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…'

mana compressor, I knew that they would attract the attention of a Marquis ranked demon, and in turn, stop any reinforcements from coming to the Duke's

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

"Where is everyone?"

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

right at this moment that I

'Let's go.'

our task was even before we spoke as mana

[Shadow Servant]

black disc formed beneath my feet, and I propelled my body

Crackle. Crackle.

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

hand, he slashed toward the

SHIIING—!

my hand

the [Keiki style]

Click—!

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

Clang—! Clang—!

Liam and I, the only thing we heard after our attacks

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

do you

and aged voice echoed throughout the place as

from his body, forcing the two of us back, as the wings on his back expanded, casting a large

wings once. His figure disappeared from the spot before reappearing right in

by the time I had activated Eyes of Chronos

'Shit.'

cursed to myself as my heart tightened and cold

known better not to challenge a Duke ranked demon in spite

rapidly declining, the demon was still leagues above my

'Fucking Liam.'

in the world did he even think he could fight against a Duke ranked demon? He was worse than

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

found myself in, I noticed what looked like a

'Fast.'

as I stared at

had to be noted that currently, time was flowing a lot slower than it was supposed to be. For the sword to be moving

noticed the demon's eyes slowly moving towards where the sword was coming, and the

aiming to hit me, but rather, he was now trying to

stop, and it soon made

time returned to normal and I saw

Bang—!

"Haaa…haaa…"

as he supported his body with both

'What just happened?'

as I stared in Liam's direction with

has Liam

fought him, our strength was rather similar, however, right at this moment, he seemed a lot stronger than

"You broke through?"

at that moment, I realized he was now

on me, as

remember, only one week has passed. Did he break

How monstrous.

"Haaa…haaa…yeah."

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