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.

of the opening to attack him once again.

"Akhhhhh."

pain, Brutus

and he continued to swing his fists wildly through the air, trying

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

Bang―!

"Argh! Damn, it!!"

he

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

almost out

"Attack!"

his body as a result. In spite of this, his gaze never wavered, and he continued to look

'The way they're attacking...'

noticed that they appeared to be working together in some sort

attacking him from all sorts of angles in

great detail, he noticed that each of their steps

that's when it

'This is it.'

found a vulnerability that he could take

a step and watched the demons' movements more carefully

'Now!'

opportunity and pounced on it, dispatching one demon after another with

Bang―! Bang―!

"Arrgghhhh!"

"Watch out!"

the demons off guard. They didn't expect him to be so quick on his feet and so nimble in his movements and were understandably starting to get pushed

regain their composure and

Brutus was already

flashed in his eyes, and just as his fist was about to land on him, a soft voice

fell for

"Huh?"

BOOOOM―!

at the same time, he heard a cracking sound and felt his body propelled into the distance, eventually crashing against the hard ground with

so strong that he didn't even get the

cracking sound he previously heard… probably came from the several bones he shattered

"Ugh."

was so weak that

and everything hurt, but he

enough to make

out from his body, and his injuries

other race, it was the fact that they were

of power that was unlike any other, providing them with a great deal of energy and allowing them to recover from their injuries in a short

people tended to view them as a race that was

as he prepared to

As expected of your orcs.

for Prince Kuzma to give Brutus the time he

right next to him, the Prince stretched out his slender

"Khhh…"

closer. He was on the verge of doing something when, all of a sudden,

now, and I think

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

"Who are you?!"

swept over the

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

sorry for

started with an

the Prince's eyes, and yet, for some reason, he

was something unsettling about his gaze, but the Prince couldn't quite explain what it was that he found so

what

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

eyes, human,