The first place where the monsters had been sighted—the outer border of the territory. And indeed, now that they had arrived in the outskirts, the appearance of monsters was far more frequent.

It had already been about two weeks since they set up camp at the edge. For the past fourteen days, monsters had been creeping in from all directions, forcing them to maintain constant watch, day and night, while continuing their skirmishes.

“There are more of them than I expected.”

“The one behind them must have mana to spare. Still, it’s a relief that destroying the orbs causes backlash.”

“Right. In that case, the more orbs we destroy, the faster we can end this campaign.”

At the duke’s remark, Lukas nodded.

If the enemy’s power weakened with every destroyed orb, then maybe it was better to deal with as many monsters as possible all at once—to end the conflict decisively.