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

them can

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

opportunity for

could be great additions if tamed

guess the decision

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

that were in front of me and measured the angles at which they were coming from

Click―!

clicking sound echoed within my head as time returned to normal and over a

Thump! Thump! Thump!

"Did I overdo it?"

squint my eyes a couple of times to get used to the scene that was in front of

gore, what lay

get this

I moved toward their bodies and collected all of

be all

procedure was completed in a relatively short amount of time, and once I had collected all twelve of them, the demons disintegrated into dust, and I inserted the cores into my

"That's that done."

in satisfaction. With them gone, a major force of the demons was gone,

C..crack…

sudden cracking sound was a

from, I noticed that a

'It's starting…'

Cr..crack!

second, and within a couple of seconds, the entire barrier shattered

Crash―!

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

as many demons as

headlong into the city with all of their strength,

"Akkkhh!"

"Arghh!"

Clank! Clank!

collided with one another, sparks erupted into the air,

looks like my investment in Immorra wasn't for

it would have to be the fact that

a distinct advantage 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 power in a universe that was

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

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

were in a situation where they requested backup was

direct consequence of this,

was in stark contrast to the other races, which were able to grow in the time they spent on

the best for them since we were soon going to

see them in

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

have to reveal to

was no way I'd be able to explain the sudden appearance of Silug and the others without telling them about

the planet but were rather clueless about its current

"That's that."

my hands once more, I stretched my back and shifted my attention toward the city walls in the

this as quickly as

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

made the decision to take advantage of