Back then when Shien and Lucy worked together to subjugate the Demon Lord Spawn, the ritual on the mountain had disappeared without a trace.

Now, Shien finally knows just why that happened.

Its because the Demon Refining ritual can only be activated with the Demon Lord Spawn present.

And at that time, all the demonic beasts gathered in that mountain have probably already been made into sacrifices under that ritual and had been consumed by the Spawn. Thats how that Demon Lord Spawn became so strng.

Its just a spawn, but its already that strong. It seems like the originals power is not to be underestimated then.

Shien thought that, but he was also somewhat puzzled inside.

Based on Airis explanation, the thing being secretly created isnt a Demon King, but a Demon Lord.

Although Demon Lords are the beings closest to the Demon King, and is far above mere normal demons, and had the potential of evolving in to the Demon King, but in the end, all that is only in theory.

The truth however is that theres already no way in this world for another Demon King to be born.

And those existences that are trying to create the second Demon King have, after a thousand years of time, only barely managed to reach the final phase of creating a Demon Lord.

Since theyve only just entered the final phase, that means that this Demon Lord of theirs hasnt been fully completed, right?

After spending a thousand years, they havent even managed to successfully create a Demon Lord here. In that case, can those masterminds behind it all really break through the laws of reality and raise their new Demon Lord into a Demon King?

Even if that was possible, they had spent so much time and effort just to make a Demon Lord, so just how much more time and effort will it take for them to create the Demon King?

No matter how he looks at it, Shien feels like thats something beyond imagining.

And yet, even given all this, Nien still activated the extremely important Hero Summoning Ritual to counter this nigh impossible Demon King. Isnt that just a bit too rash of her?

Or did Nien summoned him to this world just to deal with this seventh Demon Lord?

But its just a Demon Lord. No matter how strong it is, theres plenty of other existences capable of matching it in the world here.

Take the gods, one of the three great goddesses is stronger than even the Demon Lords. The other two goddesses might not be quite as strong as a Demon Lord, but unlike others, they should at least be able to put up a decent fight, right?

Also, consider the demons. Is any of the six great Demon Lords really going to lose out against a newly born Demon Lord?

Even for the mortals, theres a Treasure of the Kingdom whos currently growing and developing.

Perhaps, by the time that Demon Lord is born, that peerless princess would have already fully grown.

At that point, as an existence whose talent and potential that wont lose even compared to the Hero Mitra, even if that princess hasnt reached the same level as her ancestor, where shes even able to deeat the Demon King, theres still no way that she should lose to a mere Demon Lord, right?

No matter how he looks at it, it doesnt seem like a situation where the world is on the verge of disaster and is in need of a Hero from another world to save it.

Does this matter have some secrets within it that even Airi doesnt know about?

Or is it that its Niens side who was hiding something?

Shien fell silent as the scene of his kiss back in that temple came unbidden to his mind.

From that kiss, Shien had felt Niens obsession, dependence, as well as deep sorrow and sentiments.

I just hope that youll understand that youre the one that Ive waited a thousand years for, as well as being the only thing that sustained me.

The moment he remembered those words from that unbelievably beautiful goddess, Shiens emotions started turning complicated.

Should he really trust in that goddess?

Thats the thing that Shiens is struggling with.

Of course, Shien is also aware that nows not the time to think about that.

Right now, his priority should be dealing with the problems here.

Since that so called Demon Refining ritual appeared here, then doesnt that meant that the masterminds behind the Demon Lord creation plan and the Demon King creation plan are also here? Shien asked Airi, Those people should be Old Demon Faction, right?

Who else beside those guys could possibly be so insane and obsessed? Airi spoke with distaste, The main organizers behind this plan is the first of the Old Demon Faction, as well as the oldest, strongest, and most mysterious branch of the Old Demon Faction.

We call them [Original Devil].

After hearing that, Shien repeated that name in his mind several times over in order to commit it to memory.

Thats because Shien had a premonition that theyre going to be the enemy that he needs to take down the most.

As an aside, we call the Old Demon Faction lead by Bayder that you subjugated the [Assassination Branch]. Airi added, Theyre an Old Demon Faction branch that mainlined in assassination activity. Although there werent any particularly high leveled existences among them, all of them focused on assassination or stealth based skills.

In the past, that particular branch was enormous, but the vast majority of them died in the mass assassination plot in the Capital ten years ago, which is why they slowly declined.

Still, its their own fault after all for coveting what didnt belong to them.

Good riddance.

With that said, Airi also gave Shien an additional heads up.

The Old Demon Faction thats here now is very unlikely to be from the [Original Devil]. Those guys wont so easily expose themselves. Instead, what theyll do is hand Demon Lord Spawns to various Old Demon Faction branches or human factions who might be plotting stuff.

With that, they can use those factions to do the ritual for them and collect sacrifices that way. Those factions will also be able to use the power of the Spawn to realize their own goals. Its win win either way for them.

From the look of the current situation, the one that is holding this ritual and planned this current plot is very likely to be a faction of you humans, right?

Shien naturally understood what Airi was getting at.

After all, the Garibaldi family practically had the word Suspicious printed on their foreheads.

In other words

Those guys allied with the Old Demon Faction, huh?

Shien grimaced.

If thats how it is, then the Garibaldi family are the sinners who betrayed humanity and are trying to destroy the peace.

What do you plan on doing?

Airi continued to stare at Shien as she asked that.

Shien didnt hesitate at all.

Whatever they want to do have nothing to do with me.

However

They dragged the people around me into this though. In that case, I dont care if theyre humans or not, because Im going to be seriously raising some hell.

Shien gazed over at the canyon that has become the grounds for the ritual and casually spoke out some powerful words.

Airi showed a happy expression in turn.

Ive confirmed it again. Youre different form past Heroes. Airi joyfully asked again to confirm what she already knew full well, What do you plan on doing then?

Does that even need to be said?

Lets kill them all.

Shien spoke like he as talking about animals and not human lives.

Not bad.

Airi agreed with those words 120%.

Thus, the two of them headed into the depths of the canyon together.

And around them surged magic power thats no less than all the magic power currently flowing about the entire canyon.