Primordial Soul's Rebirth

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.

'All of that went to waste.'

Alex sighed as he read the information tab on the quest.

But then he just shrugged.

'Not like I don't have alternatives, so it's fine.

As for the enemies, well, they can come at me; I welcome enemies.'

[At least now, Ann and Alice would know where you are.]

'Ah…'

Sophia's words caused Alex to smile inadvertently, but it was replaced by the same majestic look within a millisecond, so no one noticed it.

'I guess everything happens for the good…'

Alex chuckled inwardly before he opened his lips, staring at a particular guy, Rohrg Ashenfang.

"You…"

Alex's eyes focused on Rohrg as he called out to him in a low yet commanding voice.

The demon generals' frowns deepened as they followed Alex's line of sight; after all, it was hard to tell who Alex was looking at since the demons were standing in a cluster.

Every single demon that was in Alex's line of sight started panicking, but when they looked into Alex's eyes, they could tell that his eyes were looking toward them for sure, but not at them.

The demon at the front moved a step to the right, and when he found that Alex's eyes hadn't followed him, he sighed in relief.

The other nervous demons also realized the same thing, and slowly, they all started moving out of the way.

The demon generals kept following the process with their focused eyes.

They were standing at the same level as the others, so they couldn't just look through the crowd.

Azaroth and Nyx, on the other hand, were very clear about whom Alex was calling out to.

They were standing on an elevated platform, so it was easy to make out the straight line from Alex's eyes.

They were a bit surprised when they discovered who it was, but they kept quiet because they didn't know what was happening.

*Step**Step**Step*....

One after another, many demons stepped aside, sighing in relief as they found out that they were not the ones being called out.

Yes, it could be a very good opportunity that they were missing; maybe the new demon lord was electing a new general, but it was hard to read Alex's expression, and they still didn't know what kind of person Alex was.

So, their agitation was not uncalled for.

The process went on and on; after all, Rohrg was standing quite back in the crowd.

He wasn't the prince of a kingdom anymore; he was just a boy from a royal family that had now fallen out of grace.

If that was not enough, he was the grandchild of the traitorous general.

'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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