Horizon was dead, but none of the Players could say that they had already won.

The strongest Count of the Underworld, Orpheus, was still standing, after all.

"A useless fool till the end."

Horizon would have exploded in fury if he had heard Orpheus’ words.

‘Things went off track, but... it doesn't matter.’

He never had any expectations to begin with, so the disappointment wasn't that great.

Actually, Horizon’s death wouldn't significantly affect the overall situation.

Orpheus was convinced that even if he were to die, the situation wouldn’t change that much.

‘We've already taken over the 7th Floor, the 8th Floor, and the 9th Floor. Those Floors have nothing but demons.’

They were demons from all over the universe, and they had responded to the Archduke’s call. Orpheus couldn’t even count just how many demons had gathered under the Archduke’s banner, and those demons were waiting for their turn to enter the lower Floors.

‘They’ve decided to throw themselves into battle where they virtually have zero chances of winning.’

Orpheus swept his contemptuous gaze across the humans.

"Kill everything that isn't a demon," he said coldly.

***

"Oh, damn..."

"Get your act together and move quickly! We'll all die at this rate!"

"Move to your designated positions!"

The Players moved in a frenzy.

Their role was to deal with the demons while the elite Players confronted Orpheus.

‘But... c-can we even face them?’

Gong Ju-Ha absentmindedly looked up at the massive dimensional rift. Demons poured out endlessly from the rift, and it was no longer possible to count just how many Demons had arrived. Gong Ju-Ha felt like he was witnessing the end of the world.

"Hmm." Her eyebrows trembled. For a moment, she thought it was fortunate that they weren’t on...