The Author's POV

"It looks like another talented one has arrived."

His gaze landed on a human girl with long, glossy black hair and thin lips. By demon standards, she could be considered quite beautiful, though the Prince had no interest in her.

There were other things that piqued his interest, and that was not one of them.

The fact that her powers affected a large area was one of the things that piqued his interest and was something he could not allow to continue.

She needed to be disposed of before she became a serious problem for his plan.

In fact, everyone who belonged in the group she was in need to be taken care of.

"Let's see."

His eyes swept over the three women before pausing on the elderly man. He was the strongest of the group by far. His strength was comparable to that of a young Prince, and he posed the greatest threat.

He was not a significant threat to him, but he could still affect his plans, so he had to be dealt with first.

Swoosh—!

Prince Konjak was a decisive individual. The moment he figured out what he needed to do, he set himself into motion.

Taking a step forward, he appeared right before the group.

"Humans."

He called out in a soft voice. His sudden appearance startled them, but not significantly. They appeared to have somewhat anticipated his imminent arrival.

This was good…

"There's no need to panic. I mean no harm… as of yet."

The Prince's voice was amicable.

With a calm smile on his face, he addressed the four people in front of him.

"If possible, I would like to avoid killing you all. You are all incredibly talented in your own right, and it would be a shame to kill you all, so I am here to propose an offer officially. One, I'm sure you won't be able to refuse."

Bringing his hand forward, three contracts appeared in his hand.

"I'm certain I don't have to explain to you all what these are, so how about it? Will you join my side? …I really don't want to kill such talented people."

While he brought the contract forward, the others gazed at the contracts before turning to face him. The shortest of them, the woman with orange hair, spoke with a frown on her face.

"I don't think you've done the proper math."

She turned to look behind her.

"There are four of us, but only three contracts. Do you seriously believe you will be able to recruit all of us if you cannot even count?"

"About that…"

The Prince smiled.

"It wasn't a mistake."

"What?"

"There's no mistake in the number of contracts that I'm offering."

The Prince repeated himself, his gaze falling on the elderly man.

"In the end, I've decided to offer three contracts to the three of you, excluding him. He is already past his prime and has reached his limit. I have no use for a person whose limit only amounts to this much. There are many other demons with more talent than him that I can recruit."

Demons lived for a very long time.

did, and the human in front of him

wasn't short, but it certainly wasn't very much

peak of what his powers could

his side. He had many other subordinates that were

"Don't worry, humans."

change in the

him. I can tell you care for him, so I'll keep him alive. Though

Boom—!

force. The force was powerful, shattering

see a faint reflection

"Hasty, aren't we?"

the

expression was menacing, and a strong surge of mana emanated from her sword, which was held by

"You're not bad."

feeling the power contained

"However…"

Flick!

and he appeared before the orange haired girl. With his hand pressed against her abdomen, he

like it when

Boom—!

the closest dunes with a muffled thud,

out, she was most probably still

Woom—! Woom—!

"Oh, my."

the Prince was confronted by a series of formidable forces, which he also

his hand, an arrow, a whip, and a complex spell stopped

toward the perpetrators

Xiu!

when the space behind him began to tremble, and the arrow that had been floating

"Uh?"

about to react to the unexpected situation, a figure appeared

the orange-haired girl whom he had

Swoosh—!

seeing her, the prince frowned and veered off to the side, narrowly

threat to him, catching the

"Your struggle is meaningless."

the side of the blade that was heading his way, the blade's direction changed, and

Twamp!

"Akh!"

her in the

it was over, he felt a

"Stop it."

stopped dead in its tracks before it could even touch him. His eyes wandered toward the woman with purple eyes, and he shook

offered you a

deal was

were going to work for him. In his life, he had

were

the Prince didn't like stupid

them quickly dissipated, and his eye flashed with

know what? Nevermind. I'm no longer interested in taking the

dispersed into thousands of particles, and the Prince's terrifying power began to

air around him came to a sudden standstill, and demonic energy burst out of his body, encircling the entire area

the need to

Rumble—! Rumble—!

violently. Not only slightly, but the

"What's going on?!"

evidenced by the

majesty? No, but he can directly go in… just who

have to wait for long to get

Cr…Crack—!