An outcast dropout, surviving on the frontier and rising to become an S-ranked counter-magician.

Oh my God, I didn't know you were home.

Yeah. Home country won at least once.

Was it the Unity War?

'Yes, but it's a token victory. The war will still go on.

Don't you need to add to your team?　Silas could be an asset, right?

The first priority for me is our activities. And I'm a lower level person than the rest of the demons. In terms of strength, I'm just a small army.

''Well it's outrageous that the strongest of mankind is a mongrel soldier,''

'To begin with, the specifics of the body, and whether or not it can adapt to the twilight, are important. Humans can't adapt to the twilight. There are all sorts of experimental bodies, but it's a fine line.

Yeah.

The Box Garden. Claudia was experimenting as usual, but just as she was about to do so, Silas had arrived. He occasionally returns to his home country like this. When I first heard that the demon race also has a country, Claudia thought it was surprising, but to begin with, there is not that much difference between them and humans. It's no wonder that they have a country.

Although Claudia has only heard the outline, the current situation in the twilight seems to be like this.

The demon race is divided into three forces. Demons, sub-humans, and demons. The battle for power there is constantly taking place. It has been going on for a hundred years now. In the past, they joined their forces to fight humans, but afterwards, it became a question of which species would rule the world and went straight to war. That war continues to this day with no decisive outcome. Surprisingly, no one seems to know where the twilight phenomenon came from.

The twilight that suddenly arose after winning the battle against the humans and driving them to the poles. The demons have been studying it as well. But it is still unknown. However, there is no doubt that they are strengthening the demon race, so all three forces have left it alone regarding the twilight.

In the meantime, the demons are taking various actions to break this situation. This plan against the humans is one part of it, but it's not the main one. As a demon, it's just something that will hopefully work. That's why there is only one helper, Silas.

Claudia didn't think anything in particular when she was told about it. The demons would only do the same if they were using her as well. It was just a matter of interest, but that was fine. She didn't need anything else as long as she could achieve her goal. That's what she thought.

'Oh, by the way, was it a pet?　How's the preparation going?

The Ancient Spider, the Ancient Spider, is already in position. As soon as I give the signal, I can fly it in transition.

'I thought, I always use wire, but that means...'

This is not a wire. Strictly speaking, it's the thread of the Ancient Spider, the Ancient Spiders. It's the only thing that can be used because it incorporates his abilities. And most importantly, it's easy to use, and there's no way for him to realize his abilities without being detected.

Hmm, that's why.

Well, enough chit-chat. Let's go.

Okay.

They did so and left the place.

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'I'll take care of the small fry, Uriah, you take care of the big one. You take the big one.

I understand.

...How long does that magic eye last?

'I could go for three hours if I gave it my all. I used to keep it all day in the twilight.

Good job. Let's go!

Yes!

On the move in the twilight. Silas had dared to lure the giant spider 《Huge Spider》 to measure Julia's ability. The ancient spider 《Enchemental Spider》 was completely under Silas' control and could give orders no matter how far away it was. This time, he had ordered the appropriate amount of giant spiders, the Huge Spider, to come to this perimeter.

Then Silas observed Julia while pretending to fight in the rear. This time, one of the individuals has a red crystal. It was the result of a certain experiment, but........

And as Silas thinks about it, the situation is quickly settled.

''Yulia-kun, are you done?''

Yes. It took me a while.

Regeneration... Have you ever seen this one before?

No, I've never seen it before.

I've never seen that before. And it's fast. Even with all your sword fights, you couldn't match the playback speed.

Did you see that?

Yeah. A long time ago.

I'm not telling a lie, but I'm not telling the truth either. Silas once again changes his perception of Julia.

He thought about that, but his mouth said something else entirely.

'No, sir.'

Yeah. No. But perhaps that's what was responsible for the super-speed regeneration.

'Rationally, yes. But did it occur naturally... or was it embedded in something else?

You think there's an outsider?

'As for the possibility...'

Hmm. Let's put it on the agenda when we arrive at the First Boundary City. As a matter of fact, all the special class anti-magicians are going to have a meeting this time, which is rare. Julia-kun, you'll have to attend.

'What?　I'm not listening to you!　No way!

"And there's also a party for the royals.

'What?　I didn't hear that either!

Yeah. I'm telling you now.

Seriously, are you sure...

''Seriously. Also, I'm inviting the best people from the other citadel cities to the party, as well as some of the higher-ups in the military and such.

Huh ... okay. Okay.

The crystal that controls superspeed regeneration. It was the legacy of Freesia Rosenkreuz. This time, I embedded it in the giant spider 《Huge Spider》, and Silas was relieved that it seemed to work reasonably well.

It seems that the plan is going to go smoothly.........