Chapter 163 The Final Boss Appears!

'Idiots. They're all idiots!' Jez thought to herself as she glanced at her unyielding colleagues.

The sensible thing to do when faced with an existence as overwhelming as this was to simply forfeit.

'He's giving us a chance to surrender... at least take it!'

The pale Demon had thought Heshu, at the very least, would be sensible enough to think things through. Even Pierrus disappointed her.

'Oh, well... it's their loss!'

Her goal was to simply wait until the perfect opportunity to slit their aggressor's throat personally. There was no way she could tolerate being a human's subordinate—no matter how much power he displayed.

'At least, I'll wait for my chance to strike!' Even if she was kneeling and bowing before the human, she would be having the final laugh!

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"Someone has to set an example for the few brave ones among the soldiers who refused to surrender, right? I might as well take on that role."

Heshu grinned lightly. His other stubborn colleagues who refused to give in—Pierrus and Kiko—stood beside him.

The Demons who chose to be defiant lined up behind them.

Obviously, they were meant to be some sort of resistance—despite how paltry. It was a meaningless resort, but admirable nonetheless.

However... it was useless.

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'Welp, I wasn't expecting this... not like it matters, though.'

In the end, I was still going to use [Domination] on all of them, so... it made no difference to me.

'Ah, seems I leveled up. I'm in Level 190 now. Yay...' A grin formed on my face.

That's right... happiness coursed through my body.

Everything had gone superbly well, after all. The number of potential soldiers—Mid-Demons alone—I was currently looking at numbered at least two hundred.

If I added the Lower Class dregs, I counted over two thousand in total.

It was an absolute steal!

'Time to wrap this up. First, to dominate the—'

>WHHHHHUUUUUUMMMMMMMMM<

All of a sudden, before I could complete my thoughts, the most unexpected thing occured.

A massive spatial distortion appeared in the sky, a small distance from me and the Demons. Slowly, what seemed like a Black Hole opened. It started out little, until it turned massive.

It looked big enough that entire houses could fit into them, yet the black hole kept getting bigger.

Purple sparks swirled from within it, and I could sense extremely dangerous amounts of energy.

The bad news was... it was Miasma!

"It seems I'm not too late..." A malevolent voice emerged from the dark crevice that formed in the sky, and a Demon proceeded out.

He had large, twisted horns, and his expensive-looking garb connoted that of royalty.

He had a dangerously purple gleam in his eyes, and darkness covered the usual whites one could find in regular folks.

This was a Demon!

However...

'N-no way! My God...!'

... It wasn't any ordinary Demon.

Every ounce of confidence I had built slowly started to crumble as my body shuddered. The reality of the situation was slowly flipping, and there was nothing I could do to stop it.

After all...

"So, a good deal of you surrendered already. How disappointing. Yet you call yourselves Demons?"

His gaze wasn't even on me, but rather the lower life forms that existed underneath him.

"W-we can explain!"

"I-I was trying to buy time!"

"I-I was going to kill him later!"

"L-Lord Vale—"

"How unsightly... begone."

With a snap of his fingers, dark ruptures appeared on the faces of every single person who surrendered, sucking their heads off in an instant.

Blood splattered as their bodies fell in a heavy thud.

Just like that... all of the Demons who surrendered met their end.

'N-no... this is bad. This is really bad!' I could hardly move due to the pressure.

Within my thoughts were multiple questions and alternatives—all of which seemed to be dead ends.

"Do not think you will get off easy because I spared your lives. I believe my command was to win or die trying. The fact that your worthless lives remain shows how disobedient you are." The Demon spoke to the surviving Demons.

I trembled in fear and utter suspense. Was he going to kill them too?

Knowing this character's personality, he was very much capable of such.

"Your punishments will come after I'm done here."

Apparently, he wasn't going to dispose of them. However, with that came a different problem.

The noble-like Demon now slowly fixed his gaze on me.

It was absolutely terrifying!

"To think a mere human caused this much chaos. You tamed those monsters and made those Golems? Interesting..." He rubbed his goatee and gave an amused expression.

It only served to terrify me more.

"My name is Valefor, human. I do not require your name since you'll be meeting your end right here and now." A malevolent aura emanated from him, giving every word he uttered the weight of authority.

'Oh, I know who you are, Valefor...'

He was one of the Lords in the Demon Realm—a Duke in his own right.

In the T.W.T.S.S. Novel, he possessed the second most powerful kind of rank among the Demons—the first being the title of Demon King!

'He's known to be ruthless, manipulative, and greedy... not to talk of incredibly strong.'

To think the first Upper Class Demon I ever ever saw in this world would be a Demon Lord!

"Since this is a battle, I hope you don't mind me inviting a small portion of my army as well..." Demon Lord Valefor's condescending tone brought me back to reality.

His words shook me to my core.

'N-no way. Please, no...'

He wasn't going to do it, was he? The massive portal behind him was still open, and I could sense the energy within it rising at an abnormal rate.

"... You know, to make things fair."

This was bad! This was really bad!

"I hope your army below can withstand them... a few of the monsters I brought along."

"N—no wa—!!!"

"ROOOOOAAAAAAARRRRR!!!"

Before I could even react, multiple beasts surged from the black hole, swooping to the ground as they began their spree of havoc.

It instantly dawned on me that I had been wrong all along.

'I should have known as much when everything seemed to work out too well!'

Nothing was going according to plan... not anymore!