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

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

was our plan, and things should've

Bang—!

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

later, my

Drip—! Drip—!

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

his body, and

'…how is this possible?'

I thought in shock.

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

and Angelica. They were currently both still alive, but I knew

was bleeding profusely and a small pool of

I had to

in the best condition at the moment.

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

clearly been fighting using the last shreds of life energy inside

then he would without a doubt die without me

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

"Now!"

as I turned to glance at my shadow

the shadow servant pressed his hand against the hilt of a black sword, and the

Click—

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

of the [Keiki style]

Bang—!

demon, the shadow servant stabbed his 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

which, he raised his leg and kicked the shadow servant right in the abdomen area, completely severing the servant into two. He soon disappeared into thin

"Ugh."

my sword's hilt with my thumb and carefully

'Good enough.'

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

and most

the [Keiki

Cr..crack…crack…

white light suddenly enveloped the surroundings as the

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

"Huek!"

demon's body, and even more black blood

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 like a porcupine as a myriad of

Drip—! Drip—!

of blood formed, before the white lights impairing

this moment, I rapidly appeared before the

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 air

"Haaaa…."

back on my butt, I leaned back and

chest was burning, and I was currently feeling extremely

a lot harder than I

everything I had to kill him. It also had to

'That was really close…'

turning my body, I turned to gaze in

"Ugh."