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.

which I moved was so fast that the demon could not react in time. Raising my sword, I slashed upwards, cleanly cutting the demon's head

Spurt—!

blood sprayed everywhere, the head of the demon quietly rolled

"That's another one down."

as my

VUAAAAM—!

grim pressure

its wings wide open. The moment the humanoid figure

brightly, enveloping

a standstill and

—Splurt!

I killed before, unprecedented seriousness clouded my

commander of the second wave finally showed

***

before the humanoid figure

"What do you think?"

looking at the battle ensuing outside of the walls from a small room. One of them

none other than Waylan Roshfield, Emma's father. Similarly, staring at the battle from the small room, Waylan leaned his

of two youths and an adult who supported them from behind. The

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

"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 sage. Calm and

at the screen, Waylan started making small

he can make the right

tell that the man helping the two

the ideal ones, but the timing

the video soon focused on the two

two youths seem to be

Waylan's brows furrowed tightly.

controlling four

a beast tamer could only control one

the

care of, and most of the time, they weren't a class

the beast tamer could control more than one animal. If they could control more

it perhaps

was then that he noticed the

her mouth onto it, the beasts would move.

intrigued looked suddenly appeared on his face as he focused his whole attention on

that there

was just a hunch for now, but the more he observed, the more he found his conjecture

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

head and looking at Douglas,

you think,

screen, Waylan did not answer

on the screen. He was neither the girl nor boy that Waylan

further away from them, he skilfully dealt with

"?"

around and looking toward where Douglas was looking, Waylan

you're

his beard, Douglas

"You know him?"

"I've met him before."

with a slight

"Oh?"

brow raised, and his

face

you tell me

Waylan leaned back and nodded

when I was walking down the streets. He was a human, so pretty

and corrected himself, but judging from how indifferent Douglas

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

he had slipped up, Waylan quickly changed

makes you

Douglas's brows knit for a

beard, he thoughtfully

"...He seems familiar."

"Familiar?"

time it was Waylan's turn to be

…or have you not realized that this is the youth from the video