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.'

I began

lot more difficult than I had

I don't use mana that

lot different if I could use my mana. After all, with the aid

"Here you go, Chief."

Silug and handed him an item that was wrapped in a

his arms, Silug brought it up and slowly unveiled

stirred with each unwrap of

a question while he continued to

you not going to take out

"Weapon?"

and stared at my waist where my sword

wasn't there at the

a moment, I shook

good for

here to test the limits of my

"Are you sure?"

Silug questioned.

confidently nodded my

"Yes, I'm confident."

"Okay."

It didn't appear to be anything noteworthy at first sight. However, as soon as the final piece of cloth was

the smell,

'It smells like blood.'

weapon to have this sort of smell...It must've killed

Krr….

ground; sparks flew in the air until Silug stopped and rested the top of his arm on the

oppressive and authoritative pressure slowly started to come out of his

"Are you ready, human?"

while deeply

deep breath and

[Body Hardening]

[Mind and Spirit connection]

felt what felt like an electric current going through it as soon as I activated

quickly as it had appeared, but just then, I noticed that my body's muscles were pulsing oddly. And if

This one…

however, it felt as though I could control every single muscle inside of my body with

though my mind and all the muscles inside of my body were one. I didn't even need to think before

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

more noticeable during

"Alright, I'm ready."

muttered under my breath as I took another

as my sentences ended. One could wonder how he was able to move at such

'Swing to my left.'

to easily read his movement as

Boom—!

side, Silug appeared in the same spot I was in before. He

the orcs' full-scale assault, as one might anticipate, and a

within a couple of

was currently in a state where everything around

when I was in Monarch Indifference, but with my

the least bit as Silug was the only thing that

to

with a vertical swing, which was once again easily avoided by me. I felt a little sting in my head

which was running

again and use your left hand to slap in

raised my left hand and blindly smacked

Smack.

on my hand, Silug's axe came hurtling