The Author's POV

Boom―!

The hall shook, and screams of agony echoed throughout. Blood splattered everywhere, and the tower began to tremble uncontrollably shortly thereafter.

Rumble―! Rumble―!

"Oh no."

"This is bad…"

Demons were the first to notice the condition of the tower, and their complexions changed instantly upon noticing the change that was happening.

Prince Plintus was among them, but I pressed my hand against his shoulder before he could even move.

"Let's stay here and have a look, shall we?"

His head turned to face me, and I returned it with a smile. It was nice to see such a strong demon look so panicked.

"…Let the others settle the matters. How about the two of us have a nice long cha―"

Swoosh!

A fist hurled my way before I could finish my sentence. The air around it twisted, and my hair blew back a little.

Staring at the approaching fist, my brows furrowed.

'How rude.'

I didn't even get the chance to finish my sentence…

Smack!

Before the fist could reach me, I smacked his forearm, redirecting the fist away from me, at which point he flapped his wings once, vanished from the location he was in, and reappeared at the opposite end of the hall.

"Uh? Where is he going?"

The most surprising thing was the fact that he vanished yet again, making me think that he had just run away from the fight, and the sight made my frown even deeper.

'Ah, right. He must be going there.'

and realized the circumstances, my frown lines began to smooth out

hard to see that we're

second passing, a demon would fall. The situation was dire for them, and with the overwhelming numbers we

however, was suffering the least amount of losses

simply could not afford to lose any of its forces in light of the impending Third Cataclysm. In particular, because the demons that were approaching were in a category that was far superior to the demons

that they're being

I returned my gaze to where the Prince ranked

was one threat, it was

in eliminating

"Alright then."

my limbs

what you're

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of panic as he made his way

"Haaa.... akh.. haa..."

face, and his

walked, the heavier his legs felt, and the corridor before

'Damn it.'

moving as fast as he could while flapping his wings to propel himself forward, his figure blurring and reappearing in

black halo surrounded his body, completely masking his entire presence so that no one could follow him. The Prince was confident in his cloaking skills. Even someone of the same level as him

Swoosh! Swoosh!

'How has this happened?'

at this moment that he

leading the way into the trap, but things had taken

how is it

shocking about the situation was the human's

one to

it shouldn't be something that he

unable to achieve such a feat, and as far as he knew, there was no skill that could grant one

…So, how?

How was it possible?

"Huff... huff..."

being caught off-guard, the Prince had not given

he would have to put into action. He had no choice but to resort to

he had built with so much effort would crumble before his

had put a lot of blood,

when the time

to make the city one of the best there was,

to pieces, but he took comfort in the fact that he would finally

so long as I can kill him... this price is

in his mind, convincing himself that the price was worth

corridor and came to an abrupt halt before a large

atop the ceiling. The demonic energy around the beacon was

increase in mana density had taken a toll on him and all the other demons in the

it, they wouldn't have been suffering