The Author's POV

[Pillar of Sloth]

SHIIING—!

Silently coming from beneath the ground, Jin appeared behind a demon, and with his daggers crossed behind the demon's neck, a head rolled on the ground.

Thump!

Thin black threads emerged from the ground, enveloping the entire head before crushing it into a pulp and revealing a black core.

After the core was uncovered, the threads eventually worked their way toward it, and wrapped all over it, shattering the core at once.

Like that, a Duke ranked demon died.

"Haa…"

After releasing a soft breath, dark threads emerged from the ground and grappled onto his legs, pulling him beneath the ground, and his figure disappeared into the ground.

Boom—!

Shortly after his figure merged with the ground, a foot stomped in the area he was in, forming a large crater.

"He's gone!"

A demon huffed, looking around with a menacing glare.

It had only been a couple of minutes since he had made his appearance, but from the moment he had appeared, the situation started to turn more chaotic.

The great advantage that they had built was slowly starting to crumble, and the other races were starting to recompose themselves

"Where has he gone!? Damn, hiding bastard!"

The demon cursed and trashed, looking everywhere for any traces of the human that had appeared from out of nowhere.

It was right when he fixed his gaze in a particular direction that he suddenly felt a chill coming down his back and a voice whispering into his ears.

"I'm not hiding anywhere."

"You—!"

Swoosh—!

He swung his claws directly behind him, but to his great dismay, he saw that his claws hit nothing. Instead, thin black threads emerged from underneath the ground and slowly grappled and latched onto his hands, halting his movement.

"This! What is this!?"

The demon tried to rid himself of the threads that were gripped onto his arms, but as he pulled, he found that they didn't budge a single inch and merely stretched a little bit.

If that wasn't bad enough, more and more threads appeared from beneath the ground, encircling his legs and wings.

No matter how much the demon tried to struggle, more and more threads emerged from the ground beneath, sealing his movements.

The process moved along rather quickly, and before the demon even realized what was happening, the dark threads had encased every part of his body, with the exception of his head, which protruded from the cocoon.

"Release me!"

The demon tried to struggle, but it was a futile effort.

Appearing behind him, Jin casually looked at him from top to bottom before bending over and stabbing at his calf.

"There it is."

Spurt—!

the ground as Jin's eyes shone at the

black core, the demon's face changed drastically, but it was already

Cr…Crack!

and the demon's body dissolved into the air. The threads that were cocooning

"Huu."

demon, Jin took a

easy to deal with

anything but easy. Nearly half of his mana was depleted, and he had only killed one

was still a lot of work

Gulp—!

potion, his figure once again melted against the ground, and he

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long pinkish hair—a trait belonging to the higher demons

demons. All

looks like we've found ourselves

certain human boy with short blond hair and deep green eyes

other demons

was, without a doubt,

almost makes me want

the Prince, silently licking his lips and

but the demons weren't exactly going

goal was to win

as they

This order…

but rather something that His Majesty desired. He insisted that they make an effort to grow their forces even more by

the demons were confused by the

questioning His Majesty in their

the results

that could escape his gaze, and all

do with the little human? Does

that were still present. There were more than a dozen of

from the very beginning, one that consisted of choosing a certain target to bring over

enjoy killing, they had all agreed that letting such talented individuals rot would be a

they could be useful if there was

make good cannon fodder

all the demons, he seemed to be the one

"Are you interested?"

"…I indeed am."

sounding extremely calm. Such behavior pleased the Prince, who

"What's your name?"

"Valling."

couple of

"Valling is it?"

first time seeing him, and he seemed to be rather talented. His age and the rank he had achieved were

the first time he had actually seen him, he was familiar with the demon's

lately when he heard about the situation over there and how he had managed to gain an upper hand

to deal with so many things and demons on a daily basis, only the most important topics would make it to

about him was a

"Good… good…"

more the Prince observed him, the more pleased he was with what

was adequate and

impressed him the most; rather, it was the manner

and he was extremely pleased to know that there was someone

"For now…"

as