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

the most

sparing them can have

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

a perfect opportunity for

great additions if

the decision is

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 at which my brain was processing things, and I

were coming from before slightly increasing the amount of pressure that was being applied by my thumb over

Click―!

head as time returned to normal and

Thump! Thump! Thump!

"Did I overdo it?"

to squint my eyes a couple of times to get used to the scene that was

seen my fair share of gore, what lay before my eyes was still not pleasing

this over

moved toward their

should be

procedure was completed in a relatively short amount of time, and once I had collected all twelve of them, the demons disintegrated

"That's that done."

them gone, a major force of the demons was

C..crack…

sudden cracking sound was a testament

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

'It's starting…'

Cr..crack!

second, and 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!"

as many demons as

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

"Akkkhh!"

"Arghh!"

Clank! Clank!

another, sparks erupted into the air, and

my investment in

for orcs, it would have to be the fact that they did not

terms of their physical prowess, one of the most significant drawbacks of their use of aura was the

attention to the rotting remains of the

for the lack of Aura on earth… the orcs

the orcs were in a situation

direct consequence of this, a great deal of their forces were now noticeably weaker than

to the other races, which were able

were now allies, I wanted the best for them since we were soon going to be

didn't want to see them in such a

nothing I could do about the situation. At least,

to reveal to the

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

planet

"That's that."

my back and shifted my attention toward the city walls

end this as quickly as

Prince Kuzma's direction, I made

I made the decision to take advantage of the situation and