Preparation
With every step, an unknown figure compelled the hero group to tense up and turn their gaze toward the corridor leading to the castle's main hall. The footsteps drew nearer with each passing moment until they beheld the emergence of a tall figure from the dark corridors.
The first thing the members of the hero group noticed was an elegant formal suit, followed by the visage of a handsome man with long white hair and gray eyes, sporting serpent-like pupils. Goat horns adorned his forehead, and behind him, long demonic wings unfurled.
"Ah, the fifth hero group, led by Hero Leonid... Why did they send such weaklings my way?" The demon uttered in a raspy and creaky voice, disdainfully curling the corners of his lips and tilting his chin upward as if he couldn't be bothered to look directly at those he considered mere insects.