The Author's POV

As Liam lifted his head to gaze into the sky, where he saw a magnificent figure floating, he mused to himself.

'How powerful...'

Not even Ren would be able to put this kind of pressure on him. At the very least, based on how he felt during his battles with him.

Both he and Ren never engaged in a full-scale conflict with one another.

They had reached a point where their strength would cause the destruction of everything in their vicinity. Their training room, which was built using the most durable equipment available to human kind, could no longer withstand the full brunt of their attacks, preventing the two of them from ever going all out.

That being said, Liam had his eyes, and from there he could measure the force hidden within an individual.

'I'm afraid he's even stronger than Ren. '

...and not by a small margin.

The entirety of the battleground was shrouded in darkness as Liam's vision started to distort at the presence of the demon in front of him.

Ba...Thump! Ba...Thump!

Liam could feel his heart beating at his throat as he continued to stare at the enemy before him.

It also seemed that the demon had taken notice of Liam's presence as he lowered his head and murmured.

"Who are you?"

Liam was able to hear the demon's voice clearly despite the chaos that was occurring on the battlefield.

They sounded to him like soft, sinister whispers.

Thin blue threads began to crackle around his body, while his eyes took on a yellowish hue. His vision became distorted as everything turned black, leaving behind only white whisps in his vision.

Each wisp varied in size, with the spot where the previous demon stood being the largest and covering his entire field of vision with a brilliant white hue.

'... Amazing.'

Liam thought while staring at the demon. He could feel the back of his neck rise as a result of the power emanating from him.

Nonetheless, he wasn't scared.

He had seen his fair share of powerful demons throughout his life, and the demon in front of him was no different from those he had previously encountered.

'Plus, no one can be compared to him...'

The prince ranked the demon he had met on the previous planet. The one planet that took away Smallsnake's life...

When compared to him, the demon that stood in front of him was nothing to write home about.

He was still extremely powerful, but not to the point where it left him helpless like the Prince ranked demon.

'I want to see just how much stronger I've become.'

Liam started removing his sword from its scabbard in a methodical and careful manner as if his face turned extremely serious. His vision gradually returned to normal, and the crackling sound made by the thin white lightning bolts became even more intense.

Almost immediately after that, Liam's vision started to blur, and the next thing he knew, he was suddenly standing in front of the demon.

Clank!

He only threw a straightforward slash, but the demon was able to easily parry it away with his hand.

The demon cocked his head slightly before launching his own attack, which was directed directly toward Liam's neck and came at a sharp angle.

'Fast!'

Liam thought to himself.

Nevertheless, he had already seen it coming as a white line formed in his blackened line of sight that came as a result of him activating the power of his eyes, and he cocked his head to the side, easily avoiding the demon's attack, much to the surprise of the demon.

The lightning that was circling Liam's body crackled even more fiercely, and he slashed once more in the direction of the demon's body.

SHIIING!

and more powerful than the first one he had thrown, and it once more left the demon in a state

Clang!

made contact with the demon's hands, a powerful metallic ring reverberated through the atmosphere, and pressurized wind gales shot out from the point of contact between

back, and Liam once again attacked

***

Booom! Booom!

of explosions could be heard. The attacks were so ferocious and loud that

"Ukh..."

teeth and suppressed the groan that was

'Fuck...fuck...fuck...'

body. As the pores on my body completely opened up and eagerly absorbed the mana in the air, a whirlpool began to form around me

helped me break through specifically but rather helped me increase the rate at which I could absorb the mana that was in

to keep up with such a method and was instead limited to using

It hurt...

hurt...but I could feel myself progressing. Slowly but steadily, I was starting to feel a subtle tingling

"A...almost..."

***

Clang!

sword was once again

'...He is pretty powerful.'

the human before him. At this very moment, he felt his sword graze his sharp

Krrrr!

result of the grinding wasn't anything too

the sword's body for an instant. Then, with a low grunt, he flapped his wings and pushed the human far

"Ukh!"

The hue that was

are one strange

as he lowered both

hardened for a

Suriol continued.

can move your body at speeds

eyes narrowed as his head bobbed up and down while

More specifically, his eyes.

seems like your eyes are a bit

him and the human appeared behind him. As if expecting his appearance, Suriol merely turned his head and cocked his head a little where a

impatient one,

as

took a step back

you want

human's sword once again came whistling past his body. This time, Suriol was unable to dodge and he found a part of his wing get torned up a

fight more. I'm

words, he really did sound bored from

for a moment before he smiled

"Very well then."

clapped his hands once and continued

say?....Hmm, ah! Right, I was about to tell you which

skilfully avoided the human's sword as the smile on his face turned rather sinister

to the

said those words, he tapped

"Huh?"

in surprise following Suriol's actions as he turned his sword. His body came to a sudden stop while Suriol's smile deepened

"Let's see...let's see...let's see."

forward and clenched his hand. All of a sudden, the human's sword shattered and purple particles scattered in

that by the time he realized what had happened,

the human

exactly

***

'What's going on?"

him with confusion. He remembered fighting against him when all of

but it was already too late by the time he realized

I don't feel

they didn't seem to be

in the demon's direction, and more specifically, at his wide smile, Liam had an ominous premonition...and it wasn't long before his premonition became true, as the demon suddenly

easier than I