The Author's POV

If one were to use a word to describe how the situation beneath the tower was, it'd be 'slaughter'. The large hall of the tower was filled with blood, and the agonized screams of the demons could be heard continuously ringing out from within the space.

"Akh!"

"Aurgkh!"

What was supposed to be a trap in which they would find their way to slay the current leader of humanity instead turned out to be a slaughter for the demons.

Things weren't supposed to be this way.

Spurt―!

"Akh! No!"

Cracka! Cracka!

Sparks of electricity were seen flying through the air, and blood was seen accompanying each spark. The next thing that appeared after the sparks were a couple of yellow streaks.

They came forth immediately from Liam's eyes as they surveyed the entirety of the battlefield in front of him. There was something distinctively different about him today...

Whenever his gaze settled, a number of demons would fall from the sky and, not long after, turn into powder. It seemed as though his form was constantly fading into and reappearing in front of a demon before reverting back to a blurry state.

When he moved through an area, blood would spatter, and a demon would be killed.

…He was like a god of death, and he garnered the attention of those around him.

"Who is he?"

"…Have you seen him somewhere before?"

"Since when did we have someone this strong and yet not know anything about them?"

Within the hall, conversations began to take place as everyone's attention was drawn to Liam, who was sneaking his way through the demons and dispatching them in a matter of moments.

Because of the uproar his actions caused, even Octavious and the highest-ranking officers of what was formerly the Union took notice of what was going on.

"Why have I never heard of him?"

Even Octavious was taken aback by the scene that unfolded in front of his very eyes. At first glance, he was able to tell that the man before him was not an ordinary person but rather someone whose rank had reached the rank.

…Having just recovered his feelings and retained most of his memories, Octavious was shocked to know that he had no clue as to who the young man was.

"Where did such a monster appear from?"

Even though everyone else was talking about him, the individual in question, Liam, seemed to be thinking about something entirely different.

'I can see it.'

his eyes performed a low scan of the area that he was in.

the demon's body before settling on a specific

"Arkgh!"

Spurt―!

which he moved was so great that the demon did not even have the opportunity to respond before it was

Liam defeated one demon, his body

thing repeated itself, and his body turned into

'This…'

as the demon in front of him disintegrated into powder. The unexpected turn of events completely caught

ever felt this way, and

see the demons… but what especially took most of his attention were the thin blue projections that would

were an exact copy of them; the only

their projection would appear just a little bit ahead of them, and when they flew, their projection would appear just a little bit ahead of where they

that were in a completely different position

bodies and move directly into the same position as where the projection was, he finally

can predict their

that seemed to be the most logical given the situation, and yet… Liam found himself unable to process

It baffled him.

he noticed that time

world started to turn gray, and he noticed that the mana in his body was quickly depleting. Because of how quickly it happened, by the time a couple of seconds had passed, more than half of his mana

didn't matter to

whether or not what he was seeing was true, and as soon as he stopped

'It…It's true…'

and the revelation stunned him. At that precise

gain such an ability? Is this something that belongs to my art? Is this because I

"Ugh."

groaned, massaging

an unusual form of excitement... one that he'd only felt a couple of times in the recent

most recent one occurred when he was facing off

around his body began to crackle and pop with even greater intensity as he relished on the sensation that he hadn't anticipated he

Cracka. Cracka. Cracka.

powerful force emanated from it, and

He grinned.

"Come."

***

"What's up with Liam?"

distance in shock. Even though he had always been aware for a very long time that Liam was powerful, the events that were taking place right now puzzled him to a much greater

he been holding

baffled by what Liam was currently showing. He had

Bang―!

something incredibly heavy slammed into his shield. The force of the impact caused his entire body to shake, but he did not

"Focus."

behind him. Following this, Hein heard a whistling sound,