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

an immense amount of power that was out

'Strange…'

was happening, the Prince

was weak. She seems to

Unlike her, he actually felt a threat coming from

he appeared

Wouldn't that mean?

possible? There's no way His Majesty would be unaware of such

to dispel such

help you with? Why

resolve this peacefully. Just standing

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

"Is this enough?"

spoke, and Prince Letvia froze. His words

So...

"Eh?"

talking to? Enough? What was

figure slowly extended his

"This!"

instant, and his pupils constricted rapidly the moment he caught sight of them as

"How is this possible!?"

what he was seeing

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

"That… "

raised his head to stare at the shadowy

is this possible?! How would his

Spurt—!

able to complete

the middle of it, he saw a certain hand piercing through his chest and dark blood dripping

was horrified by

"Y..you…"

head to stare at the culprit, he was shocked

"W..why…?"

had never been directed at him but at the shadowy figure

the orbs in his

"That's more than enough."

the Prince understood what had happened, and his

'Traitor!'

demons hated more than anything, it was someone who betrayed their

have been injured, but he was far from dead.

"Stop."

even think of doing anything, an ancient voice reverberated through the air, and

middle of nowhere as golden runes floated through the air and clamped at his

"H-huh?"

was something he was familiar with. One he'd just recently gotten his hands on, and something he deemed

"How?"

as the situation turned once more. Sadly, they were questions he'd never get to know the

glad that you didn't suffer like the

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,

"Ehk."

grew dark. After that, a certain force within him escaped out of

'No…'

away from the grasp, but it was

'It's over.'

who stood at the peak of the