The Author's POV

-Slash!

-Spurt!

"huuff...hufff...hufff..."

Breathing heavily, with his sword imbued on one of the demons that was stacked on top of five other demons, Kevin glanced at his surroundings. Craters and deep marks appeared on the cobblestone streets of Rowa.

Everything was destroyed.

Though the demons Kevin was fighting were a lot weaker compared to the demon leader, because they were many, he had no choice but to move around a lot. Because he didn't have any skill that allowed him to fight multiple opponents at once, Kevin had no other choice but to kill them one at a time.

...Hence why he was currently tired.

Wiping the sweat that had accumulated on his forehead, Kevin looked up and searched for Ren's figure.

After directly leaving him behind to fend off against the remaining demons, Ren just disappeared from his view. He had no idea why...

Frowning as he looked for him in the distance, Kevin couldn't help but mumble out loud

"Just where did he g'”hm?"

However just as he was about to directly look for him, snapping his head to the right, Kevin sensed something in the distance. In the opposite direction of where Ren left.

Squinting his eyes, Kevin managed to spot something approaching his location from the distance.

At a closer inspection, it was a grown woman in red. The woman's body was slender and fair and her gaze was calm and stoic. Slowly, she made her way towards Kevin.

When Kevin's gaze met her own, an indescribable feeling of numbness spread across his scalp. Thereafter he soon noticed two horns protruding from the top of her head, causing Kevin's heart to sink.

"...demon"

Although the former did not give off a terrifying aura, a pressuring feeling had emerged across the surroundings, causing the entire streets of Rowa to become deathly silent.

This time Kevin knew he was in trouble...

-Tap! -Tap!

Slowly, stopping a fair bit of distance from Kevin, the woman looked towards her surroundings. Her indifferent face briefly glanced at the demons on the floor. However, it was only for a brief moment as they soon paused on a particular demon in the distance.

Looking at a particular demon with a small hole on his forehead, the woman softly said with a trace of pity in her voice

"...so he died too"

Thereafter, frowning slightly, the Matriarch looked towards Kevin. Staring at him for what felt an eternity, the Matriarch slowly spoke

"...You must be Kevin Voss"

"..."

Increasing the grip of his sword, Kevin didn't respond. Right now his mind was racing as he thought of solutions to get out of this situation.

...The person before him was on another level compared to the demon leader he had just fought. He even felt that even if he used overdrive, he wouldn't be able to win.

Things were serious.

"huuuu..."

Kevin's heart palpitated as he couldn't help but take a deep breath to try to calm himself down.

"I see...you're a mute. How unfortunate"

Deeply staring at Kevin who refused to speak, the Matriarch looked around and asked

"Where is he?"

Frowning, Kevin slowly said

"Who?"

at Kevin, the Matriarch lightly smiled as

"...the boy named Ren"

name being mention, Kevin couldn't

Him again.

today was somehow related to Ren. Just what did he do to earn the ire of the

this was over, Kevin was definitely going to get

him, Kevin slowly asked as he tried to buy

do you

for any sign of Ren, the

to finish

Smiling, Kevin helplessly said

there...you see, I'm also looking for

and stifling atmosphere enveloped the area where Kevin

"I see..."

-Fwuam!

Matriarch's figure

"...then die!"

-Bang!

With barely enough time for Kevin to react, crossing his arms, Kevin felt a gentle yet overbearing

"khhha'”!"

lungs. Taking a couple of seconds

"Not bad..."

attack, Angelica started to understand why a lot of

was definitely a talent to

she didn't care about that. She only had one goal at the moment...kill the one that ruined

"Again"

again, the Matriarch's figure disappeared

series of events that had happened to her, with a bit of effort,

-Bang! -Bang!

the Matriarch kept attacking him. Kevin barely had any breathing space

"Damn it!"Â

his best to get out of the situation. However, no matter what he tried,

that the reason why she was able to overwhelm him was mostly due to the fact that he was tired. If he wasn't tired, Kevin knew that he would've been able to fight

was only wishful thinking on Kevin's end. There were no what-ifs in the world, and thus he could only fight against

If the Matriarch wasn't

rejoicing at the

"Khhh..."

backward, Kevin couldn't feel his arms anymore. It felt as if a truck had

and seeing no one, Kevin couldn't help

Ren...where are

could barely hold on. If Ren didn't come in ten minutes, Kevin felt

-Fwua!

to narrowly avoid the Matriarch's palm, thereafter, glancing

"Overdrive..."

He had no choice.

had to go

buy enough time for Ren to come back...if there was one

long as he

tremendous

-Bam!

"Haa-?"

her surprise, she suddenly felt a tremendous force hit her palm

one step back. Looking upwards towards Kevin in shock, it

"You!"

her eyes wide, the Matriarch glared at Kevin as her demenour turned

"Die!"

Kevin. This time, she exerted all

"Huuup!"