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　The offensive and defense between the Eastern Expeditionary Force and the Brillia Mage Guard in the village of Atmos has come to an end.

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　The game was decided when all of the opponent's trump cards in the form of magical weapons were blocked and they were unable to resist our attacks.

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　So, I let out a battle cry and called on them to surrender.

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　I ran around in the valley called the village of Atmos, raising my voice and calling out to them.

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　At first some of them still resisted, but gradually they calmed down.

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"But are you sure, Ars?　They took this place by committing treachery against Thanatos and his men, didn't they?　Then won't Thanatos and the others forgive these guys?"

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"Maybe you're right, brother Byte. But that's not my problem. I mean, it's too barren to keep fighting until one of us is completely gone."

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"Well, that's true."

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"And we don't have the numbers to keep Atmos Village going. We may have to negotiate with the Briaria Mage Nation.

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"Hm?　Do you want to have a discussion with this Brillia something?"

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I mean, unless we do that, I don't think we'll be able to go back to Fontana.

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　Spirit stone miners appear one after another in the canyon.

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　Seeing this, Baito and Thanatos tried to turn their weapons against all of them.

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　But, as expected, they decided against it.

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　There were several reasons.

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　First of all, as far as I have heard, there are nearly a thousand guards of the Briaria Mage Nation stationed in the village of Atmos.

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　And on top of that, there are several times that many workers who mine the spirit stones from the village of Atmos.

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　We can't chase them all with weapons, nor do we want to.

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　Besides, we needed to look outside the village.

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　The Brillia mage country that occupied this land had their workers working in the mines even though it was winter.

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　And of course, the mined stones are not only piled up but also transported to other places.

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　This means that there are always people carrying stones from this place to somewhere else and back.

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　This village of Atmos is not a secret room completely cut off from the outside world, but a place where people are constantly coming and going.

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　It would be obviously unnatural if the transportation of stones were to stop, and even if it did not, people who came here would notice something unusual on their way and would send a message to the home country.

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　In short, it will not be long before we learn that the village of Atmos has been attacked and taken by an unknown army.

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　What will they do then?

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　First of all, they will definitely come to check on us.

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　If they know that the security forces have been defeated, they will come here with more men.

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"...... So you're saying that there might be a new army sent here?　So we're going to have to fight them again?"

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"No more fighting. Even if we win against the new army, they will send another one. We only have 3,000 men and can't replenish our numbers. We'll be left behind, and most of all, there's no end in sight."

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"Well, of course. But then, are we going to give up the village of Atmos?　You went to all that trouble to fight and take it back."

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"Yes, it is. We're not without our sacrifices. But this is not Barca. We're not going to fight to the death to protect this place. I'm sorry Thanatos.

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"Then what are you going to do?"

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"I don't know. I'll figure it out.

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You're pretty much a random guy, too.

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"It can't be helped. When I was in Fontana, I didn't think there would be this many people in the village of Atmos.

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　Things were finally beginning to fall into place, thanks to my frantic calls for people to surrender.

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　The guards took their weapons and armor and locked them up.

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　The miners were then divided into several groups, again shoved into their own bunks, and forbidden to leave the premises.

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　It appears that they are well stocked with food and other supplies.

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　They really had enough food and firewood to work all winter long.

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　I borrow it and think about the future.

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　As I told my brother Bite earlier, what we need now is an exit strategy.

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　At the request of Thanatos, we returned to the village of Atmos and took back our home which had been occupied in this way.

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　But the Brillia Mage Nation had been occupying this land for several years now.

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　After so many years of occupation, it would not be surprising if they claim the place as their own.

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　To be honest, I don't know if we can reach a proper agreement when we discuss with them.

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　But I am not sure that I would be able to keep defending such a place.

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　The best thing is for the warriors of Atmos to return to this place, become independent, and set up a path where they can protect this place by their own power.

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　...... can we do that?

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　If the warriors of Atmos do not come back here, the meaning of the recapture operation will be blurred.

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　I don't know what to do.

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　I have been thinking about this and that for a while, but no good ideas have come to me.

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　I gave instructions on how to deal with those who had surrendered, while worrying about the future.

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