Hermes.
This was not the first time Shien had heard that name.
Back when Parien, the Apostle of the Sun from the Primal Demon, had come looking for him in the Demon Realm, Shafna had mentioned that name once.
This was the name of the leader of the Primal Demon—a Half-Demonoid who had nearly become the younger brother of the Demonoids.
"Honestly, I'm surprised."
Hermes suddenly said this.
"I never expected that, in this era a thousand years later, when even the grand ritual of the Hero Summon has been sealed away, a new Hero would actually appear."
It was something no one in the Old Demon Faction, including Hermes, had anticipated.
"I thought that after the Demon King was defeated, a being like a Hero would never appear in this world again." Hermes looked at Shien and sneered. "Yet a Hero has appeared again in this era, just as my plan reaches its final stage. It seems even Supreme God Omnis cannot bear to see me become complete."
Clearly, Hermes believed Supreme God Omnis had a hand in Shien's summoning.
Other than the Supreme God, he could not think of anyone capable of restarting the sealed grand ritual.
"The reason you were summoned... was to interfere with me, wasn't it?"
Hermes's voice grew colder and colder.
"Could some vague plan to create a second Demon King really have frightened that hateful Supreme God?"
From Hermes's words, it was clear that even he himself had never taken the so-called plan to create a second Demon King seriously.
The reason that plan existed was mainly to deceive ordinary demons, draw them under his command, and expand his forces.
It could not be helped.
Other than people like Parien—those dissatisfied with their status among demonkind, ambitious enough to seek greater heights, and