The Author's POV

Opening his eyes, Ren calmly stared at the demons coming at him from all directions. As he saw them coming his way, he felt nothing.

No fear, no excitement, no anger...absolutely nothing.

With an indifferent expression, Ren slightly moved his neck sideways as the hand of a demon brushed past his cheek.

-Shuuuua!

Thereafter, aiming towards the solar plexus, Ren turned his body 45 degrees as he elbowed the demon.

-Bam!

As soon as Ren's elbow connected with the demon, a shockwave swept the surroundings as the other demons that were similarly headed in Ren's direction halted for a split second.

"Khhhhaaa—!"

Falling to the ground, the demon hit by the elbow spit out blood as he hold onto his chest area. He was in complete agony.

Staring at the demon beneath his feet, Ren slowly said

"Let me end the pain for you..."

-Click!

-Thud

Without looking at the demon, Ren placed his hand onto the grip of his sword. Shortly after a subtle clicking sound resounded across the area as the demon's head flew in the air.

...All of this happened in a matter of seconds.

-Shaaa! -Shaaa!

A split second after Ren decapitated the demon, moving backward, Ren narrowingly avoided the hands of two demons as a strand of his hair flew in the air.

-Dash

Tensing his calves, Ren quickly shot backward and distanced himself from the other demons. As he moved back, a green hue enveloped the bottom of his feet as his movement increased with every step.

"Get him!"

"Die you vermin!"

Staring at the six demons that were quickly approaching him, Ren's face remained calm and indifferent. Rather than focusing on their attacks, his attention was drawn towards their face.

...and he soon noticed one thing. How completely unfazed they were by the fact that their fellow comrades died before them. There was no shred of fear or hesitation in their eyes. Almost as if they didn't care about dying.

Noticing this, Ren glanced in Kevin's direction. He was currently back on the ground fighting against the demon leader.

Currently, both Kevin and the demon were in a stalemate. However, upon closer look, Ren could see that Kevin held a bit of an advantage. Despite the fact that neither of them budged from where they stood, Ren could tell by looking at the fine detail of their fight that Kevin was holding back whilst the demon leader was going all out.

...Moreover, he was also starting to show signs of exhaustion.

Thus without hesitation, as Ren moved backward, unsheathing his sword, Ren drew two circles in the air.

-Swooosh!

Thereafter, whilst still keeping an eye on the demons diving in his direction, quickly pointing towards Kevin, one of the circles flew in his direction.

Right after doing that, stomping his foot on the ground, Ren forcefully changed direction as his body shot towards where Kevin was. His speed didn't decrease. No, rather, it increased.

"No, you don't!"

Noticing that he could no longer catch up with Ren who was speeding up by the second, a white glow enveloped one of the demon's hands. Glaring at Ren, he quickly slashed in his direction.

-Thuaam!

translucent image of a claw quickly headed

-Swoooosh!

glancing at the translucent claw headed in his direction, without hesitation, Ren pointed towards them

-Bam!

-Crash!

refused to budge. However, shortly after, the glow around the ring diminished. Not

ring to completely block the demon's attack. All he

him

a white glow started emanating from his

"huuu..."

leader and Kevin, Ren exhaled as turbid air

the demon couldn't react, pulling out his sword from the sheat

-Click!

movement of the [Keiki style] :

...

-Clank! -Clank!

deftly dodged the

counterattack shortly after the demon attacked. Like this, for the next few minutes, Kevin and

This pattern continuously alternated between the two...however this did not last for long. Just as the demon leader was about to once again attack Kevin, appearing from out of nowhere, a translucent

-Swoosh!

-Clank!

it still slowed down the attack by a split second. But

thanks to Ren's ring, Kevin strengthened the grip of his sword and a

"huuuup!"

-Slash!

-Clank!

"Khhh..."

surprise,

he couldn't help but curse as he looked towards

are you doing! Kill

the disruption, he couldn't help but

head away

before the demon leader, Kevin

-Clank! -Clank!

so, Kevin and the Demon leader fought, with Kevin holding the

struggle. Beads of sweat started dripping from the side of his face, as movements started becoming sloppier

-Clank!

Kevin, however, as if he was an

"Huup!"

Once again, Kevin slashed.

"Khhhhaaa—ah!"

sword connected with the demon's sharp nails, to the demon leader's horror,

Kevin once again increased the speed of his

-Slash! -Slash!

-Clank! -Clank!

this, Kevin's advantage became even more apparent. As Kevin attacked,

sooner. If things went on like this, Kevin felt that the fight would end in at least twenty more

things could happen. Although he had faith in Ren killing all those demons, from his experience, Kevin felt

deep thought as he couldn't help but think

end

could end this fight in an instant, but there was a major flaw

long he used it for, Kevin would find himself unable

he couldn't kill the demon leader during the time his overdrive

or

decided to go all in. He couldn't afford to fight for that long. The faster he

confident he

"Over—"

a gush of wind brush

-Click!