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..?"

in the air merely laughed at

must we

what right do you have to ask

there quietly and

about fifteen of them, moreover, from what Kevin could tell from judging the fluctuations they

"Huuuu...very well"

hue around his body shot up like a comet falling in the sky. Thereafter, he fully

-Vuuuuam!

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

Kevin's pressure, the demons didn't even flinch. Chuckling, the foremost demon, the first to have shown up, and the one that seemed to be the leader of the group, slowly caressed his chin

popular among us demons...but unfortunately for you, you're not our

Kevin was taken aback. Thereafter, he

"Hm? Me?"

my eyes wide, I couldn't help but point at

widely, all of the demons turned their

must be

the demons directly called my name and as if

What?

who I was? Were

I couldn't help but look

ever recall provoking demons

mind raced as multiple scenarios replayed in

thought about it, the more I realized

fact did interact

Not once, but twice.

dungeon, and one more time with the Matriarch, when I killed

was indeed like I thought it was, then it was either the Matriarch

Who of the two was targeting

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

now that we have seen

interested in making a contract with us? If you

the leader of the demons, Kevin turned around and looked at

from the front, you cover me from

aback for a moment, I proceed to nod

"Alright..."

-Fwap!

dare you

him, the leader of the demons flapped his

"Attack!"

-Fwap! -Fwap! -Fwap!

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

"Watch out!"

us, moving backward I proceeded

-Vooom! -Vooom!

the air, revolving around

"Ready!"

-Booom!

in the air as he met the

"Huuup!"

one of the demons, Kevin quickly

-Spurt!

butter, one of the demons in front

"What!"

all of the demons around Kevin looked at him in shock. Ignoring their shock, Kevin looked towards me as he

"Ren!"

"On it!"

-Swooosh!

one of them and proceeded to acrobatically move in the air. With every step he took, his blade would

-Spurt! -Spurt!

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

"I'll kill you!"

I moved the rings 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 circles beneath

pay the price for

As his sharp nails neared my face,

"Die!"

-Click!

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 eyes wide open, the demon looked at me in horror. He could no longer feel his body. Trembling he pointed at me as he weakly

weren't you supposed to be F