The Mercenaries Helck continues his flashback and explains that due to the increased monster threat, he also joins the military alongside Cless, they run into new world creatures but manage to defeat them. Helck explains how he met Edil and Alicia which led to them partnering up in a mercenary group. Despite the very determined defense of the kingdom, the sheer volume of monsters continued to threaten its existence, eventually they made the decision to send a party to the demon kings castle to defeat him. Vermilio notes in present time that this analysis was incorrect, as the demon king and his castle were actually delaying the monsters from leaving the demon continent...