NOVEL NEXT Chapter 88
Somewhere in the Demon King’s Castle.
Kos, a lowly soldier belonging to the 1st Legion, was unsurprisingly in the COL.
“Ah, damn it, mid lane!”
His tier was Silver 4.
Being a lowly soldier meant he was low-ranked in the Demon Realm.
Naturally, his COL skills weren’t going to be impressive either.
(team) SupremeKos (Artlux): Ah, another mid lane failure
(team) Guide of the Holy Light (Azar): It is never right to speak ill of our beloved in any situation. Let us face this match with love.
(team) SupremeKos (Artlux): Why the hell would I love you, ?
(team) Guide of the Holy Light (Azar): I offered you an opportunity, yet your words taint the spirit of the team. I will invoke the hammer of report. I shall guide you back to the righteous path with self-reflection.
(team) SupremeKos (Artlux): Ha, dammit…
Recently, there was a saying going around in the COL: skills and blaming others are inversely proportional.
But Demons usually didn’t blame others or curse their teams.
It was in the nature of Demons to strive for strength.
After all, if you become strong enough, you won’t need to rely on others.
If they lost, they simply trained harder to get stronger.
However, even such Demons couldn’t stand certain situations.
It was intolerable to see weak players throwing around baseless sayings like “faith.”
“Ugh… Why do I keep seeing these idiots lately?”
Recently, users with weird concepts had been noticeable.
Their common trait was that their usernames had a disgustingly holy feel to them.
Heavenly names that made your skin crawl just by hearing them.
“Even their speech is similar to those heavenly beings, and they can’t even play the game worth a damn. Ugh. I’m really stressed and can’t enjoy the game.”
“Kos. Why are you mumbling to yourself? Instead of that, you should be playing another match of COL.”
“Ah, Commander!”
While grumbling and wandering around the Demon King’s Castle, Kos ran into Omos, the commander of the 1st Legion.
With a rank second to none in the Demon Realm, his tier was Challenger.
“Actually, I’ve been account banned, so I can’t play anymore today.”
“Account banned?”
“Yes, yes. I let some curse words slip in the chat.”
Kos explained to Omos what happened in the COL.
Apparently, such users weren’t present in the higher tiers, and Omos seemed to be hearing this for the first time.
“What a bunch of jokers. They sound like they’re from the heavenly realm.”
“Yeah… I’ve been seeing too many of them lately. They’re so annoying, I can’t stand it.”
“Hmm… Then until your COL ban is lifted, you should focus on Maple Leaf Story. What’s your level now?”
“I just achieved my 4th job advancement yesterday.”
“Excellent. Strive for more.”
“Yes!”
Kos saluted Omos and headed off to play ‘Maple Leaf Story.’
Omos also wanted to play ‘Maple Leaf Story’ after a long time but headed towards Lumia.
Because today he was scheduled to appear as a guest on Lumia’s stream.
Today’s theme for Lumia’s stream was ‘Inviting the Man Who Got a Solo Kill on a Weakling.’
“Demon King Sama.”
“Oh, Omos! You finally made it! Come here, everyone, Omos has arrived!”
While waiting for Omos, Lumia was having a light chat with the viewers.
Humans call this kind of broadcast operation “chatting.”
“Nice to meet you. I’m Omos, Commander of the Demon King’s 1st Legion.”
Demon King’s Footstool: Oh, Omos is here!
Demon King Fanbase: Quick, let’s duo up!
Succubus Sister: When is the show with the Succubus Queen happening?
“Succubus Queen, Lilia, is currently busy. When humans play fantasy games during their sleeping hours, they enter a state akin to sleep, increasing her workload. She might have had her essence drained during a game.”
Succubus Sister: Ah, next time, please forcibly wake them if they’re gaming.
“Anyhow, it’s time to catch a queue. Connect the artifact, Omos.”
“Yes, Demon King Sama.”
Omos connected to the ‘Twatch’ artifact for Demon King Sama’s broadcast.
After executing COL, they continued the talk while getting into a game.
Since both were at the top tier, Challenger, it took a long time for a game to match them.
“By the way, I heard a funny story while talking to one of my legion’s soldiers earlier.”
“Hmm? What was it?”
Omos recounted his earlier conversation with Kos.
There were strange users in the lower tiers.
“Don’t they seem just like those heavenly beings? Their usernames fit too.”
“Totally! But why have I never met one before?”
“If they were heavenly beings, they wouldn’t be good at COL, right?”
“That makes sense. But do heavenly beings even play COL?”
The conversation between Demon King Sama and Omos continued seamlessly.
The viewers struggled to keep up and flooded the chat with question marks.
Sturdy Man: What are these heavenly beings? You mean the Goddess?
This Year’s Harvest Failed: It’d really infuriate the followers of the Goddess if they heard this conversation.
“Well, it seems that humans considered their own heavenly beings as a religion.”
Legendary Miner: ??? What does that even mean?
Demon King Sama 24/7: ???
Demon King’s Footstool: Huh?
“Just like the Demon Realm, there exists a place called the Heavenly Realm. And there are celestial beings like Demons there. The being who communicates with humans is probably one of the Archangels. An Archangel could be likened to a legion commander in the Demon Realm.”
Demon King’s Footstool: ???
Demon King Sama 24/7: ??????
Legendary Miner: ????? Is that what it was?
Demon King Fanbase: Isn’t this like a hidden secret of the world?
This Year’s Harvest Failed: But are you sure? Isn’t it just Demon King Sama trying to lead us astray because he’s a Demon?
“Demon King Sama has lived in the Human World as well. Humans’ common knowledge of the Heavenly Realm is rather lacking. Of course, there’s also a reason why the heavenly beings don’t communicate much with the Human World.”
Lumia began explaining more about the Heavenly Realm to the viewers.
With the truth about the Heavenly Realm revealed, human viewers felt confused.
It was merely because religion had taken root over a long time.
Of course, some humans couldn’t easily accept it.
“Well, that’s that. Of course, there are beings in the Heavenly Realm as strong as Demon King Sama.”
Demon King’s Footstool: Wow, that’s amazing.
This Year’s Harvest Failed: No, this is extremely confusing!
Legendary Miner: Is this real?
Demon King Sama 24/7: But now that you mention it, I heard the Papal Office recently bought a huge number of fantasy games.
Sturdy Man: Yeah, that’s right. From what I’ve heard, they’re dedicating them to the altar.
Demon King Sama 24/7: So heavenly beings might be playing games in the Heavenly Realm, right? Just as Demon King Sama said?
Legendary Miner: LOL, if you say that, you’re probably going to get called a heretic.
Succubus Sister: But the fact that I’m watching Demon King Sama’s stream makes me somewhat of a heretic… gulp.
“Did that really happen?”
“If that’s the case, it could be true that heavenly beings are playing games. After all, heavenly beings communicate with the Middle Realm only through such means.”
“Hmm. It’s a bit funny that Demon King Sama is pretending to be some hidden entity.”
Sturdy Man: Wow, is this true?
Demon King Sama 24/7: But if Demons are gaming, why wouldn’t a Goddess?
Legendary Miner: LOL, even a Goddess can’t resist this one.
And so rumors began spreading that it seemed like the Celestials were playing games in both the Demon Realm and Middle Realm.
They even started chatting about the users using increasingly strange usernames.
“…It’s strange. Recently users keep asking me if I’m a Celestial.”
“I heard nowadays if you can’t play COL, you might as well be a Celestial.”
“I heard similar things in Galaxy Craft too.”
The Archangels began to feel that something was amiss.
Currently, thanks to the followers of the Goddess providing many more games to the altar, most Celestials were gaming.
“You know nothing. So don’t just sit around gaming all day; you should communicate with the world through Twatch,” said Raguell.
“What does that mean, Raguell? Did something happen on Twatch?”
“Demon King Sama talked a little about the Heavenly Realm. I think that led to humans raising their suspicions.”
“…What?! Why would you mention such an important fact now, Raguell?!”
“I-I just remembered. I forgot because I was too focused on watching Demon King Sama back then…”
“Ugh, Raguell, you really are a total fool!”
“Ah! Aah! Don’t hit me, Uriel!”
The Archangels, finally catching wind of the situation.
At that moment, a whispered message arrived.
“A user with a name that screams Demon sent a whisper in COL. It says, ‘Are you Celestials? Let’s have a match.’”
“What? What do you mean?”
“Are they challenging us to fight with the destiny of each dimension on the line?”
“If we lose, the Heavenly Realm will be tainted by Demons.”
“Ugh… But our tiers…”
An argument arose among the Demons.
For now, they had no choice but to ignore it.
However, the dialogue regarding this matter continued to spread further across the Middle Realm.
[SHOCKING! Demon King Sama Reveals the Truth about the Heavenly Realm!]
[Is Demon King Sama’s statement true? What is the truth behind the Heavenly Realm?]
[A recent revelation announced by the Papal Office. Is this a scheme by Demon King Sama to engulf the Middle Realm? Or is what Demon King Sama said indeed the truth?]
[Outraged religious followers. A resurgence of animosity towards Demons in some quarters. And opposing that, the fanbase of Demon King Sama.]
Demon King Sama’s statements regarding the Heavenly Realm.
And the suspicions that arose among some users along with the complaints about the Celestials presumed to be unable to play games.
All of this intertwined with the recent revelation that a certain Demon was plotting something threatening in the Middle Realm.
The followers of the Goddess claimed that Demon King Sama had been pretending all along to engulf the Middle Realm.
They even claimed that the Goddess had warned them to be wary of Demon King Sama through a revelation recently.
But conversely, fans of Demon King Sama were asserting that his statements were the truth.
After all, humans were unaware of what the Heavenly Realm was like.
So even if the structure of Celestials resembled that of Demons, it wouldn’t be strange.
“Huh, what a terrifying tale. If what Demon King Sama says is true, that would mean Celestials have been using the Middle Realm to suppress Demons all along.”
“So, the being they perceived as a Goddess is the Archangel from the Heavenly Realm who is like the captain of an army of Demons, using religion to manipulate humans? That sounds preposterous, no matter how you think about it…”
“However, Demon King Sama stated such things so matter-of-factly. Although the followers of the Goddess claim this is all part of his scheme, the Demons are merely playing games, right?”
“I have no idea what’s going on. But it doesn’t seem like Demon King Sama is going to attack us.”
A long history existed.
Thus, humans fell into chaos.
Originally, humans only thought of the Heavenly Realm as merely the residence of the Goddess.
They believed the supreme being, the Goddess, had been bestowing her power to save the Middle Realm from Demons all along.
“But, doesn’t that change anything? Even if we call the Celestial an Archangel instead of a Goddess, it’s basically the same, isn’t it?”
“What have you been hearing all this time? The issue is that these Archangels have been pretending to be the Goddess to defend the Middle Realm against Demons.”
“Oh, don’t speak with such certainty. We still don’t know if it’s true or not.”
The church denied such matters outright.
They said that Demon King Sama simply spoke the truth.
Knowing how human religion operates, they claimed not to be concerned about it.
Demon King Sama’s interest did not necessarily lie in invading the Middle Realm or the Heavenly Realm.
So he stopped elaborating on that matter any further.
But she, too, was quite interested in settling issues through gaming.
So instead of elaborating more on that, she sent a message to users presumed to be Celestials.
A match should happen between the representatives of Demons and Celestials through COL.