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—!

sprayed all over the ground as Jin's eyes shone at the

the demon's face changed drastically, but

Cr…Crack!

his hand, it shattered into thousands of pieces, and the demon's body dissolved into the air. The threads

"Huu."

with another powerful demon, Jin took

really isn't easy to deal

Nearly half of his mana was depleted, and he had only killed one of the numerous powerful

of work that he needed to

Gulp—!

once again melted against the ground, and he headed for his

***

the Sloth Clan was Prince Letvia. He was a demon with long pinkish hair—a trait belonging to the

All of whom

It looks like we've found ourselves a

falling on a certain human boy with short blond hair and

around the other demons and harvested their core without getting

was, without a

me

silently licking his lips and feeling a certain

demons weren't exactly going all out against those of the

win the war, they

many as

This order…

that they make an effort to grow their forces even

the demons were confused by the

no questioning His

had tried, and the results were

that could escape his gaze, and all they could do was obey his

with

the side to take a look at the Prince-ranked demons that were still present. There were more than a dozen of them, and for some time they had

had been playing a certain game from the very beginning, one that consisted of choosing a certain target

did enjoy killing, they had all agreed that letting such talented individuals

could be useful if there was a conflict with

fodder or perhaps even main

particular demon. Out of all the demons, he seemed to

"Are you interested?"

"…I indeed am."

answered, his voice sounding extremely calm. Such behavior pleased the Prince,

"What's your name?"

"Valling."

couple of steps

"Valling is it?"

he seemed to be rather talented. His age and the rank he had achieved were testaments

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

had made quite a name for himself in Ka Mankut, and it had even reached his ears. Especially lately when he heard about the situation over there

demons on a daily basis,

about him was a testament

"Good… good…"

him, the more pleased he was with what he was

strength was adequate and

the most; rather, it was the

see these days, and he was extremely pleased to know that there was someone

"For now…"

Valling for very long as he returned his gaze to stare