In the capital of the Overgeared Kingdom, Reinhardt...

Lauel’s eyes widened as Grid informed him about what happened in the forest. 

“Isn’t that Baal? No, there is no doubt that it is Baal?”

“It is impossible.” Grid denied Lauel's speculation. “Baal is almost like a final boss. The timing is too early for him to appear and there was no strength.”

The basis for Grid’s thoughts wasn’t poor. The great demons Belial and Berith boasted a fearsome strength. Putting aside other players, even Grid had seen the ease at which they caused despair. If the identity of the great demon he encountered in the forest was Baal, the absolute monarch of hell, Grid would experience a sense of fear that would be hard to endure.

However, Grid hadn’t been afraid.

“It makes no sense for a final boss to appear in the body of one user. It is too unbalanced if a specific player can borrow the power of a final boss. The S.A Group shouts about balance all the time and wouldn’t allow such a situation.”

“Aren’t you allowed to borrow Braham’s power?”

“Braham isn’t a final boss.”

“I think that for an average person, Braham or Baal are just as fraudulent.”

“In any case, it is different....