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

most logical answer,

sparing them

their cores, and I

a perfect opportunity for me

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 at the same speed at which my brain was processing things, and I positioned my thumb directly beneath

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 my

Click―!

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

Thump! Thump! Thump!

"Did I overdo it?"

squint my eyes a couple of times to get

lay before my eyes was still not pleasing

this over

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

be all of

a relatively short amount of time, and once I had collected all twelve of them, the demons disintegrated into dust, and I inserted the

"That's that done."

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

C..crack…

sound was

which the sound was coming from, I noticed that a

'It's starting…'

Cr..crack!

entire barrier shattered like glass. Fragments of the barrier fell from above and crashed against the

Crash―!

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

demons as

of their strength, their deafening shrieks reverberated through the air

"Akkkhh!"

"Arghh!"

Clank! Clank!

another, sparks erupted into the air, and

looks like my investment

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

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

turned my attention to the rotting remains of the orcs that

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

reason the orcs were in a situation where they requested backup was because they lacked

on Earth; as a direct consequence of this, a great deal of their forces were now

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

for them

want to see them in such

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

like I'll soon have to reveal to the orcs about

way I'd be able to explain the sudden appearance

knew about the planet but were rather clueless about

"That's that."

more, I stretched my back and shifted my

as quickly as

glance in Brutus's and Prince Kuzma's

they were fighting among themselves, I made the decision to take advantage of the situation and eliminate as many demons