Gwenna

Facing the five Demon Army soldiers, Kyle tensed every muscle and readied himself. But the demons silhouetted against the flames did not attack right away.

The greatsword-wielding demon drove its massive blade into the ground, then clapped in praise of Kyle.

"That was a splendid fight. I'm Gwenna, a platoon leader in the Garios Corps. The one you just defeated was a rookie in my unit, but ordinary soldiers can't join our corps. You're pretty good to have taken that rookie down."

The sight of that reptilian mouth speaking so fluently left Kyle unable to respond.

"Huh? You don't understand?"

"No, I understand. I never thought there'd be a demon who could speak our language."

Kyle was genuinely surprised. He knew that his liege, Romelia, had studied the demons' language and could speak it, but the fact that a demon could speak his language still astonished him.

"Yeah, we study it. Most everyone in the corps can speak it. Right?"

Gwenna glanced back at the other four. The four, all as powerfully built as Gwenna, laughed and nodded.

"We learned it so we could find out who's strong. Thanks to that, I can talk to you like this. I mean, you want to talk to someone strong, right?"...