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

be the most

think sparing them can have its

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

for me to find some

great additions if

the

A white film covered my palm, allowing it to move through the slowed-down

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―!

time returned to normal and

Thump! Thump! Thump!

"Did I overdo it?"

to get used to the scene that was in front of

what lay before my eyes was still

this over

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

should be

procedure was completed in a relatively short amount of time, and once I had collected all twelve

"That's that done."

of the

C..crack…

sudden cracking sound was

sound was coming from, I noticed that a

'It's starting…'

Cr..crack!

couple of seconds, the entire barrier shattered like glass. Fragments of the barrier fell from above

Crash―!

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

many demons as you

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

"Akkkhh!"

"Arghh!"

Clank! Clank!

erupted into the air, and dark blood

investment

significant disadvantage for orcs, it

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

in mind, I turned my attention to the rotting remains of the orcs that were scattered

Aura on earth… the

were in a situation where

other races, stopped progressing the moment they arrived on Earth; as a direct consequence

other races, which were able to grow in the time

we were now allies, I wanted the best for them

didn't want to see

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

have to reveal to the

explain the sudden appearance of Silug and the others without

knew about the planet but were rather clueless about its current

"That's that."

stretched my back and shifted my attention toward

end this as quickly

quick glance in Brutus's and Prince Kuzma's direction, I made

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