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

most

I think sparing them can have its

lot of things I could do with their cores, and I

for me to find some

be great

guess the decision

up my mind rather quickly, I placed my 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

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

Click―!

familiar clicking sound echoed within my head as time returned to normal and over a dozen heads

Thump! Thump! Thump!

"Did I overdo it?"

of times to get used to the scene that was

share of gore, what lay before my

this

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

be all of

short amount of time, and once I had collected all

"That's that done."

a major force of the demons

C..crack…

sound was a testament to my

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

'It's starting…'

Cr..crack!

size 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

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

"Akkkhh!"

"Arghh!"

Clank! Clank!

collided with one another, sparks erupted into the air, and dark blood splattered into the

like my investment in Immorra wasn't for

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

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 was

I turned my attention to the rotting remains of

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

situation where they requested

they arrived on Earth; as a direct consequence of this, a great deal of their forces

the other races, which were

for them since we were soon going to be

didn't want to see them in such a

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

soon have to reveal

the sudden appearance of

the planet but were rather

"That's that."

back and shifted my attention toward the city

this as quickly

and Prince Kuzma's direction,

they were fighting among themselves, I made the decision to take advantage of the situation and eliminate as many