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."

were a lot of things he had planned out for this

he 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

to defeat them… the war was

he could even be rewarded by his majesty… if

'Hehe.'

casting a glance toward the demons

Once I give

wait for their replies and made his way into

ambush someone, and when he passed the gate and looked at the broken shards that laid on the ground―remnants of the cores of guards―his

'Useless.'

special elites that they had trained arduously over the years, but for them to die such

they had gone up

to pay for the

didn't take long for his expression to return to normal,

lit by torches that rested by the side of the dark walls, and following

it was well lit by the enormous black windows that stood above and the

the entire floor, and what stood out the most about the room was the throne that sat in the middle of

out of obsidian and was adorned with rubies and emeralds that

was a throne Prince Plintus was all too familiar with… After all, it

it was

resting 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

wrinkled at

"You finally came?"

Plintus's body stiffened. He had a bad feeling

he took out the orb and channeled

within the sphere, and he quickly looked through them. Seconds passed, and hundreds of images

long before Prince Plintus's expression relaxed, and he put the orb

moment there, I thought

on the human that sat

assumed that he had done something, but when he checked with

of the city, and

looks like you've figured out the situation

Prince Plintus smiled.

hid the nervousness that had previously been displayed and one that

a

"Hmm."

the human that was still leisurely lying down on his throne. From his expression, he didn't seem quite to understand the situation he was

'That's fine.'

smile grew, and

started to twist. Immediately, the mana that lingered in the air vanished out of thin air, sucked by a small vortex

the humans opposite him changed, and Prince Plintus

If that wasn't all…

Swoosh! Swoosh!

appear beside him. Their entire aura covered the room, and the

and their presence overwhelmed the ones that belonged to the

the one that

sight pleased the Prince as his smile grew even wider, and his gaze fell on

understand what situation you're

looked at the demons