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

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

"Where is everyone?"

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

moment that I

'Let's go.'

understood what our task was even before we spoke as mana erupted from my

[Shadow Servant]

a step forward, a black disc formed beneath my feet, and I propelled my

Crackle. Crackle.

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

his hand, he

SHIIING—!

the other hand, pressed my hand against

movement of the [Keiki style] : Quick

Click—!

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

Clang—! Clang—!

the only thing we heard after our attacks landed was a strong

with just an arm. Or, to be more precise, his

do you

voice echoed throughout the place as his

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

flapped his wings once. His figure disappeared from the spot before

the time I had activated Eyes of Chronos he was already a

'Shit.'

my heart tightened and cold

to challenge a Duke ranked demon in spite of the fact

rapidly declining, the demon was still leagues

'Fucking Liam.'

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

for even one second, I could kiss

way out of the situation I found myself in, I noticed what looked like a sword

'Fast.'

thought as I stared at the moving

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

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

now trying to

to stop, and it soon made contact with his temple and dug

time returned to normal and I

Bang—!

"Haaa…haaa…"

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

'What just happened?'

as I stared in Liam's direction with eyes full of

Liam become

rather similar, however, right at this moment,

"You broke through?"

noticed the pressure coming from Liam's body, at that moment, I realized he was

me, as

Did he break through in that short week that we

How monstrous.

"Haaa…haaa…yeah."

his head before placing his sword on the floor and facing the