The Author's POV

It all should've ended with a swipe of my hand…

That was what, Mercurion, a Marquis ranked demon thought as he swiped down at the human before him.

He had a rather strong body.

One that was difficult to break with a single attack and that required quite a bit of strength, in spite of him being a rank lower. Even so, it should not have been impossible for Mercurion to overcome.

In the end, orcs had a similar level of toughness and he was easily able to kill them.

Clang—!

Mercurion was taken aback when he felt his claws strike something solid and felt a vibration emanating from his hand as a result of the impact.

"What's going on?"

He wondered aloud as he lowered his head to look at the human.

At this precise moment, Marcurion was astounded to see that the human's body had turned completely black, and thin yellow lines began to appear around the human's body.

They glowed a faint tint of yellow and brought rise to an indescribable sense of oppression.

'What's going on?'

Mercurion stared in disbelief as he sensed that something was off about the situation.

Bang—!

Before he could even begin to make sense of what was happening, he felt a strong force envelop his entire body as he was pushed several meters backward.

"Hyak!"

***

"Haaa…haaa…"

'It hurts!'

As Hein laboriously gulped for air, he was suddenly overcome with excruciating pain throughout his entire body.

Particularly, he was able to feel the throbbing and searing pain in his veins, making it hard for him to even utter a couple of words.

Nonetheless, with the pain came an indescribable amount of power.

"Aaaakhhh…"

Hein yelled out in agony as the muscles in his right hand began to twitch in an uncontrollable manner.

He was starting to lose focus and his vision was starting to blur.

The pain was that intense.

'Damn it ...I didn't expect to use this so early into the war.'

Hein muttered a curse under his breath as the shaking in his right knee and the growing darkness in his vision continued.

'Remember Hein, don't ever use it unless you're in danger. Since you are only learning about the body part, using it will result in excruciating pain that will make you want to commit suicide.

Hein started recalling a few words Han Yufei had told him in the past.

'Not only that, since you haven't fully mastered it yet, the pain will be even worse than I can describe...remember, don't ever use the Gravar style unless your life is really in danger.'

"Haha...I should've listened to him."

let out

The Gravar style.

using at the moment was the

a small part

use the sword and it didn't fit his fighting

part that focused

"Ughhh..."

throbbing only got worse

have much

twenty minutes he previously had had now turned

a demon with the rank of Marquis, he knew that he could not show any restraint at

Boom!

Before he knew it, he was in front of the

movements were so fast that when he threw a fist, the demon could do nothing but stay firm on his spot as he crossed

"Heukk!"

forced to retreat several meters in the opposite direction. When he finally came to a stop, he had a

"H..how "

before he could even begin to comprehend what was taking place, Hein appeared in front of him

Bang!

single moment for the demon

slowly losing strength with each second that

it was enough for him to deal severe damage to

Booom!

head against the ground with his hand while his right foot pinned the demon's

"Hiek!"

a pitiful screech and his eyes widened in shock as he stared

'How...how is this possible?'

simply by observing the expression on his face as he mounted the demon's body and began to punch the demon

Bang!

One punch.

Bang!

A second punch..

Bang!

A third punch...

eventually reached a frenetic state. The blows were so powerful that the demon couldn't

"Khhh..."

'This should be enough.'

seconds, he could feel his body on fire and realized that

an end to things right away if he wanted any chance of surviving this and making it out

raised his hand and made preparations to put an end to

"...Huh?"

frozen in mid-air as he was about

blinked once, and during that brief moment, his eyes came into contact with those of the demon. It came as a complete shock to Hein when

the same time, Hein felt his entire body suddenly become

"A..are you feeling tired?"

his mouth and his voice quietly entered

hand that was still in the air appeared to be on the verge of falling

me already, haven't you? I

to ring inside of

'Right...I'm indeed tired.'

he heard

even greater brilliance, and Hein's hand, which had been raised earlier, began

you go to sleep? I think

became softer over the course of the conversation, and Hein didn't

'Right...he is right... '

demon's words made sense in his

point, his strength and stamina were almost entirely depleted. As a matter of fact, his mental clarity had already begun to diminish well before this moment. He hadn't been able to think clearly in quite some time, and the voice of the demon completely resonated with

somehow felt even more tired when the demon's

you take a small nap, I think you deserve