The Author's POV

A white-haired figure suddenly materialized inside a dark hall where thirty or so figures appeared.

The surroundings fell silent, and all eyes fell on the white-haired man that materialized out of nowhere.

The sound of heavy breathing could be heard throughout the surroundings, but the increased breathing wasn't out of tiredness, no, it was out of fear.

A multitude of different emotions flashed on the faces of the people present.

Respect, awe, jealousy, fear, and even more fear.

Step—! Step—! Step—!

The white-haired man's footsteps echoed throughout the hall; it was the only sound that the people present could hear, perfectly synchronizing with the rhythm of their heartbeats.

Sitting atop a flight of stairs by the end of the hall was a gigantic and obscure black throne.

An eerie chill permeated throughout the hall as no one dared to speak a single word; they all looked towards the white-haired figure that was slowly walking towards the throne by the end of the room.

Each step the white-haired figure took was slow and steady, however, to those present, each step carried an unprecedented amount of pressure as some couldn't help but secretly swallow a mouthful of saliva.

Finally arriving at the throne, the white-haired figure slowly sat down on it.

Propping his arm up with the aid of the armrest of the throne, the white-haired figure, better known as the Demon King, rested the side of his cheek on his hand which was curled into a fist.

Without looking at the people in the room, he slowly closed his eyes.

***

The clouds covered the sky like a big black sheet, completely masking the light that was coming from the sun above the sky.

Nothing could be seen except a darkness that seemed to go on forever.

BOOOM—!

The darkness did not last for long, however. Thunderous explosions rang throughout the world as different colored lights began to spread throughout the sky.

BOOOM—! BOOOM—!

Smoke permeated throughout the world as the ground shook and black creatures fell from the sky like wingless birds, crashing onto the ground, and forming small craters around the area they fell.

Bang—!

Levitating in the sky like creatures of justice, and with light spreading out from behind them, a dozen or so figures stared at the area where the black creatures had fallen.

Slowly descending down toward the ground, a woman wearing a silver armor that shone brightly and gently wrapped around her figure finally opened her mouth.

"...Your race does not belong in this universe."

Her crisp and melodious voice rang throughout the world.

There was a mixture of displeasure and disgust in her voice as she looked toward a particular creature down below.

Twitch. Twitch.

Weakly turning around, the black creature turned his body over and looked toward the woman standing in the sky. With the light shining brightly from behind her, she looked like a goddess that had descended upon the mortal world.

"Cough...Cough..."

Coughing black blood down his body, the black creature laughed in deprecation. His blood-red eyes gazed upwards, towards the dark clouds covering the sky. Hanging down his neck was a simple silver necklace; attached to its end was a black box.

a

air froze before the whole world started to tremble. The silver necklace around

"What did you say?"

deep within her voice. Staring at

"Cough..."

his body up with his hand that was constantly trembling,

as though we have committed some...cough...grave sin against you all, but what is so grave

"Survive?"

bright yellow sphere resembling the sun morphed on the palm of her hand as bright yellow particles vividly appeared in the air, agglomerating towards the

billions of creatures you have killed to

we care?... We are merely following our instincts to conquer and survive. You don't tell an animal how to behave,

the

own instincts, and that is why we are following ours as well, eliminating a future threat that can shake the balance of the universe. An

"Ha...ha...an unwanted parasite..."

a chuckle before his face

to come here and judge us like you are some sort of

of power inside of his body, the black creature finally stood

were a bunch of creatures that would come in our path of survival...I told them to get rid of you before

the black creature let out

madman, and look what happened. Everyone is dead.

with another cough, black blood sprayed on the ground and

"Shit..."

forming in front of the woman's palm fully formed, and the sky was enveloped by an enormous

sake of our people. Like you've said, we are merely doing this for

"Yo—"

towards the ground. In an instant, his figure was enveloped by the orb, and it completely

the silver necklace that

that wrapped around the whole world; similar to when

BOOOOM—!

sending massive chunks of rocks the size of a mountain

and turned to face the other creatures levitating in the air that were watching the

what should we do now?" The

"Let's..khrr...blow up the planet."

the

enormous armor warping around his bulky body, a nasal-like

We can't let those parasites continue to exist. Their existence is a threat to the

hand. Without

of seconds and seeing that no one was stopping him,

"Huaaarg!"

on the ground. Following this, the hammer came into

complete destruction of the planet as the lands, mountains, and

***

his eyes, the demon king's bright red pupils shone brightly as the air inside of the hall

face twisted slightly,

clans. A look of horror and respect

the Demon King to recollect himself as he

bodies of each demon present. Every time his eyes paused on a figure, their bodies would

his eyes swept on every figure present, he raised his hand in the air and waved it in the

C...crack.

space. At the exact moment the crack appeared, the same scene from before he materialized in front of the hall was displayed in

figures stood

scene for a brief moment,

"...Disappointing."

shook uncontrollably. Before any of the demons