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

think sparing them

do with their cores, and I was also short on manpower back in

for me to find some

could be great additions if

the

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 beneath

from before slightly increasing the amount of pressure that was being applied by my thumb over the

Click―!

and over a dozen heads came rolling on the ground in

Thump! Thump! Thump!

"Did I overdo it?"

times to get used to the scene

I had seen my fair share of gore, what lay before my eyes was still not

get this

composed, I moved toward their

be all of

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

"That's that done."

in satisfaction. With them gone, a major force of the demons was gone, and what

C..crack…

was a testament to

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

'It's starting…'

Cr..crack!

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

Crash―!

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

many demons as you

the city with all of their strength, their deafening shrieks reverberated through the air like

"Akkkhh!"

"Arghh!"

Clank! Clank!

erupted

like my investment in

one thing that stood out as a significant disadvantage for orcs, it would

prowess, one of the most significant drawbacks of their use of aura was

turned my attention to the rotting remains of the orcs

Aura on earth… the orcs wouldn't be in

in a situation where they requested backup was

consequence of this, a great deal of

which were able to grow in the

them since we were soon going

didn't want to see

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

to

able to explain the sudden appearance of Silug and the others

planet but

"That's that."

I stretched my back and shifted my attention toward the city walls in the

this as

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

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