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.

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

"Akhhhhh."

pain, Brutus refused to give

he continued to swing his fists wildly

well aware that, in order to win this fight, he would need to employ some strategic

Bang―!

"Argh! Damn, it!!"

he noticed something

movements slowed down and he became more passive, a sudden sharpness appeared in his forest-green

almost out of

"Attack!"

on his body as a result. In

'The way they're attacking...'

noticed that they appeared to be working together in some sort

first glance, they seemed to be attacking him from all sorts of angles in

detail, he noticed that each of their steps

when

'This is it.'

found a vulnerability that he could take advantage

a step and watched the demons' movements more carefully as

'Now!'

it, dispatching one demon after another with surgical precision

Bang―! Bang―!

"Arrgghhhh!"

"Watch out!"

expect him to be so quick on his feet and so nimble in

regain their composure and

late, and Brutus was already standing

just as his fist was about to land on him, a soft voice began to whisper in

fell for it

"Huh?"

BOOOOM―!

of his abdomen, and at the same time, he heard a cracking sound and felt his body

get the chance to groan as the air

previously heard… probably came from the several bones

"Ugh."

was so weak that he could hardly move

felt incredibly heavy, and everything hurt, but

enough to make

eyes, a dark green hue sprouted out from his body,

set orcs apart from every other race, it

any other, providing them with a great deal of energy and allowing them to recover from their injuries

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

wrong as he prepared to

still alive… As expected of your

impossible for Prince Kuzma to give

out his

"Khhh…"

verge of doing something when, all of a sudden, a voice resounded somewhere close to

quite a while now, and I think it's about time that I make

a figure materialized right in front of Brutus, and Prince Kuzma's figure blurred, retreating into

"Who are you?!"

warily swept over the

eyes. A formidable aura concealed itself within his body, causing the

sorry for the

started with an

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

quite explain what it was that he found so unsettling about

my question; what

was just about to explode when

human,