I'm Actually Not Overpowered!

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

The sensible thing to do when faced with a being as powerful 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 had disappointed her.

'Oh, well… it's their loss!'

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

'I'll definitely wait for my chance to strike!' Even if she was kneeling and bowing before the human now, 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 pathetic really, but admirable nonetheless.

However… it was useless.

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

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

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

If I included the Lower Class dregs, that would amount to 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 occurred.

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 right on time…" A sinister voice emerged from the dark crevice that formed in the sky, and a demon sauntered out.

He had large, twisted horns, and his expensive-looking garb evoked royalty.

He had a dangerously purple glint in his eyes, and his pupils were as black as night, making him look like a monster from a nightmare.

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 odds of this battle were slowly flipping, and there was nothing I could do to stop it.

After all…

"So, a great 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 looked shell-shocked 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 a whirring vortex.

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!' My entire body was frozen in fear.

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 harshly to the surviving demons.

I trembled in fear and anxiety. 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, slowly fixed his steely 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 made 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 of the Demon Realm—a Duke in his own right.

In the T.W.T.S.S. Novel, he possessed the second most powerful 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 would face 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. I brought along a few monsters, to make things interesting."

"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 been suspicious when everything seemed to work out too well!'

Nothing was going according to plan… not anymore!