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Nyx, however, stayed silent.

He didn\'t have a reply since that was the truth.

"All I said was for you to send the best subordinate of yours to kill a sleeping SSS-ranker, yet he failed. Why?"

Alex\'s right elbow was placed on the armrest of the throne, supporting his chin that was resting on his right palm.

*Tap**Tap**Tap*...

His body was relaxed on the throne, while the fingers of his other hand kept tapping on the left armrest of the throne.

His eyes were half open, but the coldness within them was enough to send a shiver down the spine of anyone who looked into them.

His aura of a great emperor was not there anymore; all that was left was a cold and unforgiving aura.Nôv(el)B\\\\jnn

If someone were to look at him right now, then for sure, the first thought that would come into their mind would be, \'evil emperor\'.

In the throne room, Alex was sitting on the throne while Azaroth stood by his left side.

The other three demon generals were not here right now since each of them was given a separate task by Alex.

They didn\'t know what task the other had, but they were still doing whatever task they were asked for with utmost seriousness.

It was not without a reason, though.

Demon generals wouldn\'t move themselves if not for the fact that Alex had offered them a really enticing deal.

What was the deal?

Well, we will know in time.

But one person was missing…

Where was Luna??

To answer that question, she was breaking through the epic rank right now.

Another reason why Alex\'s mana seemed to be rilled up was because Luna was sitting in a space pocket made by him, and in that space pocket, Alex was continuously replenishing her mana by sending his mana into her body.

All of that took a lot of effort.

But why the hurry?

Wouldn\'t it be fine if Alex were to give her time and let her do it when he could give all of his attention to her?

There were two reasons for that.

First, Alex didn\'t like the fact that Luna was weak enough to not even put up a fight against the high-ranking nobles.

Second, the reward that he obtained from the quest of being crowned as a demon lord—the one that he specifically wanted for Luna—couldn\'t be used to its full potential until the user was an epic-ranker.

So, he let her get herself to epic rank as fast as possible.

It was going to take her around 5–6 hours, and for that period, Alex would be sitting here with Azaroth, guarding her with all they had.

For now, however, his eyes stared at Nyx coldly, waiting for an answer.

He had already expected this to happen, but he wanted to know why it was happening or what came in the way.

"His maternal grandfather, Grum Infurnis, somehow happened to be strolling in that area, my lord."

Nyx, after contemplating for a while and coming up with the best words possible, replied to Alex.

\'This shitty plot armor...\'

Alex growled inwardly, frowning even though he had already expected this outcome.

He knew how strong this plot armor for the protagonists could be from some nonsensical novels and mangas, but still, he couldn\'t stop himself from getting annoyed.

*Inhale**Exhale*

But recalling Luna\'s situation, Alex quickly calmed down.

He couldn\'t move his focus too much away from Luna; although Alex was strong and had better control over his mana now, it still took a considerable amount of his focus to help Luna out.

That, however, just calmed him down a bit, he still wasn\'t done with his questioning.

"And your \'best\' subordinate lost to a retired king?"

*Boom*

More pressure was released from his body, causing Nyx\'s head to bow deeper and deeper, automatically.

But Nyx wasn\'t the one to break under pressure; he was a demon general, after all, so he quickly replied.

"They had grouped up on him."

His fast reply caused Alex\'s eyes to sharpen before he questioned again.

"Are all of your \'best\' subordinates the same as him?

Do they not even know that an assassin is never supposed to fight against a group of people in public?"

Alex\'s question again paused Nyx, and the guy, Nyx, just lowered his head.

He knew that it was his subordinate\'s fault, and it was a mistake on his side that he got killed, but there was one more thing that he had yet to tell Alex, and now he was concerned as to what his reaction would be.

\'I hate it!\'

He hated how he had to bow his head for every little thing, that too in front of a guy he didn\'t like much, but what could he do other than be internally frustrated?

Alex was the demon lord—one that had the demon ancestor supporting him.

Even if Nyx didn\'t like it, all he could do was suck it up.

Actually, Nyx was just irritated about the fact that his subordinate had failed to complete a single task given to him even though he was provided with a period of two days to execute his plan.

\'Just how could a legendary ranker not even run away from another bunch of legendary rankers?!\'

Nyx roared inwardly, clenching his fist. How did a guy who had always been the best assassin make such a rookie mistake?

How could Nyx have known that it was not actually the guy\'s fault? It was just that the one he was against had a really broken power protecting him.

The one he was ordered to kill was the only protagonist that Alex had met till now, Rohrg Ashenfang.

It might feel like Alex was going back on his words right now, but he wasn\'t.

All Alex said was that he wouldn\'t kill Rohrg himself, and he was doing just that.

The demon generals and the ancestor did raise a brow at it, but neither of them said anything.

"I did promise that I wouldn\'t kill him, so I won\'t.

But the same couldn\'t be said for you guys."

Alex, who knew that the demons didn\'t really have a problem, still shrugged and told them that he wasn\'t going back on his words.

He didn\'t want his image to be spoilt, and he didn\'t want himself to be known as the lie-spouting emperor.

Yes, he didn\'t care about what others thought, but if he were to get a title like that, then even the system would show it.

And looking at a title like that was not really the thing Alex would want to see.

"Answer me."

Alex demanded Nyx; his voice sounded more like a suppressed growl.

"I don\'t know what happened, my lord...

He had never failed a mission until now."

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Nyx was now crying in frustration.

Yes, he wanted the reward that Alex had offered as well, but he didn\'t even know this would happen!

Why was he even getting blamed for it?

"Sigh…"

But then a sigh was heard, and Alex, who was resting his chin on his palm, now had his forehead resting on the palm.

It wasn\'t that he really blamed Nyx; he knew that this was what would happen.

The plot armor would try to save the protagonist until the one coming for the protagonist was strong enough to break that plot armor.

But Alex needed to show that he was angry at Nyx; however, even though he was pretending to be angry, that had to be limited as well; he shouldn\'t be too hard on his subordinates.

That would just have worse results.

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