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 in my direction, my brows furrowed

not too sure, but from what I've heard, it

"Under attack?"

words instantly caused Smallsnake and the others to

His experience

do now? Should we take

sure myself, but leaving is

had told me beforehand, escaping this place was no longer an

result would just be us against thousands

the others who seemed

still didn't

rested as I ran around the whole

my luck really

the moment, Smallsnake tapped me on the shoulder disrupting me out of

"...What is it?"

what do you suggest

the eyes and looking back at

I don't care

again taking out my sword from my dimensional space, I put

holographic map of the city appeared in front

moment, I soon came up

It'll be good

but it would also raise our reputation

case, I needed this to distract my mind off of the things that Malvin had told me not

about

respond,

*

of a large mountain

environment; making it harder to spot from a distance,

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

disparity, built on the lower area were many different

the impending attack from the demons sobered everyone up as they all helped each other

see from the level of

"Oy you over there!"

to my side. Turning my head,

"Elluid."

dwarf that I had previously met at the entrance

nor waiting for me to reply, Elluid shouted onto a small

right for tha job. Quickly come ta pick them

shouting ye fucker, I'll be there

device, I could pretty much hear whatever they were

did ye say ta

what be ye

at Elluid, he

attention towards me and the others, he began to

bad. This

with his two fingers, I, along

defensive structure. The walls had four gates, which were

on the opposite side of

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

other mountain ranges. On normal occasions, those sides would've

the geographical advantage was

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

also the place where most

do ye guys specialize

Orimdus suddenly asked.

I briefly gave him a rundown of our

at commanding, and these two

my mentioning of Smallsnake's and Ryan's

it, he didn't believe that the two

that, I could only shake

see just what those two

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

I should

"Did ye say something?"

just thinking to

needed to get a long-ranged damage dealer

a serious flaw that I had not taken into account

what be

to which I swiftly responded

others are D-/D rank with those two

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

guys be pretty strong for your age, I'll give

an area in

there, right where tha tower be? go there, an' one o' tha people shou' make