The Author's POV

"Go ahead."

I averted my eyes from the Prince-ranked demon and took a few steps to the side.

"He's all yours."

When I saw Brutus swallow his pride and ask me for a chance to fight, despite the fact that I wanted to participate in the action, I decided to take a step back instead.

Because of the nature of our partnership, I didn't want to put unnecessary strain on our alliance over something like this.

In addition, I was aware that orcs had their own sense of pride, and I imagined that he must still be resentful toward the Prince for what he had done just a few moments earlier when he had ambushed him.

They were very proud of their power and had a deep-seated hatred for those who plotted or engaged in underhanded practices.

"Cough."

I suddenly felt like coughing.

Not sure why…

"Thank you."

Brutus gave me a single nod of his head, and then quickly turned his attention back to Prince Kuzma who was standing above us.

Cra…Crack―!

His calf muscles contracted, as did the muscles on his upper body, and like a bullet, his figure shot through the air and materialized next to the Prince ranked demon.

Swooosh!

A whistling sound swept through the air, and a pressurized wind force swept through the area beneath.

My clothes flapped, and my hair became a mess.

Booom―!

His fist came hurtling toward Prince Kuzma, who had long since forgotten his presence, and the two of them began to clash in the air above me.

'I don't think there will be any problems from here on out.'

Seeing how the situation was, I turned my gaze away from them and shifted my attention toward the dozen or so demons that were surrounding me.

I smiled at them.

"Hi, I-"

"Attack him together!"

Swoosh! Swoosh!

I didn't even get a chance to finish my sentence before they all pounced on me together. My brows furrowed, and time slowed down at that moment.

'One, two, three… twelve?'

I made a mental tally of each and every one of the demons that were coming closer to me. They all seemed to be in the Duke rank―although some of them were on the weaker side―and they were all reaching out with their claws for me.

Even so, they were not a threat in my eyes, as their figures moved at a snail's pace within my vision.

Suddenly, a thought popped into my head, and as I continued to look at them, I scrunched up my eyes.

I just kill

most logical

think sparing them

with their cores, and I was also short on manpower

was a perfect opportunity for me to find some

be great

the decision

the sheath of the sword. A white film covered my palm, allowing it to move through the slowed-down space at the same speed at which my brain

me and measured the angles at which they were coming from before slightly increasing the amount of pressure that was being applied by my thumb over

Click―!

and over a

Thump! Thump! Thump!

"Did I overdo it?"

eyes a couple of times to

had seen my fair share of gore, what lay before my eyes was still not

this over

moved toward their bodies and collected all of

be all

and once I had collected all twelve of them, the demons disintegrated into

"That's that done."

my hand in satisfaction. With them gone, a major force of the demons was gone, and what was left were merely

C..crack…

sound was a testament

from which the sound was coming from, I

'It's starting…'

Cr..crack!

the entire barrier shattered like glass.

Crash―!

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

many demons as

charged headlong into the city with all of their strength, their

"Akkkhh!"

"Arghh!"

Clank! Clank!

two opposing forces collided with one another, sparks erupted into the air,

It looks like my investment in Immorra wasn't for

it would

over the other races in terms of their physical prowess, one of the most significant drawbacks of their use of aura was the fact that it was a rather uncommon

my attention to the rotting remains of the orcs that were scattered

for the lack of Aura on earth… the orcs wouldn't be in the

only reason the orcs were in a situation where they requested backup was because they lacked

direct consequence of this, a great deal of

other races, which were able to grow in the time

I wanted the best for them since we were

didn't want to see them

was nothing I could do about the situation. At least, that was what I thought

have to reveal to the orcs

way I'd be able to explain the sudden appearance of Silug and the others without telling them

knew about the planet but were rather clueless

"That's that."

and shifted

end this as quickly as

a quick glance in Brutus's and Prince Kuzma's direction, I made my

decision to take advantage of the situation and