Our attention fell upon the angel. He turned left and right as if to confirm our attention.

"Firstly, let me to introduce myself. I am called the Originator of Sin, Guiltia. As you can see, currently i'm chained by these divine chain and was sealed in this astral dimension."

He said. I was bit surprised by his identity. 

"In that case, are you the 'real' demon lord and we're just 'fake'?"

I asked.

"That's not necessarily the truth. I am just a mere vessel of the fallen Sins. I'm just a mere body to temporarily contain the freed authorities of Sin when a demon lord is slain until a new demon lord is born to inherit it. In other word, i'm the demon lord's father."

He said. 

"In that case, can't you give us one more authority?"

Invidia asked.

"Unfortunately, i can't. As long as i'm still bound by this chain, i can't throw away these authorities or give it to anyone except when the authority left my body by itself."

He said.

"Then, my identity aside, the reason this summit is held is to build alliance and strategy to defeat the heroes."

He said.

"Defeat the heroes? They are currently as good as dead. Those puny brats playing heroes aren't our match at all."

Ira replied arrogantly.

"That's right, we don't need that alliance and strategy at all."

The orc agreed with him.

"If you're talking about alliance, these three are already my subordinates. If you lot want to be mine too, the alliance is as good as completed."

Superbia said.

"Sorry, i'm not a type who works for others."

"I don't bow to anyone."

"It sounds like a trouble so i refuse."

I, the witch and the orc refused his offer flatly.

"In that case, let's move to the next agenda. Shall we exchanging information?"

The angel said.

"I'm not interested in fighting the heroes so i'll pass."

"Me too."

The orc and the witch said.

"I'm still new so i don't know anything yet. Mind to share your intel? If you got a lot of upper hands and information, i might be able to change my mind and join your group."

I said to Superbia.

"Hou, then, tell me why we must insisting you to join us."

Superbia said.

"That gal over there should have known my identity from my scent right?"

I said.

"No, it's impossible now. If we met face to face i probably can guess it but now is impossible."

Filma said.

"I got no choice then. I am the youngest Chaos Emperor Dragon who has reached adulthood while aging less than 50 years old."

I declared.

"Less than 50 years old you said?!!"

Avarithia looked very surprised.

"Chaos Emperor Dragon is quite feared as is. Furthermore if that dragon is powered up by demon flag, that will be increasing his power and potential by hundredfold."

Avarithia judged.

"My demon flag is 'Acedia's Death Authority'."

I added another bargaining chip to them. The four of them froze in place.

"Then, that's quite a bomb you have dropped here, Acedia-kun."

Superbia said.

"You can call me Bell, Superbia-dono."

I said.

"In that case you can call me Farma, Bell."

He said.

"Then, let's begin the negotiation."

He said.

"We have four Sin Authorities on our side. If you join us, you can buff yourself more."

He offered.

"Authority huh? THat's pretty big move you make but can you say more?"

I said.

"We have more than 100 million minions under our flag. We can choose some elites among them to be your legion members."

He added.

"Then, i'll add my card too. I have an ability to summon loyal warriors from another world. Even the chance is pretty small, but the strongest one i can summon is can be said strong enough to fight the current heroes and win."

I said.

"You're very good at raising your price, Bell. We have our super blacksmith which can-"

"That mentioned ability also can summon equipment, materials, and resources."

I cut his words with another bargaining chip.

"That's quite good ability you have. It made me envious. If it's money, you really don't need it right?"

He asked. I nodded.

"Then, all we have is just the fact that one of the heroes has defected to our side."

He said.

"Not enough. I'm still newly awakened both as a dragon emperor and demon lord. In 5 to 10 years perhaps my legion would be par with yours."

I said.

"5 years? Are you belittling me too much?"

He was bit offended.

"No, i have a trait of Acedia. I can gain level just by sleeping and i have an ability to share the experience i got from this long sleep with my subordinates."

I increased the stake.

"Kuh!! It seems like i really need to play all my cards here."

He said.

"We have infiltrated the human country and deeply connected into the government system. We have also have influenced three of the five heroes to stay away from the battlefield and prevented them gaining more strength. We also have heavily injured a hero who now was secluding herself in the mountain."

He said.

"Then?"

I asked him.

"We also have the corpses of the former hero's companions as well as two living one in our custody."

Farma said.

"I wanted to make them my collection but that paladin is too persistent."

Filma added. I was barely able to hold my anger from her remarks. 

"What do you think?"

Farma asked.

"It's pretty interesting but something is still lacking somehow. Ah, i know. The whereabouts of the last two heroes."

I said.

"They are in the dragons' domain. Wait a minute- don't tell me-!!"

Farma lost his calm.

"I know their whereabouts."

I said.

"Then, please tell me about-"

"No, they are my prey. If you wish to know, give me my compensation. Ah, i know. After awakening as a demon lord i started having interest in collecting rare souls for a medium of my summoning."

I said.

"Are you saying..."

"Let's trade those persistent women for that info. I'm interested in how will they persist against my special treatment. Hihihi!!"

I acted like a villain. 

"Ah, Filma is also within my strike zone. I wonder what kind of face she will show in my special torture."

I said. This time i have a serious intent to torture her. She shuddered and hugged her own body.

"Get away from me you creeps!!"

She shouted.

"Just joking, don't glare me like that."

I said as i laughed.

"You don't looked like joking to me."

The witch commented.

"Then, how do we trade?"

Farma asked. 

"We will trade at the Carm Coastline. I'll tell you their whereabouts there in exchange of those two rare specimens."

I said.

"Fine, we have a deal."

He said.