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

since he was already

"Where is everyone?"

to be the correct one as the

this moment

'Let's go.'

our task was even before we spoke as mana

[Shadow Servant]

a black disc formed beneath my feet, and

Crackle. Crackle.

around Liam's body, and his figure vanished from the spot,

he slashed

SHIIING—!

pressed my hand against the

[Keiki style]

Click—!

bright white light followed a clicking sound as mine and

Clang—! Clang—!

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

attacks with

do you think you're

throughout the place as his red pupils glared

pressure suddenly sprang out from his body, forcing the two of us back, as the wings

wings once. His figure disappeared from

of Chronos he was already a couple of inches away from

'Shit.'

myself as my heart tightened and cold sweat dripped down my

not to challenge a Duke ranked demon in spite of the fact that it was already old,

rapidly declining, the demon

'Fucking Liam.'

against a Duke ranked demon? He

for even one second,

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

'Fast.'

I stared at the moving

it was supposed to be. For the

the demon's temple, I noticed the demon's eyes slowly moving towards where

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

stop, and it soon made contact

I saw

Bang—!

"Haaa…haaa…"

supported his body with both knees and heavily

'What just happened?'

myself as I stared in Liam's direction with

Liam become so

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

"You broke through?"

the pressure coming from Liam's body, at

me, as I just

I remember, only one week has passed. Did he break through

How monstrous.

"Haaa…haaa…yeah."

his head before placing his sword on the floor and facing the direction of where the