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 attract the attention of a Marquis ranked demon, and in

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

"Where is everyone?"

as the Duke ranked demon seemed taken aback by the sudden

it was right at this moment

'Let's go.'

before we spoke as mana erupted from my body and

[Shadow Servant]

black disc formed beneath my feet, and I propelled my

Crackle. Crackle.

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

he slashed

SHIIING—!

my hand against the

movement of the [Keiki style] : Quick

Click—!

bright white light followed a clicking sound as mine and Liam's

Clang—! Clang—!

and I, the only thing we heard after our attacks landed was

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

do you think

aged voice echoed throughout the place as his red pupils glared in

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

wings once.

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

'Shit.'

as my heart tightened

in spite of

rapidly declining, the demon was

'Fucking Liam.'

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

careless for even one second, I could kiss goodbye to

the way out of the situation I found myself in, I noticed

'Fast.'

I stared at the

to be noted 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 only be described

inches away from the demon's temple, I noticed the

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

Liam's attack proved to be too fast for the demon to stop, and it soon made contact

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

Bang—!

"Haaa…haaa…"

Liam appeared next to me as he supported his body with both knees

'What just happened?'

stared in Liam's direction with eyes

when has Liam

strength was rather similar, however, right at this moment, he seemed a lot stronger than he was since I had last fought

"You broke through?"

coming from Liam's body, at that moment, I realized he was now

finally dawned on me, as I just speechlessly looked

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

How monstrous.

"Haaa…haaa…yeah."

before placing his sword on the floor and facing