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

the most logical

think sparing them can

I could do with their cores,

perfect opportunity for me to find some new

could be great additions if tamed

the

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

from before slightly increasing

Click―!

time returned to normal and

Thump! Thump! Thump!

"Did I overdo it?"

times to get used to the scene that was in front

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

get this

composed, I moved toward their bodies and

be all of

was completed in a relatively short amount of time, and once I had collected all twelve

"That's that done."

patted my hand in satisfaction. With them gone, a major force of the demons was gone, and what was left were merely the left

C..crack…

cracking sound was

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

'It's starting…'

Cr..crack!

shattered like glass. Fragments

Crash―!

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

demons as

all of their strength, their deafening

"Akkkhh!"

"Arghh!"

Clank! Clank!

another, sparks erupted into the air,

investment in

for orcs, it would have to

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 predominately made up of

to the rotting remains of the orcs that were

Aura on earth… the orcs wouldn't be in the state that they

the orcs were in a situation where they requested

in contrast to the other races, stopped progressing the moment they arrived on Earth; as a direct consequence of this, a great deal of

which were able

for them since

see them

pity, but there was nothing I could do about the situation.

have to reveal

the sudden appearance of

the planet but were

"That's that."

back and shifted my

this as quickly as

Prince Kuzma's direction, I made my way toward the

were fighting among themselves, I made the decision to take advantage of the