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.

have Angelica turn into a ring like usual,

was able to get Liam to push the demon toward the pillar where Angelica sat so that

and

Bang—!

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

moment later,

Drip—! Drip—!

head, all I saw was black blood spilling from the demon's chest as he held

then pushed it into his body,

'…how is this possible?'

I thought in shock.

was able to move his body and force Angelica out of his way before hiding the

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

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

that I had to act

that the demon wasn't in the best condition at the moment. He was

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

been fighting using the last shreds of life energy

I just waited, ten minutes? …or maybe less, then he would without a doubt

luxury. Taking note of Angelica and Liam's condition, mana erupted from my body as I placed my hand on the

"Now!"

shouted as I turned to glance at my

his hand against the hilt of a black sword, and the mana inside of

Click—

servant's figure disappeared from the spot and reappeared

of the [Keiki style] : Void

Bang—!

the demon's core was. Unfortunately, in spite of the extreme speed at which he appeared and attacked, the demon didn't seem to

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

"Ugh."

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

'Good enough.'

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

most powerful movement to

movement of the [Keiki

Cr..crack…crack…

light suddenly enveloped the surroundings as the space around the Duke ranked demon started

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

"Huek!"

light soon completely impaled the demon's body, and even more black blood started

out. Had 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,

Drip—! Drip—!

pool of blood formed, before the white lights impairing him

moment, I rapidly appeared before the demon and

Crack—!

shattered it into pieces, and the demon's body stopped moving and scattered in the air in

"Haaaa…."

on my butt, I leaned back and heavily

chest was burning, and I was currently feeling

a lot harder than I

had to kill him. It also had to be noted that I had the assistance of both Liam and

'That was really close…'

Quickly turning my body, I turned to gaze

"Ugh."