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.

a ring like usual, and dropped her toward one

demon toward the

plan, and things

Bang—!

side of the room, before crashing into one of

later,

Drip—! Drip—!

the demon's

body, and his injuries started

'…how is this possible?'

I thought in shock.

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

Liam and Angelica. They were currently both still alive, but I knew that it was only a

true for Liam who was bleeding profusely and a small pool of blood formed beneath

that I had to act

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

to notice that the longer the time passed, the weaker his attacks became. I understood

clearly been fighting using the last shreds of life energy inside

waited, ten minutes? …or maybe less, then he would without a doubt die without

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!"

I turned to

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

Click—

the spot and

movement of the [Keiki style]

Bang—!

front of the 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

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

"Ugh."

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

'Good enough.'

didn't really have anything in mind when I sent the shadow servant toward the demon, the goal was to stop it

and most powerful movement

the [Keiki style]

Cr..crack…crack…

surroundings as the space around the Duke ranked

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 them, heading toward the Duke ranked demon at

"Huek!"

and even more black blood started to spill on the

and not as injured, he may have been able to easily avoid my attacks, but he wasn't, and it wasn't

Drip—! Drip—!

the white lights impairing him scattered

advantage of this moment, I rapidly appeared before the demon and

Crack—!

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 fine black

"Haaaa…."

my butt, I leaned back

chest was burning, and I was

lot harder than I

everything I had to kill him. It also had

'That was really close…'

thought to myself. Quickly turning my body, I turned to gaze in Liam's direction and

"Ugh."