d this time turned out to be considerable.

She lost almost all of her forces, and all of the forces that she should have been preserving were crushed.

Obviously, she suffered more damage than she thought, and to be honest, she was in a state where she was completely unable to move at all.

On the other hand, even if she tried to interfere from the inside as she did in the previous incident, Jihad's side had completely solidified its wobbly footing. It was almost impossible to break them down from the inside.

"But I'm not willing to sit still."

As spoke so, Mekria tossed the papers she had spread out on her desk to the subordinate in front of her.

"This is...."

The subordinate picked up the documents spread out on the floor.

It contained basic information on students belonging to Solminati Academy, including their names and grades.

"The following is a list of the students who played an active role in the recent incident. I looked them up, and they seem to be quite interesting kids."

“........”

The subordinate silently ran his eyes over the documents thrown at him.

Names, appearance, grades, hometowns, and so on. He quickly put it all in his mind in less than ten seconds.

"You must gather information about these students. They are all promising students. I want you to expose all of them to me. Do you understand?"

"... Understood."

Her men heard the command and quickly disappeared from shadow to shadow.

"...... That one won't be useable for long. Should I prepare something just in case? "

Mekria's monologue echoed softly in her room, which was completely devoid of human presence.

She went to the window of her room and gently raised her right hand.

She opened her hand after a small squeeze.

The next moment, with a loud rustling sound, black feathers scattered around the room.

What appeared in her hand was a small bird, dyed in black.

Despite its cute appearance, its vermilion eyes which were inorganic like ore gave the impression of dolls to those who looked at it.

Mekria took out a small piece of paper from her pocket and wrapped it around the bird's leg, tying it to the bird's foot.

"Please deliver this to the [Dead Raven]. I leave it to you."

After she told this to the little bird perched on her hand, Mekria opened the window and released the black bird into the sky.

The little black bird flapped its tiny wings and disappeared into the clear blue sky.

"An existence that can destroy that demon beast ... Whatever happens, I have to find out."

Mekria watched the little bird fly away and then returned to the dimly lit room.

A horrifyingly bewitching smile appeared on her mouth.