Fang Cheng and Isis's battle had erupted so suddenly that the satellites in space hadn't been able to spot it in advance.
The details of the battle could only be pieced together afterward through investigation and speculation. With so few eyewitnesses, many aspects of it remained uncertain to this day.
But the facts that multiple people had taken part, that an N5 bomb had been used, and that the Nine-Tailed Fox and an Evil God had appeared all matched the information Sakaue Yusuke had produced.
If the information was genuine, then Fang Cheng had defeated Isis through shameless means, with help from several others.
There was no need to talk about honor when dealing with monsters, but this cast doubt on Fang Cheng's own strength. He hadn't reached the Disaster-Class level that the rumors claimed.
The Minister of Defense challenged him. "He survived the competition for the Lord of Ten Thousand Monsters, and he defeated the Death Knight..."
Sakaue Yusuke cut him off. "He wasn't the only one who survived. There were also the hundreds of thousands of people in Machine City. Who can be sure he was the one who defeated the Death Knight? Even the Foundation Church believes the Death Knight is merely missing. So many monsters from all over the world entered Hokkaido and disappeared. Are we supposed to believe Fang Cheng defeated every single one of them?"
The Minister of Defense was at a loss for words. After all, everything that had happened in Hokkaido was still just speculation to the rest of the world. There wasn't even a definitive conclusion.
Rumors that Fang Cheng had defeated the Death Knight were rampant, but the Foundation Church refused to acknowledge them. It hadn't even said the Death Knight was after Fang Cheng.
Another minister hesitated. "Even if