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[At The Rock and Sea dungeon]

[Samurai Jacks point of view]

"Soar! Gale!" [Jacks]

"Valkyrie! Formation fenryl!" [Bladel]

"Yes ma'am!" [Valkyrie]

Just... Just where did all these monsters come from! No... All these devilish monsters! It's different from the one that had been plunging us for the past six years... They're stronger, more demonic and more... Terrifying. It as if, they're celebrating something, and I could only guess one thing

"Jacks! Don't daydream too much!" [Naoto]

"Of course, my apologies!" [Jacks]

Naoto with her arrows pierce the tail of the lesser demonic water dragon, and with Valkyrie finally done dealing the finishing blow. Estel and Malsia are after all, dealing the same threat, and I think most countries will be experiencing the same

"Good job. There are still bunches of them, but leave it to me!" [Jacks]

"No! We will. Support you." [Kadeus]

Kadeus simply charge and with his pseudo-monsterification of his centaur beastman part, he ram those small pesky demons one after another

"Careful!" [Lily]

The small demons begin tearing the hard calf muscles of Kadeus through one bite after another, like a feast for all

"Forest magic: Area heal" [Female elf adventure]

"Nice" [Swordman adventure]

"Not as good as Flinar, Filvisar nor Avery Farhah, but that should do it" [Female elf adventure]

"To truly finish it all" [Jacks]

"Birdie, can you make a combination attack with Jacks?" [Kana]

~Screech~

"Howl! Steel Garuda!" [Jacks]

With me and Birdie, the steel bird golem that ash created, we rip those devil apart. Heads. Eyes. Spinal cords. Arms. Lower limbs. They're all detached from the trunks of the devils before pouring down like a heavy storm of blood and viscera

"And the Sea Serpent Project... It's just activated, but it sure save us all" [Syah]

"I'm just glad Princess Diana and the other approved and support Charlotte's brilliant idea" [Borg]

"Couldn't agree more" [Mimi]

"But we still need to patrol this area. Can't let anything escape" [Bladel]

"But don't you have a meeting with Princess Diana?" [Ram]

"That.. You're right" [Bladel]

"Ray, Mile, can both of you go? You both are level headed and can convey things better than other after all" [Lin]

"We will mother" [Ray]

"Is that alright with you Captain Bladel?" [Mimi]

"By all means" [Bladel]

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"And that's what happen inside the Rock and Sea dungeon" [Ray]

"I see. I suppose all are experiencing something similar?" [Khamishah]

Just a nod, before they each telling their experience about it. From Zin the Half Giant together with the Holy Beast of Wind protecting the New Headquarters, to Beastman King and Demon Queen convoys surrounded by pack of ogre devils before being save by the knights of Beastman Kingdom, and finally, The Saga Khamishah with the two S rank siblings making sure situation is under control

"Faris, Faizi, how is it? Inside the Holy Palace?" [Saint Louis]

Saint Louis spare no time and ask the most important question of the day. Those devil, they're definitely stronger, and bolder than usual. That much, any one of us can tell without fail. Heck, even the usual ordinary citizens can sort of tell they're suddenly becoming even more aggressive than usual

"We escape precisely because we wanted to convey what happen" [Faris]

"Albeit, we can't exactly comprehend the full situation ourselves... But the late Demon king... The very same demon king that wage war decades ago... Suddenly roam around the street" [Faizi]

What... What the...

"Im... Impossible! Druser's father? But how?" [Demon Queen]

The current Demon Queen, shouted, with every voice of disbelief. The very shame of Demon King, the one that once was the cause of a war on the continence of Achalasia. Due to him, the first, second and the third and last prince, which is the current Demon King, Druser try their best to get themselves the throne. If I'm not mistaken, Druser wasn't really interested on the throne, but because of the casualties of the wars that spread throughout Achalasia, he step up and together with Aries, they claim the throne of the most powerful kingdom, the Demon Kingdom

"Elves were kidnapped and sold, dwarves being enslaved and mine minerals, orphans being mercilessly drafted as meat shield and experimentation... Those days..." [Aries]

And those old enough to experience the war, couldn't help but to gulp. All of us who never experienced war can only look at their depressed faces and imagine what sort of horror that war was. I, for once, am glad to never experience it, but at the same time, what Saint Louis once told about his past keep getting repeated inside my brain

"And then what happen?" [Diana]

Diana broke the silence.

"An army of Doppelganger, from various races come forth, and not only that. They're definitely more than one of them?" [Faizi]

"What do you mean?" [Zerolith]

"I'll elaborate. Imagine Htilorez, your very own doppelganger, and imagine there's ten Htilorez, almost the same exact copy as each other, with only slight difference between each one of them" [Ex-guard]

"Is that... Is that even possible..." [Htilorez]

Even Htilorez couldn't comprehend it, as doppelganger only exist because of their Achalasia counterparts. So, going by the Ex-guard explanation...

"There are ten version of the same people? Is that even possible?" [Rean]

"Or they simply use the power of Iblis? Maybe that's how?" [Htilorez]

"Oh yeah, I kinda caught the power of the first demon king during my rite as the Avery, but is that even possible?" [Farhah]

"Not... Unless..." [Ash]

Unless

"Anyway, it's just speculation, but Rafiah, Druser and Seraph most likely being used to cause the very same thing we are talking about" [Ash]

"But how is that related to the sudden aggressiveness of the devils?" [Leogris]

That, is something none of us can answer

"It's simple. Us Doppelganger simply accelerate the God of Life awakening" [First Prince?]

The first prince of Estel, suddenly make his appearance, just beside Ceanu and the other, much to our disbelief

""You!!"" [Ceanu, Liyana]

Without missing a beat, all of them there simply drew their weapon, before

"Useless" [First Prince?]