In a way, we were fortunate. At the very least, we learned about the devils' scheme beforehand, and were able to find the devils' spies among the unfortunate outsiders jailed as criminals.

But in a way, we were also unfortunate because from the very start, we had unintentionally taken more trouble upon ourselves. This time, the devils weren't even targeting us, or, more accurately, were not completely targeting us.

"Elemental war? What a joke, at such a time?"

From amongst the one hundred-ish prisoners, we discovered 32 who were actually those noodle-like devils. Through these devils, we learned their devil species' official name and title—they were the high-level devils species, Sosolian Devils, which in the devils' language translated to "illusion face" devils, meaning that they were capable of constructing any face they wanted.

They were a special devil species especially prepared for this Holy War, an ace troop type meant to become spies among their enemies' ranks. This devil s