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.

seeing everyone staring

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

"Under attack?"

words instantly caused Smallsnake and

experience was starting to show, as he

take cover?

myself, but leaving is not

me beforehand, escaping this place was

be

the others who

still

had not properly rested as I ran around the

my luck

tapped me on the shoulder disrupting me out

"...What is it?"

what do you suggest

looking at Smallsnake straight in the eyes and looking back at

whatever, I don't care

I put it on my waist and tapped on

the city appeared in front

for a moment, I soon came up with

just go help out. It'll be good

only that, but it would also raise our reputation

case, I needed this to distract my mind off of the

about to move

respond, I

*

of a large

to spot from a distance, towering walls erected from

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

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

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

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

"Oy you over there!"

over to my side. Turning my

"Elluid."

had previously met at

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

be right for tha job. Quickly come ta pick them

I'll be there in a

the volume of the device, I could pretty much hear whatever

fuck did ye

be ye gonna

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

towards me and the others, he

This will do for

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

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

was on the opposite side of where the main demon force was. As such,

and the others, was

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

of this, the geographical advantage

the Southern gate, and that was where most of the demons were

place

ye

Orimdus suddenly asked.

I briefly gave him a rundown

swordsman, he's a tanker, she's a beast tamer, he's good at commanding, and these two

my mentioning of Smallsnake's and Ryan's capabilities,

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

that, I could only shake

just what those two were capable

but your composition

should

"Did ye say something?"

just thinking

made me realize that I needed to get a long-ranged damage dealer

that I had

what be

asked thoughtlessly to which I swiftly

and the others are D-/D rank

of shocking given that not too long ago, everyone was barely at the entry-level of

for your age, I'll give ye

towards an area

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