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 kill

most logical answer,

I think sparing them can

do with their cores, and

for me

could be great

guess the decision is

of the sword. A white film covered my palm, allowing it to

at which they were coming from before slightly

Click―!

familiar clicking sound echoed within my head as time returned to normal and

Thump! Thump! Thump!

"Did I overdo it?"

a couple of times to get

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

this over

moved toward their bodies and collected all

be

amount of time, and once I had collected all twelve of them, the demons disintegrated into dust, and I inserted the

"That's that done."

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

C..crack…

sudden cracking sound was a testament to

to look in the direction from which the sound was coming from, I noticed that a large crack had formed on the barrier that was surrounding the entire

'It's starting…'

Cr..crack!

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

Crash―!

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

many demons as you

of their strength, their deafening shrieks reverberated through the air

"Akkkhh!"

"Arghh!"

Clank! Clank!

with one another, sparks erupted

It looks like my investment in

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

of the most significant drawbacks of

attention to the rotting remains of

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

the orcs were in a situation where they

as a direct consequence of this, a great deal of their forces were now noticeably weaker than they had been in

were able to grow

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

to see them

about the situation. At least, that was what I

I'll soon have to reveal to

sudden appearance of Silug and

the planet but were rather clueless about its

"That's that."

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

end this as quickly as

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

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