"Damn.. That is the Monster Overlord." Everyone immediately noticed the pressure of its release.

Looking at the appearance of Monster Overlord, some combatants immediately release their all-out attack.

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[Axe Art - Frenzy Chop]

[Spear Art - Piercing Hawk]

[Sword Art - Final Slash]

[Martial Art - One Point Strike]

All of their devastating strikes only make the gigantic miasma fog dissipate for a while before it forms back as nothing happened.

"That is not its real body!!" said one of the mages inside the group.

After forming back, it gathered the miasma around its mouth and ready to shoot towards the group.

"Incoming!! Don't let it fire its attack!!" said one of the elf.

"Take this… [5th Circle - Circle of Winterland]." as one of the people finished casting her spell.

A chilling frost aura encased the group and freezing all the monsters that tried to approach it. The gigantic miasma also got frozen and stopped gathering the miasma around.

Although it is only a 5th Circle spell, the high circle ice elemental spell is much more destructive being used in areas such as this. Because it could create a chilling frost aura that rendered other monsters into frozen statues.

But, it only gives them a break for a while before the ice statue cracks and the monsters tide back to charge at them.

During this precarious moment, "Hurry, gather over here!! I can't hold it for too long." said the elf that held blue thick mana that connected towards the symbol on the ground.

Hearing this, the group immediately gather together towards the elf. At this moment, the giant miasma breaks the ice and fires the accumulated miasma [Miasma Blast].

Fortunately, everyone quickly gathered around. Before the [Miasma Blast] touched them, they were engulfed in thick blue mana and gone from that place [6th Circle Spell - Mass Teleportation].

In the middle of Roundel City, a huge mana fluctuation came out from the air. From it appeared a crack in the space and huge mana surged up. A few moments later, a group of people from various kinds of race appear out of nowhere.

All of them immediately feel motion sickness from the teleportation and try to hold back to not puking around. Looking at the allied investigation team, the surrounding guard lowered their weapon.

"Fuhhh… We finally made it." said one of the halflings.

"I will never go back to that dreadful place ever again." said one of the humans.

Everyone felt relieved that they finally made it back. After two full years of investigating inside the inner Dark Forest, they finally made it back to the Civilization Society alive.

During these two years, they are constantly on the alert and fighting almost every day. Some of them even died because of many unforeseen dangers or surrounded by monsters. But, all of it is worth it as they finally gather some information on the new Monster Overlord.

Looking that they are back at the Roundel City, some of them immediately close their eyes and rest on the spot. The investigation team may consist of strong combatants but there is a lot of danger inside the inner area of Dark Forest.

Meanwhile, inside the inner area of Dark Forest, the monster overlord realizes that its intruders managed to getaway. *ROOARR*

After the roaring sound could be heard all over the Dark Forest, the low-grade monsters inside the Dark Forest begin to move to attack the nearby city relentlessly.

Outskirt of the Black Forest near the boundary of Heart Kingdom, Black Fortress, the first defensive line against monsters from the Dark Forest.

Inside of the quarter, General Borkin's doing some paperwork suddenly heard a roaring sound from the Black Forest.

'What's that sound?! I have a bad premonition about this.' as the dwarf goes out to the fortress's wall.

At the fortress's wall, he found a blue-haired person looking at the forest. He seems like could see everything in the forest.

"General… Prepare to fight. the monsters are coming." said the Duke before he went back to his room.

"Y-Yes, my lord." replied the general dwarf shortly.

"You hear that, lad. Sound the alarm!! Hurry, move your ass and get into the position!! We have monsters to slay!" command general Borkin toward the other soldiers.

Hearing this, the soldier sounds the alarm and announces the news all over the fortress. Not long after that, countless monsters of various kinds appear in the outskirts of the forest.

Looking at the huge Black Fortress, they begin to charge into it like a mindless beast. Then, the sound of magical cannon, projectile, and artillery is released towards the approaching monsters. *BOM* *SHHTS* *BOM*

The dwarf general along with the duke and soldier already standby on the wall waiting for the survive monster to climbing the huge black-coloured wall.

Soon, the fight between monsters and Civilian Society happens once again. Not only in the Black Fortress but all cities and civilian settlements near the Dark forest are attacked by countless monsters at the same time.

The Dark Forest become a sort of forbidden place for the time being as the monster becomes more active than usual.

While the monsters from the dark forest create chaos towards the surrounding, the leaders of the Civilian Society once again have the emergency meeting inside the Roundel City.

Inside the meeting palace, the elf leaders sit on their chairs. But, only a few leaders of the Civilian Society come and sit at their respective chairs while most of them are empty.

Because of the urgency, not all of the leaders could come to the Roundel City at the moment of notice.

To anticipate this problem, the elf race gives a long-distance communication device to all the leaders. After waiting for a while, a projection of the leaders appears in their respective seats.

Looking that all the projection of leaders appear, "Alright, let's begin the meeting." said Vandor Windspear as one of the elf leader.

"Sylvan, please show us what you got." said Vandor.

Then, Sylvan brings a memory crystal and projects it in the middle of the table. He begins to narrate his story about his journey during these two years inside the Dark Forest.

After hearing the story, "So, you are saying that this monster overlord is not only capable of leading the other monster but also intelligent enough to counter our technology device." said one of the leaders.

"Yes, they seem to have some experience with our mana technology and even Jammed our communication device many times." replied Sylvan

Hearing Sylvan reply, all the leaders begin to consider this new Monster Overlord again. All this time, the monster could easily be suppressed because of the advancement of technology on the Civilian Society side.

If somehow the technology is rendered useless in the fight against monsters, that means it is one of the advantages on the Civilian Society side is gone.

This may be simple but it could create a lot of trouble during the war. This trouble will lead to more casualties during the war. From the leaders perspective, during the war casualty may not be avoided.

But if they receive too many casualties during their war between monsters, their military strength will also drop significantly. In the worse case, their kingdom or country may collapse because of the instability.

After processing Sylvan explanation, "From your story you said you could not get into the near it because it could immediately detect you. Then, could you explain why almost half of the investigation team die?" said one of the leaders furiously.

"Yeah.. Is this not some kind of scheme from the elf kingdom to cut our force more?" provoked the other leaders.

Then, more people try to berate Sylvan. Before one of the elf leaders said, "Do you think we need a scheme to destroy all of you?"

Hearing this, the other leader began to silent, "Don't mistake our race for kindness with weakness. If not because our elf soldier as the team leader acts as the team leader this time, none of your delegations will survive on this mission." said the elf leader.

Before anyone could reply, "If we want, we could just leave this new monster overlord to destroy and trample all your so-called kingdom into nothingness Before we kill it at our front door."

"Few races and tribes already push us to make this choice in the past. What makes you think we will not make the same choice like that again."

So, tell me, leaders, did you want us to leave this monster overlord for you to fight your own or you want us to fight with you?" said one of the elf leaders.

"Master Luke, please calm down." Vandor holds the angry elf leaders.

"As all of you know almost half of the investigation team is dead. Few of them are also from our race and one of them is Master Luke's son. So, please mind your own words carefully."

"Also we elf race is very serious about this matter. Every single elf in our community is precious and we just lost a few of them. Before this, we already met on our own to let the new monster overlord or not."

"Now, leaders, should we participate in this war or leave you be? Also if you want us to participate? What could you offer us? "