The Author's POV

I was in a bit of a pinch if I had to be honest.

I was now attempting to persuade Suriol, whom I had already defeated, to submit to me and watch over the planet while I returned to earth.

There was no need to explain why I needed someone to keep an eye on the planet while I was away.

Aside from being powerful, they needed to be familiar with the ins and outs of the planet, but most importantly, they needed to hold a certain amount of authority within the demons. This was because I needed someone to prevent the demons who resided outside of this planet from having any suspicions about what was going on on this planet.

My top priority was to conceal the existence of this planet, and the only person who could fulfill all of my requirements was Suriol.

There was only one problem.

'This might be a lot harder than I originally anticipated.'

When I felt Suriol's menacing glare turn toward me, I knew it would be much more difficult than I had anticipated to persuade him to do my bidding.

"Should I just feed him to Angelica? ...She might just be able to break through to Duke rank if I give her his core. But I don't know if she will accept it, I do remember her saying that she dislikes this type of stuff. Then, should I just kill him and be done with everything? or should I just use the core to buy the loyalty of one of the demons here? Hmmm..."

I started speaking nonsense while staring at his reaction from the periphery of my vision. It was subtle, but there was definitely a visible paling in his skin tone the more I spoke.

It was from here that I understood that he didn't exactly want to die.

I thus racked my brain and tried to think of something that might convince him to join me.

In all honesty, I had no idea what to say or do at that point in time to persuade him of anything. I felt completely helpless.

That aside, it was also necessary to acknowledge the fact that the other me had never before completely conquered Immorra in the past.

It was also one of the main reasons that led me to want to conquer this planet.

The fact that I was able to learn the truth about my life while being shown the memories of my other self may seem like a curse to some people, but I beg to differ.

The ability to access his memories was essential to my success in defeating him, and there was a very straightforward explanation for why this was the case.

'I know now exactly what he went through and all the paths he has not taken.'

If I wanted to have a better chance of defeating him, I would have to take routes that he had not previously taken. At this point, only the unexpected could beat him, and the complete control of Immorra was my first starting point toward accomplishing this goal.

'However, he has already pillaged all of Immorra's treasures, which is another reason why I need Suriol on my side to open the treasury.'

Due to the fact that my memories were rather hazy, I was unable to say for certain what was hidden behind the treasury; however, I was certain that there was definitely good stuff concealed behind it.

Another reason why I needed to keep Suriol alive.

In light of the aforementioned, how was I supposed to persuade him to support my cause? No matter how much I wracked my brain over the situation, I just couldn't come up with a way to convince him to join my side.

In spite of the many suggestions I made I was only met with a single glare from him.

am I supposed to

with the core

inadvertently spoke out loud while

satisfied with a core of Prince ranked

"About the core..."

if he's like Angelica and doesn't use this type of

indeed be very troublesome if that was the case as I really didn't think that I had anything

"The core..."

talk

the core,

few voices sounded in the air whilst I was in the midst of

that he will accept

"Deal."

"Huh? uh?"

of my thoughts and caused me to look around. When I noticed their actions and inquired about them, my face contorted into

on here? What

hands, and what was this thing about a

quickly clarified what had transpired for me, so my confusion

to give him a Prince ranked

"That's it?"

and forth between Amanda and Surion as I tried to make sense of what

really offer him a Prince

it'll probably be

was something that the vast majority

five years. Let alone five years, I barely have two years left to

demons in the future, what was the point of even targeting

if I ever wanted to have

that's all

hadn't misunderstood anything. I only relaxed when I saw him nod his head in agreement and say, "Yes, that's all I need. If you can promise me that you will give me

"Alright, deal."

twice before agreeing

mana contract out of my dimensional space and scribbled down the

take me long to write down all of the rules that had to

the contract over to Suriol, and he

no

contract burst into a brilliant golden light, and simultaneously, the area around it began to illuminate. The contract then took flight before pausing right before everyone's heads and

I experienced a peculiar tightening in my chest as the restrictions of

similar situation as his face stiffened for a

in accordance with our agreement, he did not

the door, sparkling lights began to swirl around it. Simultaneously, the surroundings began to shake, and the doors began to part from

Rumble━! Rumble━!

hand, the gates suddenly parted with a deafening rumbling sound, and another brilliant light shot out from behind

After lowering my arm and blinking my eyes a few times, I slowly opened

the gate, his gaze fixed on the

the agreement, here's the