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

most logical answer,

I think sparing them

a lot of things I could do with their cores, and

a perfect opportunity for me to find some

could be great

the decision is

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

at which they were coming from before slightly increasing the amount of pressure that

Click―!

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

Thump! Thump! Thump!

"Did I overdo it?"

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

fair share of gore, what lay before

get this over

I moved toward their bodies and collected all of

be

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

"That's that done."

force of the demons

C..crack…

sudden cracking sound was a testament

my head to look in the direction from which the sound was coming from, I noticed that a large

'It's starting…'

Cr..crack!

seconds, the entire barrier shattered like glass. Fragments of the barrier fell

Crash―!

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

many demons

city with all of their strength, their deafening

"Akkkhh!"

"Arghh!"

Clank! Clank!

sparks erupted into the air, and

like my investment in Immorra

it would have

that their use of aura gave them a distinct advantage over the other races in terms of their physical prowess, one of the most

rotting remains of

not for the lack of Aura on earth… the

reason 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 had been

in stark contrast to the other races, which were

best for them since we were soon going to be fighting

want to see them in such

pity, but there was nothing I could do about the situation. At

have to reveal

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

already knew about the planet but were

"That's that."

back and shifted my attention toward the city walls

as

Kuzma's direction, I made my way toward the

take advantage of the situation and eliminate as many demons