The Author's POV

"Kuku..hahahaha."

Prince Plintus… I'd say he had lost it completely.

His maniacal laugh reverberated throughout the entire area that the two of us were in as his hands pressed even more firmly on my shoulders, pinning me into place.

When he turned his head, the spot where the mana compressor had been, came into his field of vision, and his gaze lingered there for a moment.

It had only been a few moments ago when it had blown up into pieces, and as a direct result of the explosion, the entire building had begun to shake.

A sizable portal could be seen hovering over the location that formerly housed the mana compressor before it was destroyed.

WOOOM―! The area around the portal began to warp, and the demonic energy that had been released into the atmosphere as a consequence of the explosion of the mana compressor began to rush in the direction of the portal, which was at the same time beginning to grow in size.

"Have a look! Take a look at what you've done!"

Prince Plintus seemed to be entranced by what he was seeing.

He no longer seemed as calm and collected as the first time I saw him, and from what I was seeing, he had completely lost it.

His eyes were the best evidence of this as they were rather hazy.

"This… because of what you've done… this is because you pushed me to this point… if you had just obediently let yourself fall in my hands… none of this would've happened."

'He's completely lost it…'

After what seemed like an eternity, Prince Plintus turned his head, and our gazes once again locked. His eyes, which appeared to be even cloudier than they had been before, turned red and bloodshot.

"Come, witness! Witness the consequences of your actions! Witness how everyone that you care about and the forces of the human domain are wip―"

"This is the third time."

Unable to take it anymore, I spoke up.

Raising my head, I directly stared into his eyes.

"…This is the third time."

I repeated, feeling more annoyed than before. As I turned my head and stared at the hands that were gripping my shoulders, I decided to channel my demonic energy, and scales began to cover my face.

Claka! Claka! Claka!

My muscles bulged as a result, and my power started to increase drastically. If before, Prince Plintus was letting out more energy than me… then now, we were about even. No, I could tell. I had the edge at the moment.

My unexpected actions appeared to have alarmed the Prince, as evidenced by the sudden opening of his eyes.

"You… you, what are you doing?"

"First, things first."

I paid no attention to him as I placed both of my hands on his forearms and began to apply pressure.

"Ukah!"

I applied pressure, the Prince let out a piercing scream, and his head jerked

"This is not enough?"

still firmly placed against my shoulders, I increased the amount of

"Uakkah!"

after I applied some pressure over his arm brought to mind the sound

pay attention to the sound

Swoosh―! Swoosh―!!

"Arkh!"

"Keuk!"

was only a few meters away from it was currently

at a glance that they were just one of the thousands more that were

portal is open, you can't stop it!

"It's the fourth time."

Crack―!!

as a result of the

"Hhaaaa!"

under my grasp, seemingly trying his best to get out of it, but

his demonic energy trying to open the portal, he was a lot weaker than he was when he was in the

one

now, I would say that he was roughly on par with

…He wasn't a threat.

a lot of

at the Prince in my hands. His face was pale, and he had a fierce expression on

kill, I'd be dead more than

kill quite as easily as one would think, and I found his glare

think that the situation is

back to look at the portal,

"Naïve."

head, soon letting go of his

"You…"

let go of his hands, the Prince looked at me in shock. I made use of that opportunity to move my hand forward toward his

he had no time to

…I went all out.

Spurt―!

"Ukh!"

spurted out, and his eyes

look at me, he had a look on

taken place, but I didn't bother to explain it

began to sag, and the soles of his feet began to char and smoke before turning into black ambers that rose in the

in terrible

eyes continued to be fixed on me, I

seem to have completely misunderstood about

back at the Prince, who seemed to be struggling to understand what I

most has a minute left before

not been damaged, now that it was outside of his body, it would quickly disintegrate, and he would not regain consciousness until

had mentioned to me a while ago, and I decided to put this information to use by heading in the direction of the portal that

Prince's eyes tracked my every move as

"Woooh!"

"Huaaagh!"