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

demon toward the pillar where Angelica sat

our plan, and things should've ended

Bang—!

the room, before crashing into one

moment later, my body

Drip—! Drip—!

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

body, and his injuries

'…how is this possible?'

I thought in shock.

move his body

eyes wide, I alternated my gaze between Liam and Angelica. They were currently both still alive, but I knew that it was only a matter

profusely and a small pool of blood formed

that I had to

the best condition at the moment. He was currently in a weakened state as he was healing

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

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

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

erupted from my body as I placed my hand on the

"Now!"

turned to glance at

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

Click—

figure disappeared from the spot and reappeared

of the [Keiki style]

Bang—!

at which he appeared and attacked, the demon didn't seem to be the

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

'Good enough.'

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

and most powerful

fifth movement of the [Keiki style] : Space

Cr..crack…crack…

bright white light suddenly enveloped the surroundings as the space around the

second, and it wasn't long before fissures formed next to the

"Huek!"

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

and not as injured, he may have been able to easily avoid my attacks, but he

Drip—! Drip—!

before the

before the demon and reached out for

Crack—!

Angelica, the moment I felt the core in my hand, I rapidly shattered it into pieces, and the demon's body stopped moving and scattered in the air in

"Haaaa…."

leaned back and heavily gulped for

I was currently feeling extremely

was a lot

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

'That was really close…'

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

"Ugh."