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…'

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

since he was already

"Where is everyone?"

one as the Duke ranked demon seemed taken

moment that

'Let's go.'

our task was even before we spoke as mana

[Shadow Servant]

disc formed beneath my feet, and I propelled

Crackle. Crackle.

vanished from the spot, before

he slashed toward

SHIIING—!

hand, pressed my hand against the hilt of my

[Keiki style] :

Click—!

clicking sound as mine and Liam's attack landed

Clang—! Clang—!

the only thing we heard after our attacks landed was

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 in his

you

echoed throughout the place

two of us back, as the wings on his back expanded, casting a large shadow over

and just flapped his wings once. His figure disappeared from the spot before reappearing right in front

the time I had activated Eyes of Chronos he was already a couple of inches away from my face, and

'Shit.'

to myself as my heart tightened and cold

ranked demon in spite

its strength rapidly declining, the

'Fucking Liam.'

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

second, I could kiss goodbye to my

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

'Fast.'

thought as I stared at the moving

to be. For the sword to be moving at the pace that it

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

to hit me, but rather, he was now trying to defend himself from Liam's sudden attack. Apparently, it

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

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

Bang—!

"Haaa…haaa…"

he supported his body with both knees

'What just happened?'

myself as I stared in Liam's direction with eyes

when has Liam become

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

"You broke through?"

body, at that moment, I realized

on me, as

he break through

How monstrous.

"Haaa…haaa…yeah."

sword on the floor and facing the direction of where the