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 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

any since he was already a lot stronger

"Where is everyone?"

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

right at this moment that I exchanged glances with

'Let's go.'

before we spoke as mana erupted from my body and

[Shadow Servant]

a black disc formed beneath my feet, and I propelled

Crackle. Crackle.

body, and his figure vanished

his hand, he

SHIIING—!

on the other hand, pressed my hand against the hilt of

the [Keiki style]

Click—!

a clicking sound as mine and Liam's

Clang—! Clang—!

the only thing we heard after our attacks landed was a strong metallic

to see the Duke rank demon blocking both of our attacks with

do you think

voice echoed throughout the place as his red pupils glared

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

say anything and just flapped his wings once. His figure disappeared from the spot before

activated Eyes of Chronos he was already

'Shit.'

cursed to myself as my heart tightened and cold sweat dripped down my

a Duke ranked demon in spite of the fact that it was already old, and almost

strength rapidly declining, the demon was still leagues above my

'Fucking Liam.'

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

was careless for even one second, I could

I was trying to figure out the way out of the situation I found myself in, I noticed what looked like a sword tip heading

'Fast.'

thought as I stared

it was supposed to be. For the sword to be moving at the pace that it was…it could only be described as incredibly

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

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

stop, and it soon

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

Bang—!

"Haaa…haaa…"

as he supported

'What just happened?'

in Liam's direction with eyes full of

when has Liam

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

"You broke through?"

coming from Liam's body, at that moment, I

on me, as I just

one week has passed. Did he break through in that short week

How monstrous.

"Haaa…haaa…yeah."

placing his sword on the floor and facing the direction of where the