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.

standstill as a tangible pressure enveloped the area. If it

figure was, they carried an immense amount of

'Strange…'

was happening, the Prince was

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

figure. Unlike her, he actually felt a threat

appeared from

Wouldn't that mean?

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

once again forced himself to dispel such dangerous

there anything that I can help you with? Why have

wanted to resolve this peacefully.

afraid of the power, but he did want to avoid engaging in combat with such a powerful adversary if

"Is this enough?"

and Prince Letvia froze.

So...

"Eh?"

to?

shadowy figure slowly extended his palm, and two orbs appeared in

"This!"

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

"How is this possible!?"

he was

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

"That… "

his head to stare at

this possible?! How would his majesty allow for

Spurt—!

never able to

hand piercing through his

horrified

"Y..you…"

culprit, he was shocked to see that the one responsible was someone

"W..why…?"

bad for the Prince, the culprit's gaze had never been directed at him but at the shadowy figure that stood in the

specifically, the orbs in his

"That's more than enough."

understood what had happened, and his entire expression

'Traitor!'

demons hated more than anything, it was someone who betrayed

dead. If he wanted to, he could still drag

"Stop."

an ancient voice

the middle of nowhere as golden runes floated

"H-huh?"

to move, the Prince was shocked to realize that the power entrapping him was something he was familiar with. One he'd just recently gotten his hands on,

"How?"

situation turned once more. Sadly, they were questions he'd never get

that you didn't suffer like

he was helpless. Given time

"Ehk."

certain force within him escaped out of his body and began making its

'No…'

scream. Get away from the grasp, but

'It's over.'

had he imagined that he, who stood at the peak of the