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A demon named Amon had appeared at a sealed altar. Upon hearing this, I couldn’t help but feel the gravity of the situation. Though he hadn’t resurrected yet, his rank was "King."

At the same time, Amon was also the lord of Andras and Plauros, the demons I had encountered before.

I had heard that he was among the strongest demons in the Demon Realm, and just thinking about it made me feel tense. I had always thought we’d face him eventually, but I never expected it to happen so soon.

At least he had appeared in the form of an altar, so perhaps it was a bit of luck... though, I was still unsure about how to feel.

After thinking for a moment, I turned to Chaerin and asked,

"How was the altar discovered?"

"You know that public notice from before, right? The one that said they'd reward anyone who found a demon’s altar?"

"Ah, so they found it and got the reward?"@@novelbin@@

"Uh... no. They found it, but before they could claim the reward, everyone was killed."

"...Huh?"

She continued, explaining that the first people who entered were a party of treasure hunters. They found the altar by chance and didn’t know what was inside.

They were all burned to death by Amon, whose upper body was the only thing visible. One of them barely survived, made it to a nearby village to ask for help, and then died from the severe burns.

"And then?"

"After that, the kingdom immediately sent a hunting party. But they lost about half their people and retreated..."