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..."

up with a decision, the demon's demeanor completely changed from its

thick bloodlust exuded from

"Let me introduce myself..."

-Fwap!

the demon's large bat-like wings expanded from its back

step forward, smiling from ear to

"I am—baron of everblood!"

...

hair which was tied in a ponytail, accompanied by his unkempt beard and sunglasses made him look

corridor, the people that were next to him stepped to the side to let him walk.

-Ding!

felt a small vibration from his pocket followed by

-Ding!

-Ding!

-Ding!

"...Hm?"

that it was nothing important, his pocket

noticing that something wasn't right, the middle-aged man

black box, the middle-aged man's brows knit

more troublesome than I

reappeared in front of a

"Stop right there"

as he appeared, two white-clad individuals obstructed

don't have time for this

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

immediately moved to the side and allowed Thomas to

the two guards move, Thomas disappeared once again

hope it's nothing

guards heard before Thomas

...

"B-baron o-f everblood!"

you replaced a rusty

of everblood, an elder of the vanity tribe, sub-branch of the demon clan

before the third cataclysm in

'W-hy was he here?'

not something a G rank like me could

ranked from, King, Prince/Princess,

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 demons at A, Viscount at B, and

approximate power levels of

only fend off at most against Duke-ranked demons. If a Prince/Princess ranked demon showed up, humanity would stand no chance as each rank increase

and Orcs were keeping the Prince/Princess ranked demons in

for them, humanity would've long gone

demons, it came as a great shock to know that I was currently

Baron-ranked demon was four ranks higher than

I felt so much

thought as everything started

But wait...

Baron-ranked demon, why didn't

to me, causing my pupils to dilate

"Dungeon overload..."

"...Hm?"

demon looked at

did you know

looking at me in both shock

...as expected.

actually trying to

to a dungeon desync in that it involved a dungeon becoming oversaturated with energy. However, contrary to when dungeons desync, where

monsters suddenly appearing out of nowhere. The consequences alone would be disastrous...Fortunately, this was

had still not gone extinct. It was simply because the time

Earth was, the Demon King was still unable to ascend into the world. Further added with the fact that the Demon King was

which it conquered and ate planets, the Demon King grew into being one of the strongest creatures in the whole universe. It had gotten to the point that almost every race in the

being would be able to stop the Demon King. The world would be at the Demon King's mercy. Knowing this, many forces have joined together in a last-ditch attempt

factor that prevented the demons from fully engaging

army was still unable to adapt

earth only have

overloads weren't considered

marked the beginning of the third cataclysm happened...Suddenly, as the people on Earth were going about their

where 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

backstabbed you just to ensure their own

was the beginning of the third

-Fwap!