The Author's POV

"Shit...what's going on?"

Recovering from my daze, I quickly drew my sword and calmly looked towards my surroundings.

I needed to remain calm. I couldn't let my emotions get the best of me like in the past.

"Huuu..."

Exhaling, I tried to analyze what was going on. Currently, Kevin and I were trapped inside of a dimensional space with no idea about who was targeting us. Moreover...

...This wasn't something that was supposed to happen in the novel.

Once again, reality and the plot were distorted.

What was even more unsettling was the fact that this happened despite the fact that no one knew that Kevin and I were going to the Clayton ridge.

...someone must've tailed us. But who?

The first name that came up in my mind was of course Gilbert, someone with who Kevin just recently got into conflict...but I quickly discarded such a notion.

Gilbert was currently under strict watch from certain professors. Therefore, any move he made was extremely risky. If someone found Kevin dead, the first person people would look towards would be Gilbert...and he knew that. Hence why it couldn't be him.

...if it wasn't him then who? Micheal Parker?

"Ghhh..."

The more I thought about it, the more I couldn't help but be confused as the frown on my face deepened.

'Just what in the world is going on?'

-Vuaaaam!

Glaring towards one of the houses in the distance, Kevin pointed his sword in that direction as a red hue enveloped the body of his sword. Thereafter, he shouted

"Get out, I know you're hiding there"

"kekeke, guess you found us out"

Chuckling, a black humanoid creature with two horns on his head and bat-like wings showed up from behind one of the houses.

"Demon!"

Noticing the identity of the creature that came out, Kevin's whole demenour changed. His body shook as veins appeared all over his face. The red hue around him intensified uncontrollably.

"I-ll kill you all!"

"Oy calm down!"

Noticing Kevin's unstable mind, I quickly headed in his direction in hopes of calming him down.

Kevin's state wasn't good.

His hatred towards demons was on another level, as his mind right now was clouded with nothing but rage. If he didn't get a hold of himself now, things could get quite messy.

However, just as I thought Kevin was about to explode, stopping me with his hand, Kevin took a deep breath and said

"Fuuuu...I'm okay"

Shortly after he said that the red hue around his body stabilized.

"Are you sure?"

Nodding his head, Kevin's demenour turned incomparably serious as he looked at the demon in the air.

"Yeah...moreover we have a bigger problem to deal with"

-Fwaaa -Fwaaa -Fwaaa

As soon as Kevin finished speaking as if on cue, appearing from nowhere, multiple black humanoid-like creatures with bat wings and horns on their head appeared in the surroundings.

A twisted malicious smile appeared on each of their faces as they looked down on the both of us like a ripe fruit ready for the taking.

"Who sent you?"

Standing his ground, unfazed by the demons that had just shown up, Kevin's cold and emotionless voice resounded across the area.

"Who sent us..?"

at each other, the demons in the

must we

prey, what right do you have to ask

stand there quietly and

air. There were about fifteen of them, moreover, from what Kevin could tell from judging the fluctuations they released most of them seemed to be

"Huuuu...very well"

hue around his body shot up like

-Vuuuuam!

me...but, you'll regret coming after me. Especially not after

demons didn't even flinch. Chuckling, the foremost demon, the first to have shown up, and the one that seemed to

quite popular among us demons...but unfortunately for you, you're

he turned his head in my

"Hm? Me?"

eyes wide, I couldn't help but

the demons turned their attention towards

be

of the demons directly called my name and as if a thunderclap had descended, my mind instantly

What?

who I was? Were they really after

couldn't help

recall provoking demons

my mind raced as

the

did interact

Not once, but twice.

back in the dungeon, and one

started to click. If it was indeed like I thought it was, then it was either the Matriarch or Everblood

was. Who of the

demon, the one that seemed to be the leader of the pack cruelly smiled as

we were originally targeting the kid called Ren, now that we have seen you, Kevin Voss...you may

are you perhaps interested in making a contract with us? If you say the word we can make one

and looked at me.

the front, you cover me from

I

"Alright..."

-Fwap!

you ignore

demons flapped his wings. Thereafter, like a bullet, his

"Attack!"

-Fwap! -Fwap! -Fwap!

another, more and more demons shot down towards where Kevin and

"Watch out!"

the demons dive towards us, moving backward I proceeded

-Vooom! -Vooom!

the fifth circle in the air, revolving around me, five circles quickly

"Ready!"

-Booom!

the air as

"Huuup!"

of the demons, Kevin quickly

-Spurt!

sword forward, as if he was cutting through butter, one of

"What!"

him in shock. Ignoring their shock, Kevin looked towards me as he

"Ren!"

"On it!"

-Swooosh!

stepped on one of them and proceeded to acrobatically move in the air. With every step he

-Spurt! -Spurt!

one of the demons couldn't help but turn their attention towards me. Thereafter, extending his sharp claws

"I'll kill you!"

beneath his feet, I soon noticed a demon quickly heading in my direction. Shaking my head, I proceeded to ignore him and kept moving the

the price

demon appeared right before me. As his sharp nails neared my face, the demon couldn't

"Die!"

-Click!

nails were about to dig into my neck, a clicking sound resounded the area I was in and the demon froze in mid-air. Opening his

supposed to be