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 logical

think sparing them can

were a lot of things I could do with their cores, and I was

opportunity for me to find some new

could be great additions if

the decision

palm, allowing it to move through the slowed-down space at the same speed at which my brain was processing things, and

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

Click―!

normal and over a dozen heads came rolling on the

Thump! Thump! Thump!

"Did I overdo it?"

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

of gore, what lay before my eyes was still not

this

I moved toward their bodies and collected all of their

should be all

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

"That's that done."

a major force of the demons was

C..crack…

sudden cracking sound was a testament to my

from, I noticed that a large crack had formed on the barrier that

'It's starting…'

Cr..crack!

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

Crash―!

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

as many demons

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

"Akkkhh!"

"Arghh!"

Clank! Clank!

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

like my investment in Immorra wasn't

orcs, it would

of the most significant drawbacks of their use of aura was the fact that

mind, I turned my attention to the rotting

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

only reason the orcs were in a situation where they requested backup was because they

consequence of this,

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

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

didn't want to see them in

could do about the situation. At

soon have to

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

already knew about the planet but were rather clueless

"That's that."

more, I stretched my back and shifted my

this as quickly as

in Brutus's and Prince Kuzma's direction,

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