In the wide open sky, the corner of Michail's eye seemed to catch something shiny. He looked over and saw... a magic sphere on the ground?

No, it should be some kind of barrier or shield, right?

When Michail saw the human girl kneeling inside, he was slightly taken aback.

It had been a long time since he had seen such an elegant human girl. She looked... like a princess?

The blonde girl knelt on the ground, as if in prayer, and her delicate armor covered most of her skin. You could faintly see the luxurious skirt hidden beneath the armor.

Michail's long-submerged human emotions emerged slightly, instinctively desiring to interact with the golden-haired human.

At the very least, he wanted to ask about the situation in this otherworld...

Finding sufficient reason for himself, Michail controlled the surrounding air currents and moved towards the girl.

To avoid making the human girl wary, Michail concealed his only difference from humans, his crimson eyes.

Countless lines of dialogue, conversations with humans, they were all things from ten thousand years ago.

He cleared his throat, and it couldn't be denied that Michail was still slightly nervous at this moment.

Michail landed on his feet and stood in front of the human girl. "Excuse me..." he thought, using polite language for now, "Where is this... exactly?"

Instead of a boulder, Ariel was surprised to hear a strange voice.

What met her eyes was a man with black hair and black eyes, or rather, he looked more like a boy?

Ariel didn't think too much about it and answered truthfully, "This is the border between the Onti Kingdom and the Ace Federation... Did you... get lost?"

It's not possible to get lost and end up on a battlefield, right?!

"Princess Ariel!" Zera took a step forward and protected Princess Ariel behind him. "I saw him floating down from the sky, be careful, he might be an assassin sent by Lyon!"

Michail twitched his mouth, feeling helpless at being viewed as an assassin. Have you ever seen an assassin float down from the sky in broad daylight?

"Are you from Lyon?" Ariel didn't act rashly, she stood up from the ground and stared straight at the stranger.

"No, I'm from... a place far away. I'm a traveler," Michail replied.

Ariel looked at him suspiciously. Although this person's speech was full of loopholes, his eyes told Ariel that he wasn't lying.

If we're talking about lying, that would be the expertise of demons, and Demon King Michail naturally could achieve perfection in that.

"Do you know magic? Is it wind magic?" Ariel asked.

"Yes, I've learned a little bit of wind magic. Just enough to fly around in mid-air, I apologize for the clumsiness," Michail could tell from the fluctuations of his magic that the princess's mage guard was slightly stronger. It's normal for a human to be accompanied by a mage and be called a sorcerer.

Michail guessed correctly. The doubt in Ariel's eyes vanished.

Ariel's trust didn't mean that Zera would also believe. Zera sneered, "And that black cloud that appeared with you, do you know what it is?"

"Oh, that's my...," Michail said, then his tone suddenly took a 180-degree turn, "that should be a storm cloud." Michail said nonchalantly.

Well, if he directly said it's from hell or something, it would scare them.

"I felt it was going to rain in this area while flying just now, but even though this storm cloud has gathered for so long, it still hasn't rained. It will probably dissipate in a while," Michail added to avoid suspicion.

After saying that, a hint of crimson appeared in his eyes, invisible to others. He secretly used magic to manipulate the demonic cloud above to move away from this place.

Before anyone could respond, a sound of breaking through the air came from above.

Another ignited boulder was thrown down, and Michail prepared to catch it.

The previously generated magic shield had already expired, and Zera couldn't separate Princess Ariel and this stranger in time. He pushed the two away, used magic to cover himself for a simple defense, and relied on his own physical body to catch the huge stone.Zera, the greatly respected Archmage, finally succumbed to the blow. Unlike most people, he didn't turn into a pile of flesh, but the giant stone had left him crippled. His lower body was crushed by the rock, and Zera's eyes dulled while blood and flesh were mangled below his waist.

"Zera!!" Ariel cried out in shock and rushed towards the injured Zera.

Michail grabbed hold of Ariel, instinctively not wanting the girl to come into contact with the pool of blood and flesh. As the soul of a human, it seemed he had an innate aversion to it. The scent of the girl's light fragrance permeated his senses, stirring something long dormant within him. For too long, he hadn't seen a living human girl.

But now wasn't the time to indulge in such thoughts. The scene before him was one of bloody tragedy. Michail's face contorted in grief, although all those expressions were merely feigned.

This Archmage couldn't be saved. Michail sighed inwardly, realizing that he had only been in this new world for half an hour, and he was already confronted with such a bloody scene.

Ariel sobbed, her breathing becoming erratic, muttering Zera's name.

Sighing, Michail decided to extend his help. Perhaps it was due to the girl's emotions, but the first Grand Sorcerer of the Kalam continent, the Great Demon Lord, was willing to use his powers to save this human.

His index finger gently slid a few times, and magical elements converged towards Zera, repairing the ruptured blood vessels and temporarily stopping the bleeding.

Michail no longer cared about what those green monstrosities were or whether the creatures were enemies. Anyone with a brain could discern the current situation.

Since he was already here, it wouldn't hurt to lend a helping hand to this princess, especially since he intended to ask her for information about this world.

Connecting with telepathy magic, countless neural pathways appeared in Michail's mind, and he chose the person he wanted to contact.

『Leny.』

『The Demon King, please give your command.』

『Are you in Hell?』

『Yes, we await the King's command. Does the King wish to conquer this world or destroy it?』

Michail chose to disregard Leny's second half of the sentence. It seemed he needed to teach his subordinates a lesson – this new world was for protection, not conquest, in this situation.

『On top of the mountain beneath the clouds, did you see the green creatures?』

『Is the King referring to those weak green insects?』

『Kill them and their manipulators.』

『Understood.』

Six jet-black wings unfurled in the ninth layer of Hell, and a faint smile appeared on Leny's young face.

For Leny, receiving orders to kill filled him with an irresistible excitement.