——Would it turn into a talk of “how many millions of Demon Kings were there?”
It was officially announced that the number of all Players of the MMORPG Cross Reverie nation-wide was more than three million and something-hundred thousand.
Sylvie continued her story.
「Well, at any rate, with 《Demon King of the Brain, Enkvalos》 defeated by someone, the Demonic Beings and Demonic Beasts in the former Demon King’s territory didn’t show themselves for a while. However……in these past few years, several of the Demonic Beings have appeared. Just the other day, there were about a hundred-something of them, right? Rumors like “hasn’t the Demon King revived?” have come up.」
「So they don’t know?」
「It’s only to a point that a fortune-teller of the Imperial Capital said “his revival is near”. I think that the Demon King has started to revive somewhere. And then, the Demonic Beings are acting in order to revive the Demon King.」
In regards to that, it was something that Shera also said before.
*Gyu*……Rem pressed down on her own stomach.
Diablo nodded.
「He probably has yet to revive. I say this because when I fought with the Demonic Being called Edelgart that was leading the hundred-something Demonic Beings, she said “saving the Demon King was her mission”.」
「Eh……!? If that’s true, that’s some amazing information, isn’t it!?」
「Though, it’s the words of a Demonic Being.」
「Y, yeah. But just in case, I’ll report that to an acquaintance of mine in the Imperial Capital.」
「Do as you wish. More importantly, were you not talking about the Feudal Lord?」
「Ahh, sorry……At any rate, the former Demon King’s territory right now has had Demonic Beings appearing to the point that it’s already no different from when the Demon King was present and is dangerous. If the Demon King revived, I think that the number of Demonic Beings would also increase. The foremost line meant to keep them in check and protect the Races’ dominion is this fortress city, Faltra.」
She was saying that if this town were to fall, half of the Lifelia Kingdom would be stolen away by the Demonic Beings.
An event where things fell into that situation wasn’t in the game, and it was unknown if things might actually turn out like this in this world.
However, only the fact that a great number of people like he had never seen before would die was certain.
「……So that means that the one entrusted with such an essential location is this place’s Feudal Lord.」
「That’s right, you know, Faltra City’s Feudal Lord is an amazing person. To put it plainly——he’s a hero.」
Shera tilted her head.