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

with the core of a Prince

inadvertently spoke out loud while in the midst of

really be satisfied with a core of

"About the core..."

like Angelica and doesn't use this

that was the case as I really

"The core..."

can talk to

the core, if

few voices sounded in the air whilst I was

it is very unlikely that he will accept the offer, but

"Deal."

"Huh? uh?"

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

on here? What deal? What

shaking their hands,

looked around me in confusion. Amanda quickly

Prince ranked core over the next five years, he said that he will agree to

"That's it?"

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

needed to do really offer him

I'll admit that it isn't exactly an easy task; rather, it'll probably be one of the most difficult tasks that I

that the vast majority of people

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

demons in the future, what was the point of even

much if I ever wanted

sure that's

with Suriol to see that I 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 a Prince ranked core

"Alright, deal."

twice before agreeing with the

scribbled down the terms

the rules that had

I had finished, I turned the contract over to Suriol, and he gave it a quick read before

no

as he gave his confirmation, the contract burst into a brilliant golden light, and simultaneously, the area around it began to illuminate. The contract then took flight

chest as the restrictions of the mana contract began to take effect within

seemed to undergo a similar situation as

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

moment Suriol's hand came into contact with the door, sparkling lights began to swirl around it. Simultaneously, the surroundings began to shake, and the doors began to part from one

Rumble━! Rumble━!

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

light was only there for a short while before it quickly faded away. After lowering my arm and blinking my eyes a few times, I

beside the gate, his gaze fixed

agreement, here's