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…'

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

really needed any since he was already a

"Where is everyone?"

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

right at this moment that

'Let's go.'

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

[Shadow Servant]

disc formed beneath my feet, and I

Crackle. Crackle.

and his figure vanished from the

he slashed toward

SHIIING—!

on the other hand, pressed my hand against the

the [Keiki style]

Click—!

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

Clang—! Clang—!

Liam and I, the only thing

Duke rank demon blocking both of our attacks with just an arm. Or, to be more precise, his bones,

you think

and aged voice echoed throughout the place as his

suddenly sprang out from his body, forcing 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

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

'Shit.'

as my heart tightened and cold

should've known better not to challenge a Duke ranked demon in spite of the fact

with its strength rapidly declining, the

'Fucking Liam.'

ranked

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

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

'Fast.'

stared at the

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

of inches away from the demon's temple, I noticed the

was no longer aiming to hit me, but rather, he was now trying to

fast for the demon to stop, and it soon made

I saw the demon's body crash

Bang—!

"Haaa…haaa…"

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

'What just happened?'

I stared in Liam's direction with

Liam become

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

"You broke through?"

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

me, as I

Did he break through

How monstrous.

"Haaa…haaa…yeah."

sword on the floor