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.

Angelica turn into a ring like usual, and dropped her toward one

get Liam to push the demon toward the pillar where Angelica

was our plan, and things

Bang—!

side of the room, before crashing into one of the

later, my

Drip—! Drip—!

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

body, and his injuries started to

'…how is this possible?'

I thought in shock.

like that, he was able to move his body and force Angelica out of his

were currently both still alive, but I knew that it was only a matter of

Liam who was bleeding profusely and a small

knew that I

also noticed that the demon wasn't in the best condition at the moment. He was currently in a weakened

that the longer the time passed, the weaker his attacks became. I understood then that he

using the last

less, then he would without a doubt die

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

"Now!"

turned to glance at my

pressed his hand against the hilt of a

Click—

the spot

of the [Keiki style] : Void

Bang—!

sword right where the demon's core was. Unfortunately, in spite of the extreme speed at which he appeared and attacked, the

raised his leg and 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 my body

"Ugh."

out a small groan, I pressed my sword's hilt

'Good enough.'

the demon, the goal was to stop

last and most

fifth movement of the [Keiki

Cr..crack…crack…

surroundings as the space around the Duke

the span of half a second, and it wasn't long before fissures formed next to the demon, and lights began to shoot

"Huek!"

and even more black blood started to spill on

able to easily avoid my attacks, but he wasn't, and it wasn't long before his figure started looking like a porcupine as

Drip—! Drip—!

the demon's body, a black pool of blood formed, before the white lights

appeared before the demon and

Crack—!

same mistake as Angelica, the moment I felt the core in my hand, I rapidly shattered it into pieces, and the demon's body

"Haaaa…."

on my butt, I leaned back and

chest was burning, and I was currently feeling

was a lot harder

the preparations I had made in order to handle the Duke-ranked demon, it took everything I had to kill him. It also had to be noted that I had the

'That was really close…'

to myself. Quickly turning my body, I turned to gaze in Liam's

"Ugh."