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

really needed any since he was already a lot stronger than Liam

"Where is everyone?"

as the Duke ranked demon seemed taken aback

was right at this moment that I exchanged

'Let's go.'

what our task was even before we spoke as mana

[Shadow Servant]

step forward, a black disc formed beneath my

Crackle. Crackle.

and his figure vanished from the spot,

hand, he slashed toward the

SHIIING—!

on the other hand, pressed my hand

the [Keiki

Click—!

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

Clang—! Clang—!

thing we heard after our

demon blocking both of our attacks with just an arm. Or, to be more precise, his bones, as he didn't seem to have

do you

echoed throughout the place as his red pupils glared

back, as the wings on

his wings once. His figure disappeared from the spot before reappearing right

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

'Shit.'

as my heart tightened and cold sweat

ranked demon in spite of the fact

with its strength rapidly declining, the demon was still

'Fucking Liam.'

think he could fight against a Duke ranked demon? He was worse than Kevin

careless for even one second, I could kiss

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

'Fast.'

thought as I stared

it was supposed to be. For the sword to be moving

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

trying to defend himself from Liam's sudden attack. Apparently, it wasn't something he

be too fast for the demon to stop, and it soon made contact with his temple and

and I saw the demon's body crash into one

Bang—!

"Haaa…haaa…"

that happened, Liam appeared next to me as he supported his body with both knees and heavily

'What just happened?'

in Liam's direction with

has Liam become so

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

"You broke through?"

Liam's body, at

me, as

remember, only one week has passed. Did he break through in that short week that we

How monstrous.

"Haaa…haaa…yeah."

sword on the floor and facing the