Chapter 87
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Somewhere in the Demon King’s Castle.
Kos, a low-ranking soldier from the 1st Corps, was as usual, playing COL.
“Ah, damn it, mid lane, what the hell!”
His tier was Silver 4.
Being a low-ranking soldier meant having a low position in the Demon Realm hierarchy.
Naturally, his skills in COL weren’t impressive either.
(Team) SupremeKos (Aatrox): Ah, I’m mid again from the last game.
(Team) Holy Guide of Light (Azar): Insulting those you love in any situation is unacceptable. Let’s overcome this match with love in our hearts.
(Team) SupremeKos (Aatrox): Why would I love you? Are you crazy?
(Team) Holy Guide of Light (Azar): Despite giving you a chance, you continue to pollute the souls of your teammates with your speech. I shall bring down the hammer of reports. Reflect and return to the righteous path.
(Team) SupremeKos (Aatrox): Ugh, damn it…
A saying had recently been circulating in COL: “The worse the skills, the louder the blame.”
However, demons rarely blamed others or criticized their teams.
For demons, the desire to grow stronger was like an instinct.
Ultimately, if one became stronger, there would be no need to rely on the strength of others.
If you lost, you simply trained to grow stronger.
But even demons couldn’t hold back in certain situations.
They couldn’t tolerate users who talked nonsense about faith and belief despite being weak.
“Ugh… why do I keep running into these kinds of people these days?”
Recently, strange users with these peculiar concepts had started to appear more frequently.
Their common trait was their annoyingly sanctimonious nicknames.
Just hearing their names made his skin crawl.
“Their tone is just like those Celestial Realm guys, and they’re terrible at the game. Ugh, I’m too stressed to play.”
“Kos. Why are you grumbling to yourself? You should play another match of COL if you’ve got time to complain.”
“Ah, Commander!”
While wandering around the Demon King’s castle, grumbling, Kos ran into Omos, the 1st Corps Commander.
Omos, the second-ranking demon in the Demon Realm, was a Challenger-tier player.
“Well, actually, my account got suspended, so I can’t play more today.”
“Suspended, you say?”
“Yes, well… I kind of cursed in the chat.”
Kos explained the situation in COL to Omos.
It seemed that there were no such users in the higher tiers, as Omos appeared unfamiliar with the concept.
“What ridiculous people. They sound just like the Celestial Realm folks.”
“Yeah… there are so many of them lately. They’re so annoying I can’t stand it.”
“Hmm… until your suspension is lifted, focus on ‘Maple Leaf Story.’ What level are you now?”
“I just hit 4th job advancement yesterday.”
“Excellent. Keep up the effort.”
“Yes, sir!”
Kos saluted Omos and went off to play ‘Maple Leaf Story.’
Omos, too, wanted to play ‘Maple Leaf Story’ after a long time but headed toward Lumia instead.
Because today, he was scheduled to appear as a guest on Lumia’s broadcast.
Today’s concept for Lumia’s broadcast was “Interview with the Man Who Solo-Killed the Boss.”
“Demon King-sama.”
“Oh, Omos! You’ve finally arrived! Come here quickly! Everyone, Omos is here!”
Lumia had been chatting casually with viewers while waiting for Omos.
Humans referred to such broadcast styles as “chat shows.”
“Greetings. I am Omos, Commander of the Demon King’s 1st Corps.”
DemonKingSama’sFootWasher: Oh, Omos is here!
DemonKingSamaFansAreEverywhere: Hurry up and duo queue!
SuccubusQueenHnng: When are we getting a special feature on the Succubus Queen?
“The Succubus Queen, Liria, is currently quite busy. Humans have started playing illusion games even during non-sleeping hours, which is similar to entering a sleep-like state, so her workload has increased. Some of you might have had your life energy drained while gaming.”
SuccubusQueenHnng: Oh no, please force-quit my game and wake me up next time!
“Anyway, let’s queue up. Omos, connect the artifact.”
“Yes, Demon King-sama.”
Omos connected to the Demon King-sama’s “Tworch” broadcast artifact.
After launching COL, they queued for a game and continued their conversation.
Since both were Challenger-tier players, it took a long time for their match to start.
“By the way, I heard something interesting from one of my soldiers earlier.”
“Oh? What is it?”
Omos shared the story about the strange users he had discussed with Kos.
The ones in the lower tiers with odd names and behavior.
“Don’t they sound just like Celestial Realm folks? Even their nicknames.”
“That’s exactly what it sounds like! But why haven’t I encountered them even once?”
“If they’re Celestial Realm people, they probably wouldn’t be good at COL, would they?”
“That’s a valid point. But does that mean Celestial Realm folks are playing COL too?”
Their conversation flowed effortlessly, and viewers couldn’t keep up, spamming question marks.
SolidMiner: What’s the Celestial Realm? Are you talking about the Goddess?
FarmFailedThisYear: The Church of the Goddess would lose their minds if they heard this conversation.
“Hmm. Come to think of it, humans think of the Celestial Realm as a religious concept.”
LegendaryMiner: ??? What are you talking about?
DemonKingSama24Hours: ???
DemonKingSama’sFootWasher: Huh?
“The Celestial Realm exists as a place, just like the Demon Realm. And there are celestial beings there, just like demons here. The being humans call the Goddess is likely one of the archangels. You could think of archangels as being similar to corps commanders in the Demon Realm.”
DemonKingSama’sFootWasher: ???
DemonKingSama24Hours: ??????
LegendaryMiner: ????? Is this real?
DemonKingSamaFansAreEverywhere: This feels like a hidden secret of the world, doesn’t it?
FarmFailedThisYear: But are you sure? Demon King-sama, are you saying this because you’re a demon?
“The Demon King-sama has lived in the human world before. Humans’ common knowledge about the Celestial Realm is somewhat lacking. Of course, there are reasons why Celestial Realm beings don’t actively interact with the human world either.”
Lumia shared more details about the Celestial Realm with the viewers.
As the truth about the Celestial Realm came to light, human viewers became confused.
Their long-standing religious beliefs were deeply ingrained.
Naturally, there were those who couldn’t easily believe it.
“Well, that’s how it is. Of course, the Celestial Realm also has its own supreme being, just like the Demon King-sama.”
DemonKingSama’sFootWasher: Wow, this is crazy.
FarmFailedThisYear: This is seriously confusing.
LegendaryMiner: Is this real???
DemonKingSama24Hours: By the way, speaking of the Celestial Realm, I heard the Church recently bought a ton of illusion game consoles.
SolidMiner: Yeah, I heard they’re dedicating them to their altar or something.
DemonKingSama24Hours: If the Celestial Realm folks are playing games, isn’t that proof of what Demon King-sama is saying?
LegendaryMiner: LOL, you’ll get branded a heretic if you say stuff like that.
SuccubusQueenHnng: But isn’t watching Demon King-sama’s broadcast already kind of heretical…? Cough
“Did something like that really happen?”
“If so, it might really mean the Celestial Realm is playing games. After all, the Celestial beings only communicate with the Middle World in such ways.”
“Hmm. Pretending to be some hidden, transcendent existence while giving out divine revelations… even the Demon King-sama seems a little amused by this.”
DandanMan: Wow, is this for real?
DemonKing24Hours: But hey, even the Demons play games, so it’s not surprising if the Goddess does too.
LegendMiner: LOL, even the Goddess can’t hold back on this one.
Thus, rumors started spreading across the Demon World and Middle World that the Celestial beings might be playing games. People also began discussing peculiar usernames that seemed to indicate connections to celestial entities.
“…Something feels strange. Recently, players have been constantly asking me if I’m from the Celestial Realm.”
“Lately, the trend has been to mockingly ask if someone is from the Celestial Realm if they’re bad at COL.”
“I’ve heard similar things while playing Galaxy Craft.”
The Archangels started feeling that something was off.
Currently, most Celestials were playing games, thanks to offerings made by their followers.
“You all know nothing. That’s why I keep saying to stop playing games all day and try interacting with the world on Tworch.”
“What are you even talking about, Raguel? Did something happen on Tworch?”
“The Demon King-sama mentioned a few things about the Celestial Realm. That’s probably why humans started having doubts.”
“…What? Why are you only telling us this now, Raguel?!”
“I-I just remembered! At the time, I got too absorbed watching Demon King-sama and forgot…”
“Ugh, Raguel, you’re such an idiot!”
“Ahhh! Don’t hit me, Uriel!”
The Archangels received the news belatedly.
At that moment, a private message arrived.
“A username that screams ‘I’m a Demon’ just sent me a whisper on COL. It says, ‘You’re from the Celestial Realm, right? Let’s have a match.’”
“…What?”
“Are they suggesting we stake the fate of all dimensions on a match?”
“If we lose, the Celestial Realm will be overrun with demonic energy.”
“Ugh… But our tier rankings…”
A provocation from a Demon.
For now, it was something they could only ignore.
Still, conversations about this topic continued to spread further in the Middle World.
[Breaking News! Demon King-sama reveals the truth about the Celestial Realm!]
[Is the Demon King-sama’s claim true? What is the reality of the Celestial Realm?]
[Recent revelations by the Holy Church. Are they the Demon King-sama’s schemes to consume the Middle World? Or is there truth to the Demon King-sama’s words?]
[Enraged believers. Growing hostility toward the Demons. And rising support for Demon King-sama’s followers.]
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The Demon King-sama’s statement about the Celestial Realm, combined with some suspicions among players and dissatisfaction toward players suspected of being Celestials, tied into recent divine warnings from the Holy Church regarding a looming threat from the Demon World.
Followers of the Goddess insisted that the Demon King-sama had been scheming all along to take over the Middle World.
They claimed that the Goddess’s recent revelation to beware of the Demon King-sama was proof of this.
However, Demon King-sama’s fans argued that her words were the truth.
After all, humans had no idea what the Celestial Realm looked like. It wouldn’t be surprising if the Celestial beings operated similarly to Demons, as the Demon King-sama suggested.
“Wow, this is a scary story. If the Demon King-sama’s claim is true, it would mean the Celestials have been using the Middle World as a shield to fend off Demons all along.”
“So, you’re saying the being humans thought was a Goddess is actually an Archangel acting like a Demon Legion Commander, using religion to manipulate humanity? That sounds far-fetched…”
“But Demon King-sama seemed so confident when she said it. Unlike the Demon race, Celestials just play games, don’t they?”
“None of this makes sense to me. But, I don’t think Demon King-sama will attack us.”
Humanity, having a long history with religion, was thrown into chaos.
They had always believed that the Celestial Realm was simply the dwelling place of the Goddess, an absolute being who lent her power to save the Middle World from Demons.
“But doesn’t this change nothing? Even if the Goddess turns out to be an Archangel, isn’t it still the same thing?”
“Were you even listening? The point is that the Archangels have been masquerading as a Goddess and using the Middle World to defend against Demons. That’s the issue.”
“Hey, don’t speak with such certainty. We don’t even know if this is true or not.”
The Church denied the allegations, saying such things never happened.
The Demon King-sama claimed she was simply stating the truth.
She also stated that she didn’t particularly care about how humanity structured their religion.
The Demon King-sama had no real interest in conquering the Middle World or invading the Celestial Realm. She had no intention of elaborating further on the matter.
However, she did share one interest with the Celestials—deciding superiority through games.
Instead of discussing this further, she sent a message to players suspected of being Celestials.
She suggested that a representative of the Demons and the Celestials have a match in COL.
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