Book 17 Chapter 1: Part 3
After leaving the Beast Alliance Falnido, Shin’s party promptly headed towards the Dragon Empire of Kilmont.
Kagerou was pulling the horse carriage at the usual breakneck speed. He made sure to accelerate only when there weren’t merchants around, though.
“Shibaid, can I entrust you with meeting the Dragon Emperor?”
“Indeed, things should work quickly if I go in person. I might have left the empire, but I have no objections to informing them about impending danger.”
Shibaid was prepared for the empire to turn hostile after his departure, as Shin heard from Schnee. Shin thus wasn’t sure it was a good idea to send him as a messenger, but both Shibaid and Schnee assured him that the empire didn’t actually consider them to be enemies.
“Hmm, by the way, how much do you know about Kilmont, Shin?”
On the path to Kilmont, this topic came up in the conversation between Shin and Shibaid.
“All I know is from documents I read in Falnido or what I heard while traveling, but I know that the empire acts as a breakwater against the monsters coming from the Sacred Place. Like I said before, I’ve never been there, though.”
“Your understanding is correct. The method they use is to build forts at fixed intervals between the capital and the Sacred Place. Troops stationed in the forts communicate regularly and cull the monsters. Monsters have a tendency to avoid the forts and move inland, so the remaining monsters are dispatched by mobile units. They cannot stop them completely, like in Balmel, however.”