[The 1st Great Demon, ‘Baal,’ has been extinguished.] 

He was so persistent and strong that it made Grid sick. Grid would’ve respected him a bit if he had shown a different side in his final moments. Apart from being the enemy of humanity, it was possible that he might forever be remembered as a worthy rival. 

‘He was a stubborn bastard until the end.’ 

Grid erased Baal from his mind. Rather, he engraved Chepardea into the back of his mind. 

The bipedal toad—looking back, it felt like he had encountered a lot of things. He wasn’t extremely strong, but his ability to spray mucus was tricky. He was annoying in many ways. It was to the point where Grid cursed him for constantly appearing without dying. 

However, he wasn’t a being who should be cursed at. A warrior who was loyal to the God of the Beginning, Yatan. After Yatan disappeared, he was cursed by Baal to lose his memory and toyed with. Nevertheless, he didn’t break down even in his final moments. He made Baal his companion on the road to the underworld. 

This was all Grid knew about Chepardea. From Grid’s perspective, he had no way of properly knowing the story of Chepardea, who was only a passing villain. The world would naturally forget him without...