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 my direction, my brows furrowed

from what I've heard, it looks like the city will

"Under attack?"

words instantly caused Smallsnake and the

attentively from the side. His experience was

now? Should we take

myself, but

had told me beforehand, escaping

result would just be us against

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

I still didn't sleep

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

luck

Smallsnake tapped me on the

"...What is it?"

you suggest we

looking back at the others who were also

I don't

space, I put it on my waist and

of the city appeared in front of

soon came up with

help out. It'll be good

that, but it would also raise our reputation

to distract my mind off of the things that Malvin had told me

we're about to

the others could respond,

*

large mountain within

with the environment; making it harder to spot from a distance, towering walls erected from outside

areas, the upper areas where the bigshots were, and the lower areas, where the weaker

many different defensive structures and artifacts, with dwarves, elves, and orcs

kept to themselves, but the impending attack from the demons sobered everyone

individuals. One could see from the level of security around the area that brought towards to the higher level, that highly classified meetings

"Oy you over there!"

yelled over to my side. Turning

"Elluid."

met at the entrance of

for me to reply, Elluid shouted onto a small device in his

got some people here who be right for tha job. Quickly

ye fucker, I'll be there

the device,

ye

be ye gonna

called Orimdus arrived. Glaring at Elluid, he raised his middle

his attention towards me and the others, he began

nae bad. This

I, along with the others,

me and the others a brief overview of the walls defensive structure. The walls had four gates, which were named after the cardinal points. Northern, Southern, Eastern,

that I was currently at, directly faced an expansive forest and was on the opposite side of where the main demon

me and the others, was the

sides, the Eastern, and Western gates, directly faced the other mountain ranges. On normal occasions, those sides would've been the easiest to defend

of this, the geographical

was where most of the demons were coming from. In short, that place was a

the place where most

ye guys specialize

Orimdus suddenly asked.

around, I briefly gave him a rundown of

a beast tamer, he's good at commanding, and these two can

Smallsnake's and Ryan's capabilities, Orimdus instantly

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

that, I could

to see just what

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

should get

"Did ye say something?"

thinking to

realize that I needed to

a serious flaw that I had not

me, what be your

to which I swiftly responded without

others are D-/D rank with those two at around G

rank and above. Sort of shocking given that not too long ago, everyone was

pretty strong for your age, I'll give

an

area over there, right where tha tower be? go