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 from his

point in hiding. Come

Swooosh! Swooosh! Swooosh!

Marquis and Count reacted, and they all rushed in Ren's direction with terrified expressions on

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

up until that point were profoundly affected by the sight of his solitary

things were starting to get back to normal, Ren made a small turn

Thump!

expressions of the many demons that surrounded him underwent a radical transformation, and they all wore looks

even understand how

like everyone is

his eyes swam toward the demons that

core in his hand and catching it repeatedly as though it was a toy,

were none other than

"Here you go."

each tossed

quickly morphed into a number of different demons. What was shocking was the fact that each and every one

typical Marquis-ranked demon, one could still

"W..what's going on?"

thought I

that they all turned around and looked around them. Their bodies froze completely the moment they saw Ren standing in front of them with the core in his

they finally

for

Angelica and the others before looking back at the

tossing the core in his hand

you guys the same offer that

eyes, Ren's voice

me all at

he spoke, the already tense atmosphere became even tenser, and the

him all

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

communicated with one another, every demon in the

at this moment that one of the demons spoke

choose to submit to you, what do

and gave Ren's

brief period of time, the atmosphere around him became filled with an eerie stillness. As he opened his mouth, he

be a lot of demons present. What do

Hiss~

the demons drew a cold

To demonstrate their submission, they were required to

or not they should accept the offer presented to them by Ren, their

not a single demon had still accepted his

"Still not answering?"

toward a nearby demon and grasped it as he

"Heak! N-!"

after that, the demon

react before they found out that a

have a lot of time. Quickly make your decision before I

Ruthless.

ruthless. He did not hesitate to

nothing short of

Swooosh! Swooosh!

within the demon's mind, as evidenced by the fact that it caused them to shoot down

"Haik!"

"What are you doing?!"

"What's going on?"

was there to witness it all as he

his mouth, he