Darryl's face glowed with confidence. "When we enter the formation, I'm going to form a protective barrier around us with my own strength. However, my fairy soul power is limited. I need you behind me to boost my spiritual strength, got it?"

So that was the case.

Grunt's eyes flashed. He nodded with a smile. "No worries, Prince Consort. I'll give it all I've got.

He spoke those words filled with warmth. However, there was nothing but coldness in Grunt's heart.

'First, you take Princess Dorothy from me and rob her of her innocence, and now you're asking for a spiritual boost? Are you out of your mind?'

Grunt had thought it through. He would pretend to agree, then wait until the timing was right to abandon Darryl and leave him to die in the Blood Sacrifice of Fiends.

Darryl did not sense that Grunt was up to anything. He nodded happily at his approval.

Right after that, Darryl turned toward the soldiers behind him and said, "Wait for orders from Grunt and me. All you have to do i