User blog comment:Jackofalltrades9X/Enemies of the Holy War/@comment-124.83.31.223-20150916141956

Alright, so, to summarize the information from the sidestory (since it's just interesting to know all the characters) after refreshing my memory. The Holy Kingdom is NOT greedy for Phantasmal items, alright? In fact, the king himself is rather reluctant to even engage in a war against Rou. However, the other 4 participants in the council meeting have recognized the threat of a World Enemy and have agreed that they must subjugate Rou or else a huge tragedy could engulf the entire continent. So, let's introduce the 2 previous World Enemies:

[Arch-enemy of The World (World Enemy) - The Avaraice Without End (The Greed)] appeared 1500 years ago. She started out as a Fox Person (Foxtail), which wasn't anything unusual, but she was apparently extremely beautiful. She'd use her beauty to charm the leaders of kingdoms and, eventually, seized their spirits. After doing so, she would ruin the country financially and then kill off people she disliked or rebelled against her. Apparently, she's the origin of many famous execution (torture) methods that are known even up to the current time. Hundreds of thousands of people died to her horrible executions. The exact number isn't known, but essentially two cities worth of people disappeared. Once a kingdom was completely ruined, she'd escape them reappear somewhere else with a different name and a new appearance. She eventually ranked up into a Nine Tailed Fox Queen (Nine Tails Queen) and by the time of her subjugation she had destroyed 9 countries in total with her antics. Of the several dozen heroes and the hundred companions they had brought along with them for her subjugation, only 10% managed to survive the battle.

[Arch-enemy of The World (World Enemy) - The Laziness That Leads to Death (The Sloth)] appeared 800 years ago and the 2nd World Enemy to have been encountered by the world. It's hypothesized (since no one ever got closed to him except for the heroes that went to kill him and they all died) that he was an Emperor Sloth (Emperor spelled as 皇帝), a creature which clings onto the branches of crystal trees which apparently rivaled something called the World Tree in size. Compared to the Greed, the Sloth could be considered even more horrible because of its astronomically higher kill count. He apparently killed so many countries that their numbers can't even be counted (so it makes sense that one of the guys at the meeting was afraid that, in the worst case scenario, Rou could destroy the entire continent). The Sloth's ability, which I've described as a "death field", essentially sucked the spirit to live out of everyone. Anyone caught inside it would be unable to move, unable to breathe, be unable to do anything. Plants were unaffected by the field, but everything else was essentially turned into fertilizer.

The reason why the Phantasmal items (along with the host of Legendary items and the mountains of treasure) were brought up in regards to subjugation rewards was not because of greed or anything, but as a reason to convince the other kingdoms to cooperate with one another. Heroes, after all, are the mainstay of any country's defense; if they all died, they'd be open to invasion and defeat to an enemy kingdom. Considering how low the survival rate was for the past heroes who went to subjugate the previous World Enemies, it's only natural that all the kingdoms would worry for their own security. No point in defeating the World Enemy if they only end up getting backstabbed and destroyed afterward. Anyway, apparently the rewards the kingdoms receive for triumphing over a World Enemy are more than enough to replace the heroes lost in the battle, even capable of helping a kingdom progress and thrive afterward. One of the Phantasmal items mentioned as having been given as a reward was capable of killing a group of Ruler (I previously translated this as Sovereign, a combination of the Emperor and King racial species) Dragons instantly. Phantasmal items are rather powerful. The Holy King possesses one himself, but like Rou, it only counts as a Legendary item as he hasn't been able to unlock its full potential.

Anyway, that's about it. We're also introduced to the Holy King and the 4 Cardinals, along with a few of the other Holy Kingdom's heroes who they've decided to leave behind as defense for the kingdom. We also get to know the Savior and her two companions (her protectors since childhood, a pair of twins, one specialized in offense and the other in defense). While she's a Savior, the other two are Saints and all 3 of them are considered Eiisamu. You can probably consider them as being in a higher class than Yuusha and Eiyuu. The Savior's class seems to strengthen herself and other people while the two Saints seem to specialize in personal ability, so I suppose the two could be considered upgrades to Eiyuu and Yuusha respectively? That or the Savior is considered a mash-up between Yuusha and Eiyuu like Rulers are and Saints are upgraded are superior Yuusha like Kanami being an Ancestor is considered an upgraded Emperor.

One question for those who can answer it:

英勇 (Eiisamu) seems to be a general term for ALL heroes, 勇者 (Yuusha) and 英雄 (Eiyuu) alike. Yuusha seem to be focused on personal power and Eiyuu for, well, other things. Not necessarily just leading other people, but they seem to act in a supporting role. I asked about this in the past, so I'd like to take the opportunity again to ask it: how are these all translated? Yuusha and Eiyuu are specific types of heroes while an Eiisamu is a catch-all term that covers both types.