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.'

a low scan of the area that he was in. His vision began to blur, and he suddenly found himself standing

his sword and swept his eyes across the demon's body before settling on a specific location, which

"Arkgh!"

Spurt―!

not even have the opportunity to respond before it

about the scenario was that right after Liam defeated one demon, his

repeated itself, and

'This…'

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

copy of them; the only difference was

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

what was most shocking were the projections that were in

about it, but once he saw the demons turn their bodies and move directly into the same position as where the projection was, he

predict their

the most logical given the situation, and yet… Liam found himself unable to process it

It baffled him.

he noticed that time had slowed down and

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 had been

didn't matter to

true, and as soon as he stopped channeling his mana and saw everyone move in

'It…It's true…'

movements, and the revelation stunned him. At that precise

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

"Ugh."

massaging

palpitate with an unusual form of excitement... one that he'd only felt

most recent one occurred when he was facing off against Ren in the Demon

to crackle and pop with even greater intensity as he relished on the sensation that

Cracka. Cracka. Cracka.

force emanated

He grinned.

"Come."

***

"What's up with Liam?"

for a very long time that Liam was powerful,

holding back in

He had

Bang―!

his entire body

"Focus."

this, Hein heard