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

turn out a lot more

as I

could use my mana. After all, with the aid of

"Here you go, Chief."

him an item that

brought it up and slowly unveiled the white

air stirred with each unwrap of

while he continued to unwrap the

you not going to take out

"Weapon?"

my head and stared at my waist where my sword usually

there at the

a moment, I shook my

good for

the limits of

"Are you sure?"

Silug questioned.

nodded my

"Yes, I'm confident."

"Okay."

ancient, worn-out axe. It didn't appear to be anything noteworthy at first sight. However, as soon as the final

of the smell,

'It smells like blood.'

have this sort of smell...It

Krr….

in the air until Silug stopped and rested the

slowly started to

"Are you ready, human?"

asked while deeply gazing my

took a deep breath and closed my

[Body Hardening]

[Mind and Spirit connection]

electric

sensation vanished as quickly as it had appeared, but just then, I noticed that my body's muscles were pulsing oddly. And if it wasn't odd enough, my body

This one…

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

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

about as close as I could describe the sensation that I was feeling. It

be more noticeable during

"Alright, I'm ready."

my breath

One could wonder how he was able to move at such speeds with such a big

'Swing to my left.'

to easily read his movement as I took a step to the

Boom—!

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

one might anticipate, and a

was loud enough that anyone within a couple of kilometers could hear

applied to the others, however. I was currently

when I was in Monarch Indifference, but with my own

loud noise didn't bother me in the least bit as Silug was the only thing

to

followed up with a vertical swing, which was once again easily avoided by me. I felt a little sting

was probably the chip which was running at full throttle at the

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

inside of my mind, I raised

Smack.

cold and flat surface on my hand, Silug's axe