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

sparing them can have

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

opportunity for me to find some

great additions if

guess the decision

up my mind rather quickly, I 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

me and measured the angles at which they were coming from before slightly

Click―!

my head as time returned to normal and over

Thump! Thump! Thump!

"Did I overdo it?"

couple of times to get used to the scene

I had seen my fair share of gore, what lay before my eyes was still not pleasing to the

get this

myself composed, I moved

should 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

"That's that done."

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

C..crack…

cracking sound was a testament to my

the sound was coming from, I noticed that a

'It's starting…'

Cr..crack!

by the second, and within a couple of seconds, the entire barrier shattered like glass. Fragments of the barrier

Crash―!

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

as many demons

of their strength, their deafening shrieks reverberated

"Akkkhh!"

"Arghh!"

Clank! Clank!

two opposing forces collided with one another, sparks erupted into the air, and dark blood splattered into the

looks like my investment in

significant disadvantage for orcs, it would have

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

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

on earth… the orcs wouldn't be in the state

in a situation where they requested backup

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

other races, which were able to

the best for them since we were soon going

didn't want to see

nothing I could do about the situation. At least,

I'll soon have to reveal

no way I'd be able to explain the sudden

about the planet but were rather

"That's that."

stretched my back and shifted

as quickly

Brutus's and Prince Kuzma's direction,

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