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…'

having separated from the others who went for the core of the mana compressor, I knew that they would attract the attention of a Marquis ranked demon, and in turn, stop any reinforcements from coming

needed any since he was already a lot stronger

"Where is everyone?"

correct one as the Duke ranked demon seemed

moment that I

'Let's go.'

what our task was even before we spoke as mana erupted from my body and a dark shadow appeared

[Shadow Servant]

a step forward, a black disc formed beneath my

Crackle. Crackle.

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

his hand, he

SHIIING—!

hand, pressed my hand

of the [Keiki style] : Quick

Click—!

white light followed a clicking sound as mine

Clang—! Clang—!

thing we heard after our attacks

the Duke rank demon blocking both of our attacks with just an arm. Or, to be

do you think

voice echoed throughout the place as his red

the two of us back, as the wings on his back expanded, casting a large shadow over the area we

the Duke ranked demon didn't say anything and just flapped his wings once. His figure disappeared from the spot before reappearing right in

activated Eyes of Chronos he was

'Shit.'

my heart tightened and cold sweat

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

with its strength rapidly declining, the

'Fucking Liam.'

against a Duke ranked demon? He was worse than Kevin when it came

second, I could kiss goodbye

I noticed

'Fast.'

stared at

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

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

he was now trying to defend himself from Liam's sudden attack. Apparently,

attack proved to be too fast for the demon to stop, and

and I saw the demon's body crash into

Bang—!

"Haaa…haaa…"

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

'What just happened?'

to myself as I stared in

has Liam become so

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

"You broke through?"

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

as I just speechlessly

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

How monstrous.

"Haaa…haaa…yeah."

head before placing his sword on the floor and facing the