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..."

a decision, the demon's demeanor completely changed

from its body,

"Let me introduce myself..."

-Fwap!

large bat-like wings expanded from its back casting a large

one step forward, smiling from ear to ear, the demon elegantly

"I am—baron of everblood!"

...

a middle-aged man leisurely walked. His hair which was tied in a ponytail, accompanied by his unkempt beard and sunglasses

the corridor, the people that were next to him stepped to the side to let him walk. Despite his looks, he was treated as if he

-Ding!

vibration from his

-Ding!

-Ding!

-Ding!

"...Hm?"

was about to ignore it thinking that it was nothing

wasn't right, the middle-aged man took out a small black

the middle-aged man's brows knit together

be more

was standing and reappeared in front of a gate with the number <<756>> imprinted on

"Stop right there"

appeared, two white-clad individuals

don't have time for

was in fact, Thomas. Taking out the small box from his

immediately moved to the side and allowed

Thomas disappeared once again and reappeared inside of the

just hope it's nothing

were the last words the two guards heard before Thomas disappeared

...

"B-baron o-f everblood!"

you replaced a

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

only appears right before the third cataclysm in the

'W-hy was he here?'

a

from, King, Prince/Princess, Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, and

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

were the approximate power levels of

a Prince/Princess ranked demon showed up, humanity would stand no chance as each rank

Elves, and Orcs were

humanity

as a great shock to know that I was currently in front

in mind that a Baron-ranked demon

wonder I felt so much

everything started to

But wait...

demon,

a sudden thought occurred to me, causing my pupils to

"Dungeon overload..."

"...Hm?"

the demon looked at me

you

I could see the demon looking at me

...as expected.

was actually trying to

to when dungeons desync, where the dungeon just loses connection

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

reason why humanity had still not gone extinct.

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

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.

King was only one planet away from 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 mercy. Knowing

Demon King's ascension, there was another factor that prevented the demons

was still unable to

due to earth only have been exposed to mana recently,

dungeon overloads

cataclysm happened...Suddenly, as the people on Earth were going about their own day, dungeon overloads started occurring

the monsters inside of it would die immediately upon entering the human world, the monsters that came out from the dungeons were able to adapt to earth's atmosphere and survive. Soon the earth was overturned into an apocalyptic world where law and order ceased to exist and only your

were your friends suddenly backstabbed you

beginning

-Fwap!