Board Thread:5. Questions and Answers/@comment-173.28.146.202-20150912124827/@comment-124.83.24.78-20150912145311

You're confused since the sidestories aren't posted on this site.

When Rou became a World Enemy, the announcement occurred for all the heroes who exist. So his existence is no secret.

The Holy Kingdom has records of the two previous World Enemies that appeared hundreds of years ago (they didn't show up at the same time, mind you, their appearances were separated by hundreds of years from one another).

The first World Enemy personified greed. She started out as a fox beastman, but eventually ranked up into a 9 tailed fox. She seduced the leaders of kingdoms, effectively taking control of their countries, and she used their vast amounts of wealth to satisfy herself. Doesn't sound so bad until she started torturing and executing people for her amusement. Several kingdoms fell before she was finally subdued by a hero. It was apparently a pretty hard fight as all the hero's companions died from the battle. Could be that, in addition to having ranked up into a 9 tails, she also equipped herself with the treasures of the kingdoms she destroyed/took over. Maybe even had some powerful minions serving under her after she had charmed them. Who knows.

The second World Enemy was some sort of sloth monster that, well, personified sloth. We actually get to see a side story from this guy's PoV. He just up and decided that he wanted the entire world to die because it was too much work to live and activated his ability as the World Enemy. Basically, he created a growing field of laziness around himself. Anything caught in it would die, including magical spells. Several kingdoms were caught inside his growing field. They tried to kill him with long range magical spells at first, but they dissipitated before they could reach him. He was finally defeated when all the kingdoms banded together and sent their heroes to subdue him. No one survived.

So yeah, people are freaked out that ANOTHER World Enemy has appeared because their appearances have led to disaster in the past. Also, they're called "World Enemy".

There are rewards for defeating the World Enemy, though. The kingdoms that participate in defeating the World Enemy are guaranteed to receive a Phantasmal grade item.

Lastly, Rou's title as World Enemy - Gluttony gives him some abilities. ALL titles give abilities. The World Enemy title apparently makes Rou harder to fill up (so he can eat more) and improves his Absorption ability.