The former Demon King - the "Slaughterhouse Knight King" Vrizela.
　I stare at the figure, stunned.

　The jet-black full body armor with almost no exposed skin.
　The horse riding on the ground is also covered in heavy jet black armor, just like its master.

"I see, so you are the demon king of this generation.

　Vrizela spoke to me in a cool voice.
　Behind her full-face helmet, a sharp golden gleam in her eyes stared at me.

'I never thought the day would come when I would meet another Demon King after my body perished. ''Fate is a strange thing,''

　With a tone of voice that sounded as if they were making small talk, a tremendous killing intent was blown at them.

　It's an oppressive feeling that if you're not careful, even the slightest bit, you'll be cut down and killed in that moment.
　This pressure is indeed only for the Demon King.

''Look at that - it's going to come out again.''

　Lilim pointed behind Vrizela.



　The light flashed three more times - three more times.



　A wizard-like silhouette clad in golden robes.
　A lion beastman whose entire body was flaming red.
　And a giant that looks like it's fifty meters tall.

　All of them emitted a pressure as intense as Vrizela's.

''Stella, you don't think those guys are also...?''
Yeah.

　Nodding, Stella's face is pale.

　Her whole body is trembling.
　Fear, you're afraid.

"It's okay, Stella. I'm with you.

　Stella smiled just faintly as she called out.

''Well..... I'm sorry.''

　Says Stella, looking at them.

As you said, they are all past Demon Kings.
Were they all illusions?

　When asked, Stella nodded.

''Even though they are illusions, they are all among the most talented Demon Kings of all time. Please be careful, Demon King-sama.
'Four demon kings from the past anything is possible in a dream.

　I'm smiling behind a mask.

　Stay away from me, you know.

　Suddenly, I heard a voice.

"Oh, Feria.

　The female demon tribe standing in the crystal was looking at me.
　It seems she had woken up before I knew it.

''As I said before, I need you to disarm this world. There are a lot of demons involved in this world.

　Stay away from me.

Hey, Feria. I want to talk to you.

　The landscape around us suddenly switched.

　From the forest to a reddish-brown wilderness.
　From the wilderness to the frigid ice field.
　From the ice field to the scorching summit of a mountain.

　The place was changing one after another.

　Is this also the work of Feria...?

　─ I'm afraid........

　The Dream Demon Princess murmurs with a sigh.

"Eh.

　I was taken aback by these unexpected words.

　They are coming to kill me. And that's why I don't want anyone to come near me.

　All the colors in the world will be erased, and there will be nothing left but black and white.

　No, I'm afraid I'm afraid I'm afraid I'm afraid I'm afraid.

　And just when you think it has turned even more black, it returns to its original color.
　The world was unstable.

　-Don't come........................

Calm down, Feria.

　I called out quietly to her, my voice trembling.

　Were they so horrible?
　Was that how fierce the attacks of the brave men were?

　That battle must have caused Feria to feel quite a bit of fear.
　So much so that it left her deeply traumatized........

''Perhaps this is a kind of defense instinct.

　Stella said.

'Defense instincts?'
'It was said that in the earlier battle with the brave men, Feria was defeated and missing. Perhaps it was at that time that the fear of the brave was deeply etched in Feria's mind.
Fear of the brave...
The fear aroused a defensive instinct to protect itself from it, and that instinct caused the dream world to run amok...

　Stella announced.

'It seems to me that this world, unstable in place and even in color, is the very landscape of Feria's mind.

　Indeed ... it's possible, judging by the way Feria is looking right now.

''In other words, if we can get her out of her fears, we can stop the dream world, right?
I see...
Feria. If you're a brave man, the Demon King chased you away.

　And Stella speaks to Feria.

　─ The demon king...?

Yeah, that's a relief. Can you still disarm it?

　How strong is the Dark Lord?

He's stronger than anyone in history. You don't have to worry about that anymore.

　I'm scared.　Really...?　I don't know........I'm worried.......

Hey, Feria...?

　Show me, Your Majesty, how strong you are.

　With those words....
　The four demon kings lined up in front of Feria at once.
　It's as if they were escorting her.

　I'm not going to be able to get out of my dream.

　"I want to test my power," she murmurs.

"Do you want to test my strength?
"How.

　It wasn't Feria who responded to my murmur, but the black knight who drew his sword on his horse.
　Each of the other three also took a stance.
　They are ready for battle.

　If you really are stronger than anyone else you should be able to win, right?

　Feriah looks at me through the crystal.

　You have to win. Reassure me.

That's it.

　I sighed with a wry smile.

　It's good to see Regal, Belle, and this guy.
　You don't admit me easily, do you?

　The only one of the officers who followed me from the beginning was Stella.
　I looked at her over by the side.

'Thank you, really.'
Your Majesty?

　I put my hand on Stella's shoulder as she scowled.
　Then I stepped forward.

..............
　Name: Vrizela
　Rank: Demon King
　Overall LV: 721
　H P: 5306
　M P: 3391
　Attack: 6115
　Protection: 5760
　Evasion: 4284
　Hit: 5980

　Equipment
　　　　　: Sword of the Annihilation
　　　　　Moxie Shield
　　　　　: Dark Armor

　skill
　　　　　Senkouzang (Lv 179)
　　　　　Riding (lv131)
　　　　　Fighting Spirit Release (LV 114)
　　　　　Demon Army Submission (Lv 150)
...

　The Demon King in knight's outfit at the front - Vrizela's status was indeed much higher than the brave men he had fought so far.

　The other three were in a similar level range - Eström's overall level of 698, Rosgert's 713, and Born's 707 - a similar level range.

　If we were to compare them on simple numbers, they're all around level 700, whereas I'm over level 4000.

　There was also a huge difference in status in comparison.
　However, there were four opponents.

''........If they work together, it might be tricky.

　I groaned softly under the mask.

　Looking at his status, even though he is an illusion, his strength is no different from the real thing.
　At the very least, this is not an opponent that you can lose your mind about.

"So you're the Demon King of the day?

　The wizard-like demon king, Eström, is looking at me.

"My fangs and claws will turn you into a thousand pieces of meat.

　The Beastman Demon King - 'Crimson Lion' Rosgert howled furiously.

　Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

　The giant demon king - the giant champion, Born, raised his voice.

''Let's begin!''

　Then the knightly Demon King Vrizela readied his sword.

''Gravityfall.''

　I quickly cast a gravity spell.

　The first move is winning.
　My aim is - the giant demon king who seems to be the slowest to move.

"....?"?

　The Giant Demon King Born is trapped by super gravity and stops moving.

"'Thunder Arrow'!

　Then a flurry of lightning arrows hit it.

　

　Borun gave a pained cry.

'Sorry. I'm not busy enough to be stranded by illusions.'

　The Demon King's job is pretty busy.

"'Ragnabomb'!

　The jet-black energy sphere crushed the giant demon king without a trace.

''So, I'll quickly unleash Feria and obey him - and let him return to his original world.

　I looked at the Demon Lord and his men.

　Three more to go.