Risa's Choice

Alexei woke the next morning feeling rested but worried.

His overnight chat with the Demon Lord had done much more to worry him than it had to make him feel better about the situation.

First and foremost was the fact that he now knew he couldn’t really get into direct conflict with this so-called Proto-Demon Lord.

If he were to do that, and then he was to lose, the consequences for the rest of the world were beyond dreadful. Eldreth would immediately break free of the chains that bound him, the Demon Lord’s last ditch attempt to keep the elder god under control would have meant nothing.

And it would all be Alexei’s fault.

Obviously, that couldn’t be allowed to happen.

Instead he was going to have to rely on Risa to deal with the situation. Fortunately, if what the Demon Lord had said was correct, the Proto Lord hadn't yet made its pact with Eldreth, and if that were the case it would be perfectly vulnerable to magery just like any other being was.

Fighting it would still be diff