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.

staring in my direction,

it looks like the city will be under siege

"Under attack?"

caused Smallsnake and the

experience was starting

we take cover? Or

myself, but leaving is

beforehand, escaping

result would just be us against thousands of

throbbing forehead and staring at the others who

shit, I still didn't sleep

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

luck

tapped me on the

"...What is it?"

you

eyes and looking back at the others who were also waiting for my

whatever, I

again taking out my sword from my dimensional space, I put it on my waist and tapped

holographic map of the city appeared in front

moment, I soon came up

help out. It'll be good training

would also raise our

of the things that Malvin had told me not

we're about

the others could respond, I had

*

built inside of a large

spot from a distance, towering walls erected from outside of

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

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

races and kept to themselves, but the impending attack from the demons

the lower level, the higher level was more restricted for the stronger individuals. One could see from the level of security around the area that brought towards to the higher level, that highly classified meetings were being held

"Oy you over there!"

side. Turning

"Elluid."

dwarf that I had previously met at the entrance of

me nor waiting for me to reply, Elluid shouted onto

who be right for tha job.

shouting ye fucker, I'll be there

volume of the device, I

fuck did ye

what be ye gonna

at Elluid, he raised

the others, he began to

This will

with his two fingers, I, along with the others, followed Orimdus

of the walls defensive structure. The walls had four gates, which were named after the cardinal

faced an expansive forest and was on the opposite side of where the main demon force was. As such, it was supposedly the easiest

dwarf that was guiding me and the others, was the one that oversaw the

On normal occasions, those sides would've been the

of this, the geographical advantage was

were coming from. In short, that place was a

place

ye

Orimdus suddenly asked.

I briefly gave him a rundown

a beast tamer, he's good at commanding, and these two can help with a utility such as

and

that the two

could only

see just what those two were capable

was hoping for a long-ranged damage dealer, but your composition be

I should get

"Did ye say something?"

thinking to

realize that I needed to

I had not taken

what be your

to which I swiftly responded without

C- rank, and the others are D-/D rank with

Smallsnake, pretty much everyone was now rank and above. Sort of shocking given that not too long ago, everyone was barely

be pretty strong for your age, I'll

pointed towards an area

see tha area over there, right where tha tower be? go there, an' one o' tha