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.

just kill

be the most logical answer,

I think sparing them

could do with their cores, and

a perfect opportunity for me to find some

could be great additions if

guess the

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

from before slightly increasing the amount of pressure that

Click―!

echoed within my head as time returned to normal and over a dozen heads came rolling on the ground

Thump! Thump! Thump!

"Did I overdo it?"

my eyes a couple of times to get used to the scene

lay before my eyes

get this

best to keep myself composed, I moved toward their bodies and

should be

was completed in a relatively short amount of time, and once I had collected all twelve of them, the demons

"That's that done."

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

C..crack…

cracking sound was

the direction from which the sound was coming from, I noticed that

'It's starting…'

Cr..crack!

by the second, and within a couple of seconds, the entire barrier shattered like glass. Fragments of the barrier fell from above

Crash―!

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

demons

city with all of their

"Akkkhh!"

"Arghh!"

Clank! Clank!

two opposing forces collided with one another, sparks erupted into the air, and dark blood splattered into the

looks like my investment in Immorra wasn't for

for orcs, it would have to be the fact that they did not make use of

spite of the fact that their use of aura gave them a distinct advantage 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 source of power in a universe that was predominately made up of

rotting remains of the orcs that were

on earth… the orcs wouldn't be in

the orcs were in a situation where they requested backup

Earth; as a direct consequence of this, a great deal of their forces were now noticeably weaker than they

contrast to the other races, which were able to grow in

them since we

see them in

I could do about the situation. At least, that was what I thought in

I'll soon have to reveal to the orcs about

explain the sudden

about the planet but

"That's that."

once more, I stretched my back and shifted my attention toward the city walls

this as quickly

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

to take advantage of