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…'

would attract the attention of a Marquis ranked demon, and in turn, stop any

was already a

"Where is everyone?"

be the correct one as the Duke ranked demon seemed taken aback by

right at this moment that I

'Let's go.'

task was even before we spoke as mana erupted from

[Shadow Servant]

beneath my feet, and I propelled my body

Crackle. Crackle.

his figure vanished

he

SHIIING—!

my

[Keiki

Click—!

mine and Liam's attack landed simultaneously on the Duke

Clang—! Clang—!

much to the disappointment of Liam and I, the only thing we heard after our attacks landed was a strong

light disappeared, I was shocked to see the Duke rank demon blocking both of our attacks with just an arm. Or,

do you think you're

voice echoed throughout the place as his red

of us back, as the wings on his back expanded, casting a large shadow

didn't say anything and just flapped his wings once. His figure disappeared from the spot before reappearing right in front

time I had activated Eyes of Chronos he was already a

'Shit.'

to myself as my heart tightened

demon in spite

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

'Fucking Liam.'

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

was careless for even one second, I could kiss goodbye to my

trying to figure out the way out of the situation I found myself in, I

'Fast.'

stared at the moving

that currently, time was flowing a lot slower than it was supposed to be. For the sword to be moving at the pace that it was…it could

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

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

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

to normal and I saw the

Bang—!

"Haaa…haaa…"

next to me as he supported his body with both knees and heavily gulped

'What just happened?'

to myself as I stared in Liam's direction

when has Liam become

rather similar, however, right at this

"You broke through?"

Liam's body, at that moment, I realized

finally dawned on me, as I just speechlessly looked

remember, only one week has passed. Did he break through in that short week that

How monstrous.

"Haaa…haaa…yeah."

his head before placing his sword on the floor