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

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

was our plan, and things should've ended there,

Bang—!

to the other side of the room, before crashing

later, my body

Drip—! Drip—!

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

his body, and

'…how is this possible?'

I thought in shock.

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

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

was especially true for Liam who was bleeding profusely and a small pool

that I

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

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

the last shreds of

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

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

"Now!"

as I turned to

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

Click—

the shadow servant's figure disappeared from the spot and reappeared

the [Keiki style]

Bang—!

spite of the extreme speed at

the servant into

"Ugh."

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

'Good enough.'

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

most powerful

movement of the [Keiki style] : Space

Cr..crack…crack…

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

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

"Huek!"

soon completely impaled the demon's body, and even

screams echoed out. Had the demon been 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 lights impaled his body

Drip—! Drip—!

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

appeared before

Crack—!

wanting to make the same mistake as Angelica, the moment I felt the core in my hand, I rapidly shattered it

"Haaaa…."

I leaned back and

chest was burning, and I was currently feeling extremely

a lot harder than I

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…'

Quickly turning my body, I turned to

"Ugh."