The Author's POV

'A name...what sort of name should the city have?'

During the time that I spent wandering around aimlessly in the winding corridors of the castle and deeply ruminating over the topics that I had just recently been discussing with Jin, I found myself stopping in front of a wooden door.

"That was fast."

I had arrived at my next destination before I knew it.

Reaching out for the doorknob, I yanked the door open.

"You're here."

I was greeted by the sight of Angelica sitting at the far end of the room with a couple more people.

Silug, and Suriol.

"Yeah."

I closed the door behind me and walked into the room. Finding a sofa to sit on, I sat down and shifted my attention back to Angelica.

"What did you call me for?"

"I'm going to cancel the contract with Silug."

Angelica went straight to the point and told me her intentions.

My brows jumped up at her words.

"You what?"

"I'm going to cancel the contract with Silug."

Angelica repeated in a serious tone.

My brows furrowed when I took note of her tone as I leaned forward a bit.

"Can you tell me why you want to break the contract with Silug?"

"Because there's no longer a need for the two of us to be contracted anymore."

"Ah."

Indeed, now that I thought about it, Angelica and Silug no longer needed to be contracted together.

With Immorra conquered and with me no longer fearing Silug's betrayal, there was no need to keep him contracted with Angelica.

'Plus, I think the reason she doesn't want to be chained by him anymore is because she's now stronger than he is.'

He was essentially of no use to her anymore.

Plus, if he died or anything happened to him, Angelica would be the one to bear the brunt of his death.

It became clear to me that she no longer wanted to bear such a liability.

"Sure, I don't see why you shouldn't break the contract."

I gave her the go ahead.

That being said, she didn't really need to ask me for the contract break. Our relationship was different from that of the past. I trusted that she wouldn't betray me, so I didn't think there was a need for her to ask for my permission.

Still, the fact that she asked for my permission showed that she respected my opinion.

"What are you doing here?"

My attention then shifted toward Suriol who was standing a bit further away from Angelica and watching everything quietly.

Turning his head to look at me, he replied.

to assist her with the termination of the contract. Since they are both willing to break the contract, and since it is written in the contract that if both parties come to a

here is to guarantee that everything proceeds in an orderly fashion. When one of the parties unexpectedly withdraws their consent to the annulment, there is a small chance that both parties will suffer a backlash as a result of this action. I'm here to

which threw me back a bit.

ask him anything else, he shifted his focus to Angelica,

"I'm ready."

"Take out your contract."

flew through the air after Angelica waved her hand in the air. It landed directly in front of her and Silug, who were facing each other

party will harm the other during the

to do something they do not wish

was, I curiously examined the scroll

but it had been a while, so I had

Angelica and Silug, who were glowing with a dark purple color that slowly spread throughout the

"...A pity."

demonic energy that was lingering in the air to see if I could control it, but I was disappointed to discover that it simply passed through my body, unlike psyons,

had a much greater thickness and moved at a much slower pace. However,

same as that between

"We're done."

whole didn't take very long as it was

body began to dissipate almost immediately after the contract was broken, and at the same time, a slight deflation occurred in

thicken up. You won't suffer any backlash from this, although your

gloomy as he stared at his shrunken muscles while

"Don't worry too much."

face and extended a hand to pat him on

at him, the

the demon treasury, so you don't need

those words came

the treasury. There were a

the herbs I acquired, there was no question that there

time I come back, he'll most probably be ranked, or

and the other orcs would become now

appeared that I was not the only one who was excited, as Silug's expression also

what you've

"Why wouldn't it?"

put some distance between Silug and

demons must have stored in their vaults. Since

"Thank you."

by bending

should be the

then

you're thankful, sign

"What's this?"

I said that I would give you the herbs, there is a condition

and slowly read the contents,

he

I will need you, and your people to help me fight a large war against the demons. It will be a terrifying war, and I will need all the resources I can muster to fight

"Okay."

the middle of my sentence. The scroll that he held in his hand suddenly glowed and broke apart into thousands of particles as it shattered through the

particles slowly floated toward mine and Silug's directions, and I felt another connection established inside of my

at Silug with

you sign the contract

through the terms that were written in the contract before signing

but isn't this a bit

been alive until now. I would be more than glad to become your

stunned

my lips as I patted Silug on

"You're right I did."

like I didn't make the wrong

my plans. With the city slowly building and

looked around and stretched my back, I looked at Angelica and said, "I guess we're done here. Looks like we

"Yes."

reply as she sat down and closed her eyes shortly after. She projected the