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.

I

be satisfied with the core

out loud while in the midst of

satisfied with a core of

"About the core..."

if he's like Angelica and doesn't use

if that was the case as I really didn't think that

"The core..."

talk

core, if you

whilst I was in the midst of my

that he will accept the offer, but what if he

"Deal."

"Huh? uh?"

of Suriol, which consisted of shaking Amanda's hand to indicate his agreement, jolted me out of my thoughts and caused me

here? What deal?

hands, and what was this thing about a

as I looked around me in confusion. Amanda quickly clarified what had transpired for me, so my

If you manage to give him a Prince ranked core over the next five years,

"That's it?"

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

do really offer him a Prince

exactly an easy task; rather, it'll probably be one of the most difficult tasks that I will ever

something that the vast majority of people would consider impossible,

a problem if the time frame is five years. Let alone five years, I barely

I couldn't defeat Prince ranked demons in

this much if I ever wanted to

you sure that's all you

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 a Prince ranked core in the next five years, I will have no qualms

"Alright, deal."

think twice before agreeing with

contract out of my dimensional space and scribbled down the terms of the agreement in front of everyone while they watched. I knew that the deal was

the rules that had to be

had finished, I turned the contract over to Suriol, and he gave

have no problem with

around it began to illuminate. The contract then took flight before pausing right before everyone's heads

tightening in my chest as the restrictions of

situation as

that, his expression returned to normal, and in accordance with our agreement, he did not hesitate before turning around and

around it. Simultaneously, the surroundings began

Rumble━! Rumble━!

the gates suddenly parted with a deafening rumbling

for a short while before it quickly faded away. After lowering my arm and blinking my eyes a few times, I slowly opened my eyes

stood beside the gate, his gaze fixed on

agreement,