Frankly speaking, it was impossible to justify a demon with a rank below fifty in the current hierarchy of Helmuth.0

In plain words, the ranks were completely inflated.0

The original top one-hundred-ranking demons of the hierarchy had been summoned to Babel one year ago, and after a fierce battle sanctioned by the royal decree of the Demon King of Incarceration, only fifty survived. Those survivors received a boost of dark power directly from the Demon King of Incarceration. They had been empowered without even making a contract with the Demon King of Incarceration. Naturally, the demons who survived that day in Babel had become incomparably stronger than before.0

At that time, Harpeuron had been ranked one-hundred-and-tenth among the demons. He had not even been summoned to Babel. Yet, he wasn't content with his rank. The hierarchy battles between demons also became simplified after that day, and Harpeuron steadily climbed up the ranks.0

After fifty of the hundred demons perished, Harpeuron managed to ascend to the fifty-seventh rank through battle. However, he wasn’t satisfied with his achievements. Given a bit more time, he believed he could climb even higher and possibly break into the top fifty.0

The dark power of the Demon King of Incarceration could not be used in the hierarchy battles. If he was careful in choosing the right opponents to fight, he believed it was possible for him to climb higher and higher in the demon rankings.1

But now, there was no need to be obsessed with the hierarchy battles. If a war really did take place in the desert — as had happened centuries ago — he could grow stronger by feeding on the blood and fear of humans.0

Whether Amelia Merwin would indeed conduct the ritual of ascension of the Demon King as promised was uncertain, but the blood and screams of war had always been nourishment for demons.0

'It's impossible,' Harpeuron thought...0