"Great God, the third ring of the hidden mission is complete," Hualou Chun said with a smile.
The first ring was to occupy the Royal Palace, the second was to occupy the Royal Capital, and the third was to occupy the Holy Kingdom. Now the fourth ring has appeared, which is to conquer the entire Hero Continent or eliminate the resistance forces.
From the changes in the mission, it was clearly the last ring. If there were more rings, the option to eliminate resistance forces wouldn't be available.
This meant there was no need to run around anymore; they just needed to kill off the boss and the elites.
The Demon King was a bit more troublesome, seeming to be an immortal existence; he could revive after being killed, otherwise the main mission would have described it as 'defeat' instead of 'kill' directly.
It was obviously impossible to kill, which led to the use of 'defeat.'
