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…'

compressor, I knew that they would attract the attention of a Marquis

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

"Where is everyone?"

proved to be the correct one as the Duke ranked demon

right at this moment that I exchanged glances with

'Let's go.'

was even before we spoke as mana erupted from my body and a

[Shadow Servant]

a step forward, a black disc formed beneath

Crackle. Crackle.

vanished from the spot, before

hand, he

SHIIING—!

my hand against the hilt of my

[Keiki style] :

Click—!

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

Clang—! Clang—!

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

attacks with just an arm.

do you

aged voice echoed throughout the place as his red pupils glared

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

say anything and just flapped his wings

so fast that by the time I had activated Eyes of Chronos he was already a couple

'Shit.'

heart tightened and cold sweat dripped

Duke ranked demon in spite of the fact that it was

declining, the demon

'Fucking Liam.'

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

I was careless for even one second, I could kiss

way out of the situation I found myself in, I noticed what

'Fast.'

stared at the

had to be noted that currently, time was flowing a lot slower than it was supposed to be. For the sword

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

trying to defend himself

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

deactivating [Eyes of Chronos], time returned to normal and I saw the demon's body crash into one

Bang—!

"Haaa…haaa…"

appeared next to me as he supported

'What just happened?'

in Liam's direction with eyes full

when has Liam become

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

"You broke through?"

body, at that moment, I realized he was now

me, as I just speechlessly looked at

has passed. Did he break through in that short week

How monstrous.

"Haaa…haaa…yeah."

before placing his sword on the floor