"Warning! Warning! Divine Kingdom incursion detected! Alignment: lawful neutral! Identifying designation: 'Game Duel Arena.' Threat Level: five. Corresponding alert activated..." "Warning! Abyssal incursion detected! Alignment: chaotic evil! Threat Level: nine. Corresponding alert activated. All units, prepare for combat!"
On the stage, Piero played his cards and initiated a "Dark Game."
Dialos expanded his domain and summoned the Abyssal Legion.
Alarms blared madly inside the Mage Tower.
Within seconds, the alert level shot up to the level corresponding to a Ninth Rank enemy.
Cries of alarm rose throughout the audience, throwing the venue into chaos.
Roland and the others stood up, their faces filled with shock.
"He's working with a devil?"
"Hell and the Abyss have always had close ties... Have they joined forces?"
"This is bad! Diego's in danger!"
Even the viewers watching the live broadcast elsewhere felt their hearts tighten.
Roland tried to piece together the causes and consequences.
But a moment later, he abandoned the idea.
He simply lacked the information needed to determine where Piero had obtained these things or why he was doing this.
All he knew was that Piero was exploiting the duel rules of the "Dark Game," trying to turn the staged battle into reality and summon the Abyssal Legion.
The flaming skull that had appeared on Piero was suspicious, too. It seemed to be a high-ranking devil from Hell.
Such beings operated across numerous planes and worlds, using temptation, deception, threats-anything they could-to open a gateway to the Material Plane and invade.
But as lawful evil beings, they were intelligent. They generally avoided direct assaults, instead exploiting the weaknesses of human nature to infiltrate their targets.
Strictly speaking, the succubus Aier was one of them.
The lawful evil Silver Moon Queen was also using her influence to infiltrate the Material