Alex didn't want his coronation to be broadcasted live.
"But it is such a big event."
"How can we not do it?"
"Why?"
That decision, however, became a matter of concern for the demon generals.
As said before, demons were respectful towards strength and authority, and Alex, with strength enough to gain respect, needed to show them his authority.
Everyone in the world should know who the demon lord is so that no one would even dare offend him.
The demons were a reckless bunch, so it was possible that the moment Alex left the imperial palace, a demon would try to show their authority to him.
The case would be solved in the end since there would be many people who knew who Alex was by then, but the fact that any random hobo tried to show authority to the one sitting on top of it was very shameful for the face of the demon empire.
The demon generals didn't want to see that happen.
Alex, on the other hand, turned toward Valerius, who asked him the reason for this decision, ignoring Malak and Morvan's questions.
Well, it was not really a question; they were just muttering to themselves, so it was not that Alex was intentionally ignoring them.
"I don't know about the previous demon lords, but I want to live my life and enjoy it at the same time."
Alex began, glancing at Valerius, Morvan, and Malak simultaneously.
Nyx was there as well, but he was ignored by Alex, causing him to frown.
"What does-"
Morvan was about to ask: 'What does it have to do with the broadcast?', but Alex simply raised his hand, causing her to swallow her question.
"If I were to do like you guys are asking me to, I wouldn't be able to enjoy a simple life anymore.
No matter where I go after that, I will be seen as a demon lord, not some random guy enjoying his life."
Alex added, but before the demon generals could let out a word, he continued.
"I know that you guys would say that there's an alternative, but did you guys ever ponder the fact that our enemy, which, literally, is the whole world, would know who I am as well?"
Alex questioned with his palm clasped under his chin, his elbow resting on the table in front of him.
This question silenced the demon generals.
They never thought about it from that perspective.
They weren't unaware of the spies in their empire; no one was.
Every empire has a spy among them; you can never eliminate all of them, and even if you did, more would come to fill their places.
So broadcasting the coronation ceremony meant showing your face and demeanor to an enemy, which was enough for the stronger ones to make out what kind of person you were and how strong you could be.
In the end, the demon generals agreed to Alex's proposal about not doing a live broadcast.
'Let's just go with the flow...'
Rohrg, who could feel the gaze of Alex on his body, observing every single move in his muscles, muttered inwardly.
He didn't even look up at Alex's eyes...
*Step*
He just stepped aside like the other demons were doing.
"....."
But for 3 whole seconds, no sound was heard—no steps, no sigh of relief, and no murmur that had been going on in the crowd.
Rohrg tried to stay as calm as he could and looked up into Alex's haunting red eyes, which were staring right into his eyes.
*Shiver*
His body shivered involuntarily as he felt like his soul was being pierced by those two cold eyes.
"Me?"
He let out a voice filled with uncertainty.
He already knew it was him, and so did the ones around him, yet he questioned.
Alex, however, just stared at him without looking away.
The atmosphere slowly got heavier.
Just the grandeur and majesty Alex was emanating was enough to pressure anyone who looked at him, so his gaze, being focused on one guy, would, of course, cause the pressure to multiply.
No one knew what was going to happen or what the reason was for Alex calling out to Rohrg, but they waited with batted breaths—they waited for Alex to continue.
No one spoke a word until Alex finally opened his lips.
"Yes, you.
Step forward."
Alex commanded, and although hesitant, Rohrg still walked out of the crowd.
The demon generals had a sharp glint pass through their eyes when they saw who it was.
'Ashenfang....' X3
Nyx and Azaroth already knew who it was, so they kept staring at the same guy.
But strangely, the eyes of the four demon generals, the demon ancestor, and the demon lord, along with the gaze of the entire higher-ups of the demon empire—something that would be enough to crush an A-ranker to death—weren't enough to cause the grandchild of the traitorous general to break.
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