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?"

that his gaze was fixed on a

where you are, so there is no point in hiding. Come

Swooosh! Swooosh! Swooosh!

Marquis and Count reacted, and they all rushed

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

were profoundly affected by the sight of his solitary figure standing in the middle of the air while being surrounded by a large number of

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

Thump!

smashed into the ground below it. The expressions of the many demons that surrounded him underwent a radical transformation,

understand how

like everyone is

as his eyes swam toward the demons that

he was tossing the core in his hand and catching it repeatedly as though it was a toy, several figures suddenly appeared behind

were none other than

"Here you go."

tossed him several

his head in contentment as he snatched them up with his hand and then hurled the cores into the air, where they quickly morphed into a number of different demons. What

noticeably weaker than that of a typical Marquis-ranked demon, one could still get the impression that they were quite

"W..what's going on?"

thought I

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

hardened as they finally understood what

will do, for now, thank

the others before

his hand and catching it, he started

guys the same offer that I've

eyes, Ren's voice

me all at

even tenser, and the

at him all at

fifteen demons with the rank of marquis and approximately two hundred demons with the rank of count... If they were to launch a full-scale assault on him at the same time,

every

was right at this moment that one of

choose to submit to you,

they were doing and gave Ren's calm gaze

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

of demons present. What do you

Hiss~

drew a cold

clear. To demonstrate their submission, they

demons who were present mulled over whether or not they should accept the offer presented to them by Ren, their minds raced through a wide variety of possible plans and

had passed, and not a

"Still not answering?"

hand toward a nearby demon and grasped it as he furrowed

"Heak! N-!"

that, the demon

that were present didn't even have time to react before they found out

make your decision before I decide

Ruthless.

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

nothing

Swooosh! Swooosh!

fact that it caused them to shoot down from the sky and

"Haik!"

"What are you doing?!"

"What's going on?"

there to witness it all as he languidly gazed

his mouth,