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

the most logical answer,

them can

lot of things I could do with their cores, and

opportunity for me

great additions if tamed

the

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 was processing things, and I positioned my thumb directly beneath the

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

Click―!

time returned to normal and over a dozen heads came rolling

Thump! Thump! Thump!

"Did I overdo it?"

of times to get

of gore, what lay

get this

I moved toward their bodies and collected all of their

should be all of

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

"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

C..crack…

was a testament to my

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

'It's starting…'

Cr..crack!

the entire barrier shattered like glass.

Crash―!

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

demons as you

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, and dark blood splattered into the

It looks like my investment in

one thing that stood out as a significant disadvantage for orcs, it would have to be the

terms of their physical prowess, one of the most significant drawbacks of

turned my attention to the rotting remains

for the lack of Aura on earth… the

situation where they requested backup

a direct consequence of this, a

stark contrast to the other races, which were able to grow in the time they

best for them since we were soon going to be fighting against

to see them in such a

was a pity, but there was nothing I could do about the situation. At least, that was what

soon have to reveal to

no way I'd be able to explain the sudden appearance of Silug and the others without telling them

about the planet but were rather clueless about its current

"That's that."

more, I stretched my back and shifted my

this as

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

I made the decision to take advantage of