—Bang!
"Huek!"
Blocking the attack of a demon, Hein let out a groan. Even then, his footing remained glued to the ground.
Solid and unmoving.
tootle-too~
Right as Hein blocked the attack of the demon, a melodious tune sounded.
Following this, three wolves suddenly appeared out of nowhere as Ava stood behind them with a green flute in her hand.
A subtle golden glow exuded from her body.
"Ava, get one of the wolves to aim for the leg."
Standing behind, Leopold squinted
"Get your other two wolves to attack the other legs and arm. You don't have to worry about finding the core."
In order to kill a demon, they needed to destroy their core, and finding the core was the challenging part of killing a demon. However, this only applied to titled demons.
Untitled demons were not powerful enough to develop a core, and therefore, they would die by simple decapitation of the head.
SHIIIING—!
"Khhh!"
On the other hand, standing next to Leopold, I slashed towards every demon that came my way.
Usually, I would've gotten rid of every demon in my vicinity with just a simple movement of my sword.
Unfortunately, I could no longer do that.
At least for now.
From the moment I had left Malvin's workshop and heard his words, I realized just how flawed my swordsmanship was.
Simply put, I could no longer act as I did before.
I needed to change, and what better opportunity than right now?
This being the first wave, and the wave filled with the weakest demons, I had to make good use of this opportunity to get as much practice as possible.
Spurt—!
Slashing forward, my blade slashed through the body of a weaker ranked demon, cutting him into two equal pieces.
"Ueek!"
Black blood spilt all over my clothes, and face.
Clenching tightly onto the grip of my sword, I stomped my foot on the ground and twisted my torso.
Then, releasing the tension in my torso, I slashed towards another demon.
"Ueeeek!"
Slowly, my body count started to increase, and so was my scope of time.
I just killed, killed, and killed.
My emotions started to dumb down, and my body started to move on its own. Moving towards wherever a demon was.
Unbeknownst to me, before I knew it, I had lost count of how many demons I had killed, and standing in front of me were three demons.
Of the three, one stood out particularly, as a pressure rivalling mine exuded from its body.
***
At the same time, inside of the control room of the control tower.
"Oy, ye two follow me."
Bemus beckoned Smallsnake and Ryan with his hand.
"…yea?"
Though confused, both Ryan and Smallsnake followed Bemus's instructions and walked to where he was.
Pointing at the large map depicting the northern tower, Bemus asked.
Which side do ye reckon wou' be
sudden questioning caused the dwarves nearby to look at him in shock. It had to be noted that, Bemus was a very hot-blooded and
it only meant two things. He had either acknowledged them,
test them, meant that their skills
Smallsnake pointed towards
"You're asking us?"
"Who else?"
arms and rolled his
map he asked
do you think will be breached first and needs the most
Smallsnake looked at the large
the map. Touching the hologram to see the different camera
"Smallsnake, look."
"Hm? Oh?"
Smallsnake's eyebrows jumped up.
the area Ryan pointed at, he
be the eastern area of
you so
with a frown
other dwarves had known, he
just wanted to see how capable they were.
head, Bemus opened his
looks like I was overthinking, ye guys can
he could answer,
that's because it can't be the eastern and northern
eastern
Bemus's frown deepened.
"...Right."
head, Smallsnake
northern area, although has the most demons coming, is also the area with most defensive measures. So far
coming. Therefore, it was also the most protected area with multiple artifacts and soldiers
was also
words, Bemus agreed
aboot
head,
because Ren
Bemus who was
"…huh? Who?"
you
the map, a video image of the situation began to
Bemus was left speechless
"What's this?"
demons, a lone youth stood in the middle
aura was much more powerful than the
like the demon they were serving, but more like bodyguards, their sharp nails resembling swords extended all the
but they were all quickly shot down
die, a large youth holding a shield and a girl holding a flute
facing the
the control room, Bemus muttered out
had a commander, and from the looks of things, the youth in the video was currently facing the commander of
first wave, which was more for scouting than attacking, even then, he was
At least Baron ranked.
Turning right, Bemus asked.
you are so confident the easter area will not
then there should be no
arms and stared at
any
with him for over four months during their journey to
He was strong.
"...Oh, they're starting."
as soon as his words
on the ground, his body shot forward with his blade
and unexpectedly, the demon was not able
fall on the ground. Following this, Ren pulled out his sword and slashed vertically,
from the leading
mean that the
finally reached Ren, slashing with its
if
WHIIIING!
Ren, the demon reacted extremely quickly; one of its hands
mean that he was helpless. In a split
go of the sword, Ren bent his body backwards dodging the attack. Then, coating his feet with a green hue, he twisted his torso and kicked the demon right in its chin, sending him flying
"Huek!"
this moment, Ren bent down and grabbed his sword that was left on the ground. Stomping his foot on the ground,
demon did
Ren did not waste any
immediately charged over the demon who he confirmed was a baron ranked
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