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.'

thought while I began stretching my legs

lot more

I don't

be a lot different if I could use my mana. After all, with the aid of [Eyes of Chronos], I didn't fear getting

"Here you go, Chief."

orc knelt down in front of Silug and handed him an

arms, Silug brought it up and slowly unveiled the

stirred with each unwrap of

while he continued to unwrap the

to

"Weapon?"

at

there

moment, I shook my

I'm good for

limits of my body, not

"Are you sure?"

Silug questioned.

nodded my

"Yes, I'm confident."

"Okay."

cover to show a single-sided, ancient, worn-out axe. It didn't appear to be anything noteworthy at first sight. However, as soon as the final piece of cloth was taken off, a menacing atmosphere swept through

a whiff of the smell, my brows

'It smells like blood.'

this sort of

Krr….

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

authoritative pressure slowly started to come out of

"Are you ready, human?"

asked while deeply gazing

breath and

[Body Hardening]

[Mind and Spirit connection]

tremble and I felt what felt like an electric current going through

body's muscles

This one…

explain, however, it felt as though I could control

inside of my body were one. I didn't even need to

that I was feeling. It

be more noticeable during battle…which I was

"Alright, I'm ready."

breath as

wonder how he was able to move at such speeds with such a big physique as his entire body disappeared from the

'Swing to my left.'

read his movement as I took a step to the

Boom—!

spot I was in before. He vertically swung his axe toward the

assault, as one might anticipate, and

was loud enough that anyone within a

was currently in a state where

was in Monarch Indifference, but with my

least bit as Silug was the

a step to the right, and

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

chip which was running at full throttle at the

again and use your left hand to slap in a downward

the steps inside of my mind, I raised my left hand and blindly smacked

Smack.

flat surface on my hand, Silug's axe came hurtling toward the ground beside