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 kill

the most logical

them can have its

a lot of things I could do with their cores,

was a perfect opportunity for me to

be great additions if tamed

guess the decision

the sheath of the sword. A white film covered my palm, allowing it to move through the slowed-down space

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

Click―!

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

Thump! Thump! Thump!

"Did I overdo it?"

eyes a couple of times to get used

my fair share of gore, what lay before my eyes

this

moved toward

should be

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

"That's that done."

force of the demons was

C..crack…

cracking sound was a testament

look in the direction from which the sound was coming from, I noticed that a large crack had formed on

'It's starting…'

Cr..crack!

within a couple of seconds, the entire barrier shattered like

Crash―!

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

as many demons

charged headlong into the city with all of their strength, their deafening shrieks

"Akkkhh!"

"Arghh!"

Clank! Clank!

opposing forces collided with one another, sparks erupted into the

It looks like my investment in Immorra wasn't

a significant disadvantage for orcs, it would have to be the

of the fact that their use of aura gave them 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

attention to the rotting remains of the orcs that

the orcs wouldn't be in the

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

a direct consequence of

other races, which were able to grow in the

now allies, I wanted the best for them since we were

want to see them in

pity, but there was nothing I could do about the

like I'll soon have to

explain the sudden appearance of Silug and the

fact, they probably already knew about the planet but were rather clueless about its current

"That's that."

my hands once more, I stretched my back and shifted

as quickly

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

decision to take advantage of the situation and