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.

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

"Akhhhhh."

Brutus

continued to swing his fists wildly

was well aware that, in order to win this

Bang―!

"Argh! Damn, it!!"

fought, he noticed

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

almost out of

"Attack!"

began to appear on his body as a result. In

'The way they're attacking...'

appeared to be working together in some sort of coordinated

be attacking him from all sorts of angles in

in great detail, he noticed that

when it

'This is it.'

finally found a vulnerability

step and watched the demons' movements more

'Now!'

a window of opportunity and pounced on it, dispatching one demon after another with surgical

Bang―! Bang―!

"Arrgghhhh!"

"Watch out!"

guard. They didn't expect him to be so quick on his feet and so nimble in his

tried to regain their

Brutus was

flashed in his eyes, and just as

for it

"Huh?"

BOOOOM―!

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

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

heard… probably came from

"Ugh."

groaned, Brutus was so weak that he could hardly move

everything hurt, but he didn't

wasn't nearly enough to make

his eyes, a dark green hue sprouted out from his

there was one thing that set orcs apart from every other race,

great deal of energy

to view them as a race

they weren't wrong as he prepared to stand

looks like you're still alive… As expected of your orcs. You're

impossible for Prince Kuzma to give

Prince stretched out his slender hand and attempted to grab Brutus by the

"Khhh…"

the verge of doing something when, all of a

watching for quite a while now, and I think it's

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

"Who are you?!"

swept

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

sorry for the

with

and yet, for some reason, he felt as though he was being looked

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

my question; what are you doing

again ignored. He was just about to explode when he suddenly

eyes, human, black