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…'

that they would

really needed any since he was already a lot stronger than Liam and

"Where is everyone?"

to be the correct one as the

was right at this moment that I exchanged glances with

'Let's go.'

mana erupted from my body and a dark shadow appeared

[Shadow Servant]

beneath my feet,

Crackle. Crackle.

same time, lighting crackled around Liam's body, and his figure vanished from the spot, before reappearing right in front of the Duke ranked

hand, he slashed toward the

SHIIING—!

pressed my hand

[Keiki

Click—!

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

Clang—! Clang—!

I, the only thing

I was shocked to see the Duke rank demon blocking both of our attacks with just an arm. Or, to be more precise, his bones, as he didn't seem

do you

throughout the place

his body, forcing the two of us back, as the wings on his

anything and just flapped his wings once. His figure disappeared from the spot before reappearing right in front

I had activated Eyes of Chronos he was already a couple of

'Shit.'

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

Duke ranked demon in

with its strength rapidly declining, the demon was still

'Fucking Liam.'

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

for even one second, I could kiss goodbye to my

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

'Fast.'

thought as I stared at the moving

to be. For the sword to be moving

temple, I noticed the

me, but rather, he was now trying to defend himself from Liam's sudden attack. Apparently, it wasn't something

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

deactivating [Eyes of Chronos], time returned to normal and I saw

Bang—!

"Haaa…haaa…"

to me as he supported his body with both

'What just happened?'

as I stared in Liam's direction with eyes full

Liam become

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

"You broke through?"

from Liam's body, at that

me, as I

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

How monstrous.

"Haaa…haaa…yeah."

before placing his sword on the floor and facing the direction of where