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

the most

think sparing them can have

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

a perfect opportunity for

could be great

guess the decision

placed my hand against the sheath of the sword. A white film covered my palm, allowing it to move through the slowed-down space

scanned the demons that were in front of me and measured the angles at which they were coming from before slightly increasing the amount of pressure that was being applied by my thumb over the hilt of

Click―!

my head as time returned to normal and over a dozen heads came rolling on the

Thump! Thump! Thump!

"Did I overdo it?"

couple of times to get used to the scene

what lay before my eyes was still not pleasing to

this over

to keep myself composed, I moved toward their bodies and collected all

be

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

"That's that done."

major force of the demons was gone, and what

C..crack…

sound was a testament

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

'It's starting…'

Cr..crack!

within a couple of seconds, the entire barrier shattered like

Crash―!

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

demons

of

"Akkkhh!"

"Arghh!"

Clank! Clank!

collided with one another, sparks erupted into the air, and dark

my investment

for orcs, it would have to

of the fact that their use of aura gave them a distinct advantage over the other races in terms of their physical prowess, one of the most significant drawbacks

attention to the rotting remains of the orcs that were

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

in a situation where they requested backup was because they

Earth; as a direct consequence of this, a great

other races, which were able to

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

see them

about the situation. At least, that was what

soon have to reveal

the sudden appearance

about the planet but were rather clueless

"That's that."

back and

this as quickly

and Prince Kuzma's direction, I made

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