Esper Kingdom's Royal Capital.
Royal Palace.
King Delarosa stared intently at the war map in front of him, his expression stern and grim, leaving the ministers behind him too afraid to speak.
The war map hung on the wall, covering the entire kingdom's territory, composed of red, yellow, and green colors. The red territory represents land still under the rule of the Esper Kingdom; yellow represents ongoing battle areas, and green signifies territories occupied by goblins.
On the war map, the green territories spreading from the east to the center now covered one-fifth of the kingdom's area, separated by a strip of yellow battlefield, confronting the red.
The messenger returning from the front line continued to report the latest situation with the goblins.
"Goblins have started planting crops on our land."
"Goblins captured the main passage in the eastern frontier a week ago. Currently, ninety percent of the main routes in the east have fallen into goblin hands."
