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."

off before

glance at the contract, he shook

I'd rather not sign a contract with a demon belonging to

dimensional space, an apple

Crunch—!

apple, juice spilled on the ground

would much rather sign a contract with a d…munch…emon from the envy clan…munch…of course,

after having devoured the apple

"Good snack."

his hand on the sheath of his

"Alright, I'm ready."

"Haha…"

out a small laugh as he

"Hahahahhahahah."

and hunched over. By the second, his laughter became louder,

"What's so funny?"

asked with a confused

stopped laughing and his

"Your naivety."

Fwap—!

and a terrifying aura suddenly sprang

there would be someone stupid enough to reject my

the way toward Liam who felt

inch and corner of the room as

what happens when someone rejects

figure vanished from the spot before reappearing

"Di—"

Click—!

clicking sound echoed

Thump—!

changes. After that, with two loud thuds, a

"You talk too much."

as he let the sword fall into its sheath. After that, he kicked the demon's body

"H…how?"

he stared at Liam with eyes wide open. Given that his core had still not been

I

Liam brushed his

a shrug of

beat you when I was ranked , I

demon's

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

Crack—!

sound echoed out and the demon's body slowly disintegrated into the

"Alright."

and headed toward the far end of the room where he was met with

slowly walked in that direction, his footsteps halted and he lowered

He suddenly recalled something.

the cores of the

frown emerged on his face as he deeply thought

"Ugh."

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

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

that he had broken through to rank, he felt a lot more powerful and he couldn't wait to

***

"Ehm…"

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

I that far gone after all that

coming from what

"Leopold?"

I instinctively called out.

"Hey! Hey!"

*Puff*

"!!!"

expecting a reply, I flinched and

"What's going o—off."

mid-sentence, I felt something soft embrace me. My thought process halted

"…I'm glad you're okay."

faint whisper sounded near my ear, causing my body

happening? I can't see

voice

closed as a bright

"Ren."

called

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