At the summit of Mount Olympus.
Artemis, the graceful moon goddess, paced slowly through the great hall, her voice clear and lovely.
"These devils call themselves Horned Demons. More frightening still, they possess intelligence."
"They are evil and brutal. When facing the frail Silver Folk, they slaughter compulsively, taking pleasure in spreading death."
"But when facing our powerful Divine Court warriors, they cling to life and fear death. When the battle turns against them, they flee or surrender."
"It was from their mouths that we learned a shocking piece of news."
"The devils are a civilization, one that can be called the Devil Civilization. Their world is named Hell."
"In Hell, there exists a Devil Overlord so powerful that none can match him, as well as seven equally powerful Demon Kings."
"Beneath the Demon Kings are Devil Lords, High-Rank Devils, Mid-Rank Devils, and Low-Rank Devils. These creatures are merely Low-Rank Devils."
"Even Low-Rank Devils possess B-rank strength. You can imagine how powerful the Devil Civilization is."
"They also know that they are nothing more than cannon fodder sent ahead through the spatial rifts to Earth."
"According to what they have learned, the Devil Civilization will assemble a vast army to destroy Earth in the future, unleashing another world-ending war!"
"As for how they intend to accomplish this, that is beyond the knowledge of these Horned Demons, who are only Low-Rank Devils."
Artemis finished speaking in one breath, then stopped to await the gods' reactions.
After hearing this, the members of the Divine Clan broke into discussion.
Someone asked a question.
"How do these spatial rifts form? Can they be avoided?"
"Our current technology has yet to reach that level. We still cannot determine what causes spatial rifts to form."
A researcher from the Olympian Shelter answered calmly.
"Can we predict