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

"Akhhhhh."

Brutus

the pain stop him from continuing to fight, and he continued to swing his fists wildly through the air,

this fight, he would need to employ some

Bang―!

"Argh! Damn, it!!"

he fought, he noticed something

slowed down and he became more passive,

He's almost out

"Attack!"

to appear on his body as

'The way they're attacking...'

noticed that they appeared to be working

seemed to be attacking him from all sorts of

their behavior in great detail, he noticed that each

when

'This is it.'

a vulnerability that he could

more carefully as

'Now!'

dispatching one demon after another with surgical

Bang―! Bang―!

"Arrgghhhh!"

"Watch out!"

in strategy caught the demons off guard. They didn't expect him to be so quick on his feet and so nimble

to regain their composure

reacted a fraction of a second too late, and Brutus was already standing in the gap that had

bright light flashed in his eyes, and just as his fist was about to land on

for

"Huh?"

BOOOOM―!

a powerful force land in the middle of his abdomen, and at the same time, he heard a cracking sound and

he didn't even get the chance to groan

heard… probably came from the several bones he

"Ugh."

finally groaned, Brutus was so weak that he could hardly move

everything hurt,

wasn't nearly enough

hue sprouted out from his

thing that set orcs apart from every other race, it was the fact that they were able to

of power that was unlike any other, providing them with a great deal of energy and allowing them to recover

people tended to view them as a race

they weren't wrong as he prepared to

you're still alive… As expected of your

impossible for Prince Kuzma to give Brutus the time he needed

right next to him, the Prince stretched out his

"Khhh…"

closer. He was on the verge of doing something when, all of a sudden, a voice resounded somewhere close to

I think it's

Brutus, and

"Who are you?!"

swept

A formidable aura concealed itself

for the

started with an

for some reason, he felt as though

something unsettling about his gaze, but the Prince couldn't quite explain what it

what

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

human,