The Author's POV

"Looks like I'm not too late, no?"

Brushing my hair back, I moved to where Liam was. In my right hand was a small silver sword. It was a spare sword that Kevin had handed me before separating from me.

"Just a little…"

Liam's words left me speechless. Especially after he took out an apple and started to take bites out of it.

While he took a bite of the apple, the juices from it spilled all over his fingers before falling onto the ground.

I shook my head when I saw this.

"Here."

I handed him a potion.

"I don't need it."

"Hm?"

Catching the potion, Liam threw it back to me. His actions surprised me as I blinked a couple of times, unable to fully understand why he rejected the potion when he was clearly not in a good state.

Seemingly being able to read my thoughts, Liam raised his hand and showed me the apple.

"You see, this isn't a normal apple."

Standing up, his broken foot magically started to twist and squirm. Within the span of a couple of seconds, his leg had completely healed and he lightly jumped in the air.

"See? I'm fine."

Liam threw what remained of the apple on the floor and turned to gaze in the direction of where the demon was.

I did too.

"…Another intruder?"

Unfortunately, my surprise attack didn't seem to have had much of an impact on the demon, as he appeared to be completely unscathed.

The situation was made worse by his apparent anger, as his face twisted savagely and a powerful force enveloped the scene. Currently, we were standing in a small hall, with tall pillars supporting the ceiling.

A smoky and iron-like scent lingered in the air.

"Not bad…not bad…"

The demon spat through his clenched teeth as he alternated his gaze between Liam and I. Then, looking toward the other demons present in the room, he finally noticed something.

"Dead…"

The aura that was revolving around his body fluctuated slightly.

A thin smile spread across my face when I noticed this.

'I was right to kill the others first.'

It had been quite a bit since I had arrived here, and during the time that I was here, I spent my time killing all the demons that were in the room.

None of the demons in the room were that strong, but they still posed a liability that could cause trouble in the middle of the fight, which was why I decided to kill them before saving Liam.

'The others should also be attracting the attention of the other high-ranked demons…'

they would attract the attention of a Marquis ranked demon, and in turn, stop any reinforcements from coming to

was already

"Where is everyone?"

proved to be the correct one as the Duke

right at this moment that I exchanged

'Let's go.'

mana erupted from my body

[Shadow Servant]

a black disc formed beneath my

Crackle. Crackle.

vanished from the spot, before

hand, he slashed toward

SHIIING—!

my hand against the

movement of the [Keiki style]

Click—!

clicking sound as mine and Liam's attack landed simultaneously on

Clang—! Clang—!

I, the only thing we heard after our attacks landed

demon blocking both of our attacks with just an arm. Or, to be more precise, his bones, as he didn't seem to have any

do you think you're

throughout the place as his red pupils glared in

back, as the wings on his back expanded,

demon didn't say anything and just flapped his wings once. His figure disappeared from the

fast that by the time I had activated Eyes of Chronos he was already a couple of inches away from my

'Shit.'

cursed to myself as my heart tightened and

should've known better not to challenge a Duke ranked demon in spite

with its strength rapidly declining, the demon was still leagues above my

'Fucking Liam.'

even think he could fight against a Duke ranked demon? He was worse than

careless for even one second, I could kiss goodbye

I was trying to figure out the way out of the situation I found myself in, I noticed what looked like a sword tip heading for the Duke's head in

'Fast.'

stared at the

was flowing a lot slower than it was supposed to be. For the sword to

of inches away from the demon's temple, I noticed the demon's eyes slowly moving towards where the sword was coming, and

hit me, but rather, he was now trying to defend himself from

to stop, and

Chronos], time returned to normal and I saw the demon's body crash

Bang—!

"Haaa…haaa…"

me as he supported

'What just happened?'

to myself as I stared in Liam's direction with eyes full of

Liam become

I had fought him, our strength was rather similar, however, right at this moment, he seemed a lot

"You broke through?"

noticed the pressure coming from Liam's body, at

as I just speechlessly looked at

he

How monstrous.

"Haaa…haaa…yeah."

head before placing his sword on the