The Author's POV

It felt as if time had frozen. My mind blanked. My blood froze. My breathing quickened. My pupils dilated.

...I thought I was prepared.

Since reincarnation inside of my novel, I knew that one day I would encounter a demon.

I was ready...I thought

But looking at the creature haughtily sitting on the throne, hallucinations of death repeatedly replayed in my mind.

'I have to run!'

...I repeated again and again in my mind.

I knew that...yet my legs refused to listen to me

Ba...dump! Ba...dump!

The hall was silent, and only the sound of my heartbeat repeatedly pulsing could be heard.

Sweat started dripping down from my body, soaking all my clothes. With a shivering hand, I tightly clenched on my clothes, right where my heart was.

What's this...?

...Am I scared?

'There's no way I can fight against that!'

...was what my mind repeatedly told itself as my eyes transfixed themselves onto the demonic creature that was amusingly looking down on me from the throne. With its blood-red eyes, the demon looked down at me as it smiled widely.

"It seems like a little mouse has sneaked inside my abode"

Licking its lips, the demon eyes carefully looked at me up and down, almost as if a delicious snack had presented itself before it.

-Crack! -Crack! -Crack!

Using its thumb, the demon slowly cracked every one of its fingers on its right hand.

"huuuuu...."

Letting out a long breath I forcefully tried to calm myself down.

'This is all an illusion!'

What I was experiencing was the innate fear a prey faced when meeting a predator.

If I thought about it rationally, although my opponent was strong, it wasn't to the point that I would have to despair.

Yes...

The demon's stats couldn't be above F rank, else the dungeon would've already desynced.

The fear I was experiencing was all in my mind.

I didn't have to fear what was before me.

...was what I repeatedly tried to tell myself, yet I still couldn't stop my body from trembling.

The feeling I was experiencing was similar to the moments before I took my final exams.

I knew I could do it, as I had prepared rigorously for it...but even if I was prepared, it didn't stop me from being scared.

"How cute..."

Amusingly looking down on me, the Demon leaned forward as its red eyes carefully looked at me.

Instantly, it felt as if all my secrets had been laid bare for the demon to look at. It felt as if nothing could be hidden from its two prying blood-red eyes.

"G rank..."

-tap! -tap! -tap!

Shaking its head disappointedly the Demon began tapping on the armrest of the throne as it started pondering.

Finally, after a couple of seconds, the Demon shook its head in disappointment.

"Too bad, too bad..."

demon's demeanor completely changed from its leisurely self

exuded from its

"Let me introduce myself..."

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from its back casting

one step forward, smiling from ear to ear, the

"I am—baron of everblood!"

...

large spacious luxurious corridor, a middle-aged man leisurely walked. His hair which was tied in a ponytail, accompanied by

to him stepped to the side to let him walk.

-Ding!

felt a small vibration from his pocket followed by

-Ding!

-Ding!

-Ding!

"...Hm?"

he was about to ignore it thinking that it was

the middle-aged man took out

the middle-aged man's brows

may be more

in

"Stop right there"

appeared, two white-clad individuals obstructed his

2...I don't have time for

the middle-aged man was in fact, Thomas. Taking out the small box from his pocket, Thomas showed it to

moved to the side

two guards move, Thomas disappeared once again

just hope

two guards heard before Thomas

...

"B-baron o-f everblood!"

you replaced a rusty gear, everything

the vanity tribe, sub-branch of the demon clan of pride,

that only appears right before the third cataclysm in the later half

'W-hy was he here?'

not something a G

were ranked from, King, Prince/Princess, Duke, Marquis,

and Demon princess had a power level equivalent to around SSS, in terms of human power level. Following Prince/Princess ranked demons, were Duke-ranked demons whose power level was around SS, the same as the strongest humans alive. After Duke-ranked demons were Marquis-ranked demons at a power level of around S followed by Earl-ranked

were the approximate power levels

showed up, humanity would stand no chance as each rank increase was

Elves, and Orcs were keeping the

not for them, humanity

great shock to know that

mind that a Baron-ranked demon was four ranks higher

I felt

thought as everything started to make

But wait...

demon, why

causing

"Dungeon overload..."

"...Hm?"

the demon looked at me

you

demon looking at me in both shock

...as expected.

demon was actually trying to cause a dungeon

was similar to a dungeon desync in that it involved a dungeon becoming oversaturated with energy. However, contrary to when dungeons desync, where the dungeon just loses connection to the demon world. In a dungeon overload, all the monsters inside of the dungeon get transported into the

suddenly appearing out of nowhere. The consequences alone would be disastrous...Fortunately, this was not a

why humanity had still not gone extinct. It was

into the world. Further added with the fact that the Demon King was

more planets it ate. Through its numerous exploits in which it conquered and ate planets, the Demon King grew into being one of the strongest creatures in the whole universe. It had

becoming the strongest being in the universe. Once it consumed one more planet, no being would be able to stop the Demon King. The world would be at the

Demon King's ascension, there was another factor that prevented the demons from fully engaging against

was still

in the atmosphere, due to earth

dungeon overloads

third cataclysm happened...Suddenly, as the people on Earth were

able to adapt to earth's atmosphere and survive. Soon the earth was overturned into an

backstabbed you

was the beginning of the

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