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…'

went for the core of the mana compressor, I knew that they would attract the attention of a Marquis ranked demon, and in turn, stop any reinforcements from coming to the Duke's

that he really needed any since he was

"Where is everyone?"

the correct one as the Duke ranked demon seemed

at this moment that

'Let's go.'

spoke as mana erupted from my body and

[Shadow Servant]

disc formed beneath my feet, and I

Crackle. Crackle.

same time, lighting crackled around Liam's body, and his figure vanished

his hand, he slashed toward the

SHIIING—!

pressed my

of the [Keiki style]

Click—!

mine and

Clang—! Clang—!

of Liam and I, the only thing we heard

Duke rank demon blocking both of our attacks with just an arm. Or, to be more precise, his bones, as

do you think you're

and aged voice echoed throughout the place as his red

menacing and powerful pressure suddenly sprang out from his body, forcing the two of us back, as the wings on his back expanded, casting

demon didn't say anything and just flapped his wings

Eyes of Chronos he was already a couple of inches away from

'Shit.'

cursed to myself as my heart tightened and cold sweat dripped down my

known better not to challenge a Duke ranked demon in spite

strength rapidly declining, the demon was still

'Fucking Liam.'

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

second, I could kiss goodbye to my

I noticed what looked like a sword tip heading for the Duke's head in the midst of my

'Fast.'

thought as I stared at the

lot slower than it was supposed to be. For the sword to be moving at the pace

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

but rather, he was now trying to defend himself from Liam's sudden attack. Apparently,

the demon to stop,

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

Bang—!

"Haaa…haaa…"

that happened, Liam appeared next to me as he supported his body with both

'What just happened?'

myself as I stared in Liam's direction with

when has Liam become

him, our strength was rather similar, however, right at this moment, he seemed a lot stronger than he was

"You broke through?"

at that moment, I realized he was now

dawned on me, as I just speechlessly looked at

remember, only one week has passed. Did he

How monstrous.

"Haaa…haaa…yeah."

the floor