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.

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 Angelica sat so

and things should've ended

Bang—!

being swung to the other side of the room, before crashing into

moment later, my body

Drip—! Drip—!

blood spilling from the

body, and his injuries started to

'…how is this possible?'

I thought in shock.

he was able to move his

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

bleeding profusely and a small pool of

knew that I

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

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

had clearly been fighting using the last shreds of life energy

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

luxury. Taking note of Angelica and Liam's condition, mana erupted from my body as I placed my

"Now!"

to glance at

a black sword, and the mana

Click—

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

of the [Keiki style] : Void

Bang—!

core was. Unfortunately, in spite of the extreme speed at which

shadow servant right in the abdomen area, completely severing the

"Ugh."

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

'Good enough.'

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

and most powerful

of the [Keiki style]

Cr..crack…crack…

suddenly enveloped the surroundings as the space around the Duke ranked demon started to crack

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

"Huek!"

light soon completely impaled the demon's body, and even more black

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

Drip—! Drip—!

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

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 the demon's body

"Haaaa…."

my butt, I leaned back and heavily gulped for

and I

a lot harder than

it took everything I had to kill him.

'That was really close…'

to myself. Quickly turning my body, I turned

"Ugh."