The Author's POV

Chapter 577

Bang—!

A powerful blast reverberated through a large room as a figure skidded back.

"Cough…cough…"

What followed after the blasting sound was a series of coughs as the dust in the air settled, revealing a figure with long black hair and yellow eyes.

"Cough...heee.."

Liam smiled as he wiped his mouth and noticed the smudge of blood on his thumb.

"That was pretty strong."

"What is another human doing here?"

An effeminate-looking humanoid with two curly horns floated in the air opposite Liam.

While levitating in the air, the demon licked his lips slowly as he gazed at Liam.

"Now that I'm getting a closer look at you, you're quite the handsome lad..."

"Uh?"

Shivers ran down Liam's body as he felt the gaze of the demon.

'What's going on?'

What prompted the shivers wasn't the demon's weird gaze, but something else...something deeper...it was his sixth sense. Something he had honed over countless battles and struggles.

At the moment, it was telling him that something was wrong with the situation.

His instinct was right as he felt a sharp whistling sound coming from his right cheek. It was there that Liam noticed the demon appearing right beside him.

It had only taken a short second for him to appear next to Liam and attack him.

'Fast…'

Liam thought as his eyes gleamed with a strange yellow hue and lightning began to crackle around his body.

Clang—!

A metallic ring echoed throughout the air as the demon's sharp nails came into contact with the sheath of Liam's sword that was only slightly tilted to the right.

Even then...

"Cough!"

Skidding several meters back, Liam coughed again. This time, blood came out of his mouth as his knee trembled and he was forced to stab his sword to the ground in order to stop himself from crashing against the nearby wall.

'…How powerful.'

Lifting his head up to gaze at the demon, Liam clenched and unclenched his fist as he placed the sheath of the sword next to his waist.

Massaging the side of his neck, he quietly mumbled to himself.

"As I thought, fighting against a Marquis ranked demon while I'm still rank, isn't suitable."

In the meantime, the demon was carefully observing Liam.

"You're pretty strong."

The demon commented.

Raising his head to stare at the demon, Liam lowered his heads

"Thank you."

"Keke."

The demon chuckled as the wings on his back folded together.

He then extended his hand.

"Continuing this fight is pointless. You're weaker than me, and you know that. It would be a pity to let such talent die, so…"

The demon's hand was suddenly enshrouded in a black hue as a scroll unexpectedly materialized on the top of his palm.

"…How about signing a co—"

"I'm good."

the demon off before he could

at the contract, he shook

not sign a contract

onto his dimensional space, an

Crunch—!

bit into the apple, juice spilled on

would much rather sign a contract with a d…munch…emon from the envy clan…munch…of course, that is only on the premise that I'm interested to sign one in the fir..much..st place…munch…but I'm

the apple in his

"Good snack."

on the

"Alright, I'm ready."

"Haha…"

out a small laugh as he covered his face with the hand that was

"Hahahahhahahah."

turned into a full maniacal laugh as the demon pressed his stomach and hunched

"What's so funny?"

asked with

stopped laughing

"Your naivety."

Fwap—!

suddenly sprang out from the demon's body as the room

think that there would be someone stupid enough to reject

pressure reached all the way toward Liam who felt his clothes and

of seconds, the pressure had already expanded toward every inch

exactly what happens when someone

before reappearing right in

"Di—"

Click—!

sound echoed

Thump—!

no one was able to react to the sudden changes. After that, with two loud thuds, a dissected body landed on the ground in front of

"You talk too much."

he let the sword fall into its sheath. After that, he kicked

"H…how?"

Liam with eyes wide open. Given that his core had still

I

Liam

of his

I couldn't beat you when I was ranked

demon's eyes

his shoulders once again, Liam's yellow eyes shined and he

Crack—!

out and the demon's body slowly disintegrated

"Alright."

shoulder a little, he turned around and headed toward the far end of the

walked in that direction, his footsteps halted and he lowered

He suddenly recalled something.

cores of the two

face as he deeply thought

"Ugh."

his head over the matter and being unable to recall anything, he

be more fun this way. It'll help me test

rank, he felt a lot more powerful and

***

"Ehm…"

sure that I was hearing correctly, I picked my nose with my pinky. I just wanted to make sure that there

I that far gone after all

familiar light coming from what seemed to be a cigarette,

"Leopold?"

I instinctively called out.

"Hey! Hey!"

*Puff*

"!!!"

I flinched and took several steps

"What's going o—off."

embrace me. My thought process halted for

"…I'm glad you're okay."

my body to

happening? I can't see

familiar voice echoed and Amanda

my eyes reflexively closed as a

"Ren."

voice called out for

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