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.

to have Angelica turn into a ring like usual, and

communication with Liam, I was able to get Liam to push the demon toward the pillar where

plan, and

Bang—!

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

moment later, my body

Drip—! Drip—!

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

pushed it into his body,

'…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 way

my gaze between Liam and Angelica. They were currently both still alive, but I knew that it was

for Liam who was bleeding profusely and a small

I had to act

the moment. He was

I was also able to notice that the longer the time passed, the weaker his attacks became. I understood then that

using the last shreds of life energy inside of his

then he would

couldn't afford such luxury. Taking note of Angelica and Liam's condition, mana erupted from my

"Now!"

I turned to glance at my shadow

orders, the shadow servant pressed his hand against the hilt of a black sword, and the mana inside of my body started to

Click—

figure disappeared from the spot and reappeared right in front

third movement of the [Keiki

Bang—!

extreme speed at which he

completely severing the servant into two. He soon disappeared into thin air and the mana inside of my body rapidly

"Ugh."

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

'Good enough.'

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

most powerful movement

movement of the

Cr..crack…crack…

suddenly enveloped the surroundings as the space around

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

"Huek!"

completely impaled the demon's body, and even more

right state of mind, and not as injured, he may have been able to easily avoid my attacks, but he wasn't,

Drip—! Drip—!

before the white lights impairing him scattered

this moment, I rapidly appeared before the demon and

Crack—!

rapidly shattered it into pieces, and the demon's body stopped

"Haaaa…."

butt, I leaned back and heavily

was burning, and I was currently feeling extremely

was a lot harder than

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 gaze in

"Ugh."