622 Episode 622 Strategy Meeting Part 1.txt

A few days later--I decided to attend a meeting to discuss the future course of action as planned in advance.

The venue is the meeting room of the Adventurer's Guild's Hollow Bottom Branch, located on the fifth level of the open dungeon "Sundial Forest".

Not only for Agat Ram-related matters, but whenever we have a discussion about the Ark of the Elements dungeon, I can't help but say that the guild branch is always available to us.

Even if the discussion does not involve the guild, this tendency remains the same.

The biggest reason for this would be the favorable conditions of location.

Located near the border of the high-security 'Sundial Forest' and the high-danger 'Elemental Ark', the fact that it was easily accessible from both the ground and the 'Elemental Ark' made it perfect for gathering attendees from both.

Strictly speaking, the Golden Fang Knights' Hollow Bottom Fortress is also located nearby, but since that is a purely military base, it has the problem of making it difficult for outsiders to easily enter.

That's why we rented out an entire meeting room of the guild branch today, and a meeting that would affect the future of Green Hollow opened up.

''--Well then, with the permission of my presumption, I, Sophia Wedgwood, will be the facilitator of this meeting.

He announced the beginning of the meeting as he sat down in his seat overlooking all the attendees.

I don't remember how many times this is already, but the recent meetings were often chaired by one of the White Wolf (our) members.

Considering the White Wolf Knights' original official duty of acting as a go-between for the Adventurer's Guild and the various Knights, it was only natural for them to take on the role of facilitating the meetings.

'There is no need to introduce the attendees ...... as expected. They are all familiar people who have had many meetings.

This time, the faces participating in the meeting are faces that can be called 'the usual guys' as Sophia says.

First of all, from the Adventurer's Guild side, it was Florence, the branch leader.

The fact that she is the same age as me, a young woman for a guild branch leader, no one in the room can no longer feel concern about her.

And in addition to several of Florence's subordinate branch staff, all four A-ranks based in Green Hollow were also present today.

Travis of Black Sword Mountain.

Dustin, the Two Spearman.

The Dragon Slayer, Theodore Beaufort.

Roy of the Hundred Beast Plain.

They usually split up their roles to perform their own, so it was surprisingly rare for all of them to show up at the meeting at the same time.

Travis and Roy are looking for a pathway from the second level filled with greenery and water to the third level, while Dustin and Theodore are conversely working to secure the safety of the relevant level in order to make preliminary preparations to enter the third level from the scorching fourth level.

Next, those present from the Knight's side are also the commander of the Golden Fang Knight's side, and Felix, the Silver Wing Knight's vice-chairman and head of the Green Hollow Garrison Unit, the highest authority in the field.

By the way, from the White Wolf (Ore) side, in addition to Sophia, who is the moderator, the so-called expert position, Hildo the Elf - although he is still hiding his true identity - as well as the wizards' Ambrose was also in attendance.

That, and Garnett as an escort and Leila as an assistant by name, but Leila in particular is basically not supposed to have a say in the content of the meeting.

'...... are you okay?'　You can always tell me if it's too tight.

'Ha, yes. I'm fine.

He whispered to Leila, who sat next to him.

Leila's mouth is tied up in a tight knot as she looks stricken with a strong sense of urgency, glancing at Travis and then looking away again.

Even though she was a member of the Hyndman family of the Dragon King's Knights, she should have rarely participated in such occasions herself.

This is probably why she felt helplessly pressured by the fact that she was in a meeting that dealt with an extremely serious topic.

I'm sure the fact that he's been constantly looking at Travis since a while ago is probably an effort to relieve some of the tension and prevent him from behaving badly.

First of all, I have something to report. The other day, the Demon King's Army ...... and Gandalf's army sent us a proposal for a third level invasion operation with the anti-Agart Ram in mind.

Sophia is progressing the meeting without delay with a sense of stability as expected of her.

The reason why they were called Gandalf's army instead of the Demon King's army is a result of a combination of judgments that calling them the same as during the war would not be well received by the outside world, and also because Ivaldi is also one of the Demon King's people, so it's a bit of a complication.

It's not that the name of the Demon King's Army is forbidden, so it will continue to be used differently in the future depending on the situation.

''First, I will briefly explain the plan proposed by Demon King Gandalf.

Then Sophia turned her gaze to Leila and asked in a gentle voice, "Can you illustrate, please?

'Ha, yes!'

Leila got up from her seat and moved to the blackboard behind Sophia, repeatedly glancing down at the reference material at hand, filling in a simplified diagram of the 'Ark of the Elements' with white ink (chalk).

The first labyrinth, also known as the "Millennium Corridor of the Abyss," spreads out directly beneath the surface of the earth, and the destination from the first labyrinth and this "Sundial Forest" is a large space of rock and wilderness that was once called the "Demon King's Castle Realm" - the first level.

The second, third, and fourth levels continue underneath it, and it is said that the second, third, and fourth labyrinths exist in between each level.

Demon King Gandalf's current residence is located even deeper from the fourth level, but that castle was omitted from the diagram because it was not relevant to this operation.

Sofia thanked Leila briefly for finishing the simplified diagram and placed the tip of the indicator stick on the fourth level, then slowly moved it through the fourth labyrinth to the third level.

'The hidden passage through the fourth level that Gandalf's army has long identified as the key to their plan of defiance against Agart Ram. From there, the combined forces of the Westland and Gandalf armies will attack from there. This is the main invasion route.

"And as a prelude to this...

The tip of the indicator stick is now pointed at the second level.

"We will execute a diversionary tactic from the ground side 'via the second level' and cause a break in Agart Ram's interceptive stance. This is the invasion plan proposed by Demon King Gandalf.