‘There was more information on those texts?’ Edmund again crossed his arms.

‘The text dismisses what the soldier said because he looked to be out of his mind; he said it was the demon lord army.' Ariadne looked at Edmund with a calm expression.

The young man was confused by what he just heard. How would this man know what the Demon Lord Army even was like? More questions clouded his mind; he was wondering how long a go all of this was.

‘How old are these texts?’ He looked at her confused.

‘The librarian told me that maybe is from the time the Shafran first came to this continent and fought against the remnants of the demon lord army.’ She held her chin, trying to remember.

‘I head that the Shafran came beyond the mountains to the east, from a vast empire; those who tried to return never cameback or talked about ancient beast that guarded it, anyway.’ Alon tapped the table two times.

'Well, let’s assume that there are unknown monsters inside but the golens need to be there because the dungeon has a condition for conquering it; there are rules to it.’ Alon pointed at the center of the city in his map.

‘Rules, i thought that it was just like a monster cave.’ Alon scratched his head.

‘No, In the middle there is a Dungeon guardian; from reports of the hero is a golen in the format of the last hero.’ He gave a quick look at Ariadne.

He noticed that she had her hand next to her chest and a worried expression; it was understandable; fighting against the last hero was not going to be an easy task.

‘Are you alright, duchess?’ Edmund in a worried tone.

‘I’m alright; just the fact that we are really going to do this is sinking in. Continue, peasant.’ Her gaze returned to the map.

‘Well, there we will find the sword of the hero; the only way to kill the dungeon guardian is to use that sword or literally be the hero.’ Again, he pointed to the center of the city on the map.

‘At least we have the sword of the hero; that is a good sigh.’ Alon tapped the table with his index finger.

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‘But there is a catch; to be honest, I don’t know if the duchess is going to be able to get the sword out. I could try but I don’t know if I can.’ Edmund stopped speaking because of Alon’s voice interrupting him.

‘Wait, wait, What?’ Alon looked at Edmund confused.

‘It is a weapon only for the hero to use and the books said that the hero knows he is the hero, our best bet is the duchess because of her white hair disease; i did this to myself; we are not the same.’ Edmund shrugged his shoulders.

‘So we need a fallback plan in case you guys can’t use the sword.‘ The captain scratched the back of his head.

‘Do a fallback plan in case we die; I will use that sword.’ Ariadne spoke in a cold tone.

‘Yes, your highness.’ Alon nodded to her.

‘Well, ok, i like your confidence, duchess, you don’t need to worry about her, Alon, if we need to fall back, i will give my life for her, Its over anyway if we can’t conquer this dungeon.’ Edmund gave a quick laugh.

‘What are you talking about, peasant? We can defend ourselves from the kingdoms.’ Ariadne looked at him with anger in her tone.

‘We can, but against the demon Lord? The sword of the hero is the only thing that can kill him.’ He spoke in a serious tone.

Ariadne sigh followed by Alon; she didn’t really care for his demon lord story; the only reason she was going inside of the dungeon was because of the lack of resources; Alon too knew it; that is why he always found Edmund’s talks about the demon lord absurd.

But they started to plan. Edmund continued to point out all the information he knew about the place; the ceiling was high and it has it’s own light source that was powered by the same energy that powered the golens; everything was connected.

‘The hero just passed through all of this alone and fought the dungeon guardian while at the same time dealing with the golens around him.’ Edmund crossed his arms.

‘Impossible… ‘ Ariadne spoke to herself with a shocked expression.

Alon looked at the duchess confused with her reaction; he thought that was impressive but he was a hero after all; of course he could do that much.

‘Yes, impossible indeed; there is no way we can do that, so the army will fight the golens and continuously advance, killing the golens in the way, With that, the dungeon will replenish the golens instead of powering up or healing the dungeon guardian.' Edmond spoke in a sad tone while looking at Alon.

‘This is bad; how do you know this Edmund?’ The captain looked at the white-haired young man with concern in his eyes.

‘Because that is why the hero’s party was created for later dungeons; it is an easier method, even though the hero could have cleaned all the dungeons alone, my opinion? He just wanted friends.’ He looked to the table with a sadded expression.

‘Yes, really sad peasant. Alon why did you say this was bad?’ She started to walk around the table.

‘This means that we need to be constantly attacking; we can’t hold positions, that is how the dungeon works; i doubt the golens will be attacking us but just defending and holding their ground.’ Alon put his two hands on his head and sighed.

‘Is this true peasant?’ Ariadne looked at Edmund puzzled.

'Well, yes, why did you think i made those weapons, the protective gear, rail cannon, the mortar and now the heavy automatic magic rifle, better known as A-HM1, which I know is a long...’ Edmund stopped talking as Ariadne raised her hand.

‘Why can’t you say yes and stop?’ The duchess shook her head.

‘My initial plan is to divide this into 4 and have one platoon in charge of one of them and one mortar platoon on the back, giving it support with the trucks going back and forward and getting the wounded, proving supplies and reinforcements as they get healed by Eliza and the medical team.’ Alon pointed one by one his idea in the map.

‘You are a good general, Alon; really good ideas.' Edmond gave him a pat on the shoulder.

‘When he comes back, he should get a promotion; the next rank on our next structure is Lieutenant Colonel, yes?’ She smiled at the captain.

‘Thank you, your highness; tomorrow i’m going to pass this plan along to the other captains and my platoon leaders so that we can iron out any flaws.’ He nodded at her.