Socially anxious people transmigrate to another world; living in seclusion is too difficult.

The messenger dared not delay and, carrying Cai Ran's letter of appeal, rode swiftly to the adjutant for help. After understanding the situation, the adjutant immediately ordered two fourth-tier captains to take the messenger and use flight magic to fly to the Bone City of the Demon Kingdom.

Upon arriving in the City of Bones, the messenger mounted the warhorse prepared within the city and, without daring to delay, galloped towards the capital. About two days later, he finally arrived at the capital, Damonlit. Although he and his horse were exhausted, the military situation was urgent. Despite his physical weakness, the messenger delivered the message to the Council of Deliberation and the Royal Palace.

Upon receiving the letter requesting assistance, the review panel immediately convened a meeting, as the current situation was causing them considerable distress.

“A letter of appeal for help has arrived from Cai Ran on the eastern front. After Slivia and Delin provided assistance, the Demon Kingdom’s original army of 600,000 has dwindled to just over 100,000, and half of the land it had captured has been lost. What do you all think about this?” Chairman Harold distributed the letter of appeal to the other five people for their review.

The deliberative council consisted of a presiding councilor and five councilors, who together wielded most of the power in the Demon Kingdom. After everyone had read the report, silence fell. Then, Councilor Marsh spoke up: "A few days ago, we received a report from the southern front that they were unable to organize an offensive. The Beast Kingdom single-handedly turned the tide, and now the Demon Kingdom is on the defensive in the south, and is facing defeat on the eastern front as well. I can't help but wonder if it was a mistake to trust those Insulators so readily?"

“Marsh! This is the decision of the review panel, how can you question it!” Another reviewer, Ana, questioned, and then said, “The Beast Kingdom is already powerful. I heard that they have mobilized the whole country. Moreover, the southern front was originally a smokescreen we used to mislead the locals. The eastern front is the main direction of attack. I suggest that we send more troops to Cai Ran. We must hold the eastern front and at least take the southern border of Tianyun.”

“I agree.” Xu Benran agreed with Ana’s proposal: “As long as we break through the allied forces on the eastern front, we’ll be one step closer to our goal. Then, as long as we hold out until we obtain the Elemental Stone, the crisis on the southern front will naturally be resolved. However, there’s a condition for reinforcing Cai Ran: send the Extermination Team to the front to supervise the battle. Also, after we take Luowen County, the Extermination Team should order Cai Ran to attack south of Tianyun, all the way to the Lingluo Great Forest. If he doesn’t comply, then…”

Harold waved his hand upon hearing this: "Cai Ran is, after all, someone who followed the late king, so his behavior should not be too extreme. However, your previous suggestion can be adopted. As for whether he will obey orders, I think we should see the attitude of that person."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a guard entered and reported, "Chief Councilor, the royal envoy has arrived."

Harold looked around at everyone and smiled, "It seems that while we were still discussing, he had already reached a conclusion." Then he looked at the guard and said, "Please invite the royal envoy in."

Soon, a man walked in from outside the hall. He bowed to everyone and said, "Gentlemen of the Deliberation Court, the Demon King has sent me here to ask questions."

Upon hearing the word "question" uttered by the royal envoy, all the deliberative members frowned, clearly indicating that the Demon King Vera was quite dissatisfied with the deliberative council. Harold, however, seemed not to have heard them and asked, "Please speak, royal envoy."

Wang Shidao said, "Your Majesty asks: I have heard that things are not going well on the eastern front and Cai Ran has requested reinforcements. Before the war, Your Majesty opposed it, but the Council of Deliberation strongly advocated for war. Now, faced with the request for reinforcements, Your Majesty would like to know the Council of Deliberation's opinion."

Harold pondered for a moment, not understanding Vera's intention, but still said, "The Council is discussing this matter, and the general opinion is to send more troops to support us."

"Should we reinforce both the eastern and southern fronts simultaneously, or only support the eastern front?" the royal envoy continued to ask.

“We will only support the Eastern Front,” Harold answered truthfully.

"The Demon King's stance is that if the Council agrees to increase troop numbers, then troop reinforcements will be sent on both fronts simultaneously. The eastern front is within the Empire's territory and is not yet threatened by the Demon Kingdom's territory, but the southern front is already on the border. If it fails, the enemy might be able to invade the country. At the same time, given the insufficient number of troops belonging to the royal family within the country, the Demon King suggests drawing reinforcements from the personal guards of various noble territories, to be allocated by the Council." After the royal envoy finished speaking, he bowed his head and waited for Harold's response.

"Your Majesty, please rest for now. We need to discuss the Demon King's opinion."

After dismissing the royal envoy for the time being, Harold looked at the other five people, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "That little girl Vera seems to still be dissatisfied with us, and is still thinking of using us to weaken the nobles in the country. This move is still too naive."

Ana said, "I'm afraid the nobles are unwilling to hand over their personal guards to the front lines. I think it would be better to call up the royal city guards and personal guards."

"That's inappropriate!" Marsh immediately retorted, "Although Vera may have misunderstood our decision, she is still the Demon King, the monarch of the Demon Kingdom. How can she justify mobilizing the royal city's guards and personal troops? Isn't that compromising with the nobles? Is our council the council of the Demon Kingdom, or the council of the Demon Kingdom's nobles?!"

Xu Benran also seconded the motion, saying, "The Royal City Guard and the Royal Guard should absolutely not be mobilized. The troops directly under the Demon King and the Council of Deliberation have indeed reached their limit. If we really have to mobilize the Royal City Guard and the Royal Guard, then as Marsh said, our position has completely shifted to the nobility. Although the little girl's move is very naive, it is undeniably effective. I agree with mobilizing the nobles' personal guards."

Aside from Harold, four of the five councilors already supported the Demon King's suggestion. At this moment, Harold slowly spoke up: "Well, you are all right. The council is ultimately the council of the Demon Kingdom. However, the nobles who have been transferred need to carefully consider how to maintain the balance between the nobles and the royal family, so that the little girl is satisfied while the nobles are not dissatisfied."

“That depends on which nobles Verra wants to deal with,” Ana said.

"If we're talking about how to deal with them, it's definitely the ten dukes who are in charge. Since the late king passed away, the ten dukes have banded together to fight against them. Their territories are expanding, while the territory directly under the royal family is getting smaller and smaller."

"Yes, that's right, but the ten dukes are powerful and cannot be easily touched."

"Why not hand it over to the Slaughter Bureau to carry out?"

“No, if the Extinction Bureau intervenes, it means that our Deliberation Court has reached an agreement with the royal family. If we push too hard and cause the nobles to rebel, the Demon Kingdom will be finished.”

Seeing everyone talking at once, Harold finally tapped the table and made a decision: "I think we should do this. The little girl's goal is definitely to target the ten dukes. Since we need to support both the eastern and southern fronts, and we can't touch all the dukes, we should divide them up little by little. For the eastern front, we should draw all the troops from the territory of Duke Manuel, where the anti-government sentiment is the strongest, and start by attacking him. For the southern front, we should draw troops from the territories of earls and marquises under Dukes Renault and Xie Tongguang, so that at least we can't let Manuel and the other dukes stick together."

In fact, Harold had long wanted to curb the growing momentum of the ten dukes. Their slowly revealed ambitions were something Harold could not tolerate. The Council and the royal family only had differences in their governing philosophies, not in who should rule the Demon Kingdom. However, the ten nobles always wanted to dominate, which touched the sore spot of the royal family and the Council.