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.

what am I supposed to

the

loud while in the

satisfied with

"About the core..."

he's like Angelica and doesn't use this

as I really didn't think that I had anything else to offer to him aside

"The core..."

talk

core,

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

that he will accept

"Deal."

"Huh? uh?"

my thoughts and caused me to look around. When

here? What deal?

hands, and what was this thing about

big question mark appeared at the top of my head as I looked around me in confusion. Amanda quickly clarified what had transpired for me,

here. If you manage to give him a Prince ranked core

"That's it?"

eyes darted back and forth between Amanda and Surion as I

I needed to do really

easy task; rather, it'll probably be one of

was something that the vast majority of

the time frame is five years. Let alone five years, I barely have two years left

I couldn't defeat Prince ranked demons in the future, what was the point

to do this much if

sure that's

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 a Prince ranked

"Alright, deal."

twice before agreeing with the

a mana contract out of my dimensional space and scribbled down the terms of the agreement in front of everyone while they

down all of the rules that had to be followed

the contract over to Suriol, and he gave it a

no problem with

confirmation, the 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 exploded into dazzling lights that scattered

my chest as the restrictions of the mana contract began to

similar situation as his face stiffened for a

normal, and in accordance with our agreement, he did not hesitate before turning around and placing

around it. Simultaneously,

Rumble━! Rumble━!

with a deafening rumbling sound, and another brilliant light shot

quickly faded away. After lowering my arm and blinking my eyes a few times, I slowly opened my eyes and was astounded by what I

his gaze fixed on

agreement, here's the