Well, it's not really "meta", since it all takes place within the story. It's not like he's addressing the audience outside of the story. He's just addressing the audience inside the story, so it feels similar.Wow, I really like how meta Schlacht became.
I'd understand the fear there as simply the fear of death or, inversely, the will to survive. Most animals would struggle to avoid anything that threatens to kill them—even something like an insect. And demons are intelligent enough to recognize a more complicated threat to their lives, such as: "if I disobey the demon king, I will be executed." Using the word "fear" for this idea, especially in dialogue, makes enough sense."The only way to make demons fall in line is fear"
Wait
Didn't we just go over a whole bunch of chapters about how demons don't have emotions in the same way as humans?
if Frieren sees the whole battle, she will know how each Sage of Destruction fight (especially their signature-magic) and how Hero of the South counter them. that info alone can be VERY useful for Frieren if in the future she fight against the SoD who survived from HotS battle.Was there an actual need and importance for the plot to erase the memories of Macht for not let Frieren to watch the demons' fight against the hero of the south?
Or it was for just not showing again how they fight because we saw a few panels back then?
Also they specifically said Frieren when there are actually 3 or 4 people in total who has already watched Macht's memories including Frieren.
Interestingly, all of the people present at that battle are now dead, except Macht so knowing their magic is moot at this point.if Frieren sees the whole battle, she will know how each Sage of Destruction fight (especially their signature-magic) and how Hero of the South counter them. that info alone can be VERY useful for Frieren if in the future she fight against the SoD who survived from HotS battle.
and while it's true that there are 3-4 people who would watch Macht's memories, Frieren is by FAR the biggest threat for demons. she has great deal of knowledge in magic, and can come up with countermeasure for any spell if given enough time to analyze. and her being an elf, she has all the time in the world.
It ended up being a multiple gambit pile upInterestingly, all of the people present at that battle are now dead, except Macht so knowing their magic is moot at this point.
With the tidbits of other surviving hidden Great Demons + the Hero of the South knowing the future,
It's probably more of the Hero of the South knowing what Schlacht's "contingency plan" was, since both of them know that the Demon King is getting defeated by the Hero party