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.

of him seemed to at

but it certainly

he had reached the peak of what

worth nurturing or bringing to his side. He had many other subordinates that were

"Don't worry, humans."

in the human's expressions, the Prince spoke

you care for him, so I'll keep him alive. Though he's useless, he's still quite strong.

Boom—!

by a terrifying force. The force was powerful, shattering everything nearby, but the Prince effortlessly

corner of his eyes, he could see a faint reflection of himself on

"Hasty, aren't we?"

on the

strong surge of mana emanated from her

"You're not bad."

feeling the power contained

"However…"

Flick!

shut up, and he appeared before the orange haired girl. With his hand

it

Boom—!

flew off into the distance, colliding with one of the closest dunes with a muffled thud, and sand flew into the

hadn't gone all out, she was most

Woom—! Woom—!

"Oh, my."

was confronted by a series of

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

the perpetrators while observing each of the attacks in front of

Xiu!

when the space behind him began to tremble, and the arrow that had been floating in front of him vanished, only to reappear

"Uh?"

was about to react to the

whom he had

Swoosh—!

had previously demonstrated. Upon seeing her, the prince frowned and

to him, catching

"Your struggle is meaningless."

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

Twamp!

"Akh!"

her in the stomach, sending

it was over, he felt a gentle force beside him, and an amethyst hue

"Stop it."

tracks before it could even touch him. His eyes wandered toward the woman with purple

you a

was rather

them, they were going to work for him. In his life, he had never mistreated his subordinates and had given

these humans in front of him were doing was, to say the least,

Prince didn't like

quickly dissipated, and his eye flashed with

Nevermind. I'm no longer interested in

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

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

the need to

Rumble—! Rumble—!

slightly, but the entirety of the structure shook, and as a consequence, several dunes dispersed

"What's going on?!"

was obviously startled by the situation, as evidenced by the

is it his majesty? No, but he can

have to wait for long to get an

Cr…Crack—!