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

be the most logical

I think sparing them can have

of things I could do with their cores, and

opportunity for me to find some

could be great

the decision

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

which they were coming from before slightly increasing the

Click―!

head as time returned to normal and over a dozen

Thump! Thump! Thump!

"Did I overdo it?"

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

my fair share of gore, what lay before my

get this over

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

be all of

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

"That's that done."

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

C..crack…

was a testament

from which the sound was coming from, I noticed that

'It's starting…'

Cr..crack!

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

Crash―!

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

as many demons as you

the orcs charged headlong into the city with all of their strength, their deafening shrieks reverberated

"Akkkhh!"

"Arghh!"

Clank! Clank!

one another, sparks erupted into the air, and dark

looks like my investment in

that stood out as a significant disadvantage for orcs, it would have to be the fact that they did

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

the rotting remains of the orcs that

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

situation where they requested backup was because

a direct consequence of this, a great deal of their forces

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

the best for them since we were soon going

to see them in such a

was nothing I could do about the situation. At least,

I'll soon have to reveal to the orcs about

to explain the sudden appearance of Silug and the others

the planet but were rather clueless about

"That's that."

stretched my back and shifted my

end this as quickly

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

themselves, I made the decision to take advantage of the situation and eliminate