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…'

from the others who went for the core of the mana compressor, I knew that they would attract

since he was

"Where is everyone?"

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

it was right at this moment that

'Let's go.'

before we spoke as mana erupted from my body and a dark shadow

[Shadow Servant]

formed beneath my feet, and I propelled my body

Crackle. Crackle.

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

hand, he slashed toward the

SHIIING—!

hand, pressed my hand against

[Keiki style] :

Click—!

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

Clang—! Clang—!

Liam and I, the only thing we

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 didn't seem to have any muscles

you think

voice echoed throughout the place as his red pupils glared

sprang out from his body, forcing the two of us back, as the wings on his back expanded, casting a large shadow over the

and just flapped his wings once. His figure disappeared from

of Chronos he was already a

'Shit.'

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

should've known better not to challenge a Duke ranked demon in spite of the fact that it was already old, and almost

declining, the demon was still leagues

'Fucking Liam.'

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

for even one second,

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

'Fast.'

as I stared at the moving

slower than it was supposed to be. For the sword to be moving at the pace

the sword was a couple of inches away from the demon's temple, I noticed the

no longer aiming to hit me, but rather, he was now trying to defend himself from Liam's sudden attack. Apparently, it

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

I saw the demon's

Bang—!

"Haaa…haaa…"

supported his body with

'What just happened?'

myself as I stared in Liam's direction with

when has Liam become so

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

"You broke through?"

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

on me, as I just speechlessly looked

only one week has passed. Did he break

How monstrous.

"Haaa…haaa…yeah."

his sword on the floor and facing the