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 a strained

The Gravar style.

currently using at the moment was the Gravar

least a

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 of

that focused on the

"Ughhh..."

only got

don't have

minutes he previously had had now turned to a

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

Boom!

it, he was in front

could do nothing but stay firm on his spot as

"Heukk!"

Hein's attack, the demon was forced to retreat several meters in the opposite direction. When he finally came to a stop, he

"H..how "

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

Bang!

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

Hein was slowly losing strength

him to

Booom!

demon's head against the ground with his hand while

"Hiek!"

the demon crashed into the ground, he let out a pitiful screech and

'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...

of the 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 and blood flew

"Khhh..."

'This should be enough.'

span of two seconds, he could feel his body on fire and

things right away if he wanted any chance of surviving

to put an end to everything right at

"...Huh?"

frozen in mid-air as he

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, suddenly

Hein felt

"A..are you feeling tired?"

his mouth and his voice quietly entered Hein's head in

Hein's eyes began to droop, and the hand that was still in the air appeared to be on the

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

continued to ring inside of Hein's head like

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

inwardly as he

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

energy, how about you go to sleep? I

voice gradually became softer over the course of the conversation, and Hein didn't even notice when

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

demon's words made

this 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

even more tired when the demon's eyes turned

about you take a small nap, I think you