So, what kind of power and source material does he have, my former compatriot? I know he can poison a city. I know he can poison an entire city, but he's a hexenbiest, that's not all he does.

　Dohasura, a hexenbiest, sticks out his chin and speaks out in doubt. The red copper dragon Shadrapto spat involuntarily. She was not fond of his big eyes.

　The essence of the evil eye is pursuit. The evil eye reveals the true nature of the opponent to the point of disgust. For a demon like Shadrapto who wanted to hide his true identity, there was no one more troublesome than him.

　That's why I don't want to do anything that might offend him. Shadrapto hesitated, growling lightly, wondering how much he should tell her.

　It's fine to tell them about Junerva, but it's meaningless unless they - the demon Lugis - kill him as a result.

　After all, it is never a good idea to spread the authority of a demon or a demoness too extensively. Demonic beings, especially those who were once gods or kings, increase their power based on their faith.

　If you spread the word about their powers and ways of being, if you sublimate it into a belief, it could lead to the strengthening of the enemy's existence.

　That would be very bad for Shadrapto. For some reason, Junerva has an extraordinary resentment towards him, and above all, he has the power to kill him.

　The actual outcome can only be known face to face, but Shadrapto doesn't want to face the possibility of defeat.

　Why should he put himself in a place where he might die? Such an existence would be insane. That was the root of Shadrapto's thoughts.

　Shadrapto opened her mouth, choosing her words carefully.

I don't even know the definitive source of ....... But poison is not his essence. It's more important to dissolve it.

"Dissolve?　You mean with poison?

　Lugis asked back, propping himself up on one elbow as if he wasn't really interested. It was as if they were making small talk.

　You can find a lot of people who are interested in this kind of thing. If he didn't get Lugis interested at this point, he might really leave Junerva out of it.

It's not wrong, but the order is reversed. The poison is just a glimpse of his nature. His essence, as I said, is in the sun.

　Shadrapto points to the sun above his head and says.

　The poison is not there to dissolve him, but only to give Junerva the essence of dissolution.

　Unusually, Shadrapto kept his eyes downcast as he spoke of this. He held his mouth and even let out a sad emotion.

　When Junerva was still a god, he symbolized the sun and the wind. There must have been a positive side that governed the warmth and blessings of sunlight and the fertility that made the seeds of plants spread.

　But now that he had become a demon, all of that was lost.

　When he was stripped of his faith, lost his temple, and left with nothing but the scriptures to guide him. The power he chose was a sunflower mask that heated and melted everything. And when that was combined with poison, he was reduced to the Poison Spitting Bird King.

　Shadraupt doesn't know how much that meant to him. But unlike Shadrapto, who did not become a demon when he submitted to Vriligant, he chose to become a demon. If so, he may have had some idea of what he was doing.

　Junerva was the Sun Wheel, and given its nature, there was nothing in this world that could not be melted down. In its prime, it would have been able to cover the entire sky with poison.

　Shadrapto had no idea how much power this demon could use in this thin world, but even so, there was no way a mere mortal could win.

　When he had finished speaking, Shadraupt waved his hands in the air and said.

That's why you need to kill it!　If humans want to defeat that thing, they'll need a miracle to do it!

　Lugis said as he sat down comfortably in his chair. I'm sure you'll be pleased to know that I'm not the only one.

If so, all you have to do is perform a miracle. If they can't make it happen, then so be it, they will die with their resolve. Then I'll kill it along with their resolve.

　Lugis said arrogantly. Even after hearing about Junerva's true nature, he did not change his way of being. I suppose you could say that's what makes him a demon. But that was not the answer Shadrapto wanted.

　After all, even if he could get rid of Junerva, he would not be able to kill Vriligant, the demon who would appear later. As long as Vriligant did not lose his life, Shadrapto could not be relieved at all.

　Relief. Relief from the fear of death was Shadraupt's first priority. He wants to kill all those who could kill him, if at all possible. And do it without getting your hands dirty.

　Right now, the Great Demon Vriligant is forcibly asleep due to the thinness of its magic. But it's only temporary.

　If all the people here are killed, and the magic becomes as thick as wine, Vriliganth may open his heavy eyelids at a moment's notice.

　Even if that awakening is only for a few seconds, Shadrapto knows that it will mean his own destruction. That demon will come to kill you. And there is no one who can compete with a fully awakened demon, unless Althea comes back.

　Then the best thing to do is for Lugis to take the lead in killing the demons Junerva and Lovell, and then reap the head of the unawakened Vriligant.

　Of course, Shadrapto won't do that because it's too dangerous. If possible, I'd rather have Lugis do it all.

　While hiding his true intentions, Shadrapto spoke frankly about how he would be helpless if Vriligant awoke. Lugis responded, keeping his eyes on the battlefield.

If the Vriligant awakens - well, if that disaster has happened, then so be it. If we can win, we'll do something, but if we can't, we'll just have to give up and be subservient or run away and save our strength.

　Lugis looked back at Shadrapto, wondering if there was anything else to be done.



　That's not good enough. Shadrapto exhaled with a bitter look on his face.

　Lugis seemed to be martyring himself for the feelings of the human soldiers. As a result, he didn't care whether the demon opened its eyes or not. This is not uncommon for demons who act according to their own values.

　However, it was Dohasura who was more shocked to see Shadrapto's apparent dissatisfaction.

　Doherty switched the focus of his magic eye from Shadrapto to Rougis, and bent his fingertips lightly. He was ruminating over Rougis' words in his heart.

　At this moment, Dohasura understood the most important thing that Rougis had lost when he became a demon.

　--Now, he did not have the murderous intent and hatred for resignation that had seemed like a curse.

　In fact, Dohasura had somehow filled his heart with feelings similar to those that other people had for Lugis.

　The idea that he, though not as good as Althea, would be able to defeat the demons and accomplish something before the Great Demon woke up, or if he did wake up. It was a feeling similar to the one he once had for Althea and Oufru.

　But he didn't really feel that way. For a demon, that's quite normal.

　If there is someone who is more powerful than you, as a rule, the only choices for demons are to be subservient or to give up and run away.

　After all, most demons believe that they can only become great under a more powerful person. It is the privilege of humans, brought to us by Althea, to turn on the strong.

　As the saying goes, Lugis will kill the demon. He has a kind of respect for the humans in front of him who defy the demons.

　But he doesn't have the will to lead the charge against the demon when it reigns. And there is no point.

　Because he's a demon and not essentially a friend of humanity. Doherty swallowed his spit. To be honest, that didn't sound good at all.

　Perhaps it was in line with Althea's will for Vriligant to destroy this Bolvart dynasty. That in itself is not a bad thing.

　But in that case, Vriligant's hatred of all humans would probably not stop him from invading. The city-states and even the Garleist Kingdom, where the heraldry is headquartered, will be devoured in one fell swoop.

　And with the loss of Lugis, humanity had no way to fight the demons and monsters. The giants Kalia and the Elf Queen would have no reason to join the human race without Lugis.

　It didn't matter to Dohasura that so many people were dying in vain. What matters is that if that happens, Paloma Bashar, the master of Dohasura, will also die.

　That's not good. Don't get me wrong, Doherty didn't hate Paloma.

　DohaSura believes that Paloma is not worthy of disdain, as she is paranoid, yet greedy for knowledge. Besides, in all the hundreds of years Doherty had been the jailer's keeper, he was the only one he had ever really spoken to.

　He's certainly not someone you want to lose. That's why Doherty had asked for Paloma's guarantee of status when he entered the war.

　Shadrapto and Dohasura, the two demons from each other's backgrounds, momentarily choked on their words. The two demons, Shadrapto and Dohasura, were momentarily at a loss for words due to their backgrounds, and their intentions coincided with the need to somehow motivate the demoness in front of them, regardless of their intentions.

　At that moment, as if he had been waiting for the right moment, Lugis said.

"Oh, the bird head has arrived. Do you miss the sky so much?

　Both of them followed Rougis' gaze up into the sky. They follow his gaze as he looks up at the sky and sees the figure of a demoness looking down at the battlefield from far above.

　Junerva was spreading her unusually large wings, looking like a sunflower glaring at everything.