The Author's POV

—Spurt!

Retrieving my sword back from the corpse of a demon, I icily looked towards the distance.

About half a day had passed since the start of the second wave and as of now, the situation was under control.

Although the first line of defense had been breached multiple times, I, alongside Hein, Ava, and Leopold, had done an excellent job at keeping the demons from breaching the second line.

Of course, we weren't the only ones standing in the second line of defense, but judging from the body count alone, we were some of the few individuals that had made the most contributions. This was mainly due to the fact that the powerful individuals had not made a move yet.

Spi Sli—!

Slashing the sword down to get rid of the blood coating it, I turned to face the others.

"You guys doing alright?"

—Clang!

Blocking an incoming attack, Hein let out a muffled groan before finally stabilizing his footing. Turning his head, he forced a smile.

"Khh...Yeah, though I'm a bit tired."

Raising my hand, I pointed towards my wrist, or more specifically, towards my bracelet.

"Drink a potion then. It'll help out."

"...Right, I almost forgot about that."

"You what?"

His answer made me shake my head.

Perhaps it was because he was too excited, but it seemed as though Hein completely forgot about the fact that potions existed.

"Tell the others to cover for you while you drink a potion."

"Oka—Huk!"

But just before Hein could take out a potion, a demon shot explosively towards him, and a whistling sound arose. Soon the demon violently clashed against Hein's shield.

—Bang!

Fortunately, Hein was quick to react. Even though he had been distracted the moment the demon attacked, angling his shield right in front of his shoulder, he nudged it slightly and cushioned the attack of the demon. Sparks flew, and Hein proudly remained standing on the same spot as before.

Unmoving.

"..."

Silently staring at Hein from behind, I was impressed by his performance. Not only him but Ava and Leopold's performances deeply impressed me. In fact, they were doing so well that all together, they had accumulated quite a substantial amount of kills.

Quite a few more than me who was a whole rank higher than them.

Well, this was to be expected. After all, I wasn't fighting at my fullest abilities. My body count would've been way higher if I had been using the Keiki style.

On another note, I was also improving as the fight continued. The more I got used to this new fighting style, the faster I started killing the demons. If before it took me a minute to get rid of a ranked demon, it only took half of the time now.

Slowly but surely, everyone was improving.

"Hm?"

Sensing something, I looked towards my right.

Sure enough, a demon was quickly headed in my direction. Before long, it appeared a couple of meters away from me.

"Hieeek!"

Sinisterly opening its mouth, the demon let out a screech and viciously slashed in my direction.

WIIIIIING!

Staring at the incoming attack, I was completely unfazed. Raising my sword and thrusting it forward, the green hue enveloping my sword expanded and contracted rapidly.

Shuop—!

What came as a result of this was a subtle suction force that altered the direction of the demon's attack. An instant later, gently tapping on the ground with my foot, the ground cracked apart with a 'bang,' and I appeared only a few centimeters away from the demon.

was so fast that the demon could not react in time. Raising

Spurt—!

of the demon quietly rolled in front

"That's another one down."

as

VUAAAAM—!

then that a grim pressure suddenly

a black humanoid figure stood in the air with its wings wide open. The moment the humanoid figure appeared, I instantly knew that things were about

humanoid figure, the moon shone brightly, enveloping the humanoid

at a standstill and everyone turned their attention towards

—Splurt!

head of the demon I killed before, unprecedented seriousness clouded my

commander of the second wave

***

the humanoid

"What do you think?"

the battle ensuing outside of the walls from a small room. One of them had his hands

old man with his arms crossed. He was none other than Waylan Roshfield, Emma's father. Similarly, staring at the battle from the small

More precisely, they were the images of two youths and an adult who supported them from behind. The adult would take out a weird gun-like object

two youths what to do. The way the three of them coordinated with each other deeply impressed Waylan as

"They're good."

he crossed his arms and looked at Douglas, who was wordlessly staring at the same screen. The pensive look on his face reminded Waylan of a sage. Calm

at the screen, Waylan started making small

the back seems very experienced. Judging from how he can make the right calls in this situation, he must've gone

could tell that the

ones, but the

his hand slightly, the video soon focused on the two

two youths seem to be extremely talented,

Waylan's brows furrowed tightly.

wrong, she's controlling four beasts…that's almost unheard

could only control one

the common

rare occasions, some could tame two, but even then, they were extremely expensive to take care of, and most of the time, they

if the beast tamer could control more than one animal. If they could control more than two beasts, things would be

it perhaps the

then that he noticed the girl

the beasts would move. It

appeared on his face as he focused his

think that

the more he observed, the more he found

wasn't quite sure just yet. The flute could very well be an artifact that enhanced her mental

looking at Douglas, Waylan

you

Waylan did not

the girl nor boy

away from them, he skilfully dealt with the demons that

"?"

where Douglas was looking, Waylan had a sudden look of

you're interested in

beard,

"You know him?"

"I've met him before."

replied with a slight

"Oh?"

his interest was

face Waylan, he

tell

leaned back and nodded

t…keumm…I mean when I was walking down the streets. He was a human, so pretty

but judging from how indifferent Douglas was

since he wasn't allowed to get drunk. After all,

slipped up, Waylan quickly

makes you so

his head, Douglas's brows

his beard, he

"...He seems familiar."

"Familiar?"

was Waylan's turn to

not realized that this is the youth from the video you showed