The Author's POV

Amidst the charred remains of the world, Ren stood still and looked around him with a lost expression on his face. His vision was obscured by the rising smog from the depths of the earth, which obscured the ruined landscape that surrounded him.

The surrounding surface had been stripped of all vegetation for some time now, and what was once a vast grassland filled with vegetation had been reduced to nothing more than a rocky surface that was covered in blood and the remains of various body parts.

Ren lowered his head to examine his trembling, bloody hands.

'Sh..hit, I've overworked myself.'

He struggled to take a breath and could hardly move his body as a searing pain spread throughout his entire body. He was helpless. His vision was hazy, and the only thing he could make out in his nose was a potent burning odor.

"Ukh.."

Ren fought through his discomfort as he extracted a number of potions from his dimensional space and promptly ingested all of them at once.

Tsss! Tsss!

His wounds started to feel better after a while, and he even managed to crack a smile. Even so, the severity of his wounds was such that it would take a considerable amount of time for him to fully recover.

"Haaa..."

Nonetheless, Ren was aware that a significant portion of the discomfort that he had been feeling was gradually disappearing.

As he finally began to loosen the tension in his brows, a pleasantly warm feeling spread throughout his entire body.

It wasn't long before he regained the ability to move his body, and his vision began to improve as well.

At that precise instant, his gaze paused in a particular direction, where he could see a large army of demons looking at him with great caution.

"Haha...I guess my job is still not done."

As Ren slowly stood up and turned his gaze toward the demon army in the distance, the look on his face became more worn and weathered.

He knew that he couldn't rest just yet.

Snap—!

Once he snapped his fingers, a powerful shockwave spread across the entire battlefield, attracting the attention of all demons and orcs.

After Ren had finally been successful in getting everyone's attention on the battlefield, he paused for a moment to look around him before slowly levitating in the air.

Resting on his extended hand was a large purplish core that glistened under the now exposed suns.

"…As you can see, I've defeated your leader."

When Ren spoke, he did so in a manner that suggested he was unfazed and unruffled, but as soon as those words left his mouth, the entire battleground fell silent.

"I'm sure you can tell from its size and energy that this is not a regular core…"

No matter the distance, Ren's voice could be heard in the ears of everyone present.

As they raised their heads to look up at the sky, they were confronted by the formidable figure of Ren, who was standing in the sky and watching over the entire battlefield with eyes that seemed to see through everything.

At that point, the focus of everyone's attention shifted to the sizable core that was sitting in his palm. As quickly as it had begun, a heavy tension descended upon the battlefield as the demons froze in place.

Ren, unperturbed by their gazes, turned his head to look below him and then opened his mouth once more.

"Let all the Marquis and Count ranked demons that have survived come to me."

The many demons that were there heard his words echo loudly and clearly inside their own heads.

This was especially true for the Marquis and Count ranked demons that were still present on the battlefield, as the pressure that Ren was putting off caused them to begin sweating profusely.

His words didn't sound like a request but rather an order that they couldn't dare hope to refuse.

"So?"

on a number of different people, a potent force erupted

there is no point in hiding. Come to me while I'm

Swooosh! Swooosh! Swooosh!

demons with the rank of Marquis and Count reacted, and they

long before Ren was surrounded by more than one hundred distinct demons,

been oblivious to the situation up until that point were profoundly affected by the sight of his solitary figure standing in the middle

starting to get back to normal, Ren made a small turn of his

Thump!

tumbling down from the heavens and smashed into the ground below it. The expressions of the many demons that surrounded him underwent a radical transformation, and they all wore looks of nervousness

understand how the

everyone

eyes swam toward the demons that surrounded him with his

his hand and catching it repeatedly as though it was a toy, several figures suddenly appeared

other than Angelica, Jin,

"Here you go."

each tossed him several

and then hurled the cores into the air, where they quickly morphed into a number of different demons. What was shocking was the fact that each and every

a typical Marquis-ranked demon,

"W..what's going on?"

I

perplexed by the unexpected turn of events, as evidenced by the fact that they all turned around and looked around them.

that point, their expressions hardened as they finally

do, for now, thank

the others before looking back at the demons

in his hand and

give you guys the same offer that I've given this guy…Submit to

eyes, Ren's

me all

even tenser, and the demons cautiously stared at one

at him all at

were to launch a full-scale assault on him at the same time, would they have a fighting chance against the

and secretly communicated with one another, every demon in the room entertained

was right at this moment that

submit to you, what do we have to

were doing and gave Ren's

an eerie stillness. As he

demons present. What do you say we

Hiss~

demons drew

Ren's words was crystal clear. To demonstrate their submission, they were required

demons who were present mulled over whether or not they should accept the offer presented

not a single demon had still accepted

"Still not answering?"

a nearby demon and grasped it as he furrowed

"Heak! N-!"

after that, the demon

out that a Marquis ranked demon had been wiped off the face of

make your decision before I decide to kill all of

Ruthless.

demon, the human in front of them was extremely ruthless. He did not hesitate to use a Marquis-ranked

was nothing short of

Swooosh! Swooosh!

seemed to have stimulated something within the demon's mind, as evidenced by the fact that it caused them to shoot down from the sky and begin attacking the lower ranked demons

"Haik!"

"What are you doing?!"

"What's going on?"

break out, and Ren was there to witness it all as he languidly

mouth,