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

them

could do with their cores, and I

opportunity for

could be great additions

guess the

to move through the slowed-down space at the same speed at

quickly 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

Click―!

to normal and over a dozen heads came rolling on

Thump! Thump! Thump!

"Did I overdo it?"

of times to get used to the scene that was in

fair share of gore, what lay

this

I moved toward their bodies and collected all of their

should be all of

collected all twelve

"That's that done."

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

C..crack…

cracking sound was a testament to my

turned my head to look in the direction from which the sound was coming from, I noticed that a large crack

'It's starting…'

Cr..crack!

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

Crash―!

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

demons as you

of their strength, their deafening

"Akkkhh!"

"Arghh!"

Clank! Clank!

two opposing forces collided with one another, sparks erupted into the air,

looks like my investment in

disadvantage for orcs, it would have to be the fact that they did not

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

turned my attention to the rotting remains of the orcs that were scattered across the

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

the orcs were in a situation where they requested

arrived on Earth; as a direct consequence of this, a great deal of their forces were now noticeably weaker than they had

were able

them since we were soon going to be fighting

didn't want to see them in such a

a pity, but there was nothing I could do about the situation. At least, that

I'll soon have to reveal

the sudden appearance of

fact, they probably already knew about the planet but were rather clueless about its

"That's that."

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

as

Prince Kuzma's direction, I made

made the decision to take advantage of the