The Author's POV

The area went completely still when it was revealed that I managed to stop the attack with one of my fingers.

"You…"

When Silug and the others turned to look at me, I could feel their shock. Everyone in the room was obviously astonished by how I was able to stop his attack with just a single finger—I would have also been astounded if I had been in their shoes.

It had to be noted that...it wasn't as 'effortless' as it seemed to be on the outside.

'I think I broke my finger.'

My body was strong.

Extremely strong at this point. Especially after I had been training in the martial body art that Han Yufei had given me.

The durability of my body was still considered inferior to that of an orc, which was much more resilient than my body could possibly be.

The only reason I was able to stop him was because I had cheated.

Sort of.

'…and just when I promised myself to no use mana.'

In the end, I was forced to use it. Silug's strength was far more terrifying than I had expected.

I was even starting to think that his strength was on par with that of Liam.

Well, that was at least what I managed to make out from this short exchange.

"Alright, let's go again."

Moving my finger away from his fist I took a couple of steps back.

'It hurts.'

I gestured for Silug to come my way with my other hand without showing any signs of pain on my face. In reality, I knew...I knew that my finger was definitely fucked.

Without saying anything, he nodded his head. Straightening his back and taking a deep breath, he extended his hand in the direction of the other orcs.

"Bring me my axe."

His loud voice causes the surroundings to shake.

His body was emitting an erratic, dark green color. I was astonished to see a crimson tint mixed within the green hue when I took a closer look at him. Taking note of this particular aspect, my eyes flinched wide a little.

'He's different from before.'

The aura around him…

How could it explain it? It was a lot different from before.

'Bloodlust.'

The cause of the change in demeanor became clear to me quickly. In the end, it came down to the fact that Silug's body was emitting a strong bloodlust.

It made me realize that he was finally taking this seriously.

'No, rather than being serious. He's betting his life on this.'

The way he was staring at me…

It gave me the impression that he saw me as one of his biggest foes, one with whom he intended to contend all the way until the end of his life.

'Interesting.'

while I began stretching my legs and

out a lot more difficult than

for as long as I don't use

would be a lot different if I could use my mana. After all,

"Here you go, Chief."

knelt down in front of Silug and handed him an item that was wrapped in a

with his arms, Silug brought it up and

each

he continued to unwrap

you not going to take

"Weapon?"

stared at

wasn't there at the

a moment, I shook

I'm good for

of my body, not

"Are you sure?"

Silug questioned.

confidently nodded my head

"Yes, I'm confident."

"Okay."

at first sight. However, as soon as the final piece of cloth was taken off, a menacing atmosphere swept through the square, and the

of the smell, my brows

'It smells like blood.'

a weapon to have this sort of

Krr….

axe on the ground; sparks flew in the air until Silug stopped and rested the top

authoritative pressure slowly started to come out of

"Are you ready, human?"

while deeply gazing my

deep breath and closed my

[Body Hardening]

[Mind and Spirit connection]

electric current going

body's muscles were pulsing oddly. And if it wasn't

This one…

hard to explain, however, it felt as though I could control every single muscle inside of my

mind and all the muscles inside of my body were one. I

describe the sensation that I was feeling. It wasn't something that could be explained with

would be more noticeable during battle…which I was about

"Alright, I'm ready."

breath as I

could wonder how he was able to move at such

'Swing to my left.'

was able to easily read his

Boom—!

stepped to the side, Silug appeared in the same spot I was in before. He vertically swung

crumbled beneath the orcs' full-scale assault, as one might anticipate, and a huge, thunderous sound reverberated

that anyone within a

however. I was currently in a state

of when I was in Monarch Indifference, but

me in the least bit as Silug was the only thing that was

to the

again easily avoided by me. I felt a little sting in my head

chip which was running at full throttle at the

right again and use your left hand

raised my left hand

Smack.

my hand, Silug's axe came