The Author's POV

In a large and wide corridor, footsteps echoed.

"Do you think it was the right idea to just let him go like that?"

Kevin asked, while he turned to face Amanda who was running next to him. Before she could answer, he raised his sword and slashed toward his right.

SHIIIING!

"Huek!"

The body of a demon split in half.

"Yes."

Amanda nodded. Taking out her bow, she brought the string back as three arrows formed on the bow.

Clang—!

Letting go of the string, the arrows shot toward the distance and impaled three nearby demons.

"Since he's recovered his mana, he should have no trouble protecting himself, and…"

Lowering the bow in her hand, Amanda proceeded to head deeper into the corridor.

"…he's not exactly alone."

***

Ba…Thump! Ba…Thump!

Feeling the demon's hollow gaze pause on me, my heartbeat started to rapidly increase and my breathing also became more difficult.

My back began to sweat when the demon once again began to raise his hand.

'Well, shit…'

I thought to myself as the Duke ranked demon slowly brought his hand down.

But…

A figure materialized behind the demon as his hand was halfway down and attacked him from behind.

Spurt—!

The demon began spraying black blood on the ground, and I noticed an enchanting figure standing behind him.

Her hand was currently reaching out for the demon's orb that was now visible to the naked eye, through a gaping hole in his chest area.

"Took you long enough."

I muttered with a smile and supported my body up.

'Thank god our plan worked.'

It was clear from the moment I decided to save Liam that I would not be able to defeat a Duke ranked demon with my current capabilities. Even if it was weakened and I had Liam's help. I still saw no way to defeat it.

Thus.

a ring like

push the demon toward the pillar where Angelica sat so that we

plan, and things

Bang—!

side of the room, before crashing into one of the pillars as

moment later, my body

Drip—! Drip—!

all I saw was black blood spilling from the demon's chest

into his body, and

'…how is this possible?'

I thought in shock.

to move his body and force

eyes wide, I alternated my gaze between Liam and Angelica. They were currently both still

was especially true for Liam who was bleeding profusely and a small pool of

that I had to

moment. He was

I was also able to notice that the longer the time passed, the weaker his attacks

the last shreds

…or maybe less, then he would without a doubt die without me needing to do

note of Angelica and Liam's condition, mana erupted from my body as I

"Now!"

shouted as I turned to glance at my

orders, the shadow servant pressed his hand against the hilt of a black sword, and the

Click—

from the spot and reappeared right

third movement of the [Keiki style]

Bang—!

in front of the demon, the shadow servant stabbed his sword right where the demon's core was. Unfortunately, in spite of the extreme speed at which he appeared and attacked, the demon didn't seem to be the

kicked the shadow servant right in the abdomen area, completely severing the servant into two. He soon disappeared into thin air and the mana inside of

"Ugh."

groan, I pressed my sword's hilt with my thumb and carefully took a

'Good enough.'

the goal was to stop it from healing

most powerful movement

movement of the

Cr..crack…crack…

the space around the Duke ranked demon started to

fissures formed next to the demon,

"Huek!"

impaled the demon's body, and even more black blood

of mind, and not as injured, he may have been able to easily avoid my attacks, but he wasn't, and it wasn't long before his figure

Drip—! Drip—!

formed, before the white

of this moment, I rapidly appeared before the

Crack—!

in my hand, I rapidly shattered it into pieces, and the demon's body stopped moving and

"Haaaa…."

butt, I leaned back and heavily gulped for

I was

lot

had made in order to handle the Duke-ranked demon, it took everything I had to kill

'That was really close…'

to myself. Quickly turning my body, I turned

"Ugh."