Ten Guardians

The **Ten Guardians** (十傑衆, *Jikketsushū*) are powerful monsters which serve as Area Bosses and the executives of the Demon Army who report directly to Twilight the Demon King.

## Overview

As the name implies, the Ten Guardians are a select group of ten powerful monsters of different species, each in charge of a respective Area of the Demon World as their Area Bosses, thus holding the highest authority in the Demon Army, only below Twilight the Demon King, whom they answer to.

Regularly, the Guardians assemble in council at Twilight's office in order to discuss important matters pertaining the Demon Army, be it yearly celebrations, budget constraints, events such as annual recruitments for new soldiers to the Army, and more importantly, the progress of Dawner the Hero into reaching the Demon Castle for their fated battle, as well as their personal encounters with him in their respective areas. However, up until Zastur's homecoming party, no meeting has featured the entirety of their members so far, as M.O.T.H.E.R. rarely shows himself in public out of his own obsession for keeping his identity in secret and thus sends a dummy modeled after Scissors Sorcerer to "attend" on his stead; Hades being openly selective of his overall duties as a member of the Army (going as far as openly disregarding Twilight's orders and closing the Netherworld Area); Sand Dragon being the first to be defeated and spending his time after being revived in a power-saving humanoid form and finding englightment to avoid losing his temper; Silmoth having left the organization over differences with Twilight until recently being recalled by him and even willifully requesting her return; and Zastur accidentally concealing his presence and erasing nearly all recollections of himself via magic in an effort to infiltrate the Hero party. In light of this, and perhaps due to Princess Syalis regularly breaking into the meeting room, the human princess is often reffered as a member under the guise of "Scissors Demon Alisalis".

The initial Modus Operandi of the group in dealing with Dawner and his group consisted in awaiting him in their respective Areas, in order of weakest to strongest, as stated when Sand Dragon was the first to fall; however, when Syalis's personal dislike for Dawner which stems from her awful experiences regarding him was revealed, Twilight ordered the remaining Guardians to switch their dungeons to "Hard Mode". Similarly, during his battle with Dawner, Poseidon openly stated to the Hero that Syalis does not like him, which nevertheless neither did disuade Dawner on his quest nor avoided Poseidon's defeat.

In Chapter 262, Neo Alraune remembered the first assemble of the Ten Guardians and, while she stated the presence of ten of them aside from Twilight, she could only recall nine people, which led her to suspect the presence of a human spy among the council, as Bear Demons do not become massive and therefore the massive Bear Demon seen in the meetings may have been just a form the spy would usr to disguise themselves. However, upon his reveal in Chapter 314, the missing member, the sorcerer Zastur, explained that his "absence" happened because he cast an spell to conceal his presence in order to inflitrate the Hero party, but he overdid the casting and the spell even managed to erase most memories pertaining him in the Demon King army.

Interestingly, all of the Ten Guardians have an interest in camping.

## Members

As of Chapter 314, all members of the Ten Guardians have been revealed.

* Demon Cleric: A monster of the Demon species responsible for the "Demon Church" area; he is in charge of resurrecting the deceased monsters in the Demon Castle.
* Great Red Siberian: A monster of the Beast species and a loyal aide of Twilight in important matters.
* Neo Alraune: A monster of the Plant species and the Boss of the Evil Flower Garden area.
* Sand Dragon: A Dragon in charge of the Desert area; was the first Guardian to be defeated by Dawner. Returned to the Demon Castle and assumed a power-saving humanoid form.
* Fire Venom Dragon: A Dragon of the fire venom dragon species and the boss of the Great Ancient Volcano Zone; was defeated by Dawner due to the replacement of his support items and had his powers sealed.
* Hades: A demon of the Divine species and the Boss of the Netherworld Zone; residing in the Old Demon Castle and selective in his duties as a Guardian, and kidnapped Syalis in order to have Twilight relinquish his position.
* Poseidon: A demon of the Divine species and Hades's younger brother, the Boss of the Deep Kingdom, the Deep Sea Zone.
* M.O.T.H.E.R.: A monster born as a Chimera but self-modified as a mechanical demon, in charge of the Mechanical Zone; reclusive and locked in said area where he creates monsters of the Mechanical species and uses a dummy modeled after Scissors Sorcerer in his stead at meetings.
* Silmoth: A moth-like witch and the creator of the Magical Spinning Wheel; became a member after instilling terror on humankind through the existence of the wheel; left her position over conflicting interests with the Demon King, but reinstated shortly after meeting Princess Syalis.
* Zastur: A sorceror who cast an spell to alter the perceptions of himself in order to infiltrate the Hero party; he overdid the spell and even erased nearly all recollections of him in the Demon King army; revealed himself to Twilight and Princess Syalis during the mass genderbending incident and was formally reintroduced to the other Guardians after the trip to the Heaven's Haven Festival.