The fox girl Lily adjusted her Japanese-style apron before beginning her report on the current situation.
"As for our reserves, since we took over all the assets of Bolsius, Luos's former community, our stockpiles are quite abundant.
"On top of that, Pest, whom we fought before, was recognized as a Five-digit demon lord, and that battle had been commissioned by the Floor Master.
"So the rewards from that Gifted Competition were also considerable. Everyone can eat their fill now."
Leticia saw Lily's bashful smile and frowned as she warned her:
"Lily, you mustn't say something so crude."
Realizing that she had been too blunt, Lily became a little flustered.
Many of the children in the former community had indeed gone hungry one meal and full the next, barely managing to survive.
So talking about such matters would make everyone feel a little awkward.
"If they were assessed as Five-digit, did they not have a community base?"
"Yes. By precedent, communities with only three members were rarely recognized as Five-digit.
"However, this time, it was said that consideration had been given to the Black Death Spot Demon Lord being a deity, as well as the difficulty of the game itself."
It had been mentioned before that Hakoniwa World had gates in its outer walls that corresponded to different levels.
From the Seven-digit gates at the outermost ring all the way to the Single Digit gates at the innermost level,
the smaller the number, the greater the strength it represented.
The area where they currently lived was a Seven-digit region, yet the demon lord they had encountered was a Five-digit existence.
That was why such an enemy had been so difficult for Sandora, Russell, and the others to handle.
"Does the difficulty of a game also have something to do with its