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!"

out a piercing scream, and

"This is not enough?"

still firmly placed against my shoulders, I increased the

"Uakkah!"

after I applied some pressure over his arm brought to mind the sound of a chicken being strangled or

pay attention to the

Swoosh―! Swoosh―!!

"Arkh!"

"Keuk!"

meters away from it was currently diverting all of my

weren't very powerful, I could tell at a glance that they were just one of the thousands more that were about to make their way into

already happening. Now that the portal is

"It's the fourth time."

Crack―!!

result of the additional

"Hhaaaa!"

trying his best to get out of it,

stronger than I used to be, but because he had used up a lot of his demonic energy trying to open the portal, he was a lot weaker than

was the one

had to make an educated guess about his power right now, I would say that he was roughly on par with Octavious in terms of

…He wasn't a threat.

a

at the Prince in my hands. His face

kill, I'd be dead more than

however, looks couldn't kill quite as easily as one would think, and I found his glare to

that the situation is

the portal, the corners of my mouth turned up into

"Naïve."

head, soon letting go

"You…"

hand forward toward his lower abdomen and gently place it there. My hand was covered in a white film, and the speed at which

fast that he had

…I went all out.

Spurt―!

"Ukh!"

out, and his eyes opened

me, he had a look

didn't bother to explain

to sag, and the soles of his feet began to char and smoke before

was in

me,

something that you seem to

back at the Prince, who seemed to be

at most has a minute left before

was outside of his body, it would

to me a while ago, and I decided to put this information to use by heading in the direction of the portal that was gradually growing larger

eyes tracked my every move as

"Woooh!"

"Huaaagh!"