The Author's POV

BOOOM—!

Ferocious shockwaves appeared in the sky.

The residual mana that spread from the shockwaves enveloped the entire battlefield.

BANG—!

This exchange had been going on for about a day now, and it had started to become progressively stronger. Both sides were still not going all out as they were gauging each other and buying time for those fighting below. Whenever the situation shifted for one side, the other would quickly interfere to return the balance.

"Why don't you guys open up the barrier? The situation looks tough for you guys."

The Marquis ranked demon pointed at the battle that was ensuing below as he coldly laughed.

"Will you guys be able to last without it?"

"You're really full of nonsense."

Waylan glared at the Marquis-ranked demon. His hand that held onto the large broadsword swung downward.

The large broadsword whirled around, releasing waves of pressuring wind sounds.

WIIIIIING!

Seeing Waylan's swift and ferocious attack, the Marquis ranked demon's face grew darker. Finally, he let out a cold laugh, and a ferocious aura suddenly sprang out from its body.

"You're truly one annoying human."

***

At the same time.

"Khh..."

Taking a couple of steps back, a light groan escaped from my mouth.

Standing opposite of me was a demon. Similar to the other demons that I had killed before, it was Baron ranked one. However, this time, the situation was different.

"Haaa!"

—Click!

Crying inside of my heart, I tapped on the sheath of my sword. Just like usual, a subtle clicking sound rang out.

Clang—!

However, unlike my previous fights, the demon did not cower at my attack as it met it head-on. The demon appeared to specialize in speed; therefore, it left me with little to no time to attack. The moment I was about to attack, the demon was already upon me, preventing me from releasing the full might of my attack. Taking a step forward, the demon's sharp claws carried a powerful force as they violently met my sword mid-swing.

Clang—!

A clear sound of metal on metal came rippling out from the mid-point where my sword and the claw met. Then, following the circular sound waves that came as a result of the collision between my sword and the demon's claws, a powerful force soon began to spread out, blowing everything that was near away.

The ground beneath me and the demon also began to crack, forming small crevices that expanded for a couple of meters.

"Khh…"

At this fierce exchange, I came out at a disadvantage as I took a couple of steps back in contrast to the demon who was merely pushed one step back.

"Kekeke, very good human. I didn't expect to meet a human this strong at your age."

A disdained laugh escaped from the demon. It appeared that the demon was feeling confident about its chances against me. Or perhaps it was just trying to provoke me.

BANG—!

Ignoring the demon's blatant provocation, I stomped my foot on the ground, and my body explosively shot towards the demon, like a sharp arrow.

my attack, as it did not do any of those useless dodging actions. Instead, its sharp and sturdy nails swiftly danced around as none of my attacks were able

be violently repelled back, creating an opportunity for the demon, which it

Clang—! Clang—!

sounded throughout the battlefield, as the ringing metallic sound lingered

Bang—!

flying backward, I crashed against the side of the tower. Fine miniature crevices began to spread around

"Kuhk"

I looked down and

previous exchange, for anyone that witnessed our exchange, they would've been able to

the hairband on my air and letting my hair loose, I started to

'Enough playing.'

side of my mouth, a subtle green glow enveloped the

couple of meters away from the demon, much to its

to figure out the demon's attack pattern and what worked against it. Although I did suffer quite a bit during our previous exchanges, I now

the

was now time to

—Bang!

my body from fully entering it. But this wasn't enough as the momentum I had pressured me forward, but I had a solution. Pointing with my finger forward, one disc appeared towards my left and another towards my right,

the air, my foot softly touched the left ring before I tensed my leg and shot towards the right ring,

demon could react, I was already upon it. The

of mana suddenly burst out from my

"Huuup!"

simply unsheathed my sword and swung upwards. This was no regular

ring, I used its gravitational pull effect and changed the course of the swing. Since I was already going fast, the demon was

"Puchi!"

above, creating a

forward slightly, the demon's body fell heavily towards the ground with

Thud—!

I was not fooled. Since the core was not destroyed, the demon

I walked up to its body and once again pierced my arm through its body and removed the demon

demon's body turned into soft powder before it was blown

rubbing my chest, which had somewhat swollen, I let out a soft

I can't

my head, much to my relief, I found that the fight in the distance was

the second wave was coming to

I decided

condition to fight and needed to go back upstairs

***

stood opposite, disappointment flashed

this attack is also

the demon's hands. Following this, a ferocious black ball levitated on top of its palm. The energy contained within

Kracka! Kracka!

energy ball as circular waves of pressurized wind began to spread out throughout the surroundings,

the size of a car slowly started to compress together before turning

we're losing, I might as well even the

WIIIIIING—!

Waylan suddenly appeared before it. He had not been staying still when the demon was accumulating its

wasn't like he was just going to let the demon

the broadsword, the golden glow around it brightened considerably. Right after, the sword

"Uaaghh!"

his lungs, Waylan cut diagonally. From the bottom right towards

"You annoying fucker!"

as it glared at Waylan. Then, extending its enormous wings, a

Fwuap—!

within an instant, the demon appeared a hundred meters

then

slowly expanded out of Waylan's body. The veins on his face became more prominent, and

from his body before it directly converged with the broadsword in his hand. The broadsword once again lengthened, this time, a lot more than before. The weight of

"You!"

was unable to react in time. Staring at the incoming attack, the demon had no choice but to discard its previous plans and