The Return

The Demon God also possesses every ability the Demon Lord possesses. Dairi's assessment was correct.

It also naturally possesses the Demon Lord's power to control monsters.

However, the Demon Lord had needed to foster Black Gremlins parasitically in order to control Class A monsters.

It was like a disease that progressed over several months; nothing happened on the day of infection.

From this, they could conclude that although the Demon God could control monsters, that ability would not manifest during this battle.

However, the Demon God was a superior version of the Demon Lord. They had no idea what it might be capable of.

They had no choice but to respond flexibly to unknown abilities, but they had to take every possible precaution against the abilities they knew about.

The Dragon Witch, who had been circling and patrolling the sky over the outer edge of the main battlefield, sent them a trembling voice through amplification magic.

"This is seriously bad—like, insanely bad! Monsters are gathering like crazy!"

The Dragon Witch dove as soon as she spoke, breathing scorching flames down from the sky at the black shadows beginning to appear here and there on the ground...