As the first and oldest of the Old Demon Faction, the Primal Demon had poured enormous effort into the Demon Refining Ritual in order to create the Seventh Demonoid and evolve Demonoids into an entirely new Demon King.
Only by continuously performing the Demon Refining Ritual, creating countless refined demons as sacrifices and nourishment, allowing the Demonoid Larvae to grow, and turning those larvae into materials for creating the Seventh Demonoid could the Seventh Demonoid successfully be born.
To achieve that, both the quantity and quality of the demons and monsters used to produce refined demons had to be guaranteed.
Under such circumstances, it was only natural that the Primal Demon would set its sights on Taiger Forest, the largest monster forest.
Therefore—
"A thousand years ago, after the war ended and the Primal Demon of the Old Demon Faction was born, Taiger Forest was constantly used as a site for Demon Refining Rituals."
Lidas explained this hidden history to Shien.
"At first, no one noticed. Taiger Forest was already vast and sufficiently secluded. Once they hid inside, it was practically impossible for anyone to discover anything unusual. As a result, there were many, many successful Demon Refining Rituals here."
Those successful cases eventually became powerful Demonoid Larvae, each becoming part of the Seventh Demonoid the Primal Demon was creating.
It could be said that the Seventh Demonoid within the Primal Demon had been born here and had begun here.
"Later, the rituals were finally discovered because of the authority of the Goddess of Nature and the insight of the Elves living here."
Lidas spoke calmly.
"Only then did we discover the Primal Demon, the Old Demon Faction, and the foolish plan they were carrying out."
At that point, neither the God Race, the Demon Race, nor the Human Race