"To be honest, I really didn't expect things to develop like this."
Looking at the report before him, the King of the Heiligh Kingdom let out a heavy sigh.
"Seriously, even in my dreams, I couldn't have imagined a better turn of events."
"Yes, Your Majesty..."
Commander Merdle, standing below, nodded as well. They were discussing none other than Duanmu Hu's actions in the Eastern Desert.
All the Demon Kings threatening Lut Gholein and Caldeum had been eliminated. In less than ten days, the Inquisition had wiped out three of the Four Great Satans. Only Lord of Sin Azmodan was nowhere to be found. According to Duanmu Hu, the Three Daedric Princes were in the distant nation of Kurast across the sea. This meant that the crisis currently facing the kingdom could finally be considered more or less over.
Just a few days ago, they had still been facing the threat of a demonic army nearly reaching their gates. And now... well, at least the greatest danger had passed.
Of course, Duanmu Hu had only killed the Demon Kings. He had neither the time nor the inclination to deal with the underlings beneath them. However, during this period, the heroes from the other worlds had gradually grown stronger as well. Now, Duanmu Hu was mainly responsible for cleaning up the Demon Kings, while they took charge of destroying the monsters and demonic leaders who had lost the Demon Kings' protection.
The lands originally occupied by demons were gradually being reclaimed, and the refugee crisis in the Royal Capital was easing along with it. After the Demon Kings were eliminated, many refugees who had fled to the Royal Capital after realizing that things were looking bad had already set out to return to their hometowns.
That wasn't to say there were