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.

to attack him once again. He felt

"Akhhhhh."

the pain, Brutus refused to give

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

order to win this

Bang―!

"Argh! Damn, it!!"

he

more passive, a sudden sharpness

almost out of

"Attack!"

on his body as a result. In spite of this, his

'The way they're attacking...'

at the demons, he noticed that they appeared to be working together in some sort of

all sorts of angles in an effort

he examined their behavior in great detail, he

that's when

'This is it.'

a vulnerability that he could

movements more carefully as he shielded his body

'Now!'

it, dispatching one demon after another with surgical precision and unrelenting

Bang―! Bang―!

"Arrgghhhh!"

"Watch out!"

strategy caught the demons off guard. They didn't expect him to be so quick on his feet and so nimble

regain their composure and formation,

late, and Brutus was already standing in

he saw the terrified expression on the demons' faces, a bright light flashed in his eyes, and just as

fell for it

"Huh?"

BOOOOM―!

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

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

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

"Ugh."

weak that he could

everything hurt, but he didn't

wasn't nearly enough

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

orcs apart from every other race, it was the fact that they were able to

a great deal of energy and allowing them to recover from their injuries in a short

as a race that was

wrong as he prepared

you're still alive… As expected of

was impossible for Prince Kuzma to give Brutus the time he needed to fully

him, the Prince stretched out his slender hand

"Khhh…"

verge of doing something when, all of a sudden,

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

after, a figure materialized right in front of Brutus, and Prince

"Who are you?!"

eyes warily swept over

formidable aura concealed itself within his body,

sorry for

started with

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

the Prince couldn't quite explain what it was that he found so unsettling about

question; what

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

eyes, human, black