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…'

for the core of the mana compressor, I knew that they would attract the attention of a Marquis ranked demon, and

he really needed any since he was already

"Where is everyone?"

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

right at this moment that I

'Let's go.'

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

[Shadow Servant]

a step forward, a black disc formed beneath my

Crackle. Crackle.

Liam's body, and his figure vanished from

he

SHIIING—!

other hand, pressed my

movement of the [Keiki

Click—!

followed a clicking sound as mine and

Clang—! Clang—!

of Liam and I, the only thing

of our attacks with just an arm. Or, to be more precise, his bones, as he didn't seem to

you

echoed throughout the place as

out from his body, forcing the two of us back, as

flapped his wings once. His figure disappeared from

had activated Eyes of Chronos he was already a couple of inches away from my face, and closing the

'Shit.'

myself as my heart tightened and

better not to challenge a Duke ranked demon in spite of the fact that it was

strength rapidly declining, the demon was

'Fucking Liam.'

ranked demon? He was worse than Kevin when it came to

was careless for even one second, I could

of the situation I found myself in, I noticed what looked

'Fast.'

I stared

currently, time was flowing a lot slower than it was supposed to be.

demon's temple, I noticed the demon's eyes slowly moving

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

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

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

Bang—!

"Haaa…haaa…"

he supported his body with both knees and heavily

'What just happened?'

thought to myself as I stared in Liam's direction with eyes

Liam

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

"You broke through?"

at that moment, I realized

on me, as I just speechlessly

passed. Did he break through in that short week that we were

How monstrous.

"Haaa…haaa…yeah."

the floor and facing