"Why have you awakened us? Don't you know we are in slumber, recuperating and gathering our strength?"
At that moment, an aged voice rang out within the palace, reverberating without end. It seemed to contain a strange power that twisted the void.
"My apologies. This is a last resort. The situation is urgent, so I had no choice but to awaken all of you who were slumbering."
A voice spoke.
"Hm, what exactly has happened that requires us to be awakened? Could some upheaval have occurred in Hell?"
"Remember, if this is not some major matter, do not blame us for showing no mercy."
"Speak. What happened that was worth paying such an enormous price to awaken us?"
Numerous voices rose and fell, buzzing incessantly.
"The inheritor of the True Demon God has appeared."
That voice said gravely.
"What did you say?!"
With just that simple sentence, all the unknown entities present were utterly shocked. It swept through every one of them like a storm, leaving them immensely shaken.
"Impossible. Ever since the True Demon God died, no second demon has ever been able to inherit the True Demon God's power. Countless years have passed—there can still be no second True Demon God born."
"That's right. The conditions for inheriting the True Demon God's power are incomparably harsh. From ancient times until now, across countless epochs, who knew how many demons had coveted the True Demon God's power? They tried to find the True Demon God's inheritance temple and obtain the inheritance, but all failed. Even we devoted painstaking effort to it, yet it was all in vain."
"Where exactly did you learn of this? Is it true or false? This matter is of grave importance, no trivial affair. You cannot spout nonsense here."
The tones of these entities were