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.

opening to attack him once again. He felt their claws ripping at his flesh and their teeth biting

"Akhhhhh."

Brutus refused to

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

win this

Bang―!

"Argh! Damn, it!!"

he noticed something

he became more passive, a

He's almost out

"Attack!"

as a result. In spite of this, his

'The way they're attacking...'

that they appeared to be working together in some sort

be attacking him from all sorts of angles in

when he examined their behavior in great detail, he noticed that

that's when it

'This is it.'

had finally found a vulnerability that he could take advantage

step and watched the demons' movements more carefully as he

'Now!'

dispatching one

Bang―! Bang―!

"Arrgghhhh!"

"Watch out!"

didn't expect him to be so quick on his

tried to regain their composure

a second too late, and Brutus was already standing in the gap that had been

and just as his fist was about to land on him, a

fell for it

"Huh?"

BOOOOM―!

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

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

came from the several

"Ugh."

Brutus was so weak that he could hardly

felt incredibly heavy, and everything hurt, but he didn't

wasn't nearly enough to make him

hue sprouted out from his

set orcs apart from every other

of power that was unlike any other, providing them with a great deal

to view them as

they weren't wrong as he prepared

you're still alive… As expected of

for Prince Kuzma to give Brutus the

his slender hand and attempted to grab

"Khhh…"

on the verge of doing something when, all of a sudden,

I

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

"Who are you?!"

swept over

with short black hair and deep blue eyes. A formidable aura concealed itself within his body,

sorry for

with

some reason, he felt as though he was being looked down

gaze, but the Prince couldn't quite

what are you

again, but he was once again ignored. He was just about to explode

human, black