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

most logical answer,

I think sparing them can have its

lot of things I could do with their cores, and I was also short on manpower back in

a perfect opportunity for me to find

be great

the

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

the demons that were in front of me and measured the angles at which they were coming from before slightly increasing the

Click―!

my head as time returned to normal and over a dozen heads came rolling

Thump! Thump! Thump!

"Did I overdo it?"

couple of times to get used to the

gore, what lay before my eyes was still not pleasing to

get this over

myself composed, I moved toward their bodies

should be

amount of time, and once I had collected all twelve of them, the demons disintegrated into dust, and I inserted the cores

"That's that done."

hand in satisfaction. With them gone, a major force of the demons

C..crack…

was a testament

the direction from which the sound was coming from, I noticed that a large crack

'It's starting…'

Cr..crack!

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

Crash―!

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

demons as

into the city with all of their strength, their deafening shrieks reverberated through

"Akkkhh!"

"Arghh!"

Clank! Clank!

one another, sparks erupted into the air, and

investment in

significant disadvantage for orcs, it would have to be the fact

the most significant drawbacks of their use of aura was the fact that it was a rather uncommon

mind, I turned my attention to the rotting remains of the orcs

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

reason the orcs were in a situation where

progressing the moment they arrived on Earth; as a direct consequence of this, a great deal of their forces were now noticeably weaker than they had been in

other races, which were able to grow in the

best for them since we

to see

a pity, but there was nothing I could do about

to reveal to the

able to explain the sudden appearance

about the planet but

"That's that."

hands once more, I stretched my back and shifted my attention toward

as quickly as

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

take advantage of