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

be the most logical answer,

sparing them can

with their cores, and

opportunity for

be great additions if

the decision

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 the

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

Click―!

my head as time returned to normal and over a dozen heads came rolling

Thump! Thump! Thump!

"Did I overdo it?"

squint my eyes a couple of times to get used to the scene

what lay before my eyes was still not pleasing to

get this

moved toward their bodies and

should be

once I had collected all twelve of them, the demons disintegrated into dust, and I

"That's that done."

of the demons was gone, and what was

C..crack…

sound was

which the sound was coming from, I noticed that a large crack had formed

'It's starting…'

Cr..crack!

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

Crash―!

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

demons as

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

"Akkkhh!"

"Arghh!"

Clank! Clank!

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

investment

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

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 power

in mind, I turned my attention to the rotting remains

the orcs wouldn't be in the state

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

consequence of this, a great

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

wanted the best for them since we were soon going to

see them in

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

like I'll soon have to

to explain the sudden appearance of Silug

probably already knew about the planet but were rather

"That's that."

and shifted my attention

as quickly

Kuzma's direction, I made my

to take advantage of the situation and eliminate as many demons as