While Cheng Yu and the others were carrying out their mission...
On Kashi Star, inside the Principal's Office of Miskatonic University's Inner Academy.
Yog lifted the cup of tea Miss Puppet had brewed and spoke softly.
"Grete."
Grete, who had been dozing with nothing to do, immediately scrambled up at his voice. Wagging his tail, he crouched on the sofa and answered in a low voice.
"I'm here! Your Eminence, what are your orders?"
Yog lowered his eyelids slightly and said,
"An acquaintance of yours has arrived. Go greet them. It isn't time for them to take the stage yet."
Grete had plenty of questions. He knew who had arrived outside the Small Heavens: Mephitican, the lord of the Abyss's 666th Layer, a Demon Sovereign and an Epic-Rank demon. Of course, she was also one of his bed partners.
But within Mephitican's demon army, Grete had also caught the scent of sloth. That meant Mephitican had come on Belial's orders. Dealing with Mephitican and her demon army would pose no difficulty for Grete, but against a Holy Spirit-level Demon Emperor, he truly stood no chance.
Still, since His Eminence had told him to "greet" his acquaintance, there probably wouldn't be any unexpected trouble.
In an instant, Grete gave his answer.
"As you command, Your Eminence."
With that, Grete vanished from the Principal's Office.
Outside the Small Heavens, in a gap somewhere within the Chaos Sea, a spatial rift like a hideous scar had opened outside the cluster of bubble universes that made up the Small Heavens.
Beyond the rift, demons of every shape and size swarmed like a sandstorm. Rather than slaughtering one another as they usually did, they stayed obediently outside the spatial rift, behaving themselves remarkably well.
Dozens of Gold Rank greater demons slowly emerged from the