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.

turn into a ring like usual, and dropped her toward

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

was our plan, and

Bang—!

before crashing into one

later, my body

Drip—! Drip—!

the demon's chest as

into his body, and his

'…how is this possible?'

I thought in shock.

that, he was able to move his body and

Angelica. They were currently both

was bleeding profusely

I had

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

the weaker his attacks became. I understood then that he was

last

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

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

"Now!"

I turned to glance at my

hand against the hilt of a

Click—

figure disappeared from the spot and reappeared right in front

the [Keiki style] : Void

Bang—!

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 a little back and avoided the

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

"Ugh."

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

'Good enough.'

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

and most powerful

movement of the [Keiki style] : Space

Cr..crack…crack…

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

fissures formed next to the demon, and lights began to

"Huek!"

demon's body, and even more black blood started to spill on

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—!

before the white

before the demon and reached out for his

Crack—!

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

"Haaaa…."

my butt, I leaned back and heavily gulped

was burning, and I

was a lot harder

took everything I had to kill

'That was really close…'

I turned to gaze in Liam's direction and forced my body

"Ugh."