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..?"

other, the demons in the air merely laughed at

why must

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

stand there quietly and let

from what

"Huuuu...very well"

around his body shot up

-Vuuuuam!

know why you're targeting me...but, you'll regret coming after me. Especially not

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

aback. Thereafter, he turned his head

"Hm? Me?"

eyes wide, I couldn't help but point

of the demons turned their attention

be Ren

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

What?

know who I was?

my mind as I couldn't help but look at

recall provoking demons be—no

raced as multiple scenarios replayed in my

further I thought about it, the more

in fact did

Not once, but twice.

dungeon, and one more time with the Matriarch,

like I thought it was, then it was either the Matriarch or Everblood who

the real question was. Who of the two was targeting

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

the kid called Ren, now that we have seen you, Kevin Voss...you may as well stay and

us? If you say the word we

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

attack from the front, you cover me

a moment, I proceed to nod

"Alright..."

-Fwap!

dare you ignore

leader of the demons flapped his wings. Thereafter, like a bullet, his body shot

"Attack!"

-Fwap! -Fwap! -Fwap!

another, more and more demons shot

"Watch out!"

the demons dive towards us, moving backward I proceeded to draw multiple circles

-Vooom! -Vooom! -Vooom!

in the air, revolving around me,

"Ready!"

-Booom!

upwards, Kevin's body flew in the air as he met the demons

"Huuup!"

of the demons,

-Spurt!

cutting through butter, one of the demons in front

"What!"

eyes wide, all of the demons around Kevin looked at him in shock. Ignoring

"Ren!"

"On it!"

-Swooosh!

on one of them and proceeded to acrobatically move in the

-Spurt! -Spurt!

help but turn their attention towards me. Thereafter, extending his sharp claws towards me, the demon flapped

"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

pay the price for ignoring

appeared right before me. As his sharp nails neared my

"Die!"

-Click!

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

weren't you supposed