At the center stood an enormous round table, surrounded by nine massive thrones.
Four of the nine great thrones were already occupied by four Demon Lords who had arrived earlier.
Among them were the three familiar to all Demon Lords: Ramiris, Dino, and Rimuru.
The atmosphere was extraordinarily solemn and dignified. Even Dino, who was usually lazy, sat properly and upright in his seat.
Yep! The lazy guy had actually snapped to attention!
Meanwhile, the central main seat among the nine thrones was occupied by a divine-looking man in white ceremonial robes, his head covered by a hood as he toyed with a creation of Rock Element.
The Martial God, Morax!
Behind him stood one of the Demon Country Federation's three greatest powers, Azhdaha, the Rock Dragon King known as the Complete Dragon.
Veldora stood behind Rimuru, who sat upon the Demon King Throne.
The guiding Testarossa and Xiao also slowly walked behind the central main seat and stood there respectfully.
When Dino saw Guy and the others arrive, his face was full of relief, as though he were saying, What took you so long?!
As the Most Evil and Ancient Demon King, Guy sensed the oppressive and solemn atmosphere and instinctively put away his frivolous smile.
Instead, he murmured softly.
"Damn! Li, what is this supposed to be?! Don't tell me this is some kind of banquet with a trap waiting for me!?"
Velzard, standing behind Guy, helplessly rubbed her forehead as she listened to his nonsensical muttering.
She had no idea how he had come to that conclusion.
Still, there was no denying that the matter the Martial God wished to discuss this time was no simple one.
If she had previously only been eighty or ninety percent certain, then now she dared to conclude that this "discussion"