In the hall, Darkness kept glancing toward the reception room beside them, muttering worriedly to herself.
"What on earth happened?"
It was not just Darkness. Kazuma, Aqua, and Megumin were also looking at one another.
"Could the front lines have been breached?"
"Doesn't that put us in danger?"
"Has the time finally come for my power to take the stage?"
Kazuma, Aqua, and Megumin each voiced such thoughts.
But if something like that had really happened, these people would probably have suggested running away at the first opportunity, wouldn't they?
Fang Li stared toward the reception room as well, his eyes filled with thought.
"Click..."
At that moment, the reception room door opened.
Darkness immediately rose to her feet.
Kazuma, Aqua, and Megumin tensed up as well.
Fang Li simply watched.
Accompanied by Kureia, Alice emerged from the reception room, apparently having learned the situation from her. A trace of worry and distress showed on her face.
Then, Alice raised her eyes. She first glanced at Fang Li, then looked over everyone else.
Finally, Alice spoke to them with a solemn expression.
"Everyone, please hear my request."
This was a request from a princess of a kingdom.
It told everyone that something serious had truly happened.
Afterward, under Alice's explanation, Fang Li and the others gradually came to understand what had happened.
The cause was still the Demon Lord's Army's massive assault.
Just as Fang Li had said before, without deploying figures at the general level, although the Demon Lord's Army had sent a large force to intensify its attacks, the king, prince, and Hero candidates had fought valiantly. Even as the battle situation grew tense, they had never allowed the Demon Lord's Army to set foot on their land.
Judging from the current situation, as long as general-level