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 turned her head, her gaze fell on

this your way of comforting

"No? Why would I?"

moment, Priscilla thought about all sorts of things, many of which weren't very nice, but she managed to hold herself

of sticks… I can't ruin our

long as she managed to get those

the premise that we're allies, I won't

she extended her hand and opened

"…"

her hand, Jin stood there blankly, unable to find

she become

to

the nicotine? Is that what

all sorts of thoughts started to cross Jin's mind, and silence reigned over the area

Perhaps...

to

mind as plans started to formulate in

where am I going to

Rumbe—! Rumble—!

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

began to rock back and forth in the space

"What's happening?"

"What's going on?"

and when they looked up, they were shocked to see massive

C..Crack…!

cracks,

became larger, an azure coloured sky became more visible to the two of them,

Crash—!

reminiscent of a glass breaking, the world

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

they weren't completely aware of what was going on, if there was

***

Clank! Clank! Clank!

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

we do

was Amanda's voice that brought me out of my thoughts, and I pondered for a moment

"To the next Pillar."

"Just like that?"

anything else that

had

an easy task, but having already dealt with three of the Pillars, things were

my strength

those that came out from

and when I turned to look, I saw a number of residual pocket

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

Valling and the other demons weren't

"Hmmm."

it was

this from

the remaining demons. It wasn't that I didn't want to,

"Oh wait."

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

"That might work."

"What might work?"

"Here."

her and extended my hand toward