The Author's POV

Rumble—! Rumble—!

The cosmos began violently trembling, and the nebulae visible in the space above the islands began to warp and enlarge at an accelerated rate.

Everyone within the Pillar became startled at the unexpected development, and they immediately stopped whatever they were doing and looked up. Toward the source of the chaos.

'What's happening?'

The most concerned was Prince Letvia who looked up with a serious expression.

Unlike the others, he was the most familiar with the structure of the pillar, and for it to shake this much, it was obvious that someone was breaching it from the outside.

'How is it possible for someone to be outside? Didn't his majesty…'

A sudden thought crossed the Prince, and his pupils constricted. He quickly shook his head, dispelling such a thought from his mind.

'No, it's impossible. There must be another explanation.'

Perhaps His Majesty had made a mistake…

If that was even possible?

However, the more the Prince contemplated it, the more he came to the conclusion that such a scenario was extremely improbable.

He refused to acknowledge such a scenario.

Rumble—! Rumble—!

The world that was contained within the pillar continued to shake, and Prince Letvia began to feel an increasing amount of unease regarding the unexpected circumstance.

Such nervousness, however, didn't last for very long, as his eyes became sharp moments later. His shoulders quickly relaxed, and power started to course through his body.

'Worst comes, I'll deal with it.'

He looked around him and could feel the power that was coursing through his body. As he did so, his body began to float upward gently, and he looked behind him, where a number of other demons were.

"Follow me; we're going to be greeting a guest."

His voice was soft, but it had a certain tone to it that made the demons behind him unable to refute his words as they floated up and followed him from behind.

Cr…crack!

Not even a second after, his words faded, and the space above cracked.

The crack in the sky began to widen, exposing a blue sky, and light began to pour through it, enveloping everything that was below it.

Shortly after, two figures emerged from behind the azure-colored sky. A hazy black figure and what appeared to be a human woman.

Appearing from behind the crack, they immediately attracted the attention of all those within, and everyone's gaze fell on them.

"Who do we have the honor of meeting?"

Meeting them, Prince Letvia placed his hand over his chest and bowed ever so slightly.

His polite actions attracted the attention of those around him as they turned to look at the two guests with renowned interest.

Even without taking into account the fact that they were able to create a crack in the pillar, the fact that the Prince was treating them with such respect indicated that they were not typical people.

"…"

It was unfortunate that the new party didn't answer as their gaze wandered around the world.

area would come to a sudden standstill as a tangible pressure enveloped

an immense amount of power

'Strange…'

this was happening, the Prince

he noticed was that the human woman was weak. She seems to have the power

he actually felt a threat coming from him, and his expression stiffened at the thought as something crossed his

he appeared

Wouldn't that mean?

no, how is this possible? There's no way His Majesty would be unaware of such an existence… it's simply

himself to dispel such dangerous thoughts from his

I can help you with? Why have you come

Prince wanted to resolve this

immense pressure bearing down on him. He wasn't particularly afraid of the power, but he did want to avoid engaging in combat with such a

"Is this enough?"

figure spoke, and

So...

"Eh?"

he talking to? Enough? What

shadowy figure slowly extended his palm,

"This!"

and his pupils constricted rapidly the moment he caught sight of them as chills ran through his

"How is this possible!?"

what he

several times to ensure that he wasn't hallucinating, and when he realized that what he was seeing

"That… "

raised his head to stare

his majesty allow for someone

Spurt—!

Prince was never able to complete his

through his chest

was horrified by the

"Y..you…"

culprit, he was shocked

"W..why…?"

Prince, the culprit's gaze had never been directed at him but at the

more specifically, the orbs

"That's more than enough."

had happened,

'Traitor!'

was someone who betrayed their own race, and a powerful force started to come out of

far from dead. If he wanted to, he could still

"Stop."

anything, an ancient voice reverberated through the air, and

as golden runes floated through the air and clamped at

"H-huh?"

that the power entrapping him was something he was familiar with. One he'd just recently gotten his hands on, and something he deemed the pinnacle of

"How?"

situation turned once more. Sadly, they were questions

you didn't suffer like the others

head entirely. Prince Letvia wanted to resit, but under the restraint he was under, he was helpless. Given time and without injuries, he would've been able to escape, but alas, the situation made it impossible

"Ehk."

rough hand grasp his face, the Prince's vision grew dark. After that, a certain force within him escaped out of his body and began making its way slowly toward the hand that was grasping his

'No…'

from the grasp, but it was

'It's over.'

at the peak of the