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—!

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

core, the demon's face changed drastically, but

Cr…Crack!

shattered into thousands of pieces, and the demon's body dissolved

"Huu."

powerful demon, Jin took a

isn't easy to

but easy. Nearly half of his mana was

was still a lot of work

Gulp—!

melted against the

***

Sloth Clan was Prince Letvia. He was a demon with long pinkish hair—a trait belonging to the higher demons within the clan—and his features were extremely pleasant to

several demons. All of whom were

It looks like we've found

his gaze falling on a certain human boy with short blond hair and deep green eyes in the middle of the battlefield

other demons and

was, without a doubt,

me want to take

his lips and

secret, but the demons weren't exactly going

goal was to win the war, they had another

many as they possibly

This order…

Majesty desired. He insisted that they make an

demons were confused by the order,

His

the

his gaze, and all they could do

you suggest we do with the little human?

take a look at the Prince-ranked demons that were still present. There were more than a dozen

very beginning, one that consisted of choosing a certain target

that letting such

if there was a conflict with

good cannon fodder or perhaps even

the demons, he

"Are you interested?"

"…I indeed am."

demon answered, his voice sounding extremely calm. Such behavior pleased

"What's your name?"

"Valling."

forward a couple of steps and stopping right in front

"Valling is it?"

him, and he seemed to be rather talented. His age and the

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

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 and how

demons on a daily basis, only the most

was a testament to how well

"Good… good…"

the more

was adequate and

him the most; rather,

extremely pleased to know that

"For now…"

over Valling for very long as he returned his gaze to stare at the battlefield