"............

Aria?　What's going on?

　When Licht arrived at Aria's room, he found all the servants of Dystopia there.
　And in the back, a sullen-looking Demon Lord was sitting on his throne.
　He was resting his cheek on the throne, looking unhappy, and it was obvious that something bad had happened.

　Licht gathered up the courage to speak to him, but he didn't reply.

"Sister. Why doesn't the Demon Lord talk?

"Iris, ......!　Quiet, ......!

I'm worried about ...... you, Demon Lord.


"......?

　Seeing the confused liches.
　Aria sighed as if letting out her exasperation.
　I'm not sure what to say.

I believe that the demons should work together because we have a common enemy, the humans. ...... So I approached the Demon Lord of the East, do you know what happened?

No way. ......

It's a good thing I just ignored him. It would have been fine if they had just ignored me, but they were just trying to harass me with their attack magic.

"So that's what the shock was about.

　Aria recounted what had happened as she chewed on it.
　The explosion at the entrance to the dystopia that occurred while Richt was asleep was apparently the result of attack magic by the Demon Lord of the East.

　There was no particular damage, but Aria could not forgive the act itself.

"You can only buy a fight if it's sold to you. Are you guys ready?

"Wait a minute. We don't have the strength to declare war, so we might as well wait and see.

In that case, I've already cast an attack spell. I'm sure you're confused by now, kuku kuku.

　It's too late.
　It was already too late. In addition to the human world, which they didn't know when it would attack, they also had to fight the Demon Lord of the East.

　Naturally, the current dystopia is not equipped with the power to proceed with these two at the same time, and one of them must be abandoned.
　In other words, they could only hope that the humans would not attack.

"Richt. Sounds like you're in some kind of trouble.

I've heard of the Demon Lord of the East when I was in the human world. I heard that all the adventurers who went to defeat him would not return alive.

That's scary. I'm worried about how far I can go with you.

　Licht managed to pull out some information about the Demon Lord of the East from his memory.
　And it was so overwhelming that it made him lose his will to fight.

　The guild even warned him not to mess with it.
　That's understandable, if there's a monster with magical power that can make attack magic reach from the Demon King's castle in the east to this dystopian land.


　But...
　Fortunately, we also have a monster that can do the same thing, so we haven't lost yet.

　In the event you're not sure what you're looking for, there are a number of things you can do.

I'm not sure what to do.　I don't know if I can win, Iris.

"Don't worry, Iris. It's okay, Iris. With Mr. Richt, at least we won't lose.


Oh, I see!　Richt!　You are the most important role in this battle!　Work hard!

　Richt pointed his finger at me.
　For a few seconds, I couldn't react because I didn't think that I would be given a big job in this dystopia where all the best people gather.

I don't have to tell you the details, but you'll have to revive them as soon as they're dead. Especially Faith.

All right, ......, I'll do my best.

Yeah!　I'm counting on you.

　Richt made eye contact with Faith.
　Then she gave him a thumbs-up, a gesture of trust.
　It was the first time that the always expressionless Faith smiled.

I've found my partner, Richt-san. You are the best partner.

"...... Let's do our best for now.

　And so.
　And so the battle of the Demon Lord's Army versus the Demon Lord's Army began.