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"Who are you people?　No, by the look of those giants, are they mercenaries in the Orient?"

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　In the center of the walled Purge District.

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　We had made it that far, but the last people waiting for us were the members of the Purge family, who rule the area.

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　The oldest of them talked to us.

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　He is an old man with a white beard on his chin, and at a glance one wonders if he can fight.

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　However, he has a lot of magical power in his body.

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　Is he the most important man in this town?

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"I'm Alphonse Barca, commander of the Barca mercenaries. Nice to meet you."

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"...... children?　No, I see. I am Guido, the ruler of this city. What's more, what's this all about?　Why are you attacking this city?

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"It was self-defense. We were guarding a village belonging to the Orient and we were attacked by some suspicious people, so we fought back. They fled to our town, so we gave chase. That's all."

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"What?　Is that true?　No, but it is a violation of international law to attack us out of the blue. This kind of behavior will not be tolerated.

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　International law?

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　Oh, yes, there is such a thing.

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　In the East, there is such a thing as international law between countries.

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　As I recall, Brother Ars knew about the international law in the East and brought it back to the United Kingdom of Fontana and other countries, didn't he?

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　According to the international law, if two countries fight each other, they must declare war properly or something like that.

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　From that point of view, this action is certainly a violation of international law.

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　However, the extent to which this was valid was not so clear.

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　After all, international law was originally made by the Empire, the Church, and the Briaria Magus.

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　In the East, there are many countries and they have always fought each other in their long history.

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　The international law was created in such a situation, and it is meant to prevent the war between countries from getting too serious.

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　I am sure that there must have been some lectures on international law at the House of Lords in Briaria.

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　But this is a group of small countries.

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　There are many small city-state sized countries, which rule the surrounding villages and towns as their sphere of influence.

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　Perhaps because of this, there are no clear borders between the countries.

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　Therefore, there are frequent skirmishes and clashes between armies.

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　Moreover, even though there is international law, there is no one to enforce it.

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　It is said that if there is a clear violation of international law, it is possible to ask a major power to intervene.

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　However, if you do so, you will owe a big debt to the major powers for having them intervene in your case.

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　The old man in front of you knows how much disadvantage it would bring if a small country owes a big country.

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　So, although he cries that it is a violation of the international law, it does not help him.

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"We were attacked first. So, if you are talking about violation of international law, it is your fault. Don't say that about the people who spread salt on people's land in the first place. It took us a long time to deal with the salt damage."

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　So, let's come back strong here.

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　There is no way we can turn back because of the international law after such a situation anyway.

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　While I'm arguing with old man Guido, I look around.

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　Ian is still fighting in the distance.

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　He has transformed into a giant, and is wreaking havoc with his enlarged free sword.

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　The uniform of the Barka mercenaries he had worn before coming here had been easily torn off when he transformed into a giant, but the demon armor he was wearing underneath had changed to match his body size.

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　The sight of them fighting in their armor is truly breathtaking.

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　However, there seemed to be a few people with a lot of magical power heading toward Ian as well.

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　Are they members of the Purge family?

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　It is said that people with high magical power tend to be born through intermarriage, so people of the family must generally have a high magical power.

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　Still, the difference between them and the warriors of Atmos may be large, but it may take some time for Ian to get here because of the difference in the number of warriors.

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　There were also mercenaries fighting at a distance from Ian.

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　Zen is there too.

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　They are trying to suppress the main force that was in the Purge town, but they seem to be having a bit of a hard time.

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　They're outnumbered, after all.

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　No matter how well we train our mercenaries, we can't win if we're outnumbered by an opponent who has the advantage in the area.

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　However, they had sent out a fresh-blooded soldier named Norn.

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　Norns in bright red armor are fighting in front of them.

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　Since the Norns can fight while sucking the blood of their opponents, they should be able to make up for the slight difference in numbers.

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　But even so, Zen and the others are under a heavy burden.

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　It is not a good idea to sit around and chat too much.

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　It is not something that can be settled by discussion anyway, so let's settle it with a fight.

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　Guido and the other soldiers of the Purge are ready to take up arms.

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　Walter and the others around me saw this and reacted.

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　The air changes at once.

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"Hmm. It seems we're not on speaking terms with each other. There's that Atmos warrior over there. We must get there as soon as possible.

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　Guido said something like that and held out his right hand in front of him.

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　What is he going to do?

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　Guido slowly opens his wrinkled right hand as everyone looks at the movement.

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　A butterfly emerges from it.

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"Go, Black Death Butterfly!"

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　The pitch-black butterflies pour out from Guido's hands one after another.

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　The eerie butterflies, called "black death butterflies," fluttered toward us.

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