In the world of Moe King, I became the ruler of ice.

"The balance of the world has been broken."

The Primal Crimson's calm tone silenced all the Demon Kings, who then took their seats.

The formal meeting has only just begun.

"You should know what it means when the balance of the world is broken, right?"

The Primordial Red scanned the dozen or so demon lords present, its gaze finally settling behind the oldest ones.

Rimuru and Leon both looked puzzled. They, like Carrion and the others, belonged to the new generation of Demon Lords and knew very little about the most secret things. In fact, they knew nothing about them at all.

Leon is close to the Primal Red... so perhaps... he knows something.

Granstas looked thoughtful. If the plot unfolded as he remembered it...

The world's balance has been disrupted... that event might arrive sooner than expected...

"Hmm... this is indeed a headache." Dagururu covered his forehead in exasperation. He hated dealing with troublesome matters the most, even more so than disciplining his sons.

The Fallen King Dino simply lay down on the table and went to sleep... playing dead!

The Night Demon Queen Luminas was more straightforward, crossing her arms and glancing sideways at Gransta, "Isn't this simple?"

"Just hand it over to the person involved to handle."

"Yeah, how come I didn't think of that?" Dagururu slapped his forehead, reverting to his tough-guy look and mimicking Luminas, crossing his arms and looking at Gransta.

"Brother, you're the one who caused this mess. If we don't let you handle it, are we supposed to cover for you?"

"What's more, you killed Clayman!"

Even Dino, who was still sleeping, raised one eye and looked at Gransta.

Logically speaking, this whole thing was pretty much caused by Granstas, but they overlooked Rimuru's role in it.

Gulansta smiled bitterly to himself; he had guessed it would turn out this way. In the end, he was the one who had to clean up the mess.

Without hesitation, Granstas stood up from his seat, and Frey and the other woman who had been standing behind him straightened their backs.

"Everyone, first of all, I must clarify one point: the death of Demon King Clayman was not caused by us, but by his greed... lust..."

"....."

Let's rummage around—

Gransta gave a general outline of the events, explaining how they became enemies with Clayman and how Clayman targeted them; in short, it was purely a self-defense counterattack.

Hearing this, the other demon kings nodded repeatedly. They had seen shameless people before, but they had never seen anyone so shameless.

Clayman is already dead, and he says, "It's not my fault, he brought it on himself."

Oh, you didn't kill Clayman yourself, but your friend did.

Even Milim's acting, wasn't it orchestrated by you behind the scenes?

Frey and the others' initial faked deaths, Milim's control... all of these things gradually amplified Clayman's ambition and desires.

It was precisely because of these things that Klayman was gradually dragged into the abyss...

Is there no trace of Gulansta behind this, or is he playing a driving role in it?

The other demon kings were not fools; on the contrary, they had a keen sense of certain things.

In any case, they have already labeled Gransta as a strong person who likes to use schemes to manipulate opponents and achieve his goals.

He's about the same as the previous Kreman, but hundreds of times stronger.

One Clayman died, and a Clayman Pro version came along.

Granstas's words completely absolved him of any responsibility; he had indeed considered taking matters into his own hands but had failed.

Anyway, it wasn't him who did it; it was Milim who did it.

Yes, she did it. If anyone asks about it next time, he'll just push Milim onto the sidelines.

If you want revenge, go find her, don't come looking for me.

In truth, Gransta had another consideration in mind: the strength and later role of the Mediocre Clowns were not to be underestimated. If he could infiltrate... or rather, control them.

That would only benefit him, not harm him.

His words just now, on the surface, seemed to absolve him of all responsibility, but in reality, they were intended to obscure the truth and cast a shadow over the incident.

Anyway, the demon king with a brain wouldn't believe what he said, but some people did.

As Gransta spoke, Rimuru kept nodding, even clenching his fist.

Hmph, he deserves it.

This matter really has nothing to do with Gransta. It was he and Milim who killed Clayman together.

"Hmph." Luminas snorted coldly, "I have no interest in your grudges, and besides, the person is already dead, so there's no point in saying more."

"Should we address the issue of the number of Demon Lords now?"

At last,

Luminas looked at Gransta provocatively, a cryptic smile playing on her lips.

"You're not planning to kill a few more Demon Kings, are you? With your strength, you might actually be able to..."

"Stop!" Gransta immediately interrupted her, ignoring her displeased look.

He didn't want to become the target of everyone's criticism. What did this woman mean? Why were her words so barbed?

Could it be because the Storm Dragon Veldora is on his side?

Gransta completely ignored Luminas and instead looked back at the Primal Red.

"As long as the number of Demon Lords does not exceed ten or is less than ten, the balance of the world will not be broken?"

The Primal Red nodded, "That's right."

In fact, in his opinion, there should be no more than ten Demon Kings, otherwise the balance with the human empire would be completely broken.

Although the human empire's apparent strength is far inferior to that of the demon king's forces.

But let's not forget that humanity has its heroes.

A professional at taking down demon kings!

If the number of demon kings exceeds the balance of the world, then heroes with outrageous, even heaven-defying, strength will be born in this world.

Then they will return to the fear of being dominated by heroes in ancient times, and the world order will be reshuffled.

This is something the Primal Crimson did not want to see.

For example, the current hero's strength is still somewhat... unique compared to the previous heroes.

It was also the result of his deliberate interference. What's wrong with maintaining such a world?

That can be considered fulfilling the promise I made to him.

Gulansta thought for a moment, then focused on the issue of 'quantity' instead of overthinking it.

"Actually, I have a solution, but it comes at a price, and I hope for some compensation."

"Compensation?" Qi frowned. This was the first time he had ever heard of compensation. "Tell me your proposal first."

"It's simple. Since the problem lies in the number of demons, let's address that issue by reducing the number of demons by one more."

Suddenly, out of the blue, a sentence popped out.

"You really want to kill another demon king?"

Gulansta was immediately speechless.

He really wanted to know who was talking, making him sound like someone who specialized in fighting demons.

Please don't ruin his reputation.