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

any since he was already a lot

"Where is everyone?"

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

this moment that I exchanged glances

'Let's go.'

mana erupted from

[Shadow Servant]

beneath my feet, and

Crackle. Crackle.

body, and his figure vanished from the spot, before reappearing right in

hand, he slashed toward the

SHIIING—!

pressed my hand against the hilt of

of the [Keiki style] :

Click—!

mine and Liam's attack landed simultaneously on the

Clang—! Clang—!

Liam and I, the only thing we

blocking both of our attacks with just an arm.

you think

place as his red pupils

us back, as the wings on his

demon didn't say anything and just flapped his wings once. His figure disappeared from the spot

Eyes of Chronos he was already a couple of inches away from my face,

'Shit.'

heart tightened

ranked demon in spite

declining, the demon was still leagues above

'Fucking Liam.'

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

one second, I could kiss goodbye to

found myself in, I noticed what looked like a sword tip heading for the Duke's head in the

'Fast.'

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 at

from the demon's temple, I noticed the demon's eyes slowly moving towards where the

trying to defend himself from Liam's sudden attack. Apparently, it wasn't something he could

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

normal and I saw the demon's body crash

Bang—!

"Haaa…haaa…"

supported

'What just happened?'

as I stared in Liam's direction

has Liam

however, right at this moment, he seemed a lot stronger than he was

"You broke through?"

body, at that moment, I realized he was now

me, as I just

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

How monstrous.

"Haaa…haaa…yeah."

his sword on the floor and facing the direction