The Author's POV

"You coward!"

As a surge of anger rose within him, Brutus spat out the words.

He knew he was in trouble.

As the other orcs were busy fighting their own battles, he was left to defend himself against the onslaught of demons coming at him from all sides.

"Hahahaha."

Prince Kuzma chuckled while maintaining a firm grip on the axe. Brutus was rendered helpless as a dark hue emanated from the Prince's body, securing the axe and preventing it from moving.

"You're just trying to cover up your own stupidity by calling me a coward, so stop it."

Prince Kuzma retorted while clenching his teeth and making a fierce effort to keep the axe under control.

"Arghhhhhhhh!"

Brutus put forth every effort he could muster in an effort to pry the Prince's grip off of the axe, but it was too late. Over a dozen demonic creatures materialized in an instant next to him and began to pounce on him from all directions.

Even though Brutus was a seasoned warrior and knew how to handle himself in battle, the sheer number of demons that were attacking him was too much for him to handle alone.

"Damn, you!"

Swooosh―!

After letting go of the axe, he swung his massive fist with all of his strength, attempting to ward off the demons, but they continued to advance toward him.

Bang―! Bang―!

Brutus was knocked off balance in the air and was unable to regain his footing after being struck by demons coming from all directions.

"Argh!!!"

He felt nothing but frustration at the situation as he wildly swung his fist in the air, only to suddenly receive several blows on his body, sending him staggering back.

Bang―!

"Huak!"

Brutus let out a groan as he felt the impact of the demon's attack on his body.

'This can't go on.'

He understood that he needed to devise a different strategy, and he needed to do so quickly.

Looking around, Brutus's expression fell.

There were simply far too many demons for him to face, and he knew he had to think fast.

"Argghhhh!"

He let out a rage-filled roar as his entire body charged toward the closest demon to him.

In spite of his size and the fact that he wasn't particularly skilled at plotting, he was a quick thinker when it came to fighting.

Without giving it much thought, he made the snap decision to concentrate his efforts on eliminating the larger, more powerful demons first, with the expectation that this would weaken the others and provide him with an opportunity to fight back.

Brutus ignored the smaller demons that were following close behind him and charged straight for the largest demon that he could see.

So long as he caught them off-guard, he'd be able to kill them in one shot.

Swoosh―!

He swung his fist with all of his strength, and the air whistled around his fist as it aimed at the demon.

Unfortunately, the demon was too quick for him and managed to avoid his attack.

took advantage of the opening to attack him once again. He felt their claws ripping at his

"Akhhhhh."

Brutus

to fight, and he continued to swing his

in order to win this fight, he would need

Bang―!

"Argh! Damn, it!!"

he fought, he noticed something

and he became more passive, a sudden sharpness appeared

almost out of

"Attack!"

relentless, and more wounds began to appear on his body as a result. In

'The way they're attacking...'

the demons, he noticed that they appeared

him from all sorts of

examined their behavior in great detail, he noticed that each of their steps followed a

when

'This is it.'

vulnerability that he could take advantage

movements more carefully as he shielded

'Now!'

recognized a window of opportunity and pounced on it, dispatching

Bang―! Bang―!

"Arrgghhhh!"

"Watch out!"

so quick on his feet and so nimble in his movements

their composure and formation,

fraction of a second too late, and Brutus was already standing in

terrified expression on the demons' faces, a bright light flashed in his eyes, and just as his fist was about to land on

fell for

"Huh?"

BOOOOM―!

land in the middle of his abdomen, and at the same time, he heard a cracking sound and felt his body propelled into the distance, eventually crashing

the impact was so strong that he didn't even get the chance to groan as

probably came from the several

"Ugh."

so weak

heavy, and everything hurt,

wasn't nearly enough to make him

hue sprouted out from his body, and his injuries started to

from every other race,

any other, providing them with a great deal of energy and

this, people tended to view them as a race that was always ready

they weren't wrong as he prepared to

still alive… As

Kuzma to give Brutus the time he needed

next to him, the Prince stretched out his

"Khhh…"

the verge of doing something when, all of

a while now, and I think

in front of Brutus, and Prince Kuzma's figure blurred, retreating into the

"Who are you?!"

warily swept

with short black hair and deep blue eyes. A formidable aura concealed itself within his body, causing the Prince to be

for the

started with

sincere in the Prince's eyes, and yet, for some reason, he felt as though he was being

his gaze, but the Prince couldn't quite explain what it was that he

my question; what are

he was once again ignored. He was just about to explode when he suddenly recalled something, and his eyes opened

human, black