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.'

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

before settling on a specific location, which he

"Arkgh!"

Spurt―!

which he moved was so great that the demon did not even have the opportunity

was that right after Liam defeated one demon, his body twisted, and

thing repeated itself, and his body turned into

'This…'

as the demon in front of him disintegrated into powder. The unexpected

was the first time he had ever felt this way, and he couldn't quite

took most of his attention were the thin blue projections that would

were an exact copy of them; the only difference was

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

fine… but what was most shocking were the projections that were in a completely different

but once he saw the demons turn their bodies and move directly into the same position as

predict their

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

It baffled him.

look around, he noticed that time had slowed

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

was seeing was true, and as soon as he

'It…It's true…'

wasn't imagining things... It turned out that he could accurately predict everyone's movements, and the

an ability? Is this something that belongs to my art? Is this because I suddenly gained

"Ugh."

groaned, massaging

time, he felt his heart palpitate with an unusual form of excitement... one that he'd only

recent one occurred when he was facing off

began to crackle and pop with

Cracka. Cracka. Cracka.

his sword from its sheath, a powerful force emanated from it, and everyone's attention turned

He grinned.

"Come."

***

"What's up with Liam?"

a very long time that Liam was powerful, the events that were taking place right now puzzled

been holding back

years, was baffled by what Liam was currently showing. He had originally thought he knew his strength, but looking at him now, dancing around the demons, he

Bang―!

into his shield. The force of the impact caused his entire body to shake, but he did not move even an inch from where he was

"Focus."

Yufei's voice rang from behind him. Following this, Hein heard