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.

into a ring like usual, and dropped her toward

I was able to get Liam to push the demon

plan, and things should've

Bang—!

Angelica's body being swung to the other side of the room, before crashing into one of the pillars

later,

Drip—! Drip—!

blood spilling from the demon's chest as he held onto his core with

into his body, and his injuries

'…how is this possible?'

I thought in shock.

after having his core exposed like that, he was able to move his body and force Angelica out of his way before hiding

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 blood

knew that I had to act

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

able to notice that the longer the time passed, the weaker his

had clearly been fighting using the last shreds of life energy inside of his

then he would without a doubt

Liam's condition, mana erupted from my body

"Now!"

I turned to glance at my shadow

shadow servant pressed his hand against the hilt of a black sword, and the mana inside of my body started to

Click—

which, the shadow servant's figure disappeared from the spot and reappeared right in front

the [Keiki style] :

Bang—!

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 slightest bit startled as he just move a little back and avoided

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."

groan, I pressed my sword's

'Good enough.'

the demon, the goal was to stop it from healing and buy me enough time to accumulate

last and most

the [Keiki

Cr..crack…crack…

as the space around the Duke ranked demon started to

this happened within the span of half a second, and it wasn't long before fissures formed next to the demon, and lights began to shoot out from them, heading toward the Duke ranked demon at incredible

"Huek!"

demon's body, and even

the demon been in the right state 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 started looking

Drip—! Drip—!

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

moment, I rapidly appeared before the demon and

Crack—!

core in my hand, I rapidly shattered it

"Haaaa…."

back on my butt, I leaned back and heavily gulped for

was burning, and I was

lot harder

had to kill him.

'That was really close…'

turned to gaze in Liam's direction and forced

"Ugh."