"We will mercifully tell you."

"To prevent the world from being destroyed."

"To safeguard world peace."

"Under the gaze of tens of thousands of people."

"The savior who drew the holy sword!"

"The legendary hero standing before you, tremble, you monster!"

These experts continued to beat up the high-level undead while uttering lines that made El slightly embarrassed.

The great lich Perid on the other side also cooperated perfectly, emitting a sharp explosion after a brief soul malfunction.

"Huh? A hero? Why would a hero appear here?"

This tone and this demeanor completely lack the imposing presence of the Four Heavenly Kings, who are supposed to be demon kings.

However, this is not entirely Peled's fault.

The story of heroes and demon kings is not a fairy tale from bedtime reading in this world.

Whether human, demon, or any other race, history books bear witness to the bloody battles between heroes and demon kings.

Having been promoted to one of the Four Heavenly Kings by the current Demon King, Perid is also familiar with history. Because he has lived long enough, he has even seen several Demon Kings who were killed by heroes in the past.

For adventurers, these four Heavenly Kings are no different from experience boosters or stepping stones that they must farm after leaving the starting village.

It doesn't matter if you're one of the Four Heavenly Kings, or even the former Ten Demon Generals, Twelve Demon Stars, or Eight Heavenly Venerables...

The result will be the same: even the bravest warrior will be hacked to pieces, and there might not even be any ashes left.

"Now, there's a hero standing before me? No, why? This shouldn't be happening!"

Why didn't any demon tell me about the birth of your hero? I refuse to believe that no demon knew!

It began to suspect that some heavenly king was trying to sabotage it and deliberately prevented it from obtaining information about the hero.

If it manages to return alive, it must complain to the Demon King and have the birth of this traitor killed.

Of course, that's assuming it can get back alive.

Looking at El in mid-air, it understood that all its previous doubts now made sense.

Why were they able to infiltrate its stronghold? Why did they shatter the magic circle in one move? Why did they ignore its magic?

"There's only one answer, and that's the power of the invincible warrior..."

The soul flame within his body flickered violently, and the great lich Perid's convictions were being tested.

Will it win against the brave?

"It's completely sealed..."

However, even in a battle where there is no hope, it must still fight with all its might in order to see the sun rise tomorrow.

Without fighting, there is no survival.

In an instant, he controlled the high-level undead around him to change his defensive tactics and launch an attack at all costs.

There's no need to worry about getting hurt, no need to dodge enemy attacks; even if you're about to die, you must bite off a piece of the enemy's flesh.

"Witness, brave warrior, this is my struggle to survive!"

To be honest, this kind of all-or-nothing fighting style was dangerous enough for the others present.

"So I took action."

No longer merely observing the enemy's situation, El swung his holy sword, slicing open the bone dragon's skull with a single strike.

Immediately afterwards, a right whip kick struck the headless knight in the waist, curing the necromancer's hunchback.

Then, lightning erupted around them, and amidst the thunder and lightning, the vengeful spirit was physically exorcised.

"Such power, such magic, this overwhelming despair..."

Pelid was also approaching, its empty eye sockets flickering with blue soul fire.

It still has its last trump card; all its current struggles are for that final, decisive move.