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..?"

the air

why must we tell

merely our prey, what right do you have to ask who we

stand there quietly and let us feast

moreover, from what Kevin could tell from judging the

"Huuuu...very well"

deeply, Kevin's grip on the sword strengthened as the red hue around his body shot up like a comet falling in the sky. Thereafter, he fully released

-Vuuuuam!

coming after me. Especially not

and the one that seemed to be the leader of the group, slowly caressed

demons...but unfortunately for you, you're

Thereafter, he turned his head in

"Hm? Me?"

I couldn't help but point

the demons turned their attention towards

must be Ren

the leader of the demons directly called my name and as if

What?

know who I was? Were they

as I couldn't help but look at

don't ever recall provoking

mind raced as multiple

about it, the more I realized my arrogance and

did interact with demons

Not once, but twice.

back in the dungeon, and one more time

it was indeed like I thought it was, then it

the real question was. Who of the

demon, the one that seemed to be the

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

contract with us? If you say the word we can

of the demons, Kevin turned around and looked at me. Holding tightly

front, you

I proceed to nod my

"Alright..."

-Fwap!

dare you ignore

ignored him, the leader of the demons flapped his wings.

"Attack!"

-Fwap! -Fwap! -Fwap!

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

"Watch out!"

dive towards us, moving backward I proceeded to draw multiple

-Vooom! -Vooom!

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

"Ready!"

-Booom!

body flew in the air as he

"Huuup!"

before one of the

-Spurt!

cutting through butter, one

"What!"

him in shock. Ignoring their shock, Kevin looked

"Ren!"

"On it!"

-Swooosh!

to acrobatically move in the air. With

-Spurt! -Spurt!

at the rings beneath Kevin's feet, one of the demons couldn't help but turn their attention towards me. Thereafter, extending his sharp claws towards me, the demon flapped his wings as his body shot toward me like

"I'll kill you!"

heading in my direction. Shaking my head, I proceeded to ignore him and kept moving the circles beneath

the price for ignoring me

matter of seconds, the demon appeared right before me. As his sharp

"Die!"

-Click!

resounded the area I was in and the demon froze in mid-air. Opening his eyes

you supposed to be