As the king spoke, a thought entered inside Aion, and all the others' heads.
There are other otherworlders!
What the king said confirmed that they weren't the only ones summoned to this world, and possibly, others from their world were summoned as well. There was still the possibility of summons from another world, however, as they had no idea how the summoning process worked.
The girl with pigtails spoke up. "So there are other heroes in other kingdoms?" She said.
"Indeed. Some heroes, however, have become... well, not heroes at all. After defeating their respective Demon King, some have turned bad, and gone against the kingdom they were summoned to, and the world as well. The Hero who killed the Demon King of Ruination, Essentrico, succeeded his position and became the new Demon King of Ruination. Coincidentally, he was one of the heroes with a recorded Emperor-Class skill. His skill was called Extermination. It multiplied all of his attributes by 100 if he was fighting a single, clear enemy. That said, he could still fight multiple opponents while having his stats multiplied by 100, he just had to fight the entire race, which he did, while fighting the demon race. That bastard killed off half the demon race, along with the Demon King. While not really a consequence, it's said if his determination ever wavered, he wouldn't be able to use it anymore. Which means, that guy never once doubted he'd fight against an entire race, and exterminate them all. Every time he killed an entity, he'd also gain their attributes. This means he not only gained half of the power of the demon race, but also the abilities of the Demon King of Ruination."
The guy with a square face speaks up. "Then how was he defeated? If the Demon King is so strong, and he gained not only his strength, but also half of his army's, how did they bring him down?"
The King replies. "In the end, that kingdom, the kingdom of Lunaria, had to summon more heroes in order to deal with the previous heroes, therefore causing a perpetual cycle of creation and destruction. Summoned heroes are usually bought back to their world so they don't have to deal with them, but sometimes, the heroes don't want to go. Some's previous lives were just miserable. Whether they were abused, misfortunate, desired more than they had, etc. In the end, a lot of heroes just didn't want to go back to the world which had nothing for them, so they stayed one way or the other. For that reason, otherworlders aren't seen in the brightest light usually."
As the King finishes speaking, the mood of the room gets gloomier. The topic had suddenly become much more saddening, now allowing for the proper time to prepare.
The handsome guy speaks up, seemingly attempting to change the heavy topic. "Sir, you still haven't told us how powerful the Saint-Class skills are."
"Right. Saint-Class skills are a completely next level. If the difference between King and Emperor-Class skills were the difference between ponds and rivers, the difference between Emperor and Saint-Class skills is the distance between Heaven and Earth."
The others are left wondering what the King means by that, before he continues.
"Saint-Class skills grant the user the ability of practical partial invincibility. There have only been 4 recorded Saint-Class skills in the past, none of which our Kingdom has summoned. That said, those four have been: Purity Saint Katerina, Death Saint Azrael, Victory Saint Eleonore, and Despair Saint Desdemona." -The king explains.
Immediately, the squared-face guy asks a question. "The other skills were shorter and sounded less ominous. Compared to these, they sound like jokes. What do they do?"
"First of all, Purity Saint Katerina is the most abstract of the four. It has the passive ability to eliminate all desire for harm to come in her way, or intent to harm her or act in any way which will affect her negatively. This removes any malicious intent anyone will ever have towards her, a ridiculously strong ability."
As the king finishes explaining, everyone has a very obvious expression of shock in their face. "So nothing can ever harm her? That's ridiculously strong."
"Not everything. Things which cannot think can still harm her as long as they weren't manipulated by someone in a malicious intent, as the objects themselves have no will."
"Ahh, I see." The square-face boy responds. "What about the others?"
"Death Saint Azrael can end any life form as long as it makes direct contact with any part of its structure, no matter how big, wide, or tall, it will die as long as its touched. Victory Saint Eleonore will give its user twice the stats of its opponent passively, and if their opponent's stats increase, the user's stats will increase to double theirs, no matter the limit."
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Complete silence from all the other heroes, while Aion contemplates how strong skills could potentially become in his head.
The handsome guy speaks up to ask. "What about the Despair Saint, sir?"
"Despair Saint Desdemona relinquishes all connections with the physical world, existing only by a thread of spiritual connection. This makes it so the user can never be harmed, affected, erased, or interacted with in the world. Therefore, completely untouchable. The ability is passive, so it can be turned off, as well, in order to engage in combat. It also has an activate mode, in which only the user's body is relinquished, essentially making your body inviolable, indestructible, and leaving you still able to attack your opponent. These four are the only Saint-Class skills ever recorded, and they were summoned in similar times, as well. So recent, that they had the opportunity to form a party together. The only reason they formed a party was because their skills, due to all being Saint-Class, were unable to harm each other, so they figured it'd be better to be allies instead. The party they formed was later known as the Four Saints of Salvation, due to the fact they killed their Demon King, only to disappear the same day. No one knows what happened to them to this day. It's doubtful anyone could've killed them, but they, the strongest, also subsequently disappeared by themselves, it's unheard of!"- The king explains.
He coughs, clearly to interrupt himself from ranting onwards. "Either way, you all have been given skills from Soldier to Saint-Class. You can check those skills by saying 'Status Window' aloud. Only you will be able to see your Status Window, so you'll have to directly say what skill you have."
As the King says this, the four say Status Window at the same time. "Status Window!"
Their eyes light up as they see the windows of information only they can see. Following suit, Aion also calls out. "Status Window."