The Author's POV

"They have started their attack."

Duke Kammala's voice reached the Prince's ears, and his eyes came to a gradual close. His thoughts were unknown, and everyone's attention focused on him.

The humans had made a dash for the tower, and they were now all waiting for the Prince's orders.

"Should we…?"

"No, not yet."

The Prince shook his head, putting the orb away.

Now that he knew where they were, he no longer needed to pay them any attention. The orb consumed quite a bit of demonic energy, and he needed to conserve it as much as possible.

Even though their opponents were trapped, they weren't individuals they could make light of. Each and every one of them was strong. Especially the boy called Ren.

He was very dangerous.

With that being said...

"Get into positions. We will start out attacks soon."

He wasn't scared of him.

Although Ren was strong, so was he. He was rather confident in his strength and didn't think he'd lose out to that human.

In fact, he was confident he could beat him even without the need to ambush him.

Last he'd heard, the human wasn't even Prince ranked yet.

'Still, it's best to be careful. You might never know what might happen.'

Though Prince Plintus was confident, he wasn't one to let confidence get the best of him.

He was a meticulous individual and wasn't one that let anything slip his mind.

Thinking of something, he took the orb once again and injected demonic energy into it. Instantly, images appeared on the orb, and he flipped through them.

"Good, it looks like they are still there."

What he was currently looking at were the human forces that were waiting outside of the city. He wanted to see if they were making any strange movements, but it looks like he had worried too much.

They were still there doing nothing.

"Good."

He put the orb away, casting one of his worries away. After that, he returned his attention back toward the tower and smiled.

"I think enough time has already passed; how about we greet our guests?"

His words immediately stirred the minds of the demons, and they all smiled.

Following this, their wings expanded, and they disappeared from the spot they were in, reappearing right in front of the tower.

"Have the others block the other entrances and get ready to set up the mana disruptors."

Prince Plintus ordered.

"Understood."

things he had planned out for

was dealing with tough opponents, he made sure to spare nothing for the current trap. From mana disruptors to all sorts of artifacts that could impede their movements and attack them from the distance… he spared

he managed to defeat them… the war was as good as

even be rewarded by

'Hehe.'

himself before casting a glance toward

here. Once I give out the signal, you can

wait for their replies and made his way

leisurely, unbefitting of someone that was about to ambush someone, and when he passed the gate and looked at the broken shards that

'Useless.'

they had trained arduously over the years, but for them to die such deaths… he could only

gone

sacrifice to pay for

long for his expression to return to

dimly lit by torches that rested by the side of the dark walls, and following a narrow corridor was

was well lit by the enormous black windows that stood above and the large torches that hung beside the enormous black pillars that supported

red carpet enveloped the entire floor, and what stood out the most about the room was the throne that sat in

made out of obsidian and was adorned with rubies and emeralds that gleamed menacingly under the lighting of

Prince Plintus was all too familiar with… After

moment, however, it was occupied by a

on the armrest of the throne and his cheek supported by his fist, he fiddled with a small black orb in his hand. Beside him were four other humans, and Prince Plintus's feet came to a sudden

nose wrinkled at

"You finally came?"

reverberated through the hall, and Prince Plintus's body stiffened. He had a bad feeling about the

took out the orb and channeled

and he quickly looked through them. Seconds passed,

before Prince Plintus's expression relaxed, and he put

there, I

Plintus's gaze fell on the human that sat on

leisurely his expression had been, he had mistakenly assumed that he had done something, but when he checked with the orb, he found that everything

of the city, and his forces were blocking every

figured out the

Prince Plintus smiled.

had previously been displayed and one that was filled with

had made a fool of

"Hmm."

down on his throne. From his expression,

'That's fine.'

grew,

mana that lingered

humans opposite him changed, and Prince Plintus looked

If that wasn't all…

Swoosh! Swoosh!

entire aura covered the room, and the room trembled even

their presence overwhelmed the ones that belonged to the humans opposite

one that gave off the

the Prince as his smile grew even wider, and his

you finally understand what situation you're in?

Prince looked at the demons around