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 logical answer,

sparing them can

lot of things I could do with their cores, and

a perfect opportunity for me to find

could be great additions if tamed

guess the decision is

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 I positioned my thumb directly

and measured the angles at which they were coming from before slightly increasing the amount

Click―!

head as time returned to normal and over a dozen

Thump! Thump! Thump!

"Did I overdo it?"

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

what lay before

this

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

be all

had collected all twelve of

"That's that done."

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

C..crack…

cracking sound was

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

Crash―!

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

many demons as you

with all of their strength, their deafening shrieks reverberated through

"Akkkhh!"

"Arghh!"

Clank! Clank!

sparks erupted into

looks like my investment in Immorra

for orcs, it

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

rotting remains of the orcs that were scattered across the

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

orcs were in a situation where they requested

contrast to the other races, stopped progressing the moment they arrived on Earth; as a direct consequence of this, a great deal of their forces were now noticeably weaker than they had been in

contrast to the other races, which were able to

for them since we were soon going to be fighting

see them in such

could do about the situation. At least, that was what I thought in the

soon have to reveal to the orcs about

explain the sudden appearance of Silug and the

planet but were rather clueless

"That's that."

more, I stretched my back and shifted my attention toward the city walls

end this as quickly as

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

among themselves, I made the decision to take