Back to the meeting room where the kings were explaining the situation to the newly summoned hero....
"And with that, it has already been a year since the barrier appeared, meaning soon we will be at the messy of the demons again..". King Zulu finished off his last statement with a grim look on his face as he looked at the hero.
"Please young hero, save us!" pleaded King Tswana.
"We will forever be in your debt" then said King Zhona.
"We promise to reward you handsomely for your work!". Added King Bani of Sambaya subtly trying to bribe the young man.
"I've thought about it deeply...and I Reeves Smith will help you slay that vile demon lord...but before that, show me your sincerity by..."
"Your Majesties!!!, Your Majesties!!". Before the young man who was probably about to ask for something ridiculous in return could speak, a kingdom official barged into the room screaming and panting.
"What is it minister, for you to forget your manners so?!". King Zulu looked at the minister with reproach visible in his eyes as he asked.
"I'm sorry your majesty but this is important, the demon lord, the castle it..."
"Speak clearly minister!!!, you're making no sense, what happened with the demon lord?"
"THE DEMON LORD CASTLE HAS BEEN DESTROYED!!! AND NOBODY HAS SEEN THE DEMON LORD SINCE, IT'S RUMORED THAT HE WAS DESTROYED ALONGSIDE IT!!!". The minister spat out all the information in one go.
Silence reigned in the room for almost a minute. The kings and even the summoned hero were speechless, they could only manage to open their mouths as wide as they could.
"WHAT?!!!". All the men in the room screamed out all at once after the notable silence.
"What do you mean, explain what happened in detail damn it!". King Bani who usually was the most calm one in the room couldn't help but scream out as he grabbed the collar of the minister asking for more details.
"It..it's said that no one heard any fighting happen until suddenly a silver lightning bolt with a radius of at least 20 metres descended from the dark clouds that had appeared above!, it's also the impact of it that caused the earthquake we felt". The minister spat out more information again afraid he'd be beaten up by king Bani if he was too slow in speaking.
"And?, who did it, come on!, why can't you just say everything at once, are you trying to play with us?!" King Bani screamed again as he shook the minister back and forth.
"Come down Bani, you'll scare the man, let him go so he can speak!", said king Zulu who finally couldn't take king Bani's behaviour.
"You're right, I'm sorry for making all of you see such an unsightly episode, it won't happen again, minister please, continue". King Bani finally regained his cool, let go of the minister and apologised.
"Ri..right sir I understand, no need to apologise...now as for who did, no one saw the person clearly, but it's said that it looked like a young human male from the silhouette before the figure disappeared, nobody knows where they went after that". The minister who had also collected himself a bit finally spoke the remainder of the information.
"Okay, Minister thank you for service, take the rest of the week off, you can be excused now". King Zulu said to the minister after a moment of silence.
"Thank you for your kindness Your Majesty". The mister bowed before walking out of the room and closing the door behind him.
The four kings looked at each other in the eyes for a bit before they all suddenly looked at the summoned hero. The young man could feel that something about the way they looked at him had changed, as if something was now missing.
"Cough...young hero, as you have heard, something major has happened, we the kings have things to discuss so you can be excused for now, there's a maid waiting for you just outside of this room, she will show you to your room as I'm sure you wouldn't want to be part of such a boring conversation..". King Zulu said to the summoned hero, this time however, his tone didn't sound as nice as before.
The summoned hero wanted to say something but looking at their eyes, he closed his mouth and nodded before walking off.
{Damn it!, what kind of shitty luck is this?, I thought my life was finally about to turn for the better in this weird world!, yet somebody just had to kill the demon lord just as I got here, I hadn't even asked for the harem of princesses I've always wanted yet!!}
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Back in the room...
The kings looked at each other again in silence then...
"It can't..."
"Be him"
"right?!"
King Bani, King Zhona and King Tswana all said part of of a sentence with shock visible on their faces.
Bang!
"IMPOSSIBLE!!!, we wiped out his soul and cursed his mother 19 years ago!, the prophecy be damned!!". King Zulu suddenly exploded as he hit the table.
"But if so, then....the barrier!!"