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…'

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

any since he was already a

"Where is everyone?"

the Duke ranked demon seemed

this moment that I exchanged glances with

'Let's go.'

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

[Shadow Servant]

formed beneath my

Crackle. Crackle.

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

his hand, he slashed toward the

SHIIING—!

the other hand, pressed my hand against the hilt

[Keiki style]

Click—!

as mine and Liam's attack landed simultaneously on

Clang—! Clang—!

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

of our attacks with just

do you think

the place as his red pupils glared

menacing and powerful pressure suddenly sprang out from his body, forcing the two of us back, as the wings on his back expanded, casting a large

teeth, the Duke ranked demon didn't say anything and just flapped his wings once. His figure

speed was so fast that by the time I had activated Eyes of Chronos he was already a couple of inches away from my face,

'Shit.'

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

Duke ranked demon in spite of the

declining, the demon was

'Fucking Liam.'

he could fight against a Duke ranked demon?

even one second, I could kiss

in, I noticed what looked like a sword tip heading for

'Fast.'

as I stared at the

supposed to be. For the sword to

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

now trying to defend himself from Liam's

stop, and it soon

time returned to normal and I saw the demon's body crash

Bang—!

"Haaa…haaa…"

to me as he supported

'What just happened?'

to myself as I stared in Liam's direction with eyes

has Liam become so

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

"You broke through?"

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

dawned on me, as I just speechlessly looked at

Did he break through in

How monstrous.

"Haaa…haaa…yeah."

his sword on the floor and facing the