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.

so fast that the demon could not react in time.

Spurt—!

the demon quietly rolled in front of me. Wiping

"That's another one down."

just as my

VUAAAAM—!

a grim

its wings wide open. The moment the humanoid

the humanoid figure, the moon shone brightly, enveloping the humanoid

came at a standstill and

—Splurt!

demon I killed before, unprecedented seriousness clouded

the commander of the second

***

humanoid

"What do you think?"

a small room. One of them

old man with his arms crossed. He was none other than Waylan Roshfield, Emma's father.

he pinched slightly. The video that was playing before them zoomed, and a couple of figures appeared on the screen. More precisely, they were the images of

abilities as he perfectly told the two youths what to do. The way the three

"They're good."

back on his seat, 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

the screen, Waylan started

back seems very experienced. Judging from how he can make the right calls in this

observed them long enough, Waylan could tell that the man helping the

but the timing at which he supported them was

hand slightly, the video soon focused

hand, these two youths seem

Waylan's brows furrowed tightly.

not wrong, she's controlling four beasts…that's almost unheard

beast tamer could only control

was the

care of, and most of the time, they weren't a class that people paid particular

one animal. If they could control more than two beasts, things would be

it perhaps the

noticed the girl

would move. It was almost as though they were

looked suddenly appeared on his face as

To think that

for now, but the more he observed, the

yet. The flute could very well be an artifact

head and looking at

do you

Waylan

the girl nor boy that Waylan was looking

from them, he skilfully dealt with the demons that

"?"

looking toward where Douglas was looking, Waylan

you're interested

his beard, Douglas

"You know him?"

"I've met him before."

replied with a slight

"Oh?"

and his interest was

to face

you tell me

Douglas, Waylan leaned back and nodded his

at the t…keumm…I mean when I was walking down

in the middle and corrected himself, but judging from how indifferent Douglas was Waylan knew that

to be noted that he wasn't actually allowed to go anywhere near that tavern since he wasn't allowed to get drunk. After all, they couldn't allow themselves to let down their guards in such an

he had slipped up, Waylan quickly

you so interested in

his head, Douglas's brows knit for a

his beard, he

"...He seems familiar."

"Familiar?"

Waylan's

before? …or have you not realized that this is the youth from the video you showed me