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?"

glancing at Kevin, the Matriarch lightly smiled as

"...the boy named Ren"

mention, Kevin couldn't

Him again.

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

definitely going to get

at the matriarch before him, Kevin slowly asked

you want from

looking around for any sign of

here to

Smiling, Kevin helplessly said

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

after Kevin finished speaking, a tense and stifling atmosphere enveloped the area where Kevin

"I see..."

-Fwuam!

head, the Matriarch's figure disappeared

"...then die!"

-Bang!

moved her palm in his direction. With barely enough time for Kevin to react, crossing

"khhha'”!"

air was knocked out of his lungs. Taking a couple of

"Not bad..."

he was still alright after her attack, Angelica started to understand why a lot of the higher-ups were paying close attention to

definitely a talent to drool

had one goal at

"Again"

again, the Matriarch's figure disappeared as she once

although she was considerably weakened by the series of events that had happened to

-Bang! -Bang!

of minutes, Kevin was pushed back more than fifty meters as the Matriarch kept

"Damn it!"Â

the situation. However, no matter what

that the reason why she was able to overwhelm him was mostly due to the fact that he

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

optimal condition. If the Matriarch wasn't injured, Kevin would've long died by her

he should've been rejoicing at the fact that he was still

"Khhh..."

his arms anymore. It felt as if a truck had rammed onto them causing him to lose the sensation of both

and seeing no one,

Ren...where are

come in ten minutes, Kevin felt that

-Fwua!

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

"Overdrive..."

He had no choice.

to hold back. He had to go

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

long as he

tremendous energy,

-Bam!

"Haa-?"

one more time, to her surprise, she suddenly felt a tremendous force

towards Kevin in shock, it took a couple of seconds

"You!"

Matriarch glared at Kevin as

"Die!"

palm towards Kevin. This time, she exerted all of her force into the palm. She was planning on

"Huuup!"