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…'

the others who went for the core of the mana compressor, I knew that they would attract the attention of a Marquis ranked demon, and in

was already a lot stronger than

"Where is everyone?"

to be the correct one as the Duke ranked demon seemed taken

was right at this moment that I exchanged glances with

'Let's go.'

even before we spoke as mana erupted from my body and

[Shadow Servant]

disc formed beneath my feet, and I propelled my

Crackle. Crackle.

and his figure vanished from the spot, before reappearing right in front of the Duke

his hand, he slashed

SHIIING—!

on the other hand, pressed my hand against the hilt

the [Keiki

Click—!

light followed a clicking sound as mine and Liam's attack landed simultaneously on the Duke

Clang—! Clang—!

I, the only thing we heard

rank demon blocking both of our attacks with just an arm. Or, to be more

you think you're

sinister and aged voice echoed throughout the place as

us back, as the wings on his back expanded, casting a large shadow over the area we were

say anything and just flapped his wings once. His figure disappeared from the spot

that by the time I had activated Eyes of Chronos he was already

'Shit.'

my heart tightened

better not to challenge a Duke ranked demon in spite of the

rapidly declining, the demon

'Fucking Liam.'

think he could fight against a Duke ranked demon? He was worse than Kevin when it came to being a calamity

careless for even one second, I could

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

'Fast.'

stared at the moving

to be.

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

was no longer aiming to hit me, but rather, he was now trying to

attack proved to be too fast for the demon to stop, and it soon made contact with his

to normal and I saw the demon's body crash

Bang—!

"Haaa…haaa…"

appeared next to me as he supported

'What just happened?'

thought to myself as I stared in Liam's

Liam

strength was rather similar, however, right at this moment, he

"You broke through?"

at

me, as I just

remember, only one week has passed. Did he

How monstrous.

"Haaa…haaa…yeah."

placing his sword on the floor and facing the direction