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

be the most logical answer,

them can have

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

opportunity for me to find

be great additions if tamed

the decision is

hand against the sheath of the sword. A white film covered my palm, allowing it to

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

Click―!

echoed within my head as time returned to normal and over

Thump! Thump! Thump!

"Did I overdo it?"

had to squint my eyes a couple of times to get

lay before my eyes was still not

this over

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

be all of

all twelve of them, the demons disintegrated into dust, and I inserted the cores into my

"That's that done."

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

C..crack…

cracking sound was a testament to

sound was coming from, I noticed that a large

'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

Crash―!

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

as many demons as

headlong into the city with all of their

"Akkkhh!"

"Arghh!"

Clank! Clank!

sparks erupted into the air, and dark blood splattered into

like my investment in

significant disadvantage for orcs, it would have to be the fact that

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

attention to the rotting remains

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

orcs were in a situation where they

as a direct consequence of this, a great deal of their forces were now noticeably weaker than they had been in

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

now allies, I wanted the best for them since we

want to see them in such

could do about

to

the sudden

planet but were rather

"That's that."

my back and shifted my attention toward the city walls in

as quickly

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

to take advantage