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."

out a

The Gravar style.

Hein was currently using at

at least a

couldn't actually 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,

that focused on the

"Ughhh..."

throbbing only got worse

have much

twenty minutes he previously had had now turned to a couple

when confronted by a demon with the rank of Marquis, he knew that

Boom!

tore into shreds and his vision distorted. Before he knew it, he was in front of the Marquis ranked demon. He raised

the demon could do nothing but stay firm on his spot as he crossed his arms together to

"Heukk!"

When he finally came to a stop, he had a look

"H..how "

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

Bang!

for the demon to catch his breath. His fighting style perfectly resembled

that Hein was slowly losing strength with each second

was enough for him to deal severe

Booom!

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

"Hiek!"

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

'How...how is this possible?'

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

Bang!

One punch.

Bang!

A second punch..

Bang!

A third punch...

demon's head was smacked to one side and then the other, the pace of the punches began to quicken and eventually reached a frenetic state. The blows

"Khhh..."

'This should be enough.'

body on fire and realized that he needed to put an end to

if he wanted any chance of surviving this and making

his hand and made preparations to put an end to everything

"...Huh?"

in mid-air as

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 demon's eyes, which had previously been red,

Hein felt his entire body suddenly become

"A..are you feeling tired?"

voice quietly entered Hein's head in a

eyes began to droop, and the hand that was still in the air appeared to be on the verge of

me already, haven't you? I think it's enough, don't

demon's voice continued to ring inside

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

he

demon's eyes began to shine with an even greater brilliance, and

about you go to sleep? I think you deserve some

conversation, and Hein didn't even

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

demon's words made sense

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,

somehow felt even more tired

a small nap, I think