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.

ring like usual, and dropped her toward one of the nearby

with Liam, I was able to get Liam to push the demon toward the pillar where Angelica sat so that we could

and things should've ended there,

Bang—!

to the other side of the room, before crashing into one of the pillars as a loud banging sound echoed through

moment later, my body

Drip—! Drip—!

my head, all I saw was black blood spilling from the demon's

then pushed it into his body,

'…how is this possible?'

I thought in shock.

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

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

true for Liam who was bleeding profusely and a small

knew that I had

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

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

been fighting using the last

minutes? …or maybe less, then he would without a doubt die without me needing to do

mana erupted from my body as I placed my hand on the sheath of my

"Now!"

turned to glance at my shadow

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

Click—

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

of the [Keiki style] :

Bang—!

spite of the extreme speed at which he

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

"Ugh."

pressed my sword's hilt with my thumb and

'Good enough.'

sent the shadow servant toward the demon, the goal was to stop it from healing and buy me

last and most

of the [Keiki style] :

Cr..crack…crack…

white light suddenly enveloped the surroundings as the space around

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

"Huek!"

the demon's body, and even more black

been able to easily avoid my attacks, but he wasn't, and it wasn't long before

Drip—! Drip—!

before the white lights

advantage of this moment, I rapidly appeared before

Crack—!

the same mistake as 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

"Haaaa…."

my butt, I leaned

burning, and I was currently feeling extremely

was a lot harder than

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 assistance of both Liam and Angelica

'That was really close…'

turned to gaze in Liam's direction and forced my

"Ugh."