After the three representatives left.
Guild Master Buerdun said to the Mayor: "I completely fail to see any possibility of their victory. Even if we invited the Warrior Chief, who is said to have recently stepped into the Realm of Heroes, I don't think that Warrior Chief could save this city from its impending doom. That's a Dragon Lord, after all."
"Even the Chief of the Slane Theocracy perished at the hands of this Vampire. I truly can't think of anyone else who could eliminate this Vampire. Perhaps the Sword Saint who eliminated the Goblin King might have a slight possibility. But given the current relationship between the Kingdom and the Empire, we simply cannot invite that Sword Saint."
They had just concealed some very crucial intelligence.
Admittedly, nothing they said earlier was a lie, but some intelligence that could cause panic was hidden by them. The Guild had already received confirmed information from the Theocracy, proving that the Vampire was an existence of Dragon Lord level. Even the Chief of the Theocracy's Elite Troops: The Darkest Scripture died at the hands of this Vampire. They truly couldn't think of anyone else who could defeat this invincible Vampire.
Although that Chief finally managed to inflict severe damage on the Vampire, even so, the Kingdom's strength was insufficient to face a Dragon Lord. And the Theocracy seemed to have already decided to abandon the Kingdom, so it was impossible for them to continue sending reinforcements to aid the Kingdom.
As for the Empire and the Holy Kingdom.
The former is currently in a hostile relationship with the Kingdom. Not kicking them while they're down is already considered good. And even if the Holy Kingdom wanted to send reinforcements, it might be too late. Currently, there is no news of the Kingdom's own reinforcements appearing, indicating that His Majesty in the capital and those nobles have already decided to abandon the city of E-Rantel.
This decision could be said to be very correct.
Because even if the Kingdom gathered its entire national strength, it might not be able to subjugate a Dragon Lord. Since this Dragon Lord's mind is severely damaged and won't leave this area, it might be better to simply cede this territory to the Dragon Lord.
But this decision of theirs was equivalent to letting the people of E-Rantel fend for themselves! You must understand, in recent years, due to the war with the Empire, the Kingdom's grain harvests were already poor. The nobles were still trying every possible way to squeeze every last drop from the common people.
At this time, asking the common people to move and live in another territory is an extremely difficult thing. If this decision were truly made, then more than sixty percent of E-Rantel's populace would starve to death on the road.
If such a huge loss truly occurred, then the person serving as Mayor of E-Rantel would definitely be held accountable and could not escape blame. Those Noble Faction would not mind at all killing him to appease public anger. Whether the King knew he was innocent was completely unimportant. If His Majesty truly had the ability and courage, the Kingdom's Noble Faction wouldn't have climbed to their current heights.
And this Mayor's decision was clearly different from the orders from above. He decided to conceal the key intelligence and spare no effort in searching for that slim chance of survival.
Anyway, no matter what he did, it meant death.
So what was there left to fear?
Gamble once. The worst result was still just death. As for why the Mages Guild and their Adventurers Guild wanted to help... The former was because they were far too curious about the Dragon Lord. The mages' thirst for knowledge made them choose to throw caution to the wind. The latter was because of the sense of responsibility on their shoulders. You must know, the original purpose for establishing the Adventurers Guild was to protect the people from other races. So even if the Kingdom gave up the struggle, they would not give up the fight, even if there was no hope of victory.
"I know it's very difficult, but we have no other choice. Next, I have another matter I'd like your Adventurers Guild to help with. Help me deliver this letter to His Majesty of the Empire. I believe with that Emperor's courage and vision, he would never be so short-sighted as to watch this Vampire occupy this city. The consequences for the entire human race would be an unparalleled disaster."
The Mayor was very clear that the three Adventurer teams had less than a one percent chance of success, but they were the strongest combat force E-Rantel could currently muster.
His requirement of them wasn't high; he just needed them to probe and determine the Vampire's current strength.
He believed that as long as it was confirmed the Vampire had indeed suffered severe damage, both the Kingdom and the Theocracy would change their minds and send reinforcements to E-Rantel.
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