Hao Ren had always been curious whether it was really appropriate for the Holy See Allied Forces to brazenly post information about the Demon Lord's Army in public. Given Izax's reputation over the past few centuries, any news related to the Demon Lord's Army should have caused at least some social unrest. Yet the Holy See Allied Forces seemed not to care about that at all.
Later, Lanina explained the matter to Hao Ren, and he understood:
The Ten Year War had only just ended, and before that, the world had spent several centuries under the rule of the Demon Lord's Empire. The entire world had yet to break free from a certain kind of "inertia." News related to the Demon Lord's Army might cause a brief commotion, but it could no longer cause any real panic...
Because all the generations that would have panicked over it were already dead.
Regardless of whether the war had truly been a battle between good and evil, and regardless of whether Izax or the Seven Heroes had possessed the nobler ambitions, one thing could not be denied: including long-lived races like the elves, four hundred years of demonic invasion followed by ten years of war had wiped out one or even several generations of every race in the world. Those still alive were practically numb to it all. Demons and mortals alike.
Three days later, a ragtag force made up of mercenaries and adventurers departed from Cadheus and traveled through transit stations toward the Second Plane.
All portals leading to the demonic planes were strictly monitored. Moreover, ever since the Demon Lord's Army had retreated from the Human World, Cadheus, the largest "world transit hub," had sealed all portals connected to the demonic planes. Of course, that only applied to the portals known