The Author's POV

As he was returning from the tavern, Waylen suddenly heard the sirens of the city ring out.

Without wasting any time, he hurriedly ran towards the outer walls of the city where an elderly figure stood.

Deeply gazing into the distance on the top of the enormous wall outside of the mountain where Henolur resided; a terrifying wind blew from below the walls.

Oddly enough, despite the strong winds blowing, the old man's clothes remained completely still and didn't flutter the slightest.

Sensing something, the old man turned his head and greeted Waylen with a calm smile.

"Waylen, you're back."

"I just came back from a drink, what exactly is going on, Douglas?"

"Haaa."

Closing his eyes slightly, the old man, Douglas, looked towards the distance.

Waving his hand, the strong winds around them completely disappeared and silence descended.

He then pointed towards the distance, where a mass of black dots appeared in the distance.

"As you can probably tell, the demons are once again attacking. This time, they are attacking with a large number of troops."

Putting his hands on the battlements of the castle; The upright projections on the castle walls shaped to look like teeth, Waylen glared.

"Those bastards. Have they sent the big shots?"

"Not yet. It looks like they are still trying to gauge the defensive mechanism of the city."

"So they've basically sent the cannon fodder."

"Mhm, for now."

Douglas calmly nodded his head.

Stroking his long white beard, he softly reminded.

"We should still be careful. We might never know what might happen."

Nodding in agreement, Waylen suddenly thought of something.

"...Right, what did the dwarves say?"

"The dwarfs?"

"Yeah, are they allowing us to help them?"

Acting without permission could enrage the dwarves.

This was because their interference might have adverse effects on the dwarves who were perhaps planning on activating a specific defensive measure that required no interference.

If they wanted to act, they could only do so at the okay of the dwarves.

After all, they were here to please the dwarves, not antagonize them.

Understanding full well what Waylen was implying, Douglas shook his head before once again turning his attention towards the distance.

"Nothing yet, but I've already told them that we will assist them if anything happens."

"That's good enough for now."

Also turning his attention towards the distance, Waylen's eyes squinted and tangible bloodlust started exuding from his body.

"If they permit us to move, I'll slaughter each and every demon that comes my way."

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WHIIIIIII—! WHIIIIIII—!

The sounds of the sirens rang out throughout the whole city as the dwarves quickly closed up shop and hid inside of their homes.

From how unpanicked and organized this was, I could tell that this wasn't the first time that this had happened.

"Ren, what's going on?"

"Smallsnake?"

Regrouping with the others back at the lodgings, the first one to approach me was Smallsnake.

him and seeing everyone staring in

sure, but from what I've heard, it looks

"Under attack?"

instantly caused Smallsnake and the others

His experience was starting to

take cover? Or should

but

escaping this place was no

just be us against

my throbbing forehead and staring at the others who seemed well-rested, I cursed

shit, I still

them, I still had not properly rested as I ran around the whole

luck

moment, Smallsnake tapped me on the shoulder

"...What is it?"

what do you

looking at Smallsnake straight in the eyes and looking back at the others who were also

I don't

from my dimensional space, I

map of the city

for a moment, I soon

help out. It'll

that, but it would also raise our reputation amongst the

mind off of the things that Malvin had told me not too

ready, we're about to

the others could respond, I had already

*

inside of a large

harder to spot from a distance, towering walls erected from outside

divided into two areas, the upper areas where the bigshots were, and the lower areas, where the weaker

the lower area were many different defensive structures and artifacts, with dwarves, elves, and orcs

their own races and kept to themselves, but the impending attack from the demons sobered everyone up as they all helped

could see from the level of security around the area that brought towards

"Oy you over there!"

dwarf yelled over to my side. Turning my head, I instantly recognized

"Elluid."

previously met at the entrance of the

greeting me nor waiting for me to reply, Elluid shouted onto a small device in his

some people here who be right for tha job. Quickly come ta pick them

ye fucker, I'll be

the volume of the device, I could pretty much

fuck did ye say

be

at Elluid, he raised

his attention towards me and the others, he began to

This

fingers, I, along with the others, followed Orimdus towards the northern

the others a brief overview of the walls defensive structure. The walls had four gates, which

the gate that I was currently at, directly faced an expansive forest and was on the opposite side of where the main demon force was. As such, it was supposedly the easiest side

guiding me and the others, was the one that oversaw the operations on

hand, the other two sides, the Eastern, and Western gates, directly faced the other mountain ranges. On normal occasions, those sides would've been the easiest to defend against, however, it had to be noted that demons could

geographical advantage was almost

the demons were coming from. In short, that place was

place where most

do ye guys

Orimdus suddenly asked.

I briefly gave him a rundown of

tamer, he's good at commanding, and these two can help with

Smallsnake's and Ryan's

looks of it, he didn't believe that the two of

I could only

going to see just

noted...I was hoping for a long-ranged damage dealer, but your composition

I should

"Did ye say something?"

just thinking to

that I needed to

a serious flaw that I had not taken into account

me, what

to which I swiftly responded without

and the others are D-/D rank with those two

of shocking

be pretty strong for

an area in

be? go there, an' one o' tha people shou' make arrangements for