The Author's POV

Rumble—! Rumble—!

Everything started to crumble the moment Prince Letvia was defeated. The scene didn't go unnoticed by those beneath, as almost everyone was able to catch a glimpse of what had happened.

"D..did we…"

"The Prince?"

It had all happened so fast that the demons beneath were unable to understand what had happened completely.

"You traitor!"

A scream suddenly spread across the sky.

"Bastard!"

"How dare you betray our race!"

It was only after they heard an enraged shout in the air that they snapped out of it and focused their attention on a particular demon with long pink hair.

It was none other than Prince Valling who took the scorn and hatred of the demons with a calm expression. Such expressions were the norm for him.

There wasn't much that could unsettle someone like him.

Beside him was the same hazy figure that killed Prince Letvia.

Underneath, on the main floating island, Jin tore his gaze away from Ren and looked to his right, where a demoness he was all too familiar with appeared.

She was looking at the scene above with an incomparably serious expression.

"Are you sure about your decision?"

"Mhm."

Priscilla nodded her head, tearing her gaze away from the scene and shifting her attention to Jin.

"It certainly wasn't easy, but…"

A bitter smile spread across her features.

"…We didn't have much of a choice."

Thinking back at what had happened a while ago, she could only bitterly shake her head. It truly was… not much of a choice from their end.

Aside from what had happened with them in Ka Mankhut, their positions were awfully obvious within the Sloth clan, and while they didn't dislike their position, they still wanted more.

They were ambitious and had always dreamed of reaching a higher position.

Since a chance presented itself, they chose to take it.

They were not so foolish as to take the risk without first having some evidence to show them that it was a risk that would be worth taking.

It was for this very reason that they had demanded that the human show proof before coming to the decision to join his side.

The two cores belonging to the Pillar Masters… That was enough proof for them to take the gamble and join his side.

'Now then…'

She secretly sighed to herself, staring once again at the shadowy figure in the sky.

'…We've placed our bets. We can now only hope that our gamble pays off.'

a

out of her thoughts, and when she

Is this your way

"No? Why would I?"

took a step back, seemingly almost disgusted by her comment. For a moment, Priscilla thought about all sorts of things, many of which weren't very nice, but she

I can't ruin our

as she managed to get

allies, I won't do anything to you,

at him from the corner of her eye, she extended her hand and opened up her palm. Moving her

"…"

Jin stood there blankly, unable to find the

she become an

to be the

nicotine? Is that what it

to cross Jin's mind, and

Perhaps...

was the key to defeating all of

thoughts crossed Jin's mind as plans started

going to get all that

Rumbe—! Rumble—!

as the world around them started to crumble. As the floating islands around them began to collapse, water began

ground beneath them began to fracture, and the island began to rock back

"What's happening?"

"What's going on?"

shocked to see massive cracks forming

C..Crack…!

cracks, light filtered

became more visible to the two of them, and

Crash—!

was reminiscent of a glass breaking, the world around them began to disintegrate, and

on the island, suddenly lightened, and the two of them felt their bodies disappear into

what was going on, if there was one thing

***

Clank! Clank! Clank!

and returned to how it was supposed to be. Clouds littered the sky, and light filtered through from the sun

do we do

voice that brought me out of my thoughts, and I pondered for a moment

"To the next Pillar."

"Just like that?"

else that we

had

the pillars and absorb all of the Akashic Laws from the demons. It wasn't an easy task, but having already dealt with three of the Pillars,

my strength was

those that came out from the

to look, I saw a number of residual

before long, the entire region was teeming with demonic beings as well as people

Valling and the other

"Hmmm."

I turned to look toward my left, and it was then that I

from the other

dealt with the remaining demons. It wasn't that I

"Oh wait."

that I realized something and turned my head to look

"That might work."

"What might work?"

"Here."

and extended my hand