An epic tale of the powerful human hero who aims to become the next Demon Lord! After the Demon Lord is slain at the hands of a lone human warrior, humans rejoice over the end of his reign of terror. But an intense tournament gathering powerful fighters who hope to be crowned the next Demon Lord draws in the unlikeliest of contestants—Helck, who claims to hate humans but is a human himself! How will Helck change the course of the war between demons and humankind? Three months have passed since the Demon Lord was struck down by a single hero, and the Demon Realm is running a tournament to crown his replacement. The leading contestant is Helck, a human hero who claims to hate humans! Some aren’t happy with the idea of a human becoming the next Demon Lord—especially Vermilio the Red. She wants nothing more than to protect demonkind and prove Helck to be an enemy of the demons, even if she has to rig the competition to do it!