Helck, Vol. 5 Nanao Nanaki (2023)

An epic fantasy about a powerful human hero who hates humans and seeks to become the next Demon Lord. After the Demon Lord is slain by a lone human warrior, humans rejoice at the end of his reign of terror. Meanwhile, an intense tournament of powerful fighters hoping to be crowned the next Demon Lord attracts the most unlikely contestant of all: Helck, who claims to hate humans but is one himself. How will Helck change the course of the war between demons and humankind? This volume continues to reveal the harrowing story of how Helck became the mighty yet disgraced hero he is today. In the past, after his brother Cless suffers near-fatal injuries in an encounter with the Demon Lord, Helck sets out for the Demon Lords castle in his place. There, he encounters a shocking revelation about demonkind that no human could ever believe.