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.

decided to have Angelica turn into a ring like usual,

Liam to push the demon toward the pillar where

our plan, and things

Bang—!

body being swung to the other side of the room, before crashing into one of the pillars as a

moment later, my body

Drip—! Drip—!

black blood spilling from the demon's chest as he held

into his body, and his injuries started to

'…how is this possible?'

I thought in shock.

his body and force Angelica out

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

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

knew that I had to

the best condition at the moment. He was

able to notice that the longer the time passed, the weaker his attacks became. I understood then that he was on the

last shreds of life energy

minutes? …or maybe less, then he would

Angelica and Liam's condition, mana erupted from

"Now!"

shouted as I turned to glance at my shadow

of a black sword, and the mana inside of my body started to rapidly

Click—

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

movement of the [Keiki style] :

Bang—!

of the extreme speed at which he appeared and attacked, the demon didn't seem to be the slightest bit startled as he

in the abdomen area, completely severing the servant into two. He soon

"Ugh."

groan, I pressed my sword's

'Good enough.'

anything in mind when I sent the shadow servant toward the demon, the goal was to stop it from healing and buy me enough

most

movement of the [Keiki style] : Space

Cr..crack…crack…

surroundings as the space around the Duke ranked demon started to crack

happened within the span of half a second, and it wasn't long before fissures formed next to the demon,

"Huek!"

soon completely impaled the demon's body, and even

right state of mind, and not as injured, he may have been able to easily avoid my attacks, but he wasn't, and

Drip—! Drip—!

pool of blood formed, before the white lights impairing him

this moment, I rapidly appeared before the

Crack—!

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

"Haaaa…."

leaned back and heavily

chest was burning, and I

lot harder than

demon, it took everything I had to kill him. It also had to be noted that I

'That was really close…'

my body, I turned to gaze in Liam's direction and

"Ugh."