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…'

separated from the others who went for the core of the mana compressor, I knew that they would attract the attention of a Marquis ranked demon, and in turn,

that he really needed any since he was already a lot

"Where is everyone?"

the correct one as the

right at this moment

'Let's go.'

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

[Shadow Servant]

black disc formed beneath

Crackle. Crackle.

time, lighting crackled around Liam's body, and his figure vanished

he slashed toward the

SHIIING—!

my hand against the hilt

[Keiki

Click—!

as mine and Liam's attack landed

Clang—! Clang—!

thing we heard

I was shocked to see the Duke rank demon blocking both of our attacks with just an arm. Or, to be more

you think you're

echoed throughout the place as his red pupils

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

his teeth, the Duke ranked demon didn't say anything and just flapped 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

'Shit.'

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

a Duke ranked demon in spite of the fact that it was already old, and almost

its strength rapidly declining, the demon was still leagues

'Fucking Liam.'

Duke ranked demon? He was worse than Kevin when it came to

even one second, I

out of the situation I found myself in, I noticed what looked like a sword tip heading for the Duke's head in the midst

'Fast.'

stared at the moving

be. For the

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

rather, he was now trying to defend himself from

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

returned to normal and I saw the demon's

Bang—!

"Haaa…haaa…"

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

'What just happened?'

in Liam's direction with eyes full

Liam

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

"You broke through?"

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

me, as I just speechlessly

week has passed. Did he break

How monstrous.

"Haaa…haaa…yeah."

sword on the floor