“What?” the specter couldn’t help but bark out in question.0

This wasn’t Babel or Pandemonium. This place wasn’t even in Helmuth. So what was the Demon King of Incarceration doing here?3

Until just now, the specter had been heading to Nahama. He was flying over a desert in the middle of nowhere. After first crossing this desert, he intended to figure out his approximate location, then head straight to where Amelia Merwin was.0

Amelia Merwin was sure to be startled by his sudden appearance and might even scream. So, after giving her a tight slap on the cheek… the specter intended to kill the Sultan.1

This was because he felt like the Sultan was no longer necessary.3

Nahama’s defeat in this coming war was already assured. The specter himself was also hoping for Nahama’s defeat. He had no intention of granting the Sultan the glory that the man so wished for. Since the Sultan was only meant to be used as a puppet, in any case, after killing the Sultan… the specter was considering disguising himself as the Sultan.5

But what was this? Why had the Demon King of Incarceration suddenly appeared out of nowhere? The specter turned to look around him, utterly unable to understand what was happening.0

The sky around him was dark. There wasn’t a speck of light, but the figure of the Demon King was clearly visible. It was as if a picture had been drawn in a different color on top of a sheet of black paper.1

The specter knew what this strange world was. This was the palace of the Demon King of Incarceration, which was usually located on the ninety-first floor of Babel. It was also the place the specter had barged into just a month ago.3

“This is my palace,” the Demon King of Incarceration, who was standing in the sky, confirmed with a smile. “...Although it might be called that, I don’t really think of it as a palace.”7

The specter couldn’t understand what the Demon King meant by those words and that smile of his. This was partly because the Demon King of Incarceration he was currently facing seemed to be very different from the last time they had met. For one thing, he appeared genuinely...0