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 kill

be the most

I think sparing them

a lot of things I could do with their cores,

was a perfect opportunity for me to

could be great

guess the decision

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

angles at which they were coming from

Click―!

returned to normal and over a dozen heads came rolling

Thump! Thump! Thump!

"Did I overdo it?"

to get used to the scene that was in

lay before my

get this

I moved toward their bodies

be

collected all twelve of them,

"That's that done."

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

C..crack…

sound was a testament to

direction from which the sound was coming from,

'It's starting…'

Cr..crack!

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

Crash―!

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

as many demons as you

with all of their strength, their deafening shrieks reverberated through the air like

"Akkkhh!"

"Arghh!"

Clank! Clank!

erupted into the air, and dark blood splattered

like my investment in

it would have to be the fact that they did not make use of

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

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

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

in a situation where they requested backup

contrast to the other races, stopped progressing the moment they arrived on Earth; as a direct consequence of this,

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

best for them since we were soon going to

didn't want to see them in such a

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

like I'll soon have to

sudden appearance of Silug and

they probably already knew about the planet but were rather clueless

"That's that."

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

as

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

among themselves, I made the decision to take