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…'

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

really needed any since he was

"Where is everyone?"

to be the correct one as the Duke ranked demon seemed

right at this moment that I exchanged

'Let's go.'

spoke as mana erupted

[Shadow Servant]

disc formed beneath my feet, and

Crackle. Crackle.

crackled around Liam's body, and his figure vanished from the spot, before reappearing right in

he

SHIIING—!

hand, pressed my hand

of the [Keiki style]

Click—!

followed a clicking sound as mine and Liam's attack landed simultaneously on the Duke ranked

Clang—! Clang—!

to the disappointment of Liam and I, the only thing we heard after our attacks landed was a

the flash of light disappeared, I was shocked to see the Duke rank demon blocking both of our attacks with just an arm. Or, to be more precise, his bones, as he

do you think you're

aged voice echoed throughout the place

us back, as the wings on his back expanded, casting

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

activated Eyes of Chronos he was already a couple

'Shit.'

silently cursed to myself as my heart tightened and cold sweat

Duke ranked demon in spite

its strength rapidly declining, the demon was still

'Fucking Liam.'

fight against a Duke ranked demon? He was worse than Kevin when it came to being a calamity

careless for even one second, I could kiss goodbye

the way out of the situation I found myself in, I noticed what looked like a

'Fast.'

stared

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

the demon's eyes slowly

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

to be too fast for the demon to stop, and it soon

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

Bang—!

"Haaa…haaa…"

he supported his

'What just happened?'

in Liam's direction with eyes full

when has Liam become so

last time that I had fought him, our strength was rather similar, however, right at this moment, he seemed a lot stronger than he was since I had last fought

"You broke through?"

noticed the pressure coming from Liam's body, at

dawned on me, as I

passed. Did he break through in

How monstrous.

"Haaa…haaa…yeah."

sword on the floor and facing the direction