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

thoughts, and when she turned her head,

this your way

"No? Why would I?"

thought about all sorts of things, many of which weren't very nice, but she managed

of sticks… I

long as she managed

allies, I won't do anything to

from the corner of her eye, she extended her hand

"…"

to find the right words to

become

seemed to

Is

thoughts started to cross Jin's mind,

Perhaps...

to defeating all of the

thoughts crossed Jin's mind as plans started to formulate

I going to get

Rumbe—! Rumble—!

them started to crumble. As the floating islands around them

beneath them began to fracture, and the island began to

"What's happening?"

"What's going on?"

Priscilla were both confused and when they looked up, they were shocked

C..Crack…!

the cracks, light

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

Crash—!

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

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

was going on, if there was one thing they understood, it was

***

Clank! Clank! Clank!

to how it was supposed to be. Clouds littered the sky, and

we do

was Amanda's voice that brought me out of my thoughts, and I pondered for a moment before shifting my focus toward the

"To the next Pillar."

"Just like that?"

there anything else that we

had

the demons. It wasn't an easy task, but having already dealt with

since my strength was

about those that came out

my attention to the ground, and when I turned to look, I saw a number of residual pocket

more and more people emerged into the open, and before long, the entire region was teeming with demonic beings as

Prince Valling and the other demons weren't out, but I knew that they'd be out soon

"Hmmm."

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

from the

the leaders, I hadn't dealt with the remaining demons. It wasn't that I didn't want to,

"Oh wait."

that moment that I realized something and turned my head to look at Amanda. She

"That might work."

"What might work?"

"Here."

her and extended my hand toward