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…'

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

since he was already a lot

"Where is everyone?"

the Duke ranked demon seemed taken aback by the sudden

this moment that I exchanged glances with

'Let's go.'

we spoke as mana erupted from my body and a dark

[Shadow Servant]

a black disc formed beneath

Crackle. Crackle.

and his figure vanished from the spot, before reappearing right in front of

hand, he slashed toward the

SHIIING—!

my hand

[Keiki style] : Quick

Click—!

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

Clang—! Clang—!

of Liam and I, the only thing we heard after our attacks

with just an arm.

do you think

and aged voice echoed throughout the place as his

two of us back, as the

ranked demon didn't say anything and just flapped his wings once. His figure disappeared from the spot before reappearing right

I had activated Eyes of Chronos he was already a couple

'Shit.'

cursed to myself as my heart tightened and cold

ranked demon in spite of the fact

strength rapidly declining, the demon was still

'Fucking Liam.'

world did he even think he could fight against a Duke ranked demon? He was worse than Kevin when

careless for even one second, I could kiss goodbye

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

'Fast.'

I stared at the

slower than it was supposed to be. For the sword to be moving at the pace that it

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

was no longer aiming to hit me, but rather, he was now trying to defend himself from Liam's sudden attack. Apparently, it wasn't something he

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

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

Bang—!

"Haaa…haaa…"

supported his body with both knees and heavily

'What just happened?'

thought to myself as I stared in Liam's direction with eyes full of

has Liam become

similar, however, right at this moment, he seemed a

"You broke through?"

from Liam's body, at that moment,

me, as I just speechlessly looked

one week has passed. Did he break through in that

How monstrous.

"Haaa…haaa…yeah."

the floor and