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.

and the other demons took advantage of the opening to attack him once again.

"Akhhhhh."

Brutus refused to

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

to win this fight, he would

Bang―!

"Argh! Damn, it!!"

fought, he noticed

became more passive, a sudden

almost out

"Attack!"

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

'The way they're attacking...'

the demons, he noticed that they appeared to be working together in

to be attacking him from all sorts of

behavior in great detail, he noticed that

that's when

'This is it.'

had finally found a vulnerability that he could take advantage

demons' movements more carefully as he shielded his body

'Now!'

pounced on it, dispatching

Bang―! Bang―!

"Arrgghhhh!"

"Watch out!"

so quick on his feet and so nimble in his movements and were understandably starting to

their composure and formation,

and Brutus was already standing

light flashed in his eyes, and just as his

fell for it

"Huh?"

BOOOOM―!

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

he didn't even get the chance to groan as the air was

heard… probably came from the several

"Ugh."

weak that he could hardly move his

everything hurt, but he didn't

nearly enough to

his eyes, a dark green hue sprouted out from his body, and his injuries started

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

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

tended to view them as a race that was always ready for

they weren't wrong as he prepared

It looks like you're still alive… As expected of your

Prince Kuzma to give Brutus the

his slender hand

"Khhh…"

in anticipation of the hand that was coming closer. He was on the verge of doing something when, all of a sudden, a voice resounded somewhere

and I

front of Brutus, and Prince Kuzma's figure blurred,

"Who are you?!"

eyes warily swept over

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

for the

with an

eyes, and yet, for some reason, he felt as though

but the Prince couldn't quite explain

my question; what

just about to explode

human, black