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.

Hein was currently using at

a small

learn the Graver style since he didn't use the sword and it didn't fit his fighting style. However, with Han Yufei's permission, he was able to learn a small part

that focused on the

"Ughhh..."

only got worse with

have

previously had had now turned to a couple of

situation; however, when confronted by a demon with the rank of Marquis, he knew that he could not show any restraint

Boom!

and his vision distorted. Before he knew it, he was in front of the Marquis

were so fast that when he threw a fist, the demon could do nothing but

"Heukk!"

meters in the opposite direction. When he finally came to a stop, he had a look of complete

"H..how "

while maintaining a blank expression on his face. However, before he could even begin to comprehend what was taking place, Hein appeared

Bang!

the demon to catch his breath. His fighting style perfectly

only difference was that Hein was slowly losing strength with each second that

it was enough for him to deal

Booom!

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

"Hiek!"

the ground, he let out a pitiful screech and his eyes widened in shock as he

'How...how is this possible?'

able to tell what the demon was thinking simply by observing the expression on his face as he mounted the demon's body and began to punch

Bang!

One punch.

Bang!

A second punch..

Bang!

A third punch...

punches began to quicken and eventually reached a frenetic state. The blows were so powerful that the demon couldn't even scream as his eyes rolled back into his head

"Khhh..."

'This should be enough.'

of two seconds, he could feel his body on fire and realized that he needed to put an end to the situation at this

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

and made preparations to put an end to

"...Huh?"

frozen in mid-air as he was about

It came as a complete shock to Hein when the demon's

time, Hein felt his entire body suddenly become

"A..are you feeling tired?"

his mouth and his voice

the hand that was still in the air appeared to be

your fun with me already, haven't you? I think

continued to ring inside of Hein's head like multiple

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

as he heard the demon's

shine with an even greater brilliance, and Hein's hand, which had been raised earlier,

of energy, how about you go to sleep? I think you deserve some sleep after everything that

demon's voice gradually became softer over the course of the conversation, and Hein didn't even notice when his eyelids began to close

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

demon's words made sense in his

a matter of fact, his mental clarity had already begun to diminish well before this moment. He hadn't been able

but he somehow felt even more tired when the demon's eyes turned

take a small nap, I think you deserve