seemed flustered, wandering around aimlessly.

In the distance, something black began to fly, covering the sky.

It was too far to see clearly, but as I focused, I noticed a swarm of bats.

“Bats?”  
“They’re not bats.”  

Leah spoke to me in a tense voice.

They gathered around the players on the hostile side, one by one revealing themselves.

Figures appeared, fluttering black cloaks.

With their sharp fangs, they clearly belonged to the Night Clan.

The hostile forces cheered at their arrival, while we despaired.

I never imagined the Night Clan would show up in such numbers.

“W-why are there so many...?”

The leaders of the teens’ guild, who had all experienced defeat against a single one, wore expressions of despair.

There were at least hundreds of them.

Each one slowly approached.

Were they going to attack the players aiming for the city walls!?

“Team kill...?”  
“W-what...?”  

The Night Clan was cleaning up the hostile players.

As they logged out one by one, crying out that they weren’t on the same side, only the Night Clan remained.

They knelt before the castle gate.

“We have come to escort our mother.”

Who is their mother?

At that moment, Judicator Nia appeared.

With her long silver hair flowing, she slowly descended to the castle wall and extended her hand toward them.

“Having violated the contract made with the beginning, you are betrayers.”  
“That is not true, mother.”  

One of them stepped forward.

A young girl with hair almost silver and pink eyes.

She bore the closest resemblance to the Judicator.

“There is only one mother for us. Out of respect for her wishes, we of the Night Clan will follow her.”  
“.........”

In this emotional atmosphere, I felt sorry, but all of this was happening because of our kids.

No, to be precise, they were tricked into it...

As all the Night Clan turned to our side, a new alert popped up.

**[CHAPTER 3: Destroy the Golden City of Eldorado.]**  
Failure.

**[History will be altered.]**  
**[The main scenario quest will change.]**  
**[CHAPTER 3: Revive the Golden City of Eldorado.]**  
**[Time remaining: 719 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds.]**  

The main scenario quest had changed.

We were now tasked with reviving the city within a month.

As I stared in disbelief at the quest, Leah approached me.

“Did you see the quest? To revive it without clear guidelines...?”  
“Isn’t that how game companies operate? It seems they’ll need everyone’s help.”  

Complaining that they had never been kind before, she called the other guild leaders together.

“I’ll summarize the opinions of the teens’ guild and let Yuna know.”  
“I’ll conduct meetings with our side’s kids.”  

In this situation, it seemed better to gather opinions from both sides separately.

I set up a meeting place for the players and summoned representatives from each race again.

Judicator Nia also attended this meeting to represent the Night Clan.

After all, Nia likely held the most information in this situation.

Excluding any information she couldn’t share, she began to provide what she could.

“So, you’re saying the operator... No, the Beginning is the root of all this?”  
“They are an existence older than the World Tree. The beginning and end of this world.”  

The scale of this was bigger than I had anticipated.

I just wanted to wave the banner of revolution and enjoy the game...?