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

might turn out a lot more difficult than I had

as I don't use mana

would be a lot different if I could use my mana. After all, with the aid of [Eyes of Chronos], I

"Here you go, Chief."

down in front of Silug and handed him an item that

it up

air stirred with each

he continued to unwrap

you not going to take out your

"Weapon?"

my head and stared at my waist where my sword usually

wasn't there at

a moment,

good

test the limits of my body, not my

"Are you sure?"

Silug questioned.

nodded my head

"Yes, I'm confident."

"Okay."

removed the 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

whiff of the smell,

'It smells like blood.'

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

Krr….

stopped and rested the top of his arm on the bottom end of the

authoritative pressure slowly started to come out

"Are you ready, human?"

asked while deeply gazing

deep breath and closed

[Body Hardening]

[Mind and Spirit connection]

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

had appeared, but just then, I noticed that my body's muscles were pulsing oddly. And if it wasn't odd enough, my body also experienced another strange

This one…

felt as though I could control every single muscle inside

the muscles inside of my body were one. I didn't even need to think before my muscles moved in the way

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

be more noticeable during battle…which

"Alright, I'm ready."

under my breath

ended. One could wonder how he was able to move at such speeds with such a big physique as his entire body

'Swing to my left.'

his

Boom—!

same spot I was in before. He vertically swung his

ground entirely crumbled beneath the orcs' full-scale assault, as one might anticipate, and a

sound was loud enough that anyone within a

to the others, however. I was currently in a state where everything around me

was in Monarch Indifference,

noise didn't bother me in the least bit as

step to the right, and

followed up with a vertical swing, which was once again easily avoided by me. I felt a little sting in my head when I dodged, but it wasn't anything to be

was

to the right again and use your left hand to slap in a

my mind, I raised my left hand and blindly smacked the

Smack.

my hand, Silug's axe came hurtling toward the