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.

like usual, and dropped her toward one of the

Liam to push the demon toward the pillar where Angelica sat so that we could sneak attack

plan, and things should've ended there,

Bang—!

side of the room, before crashing into one of the pillars as a loud

later, my body

Drip—! Drip—!

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

pushed it into his body, and his injuries started

'…how is this possible?'

I thought in shock.

core exposed like that, he was able to move his body and force Angelica out of his

currently both still alive, but I knew that it was only a matter of time

bleeding profusely and a small pool of blood

I had

the demon wasn't in the best condition at the moment. He was currently in a weakened state as he was healing from

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

had clearly been fighting using the last shreds of life energy

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

I couldn't afford such luxury. Taking note of Angelica and Liam's condition, mana erupted from my body as I placed my hand on the sheath

"Now!"

turned to

the hilt of a

Click—

the spot and reappeared right in front of

of the [Keiki style]

Bang—!

at which he appeared

and kicked the shadow servant right in the abdomen area, completely severing the servant into two. He soon disappeared into thin

"Ugh."

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

'Good enough.'

when I sent the shadow servant toward the demon, the goal was to stop

and most powerful movement to

of the [Keiki style] : Space

Cr..crack…crack…

light suddenly enveloped the surroundings as the space around the

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

"Huek!"

body, and even more black blood started to

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 lights impaled his

Drip—! Drip—!

pool of blood formed, before the white lights impairing him scattered and

moment, I rapidly appeared before the demon and reached out

Crack—!

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 in the form of

"Haaaa…."

on my butt, I leaned back and

and I was

was a lot

it took everything I had to kill him. It also had to be

'That was really close…'

body, I turned to gaze in Liam's direction and

"Ugh."