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

be the most logical

sparing them

with their cores, and I was also short on

opportunity for

could be great additions

guess the decision

palm, allowing it to move through the

angles at which they were coming from before slightly increasing the amount

Click―!

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

Thump! Thump! Thump!

"Did I overdo it?"

of times to get used to the scene that was

my fair share of gore, what lay before my eyes

this over

composed, I moved toward their bodies and collected

be all of

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

"That's that done."

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

C..crack…

was

was coming from, I noticed that a large

'It's starting…'

Cr..crack!

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

Crash―!

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

as many demons as you

the city with all of their

"Akkkhh!"

"Arghh!"

Clank! Clank!

erupted

investment in Immorra wasn't

orcs, it would

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 predominately made up of

the rotting remains of the orcs that were scattered

the lack of Aura on earth… the orcs wouldn't be in the state that they

the orcs were in a situation where they requested

direct consequence

races, which were able to grow in

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

see

there was nothing I could do about

have to reveal to the orcs

was no way I'd be able to explain the sudden appearance

about the planet but were rather clueless

"That's that."

more, I stretched my back and

as quickly

Brutus's and Prince Kuzma's direction, I

to take advantage of the situation and