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 good

out of her thoughts, and when she turned her

this your way of comforting

"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

I can't ruin

as she managed

that we're allies, I won't

of her eye, she extended her hand

"…"

Jin stood there blankly, unable to find the right

become

seemed to be the

it the nicotine? Is that what

of thoughts started to cross Jin's mind, and

Perhaps...

the key to defeating all

as plans started to

to get all that nicotine

Rumbe—! Rumble—!

the sudden shaking of the pillar as the world around them started to crumble. As the floating islands around them began

began to fracture, and the island began to rock back and forth in

"What's happening?"

"What's going on?"

both confused and when they looked up, they were shocked to see massive cracks forming all over the

C..Crack…!

cracks,

the cracks became larger, an azure coloured sky became more visible to the two of them, and soon, everything came crashing

Crash—!

a glass breaking, the world around them began to disintegrate, and they saw

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

was one thing they understood, it was that the Pillar of

***

Clank! Clank! Clank!

returned to how it was supposed to be. Clouds

do we

I

"To the next Pillar."

"Just like that?"

anything else that we need

only had one

all of 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

my strength

about those that came out from

drew my attention to the ground, and when I turned to look,

time went on, more and more people emerged into the open, and before long, the entire

it was just the two of us outside. Prince Valling and the other demons weren't

"Hmmm."

those that were coming out, I turned to look toward my left, and it was then that I noticed that there were

this from

I thought about it, apart from killing the leaders, I hadn't dealt with the remaining demons. It wasn't that I didn't want to, but I had no

"Oh wait."

and turned my head to look at Amanda. She looked

"That might work."

"What might work?"

"Here."

didn't answer her and extended my