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

think sparing them

do with their cores, and I was

a perfect opportunity for me to find some

be great additions

the decision

it to move through the slowed-down space at the same speed at which my brain was processing things, and I positioned my thumb

they were coming from before slightly increasing the amount of pressure that was being applied

Click―!

familiar clicking sound 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?"

of times to get used to the scene that was in

had seen my fair share of gore, what lay before my

this over

my best to keep myself composed, I moved toward

should be

of time, and once I had collected all twelve of them,

"That's that done."

gone, a major force of the demons was gone, and what was left were merely the left

C..crack…

cracking sound was a testament to

coming from, I noticed that a large crack

'It's starting…'

Cr..crack!

size grew by the second, and within a couple of seconds, the entire barrier shattered

Crash―!

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

many demons

headlong into the city with all of

"Akkkhh!"

"Arghh!"

Clank! Clank!

another, sparks erupted into the air,

looks like my investment in Immorra wasn't

for orcs, it would have

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

the rotting remains of the orcs that were scattered across the

the lack of Aura on earth… the orcs wouldn't be in the state that they are

only reason the orcs were in a situation where they requested

races, stopped progressing the moment they arrived on Earth; as a direct consequence of this, a great deal of their forces were now noticeably

which were able to

allies, I wanted the best for them since we were

see

but there was nothing I could do about the

have to reveal

sudden appearance of Silug and

they probably already knew about the planet but were rather

"That's that."

back and shifted my attention toward the

this as

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

among themselves, I made the decision to take advantage of the