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

push the demon toward the

and things should've ended there,

Bang—!

of the room, before crashing into

later, my body

Drip—! Drip—!

spilling from the demon's chest as he held onto his core

his body, and his

'…how is this possible?'

I thought in shock.

that, he was able to move his body and force

my gaze between Liam and Angelica. They were currently both still alive,

Liam who was bleeding profusely and a small

I had to act

moment. He was

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

the last shreds of life

maybe less, then he would without a doubt die without me

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

"Now!"

shouted as I turned to glance

of a black

Click—

the spot and

the [Keiki

Bang—!

at

the servant into two. He soon disappeared into thin air and

"Ugh."

groan, I pressed my sword's hilt

'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

and most powerful movement to

movement of the [Keiki style] : Space

Cr..crack…crack…

enveloped the surroundings as the space around the Duke ranked

second, and it wasn't long before fissures formed next to the demon, and lights began to shoot out from them, heading toward

"Huek!"

the demon's body, and even more black blood

in the 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 long white

Drip—! Drip—!

the demon's body, a black pool of blood formed, before the white lights impairing him

this moment, I rapidly appeared before the demon and reached out for

Crack—!

I felt the core in my hand, I rapidly shattered it into pieces, and

"Haaaa…."

leaned back and heavily gulped for

was burning, and I was currently feeling extremely

was a lot harder than

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

'That was really close…'

myself. Quickly turning my body, I turned to gaze in

"Ugh."