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—!

Jin's eyes shone at the sight of a particular object inside

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 him loosened, and they obediently returned to the

"Huu."

powerful demon, Jin took

really isn't easy to deal with such

Nearly half of his mana was depleted, and he had only killed

was still a lot of work that he needed

Gulp—!

against the ground,

***

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

were several demons. All

like we've found ourselves a rather talented

with short blond hair and deep green eyes in the middle

way he danced around the other demons and harvested their

without a

makes me want to take

Prince, silently licking his lips and feeling a certain

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

goal was to win

many as they possibly

This order…

not something that they desired but rather something that His Majesty desired. He insisted that they make an effort to grow their forces

were confused by the

His Majesty

tried, and the results

was nothing that could escape his gaze, and all they

do with the

present. There were more than a

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

that letting such talented individuals rot would be a

they could be useful if there was

fodder or

the demons,

"Are you interested?"

"…I indeed am."

his voice sounding extremely calm. Such behavior pleased the

"What's your name?"

"Valling."

demon answered curtly, stepping forward a couple of steps and

"Valling is it?"

seeing him, and he

time he had actually seen him, he was familiar

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

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

him was a testament

"Good… good…"

the Prince observed him, the more pleased he

was adequate

strength that impressed him the most; rather, it was the manner in

and he was extremely pleased to

"For now…"

Valling for very long as