The Author's POV

"See, what did I tell you? With him there, the western side is safe."

A slight smile appeared on Smallsnake's lips as he looked at Bemus beside him.

Secretly he was sighing in relief.

Although everything went as he had expected, there were some close calls. Ren's way of fighting was a lot more different than he had seen before, but still, he had won, and that was all that really mattered.

The only one that wasn't happy with the situation was Ryan, who sulkily said.

"My calculations were wrong, Ren took much longer than usual."

"...You thought so too?"

Ryan's words caught Smallsnake's attention who lowered his head and patted him on the head.

"I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought so."

Now used to Smallsnake patting him on the head, Ryan didn't react and continued to sulk.

"My calculations were off by five minutes..."

"Five minutes?"

"Yes."

"Hmm."

Placing his and on his chin, Smallsnake mused for a couple of seconds. Then, turning his attention towards the video depicting Ren's fight, he nodded in agreement.

"Looks like you're right. Ren could've ended this five minutes faster the expected."

"Did something happen to Ren?"

"Not sure..."

Smallsnake's brows knit.

However, he eventually shrugged his shoulders.

"If you really want to know, we can ask him later. Maybe he was trying to save mana? I'm not really sure..."

Although he had no idea why Ren chose to take his time in eliminating the demons, Smallsnake wasn't really worried.

Having known Ren for over a year now, he knew that he wasn't someone reckless.

If he did something, there was a logical reason behind it.

Patting Ryan in the shoulder he reminded.

"We should probably go to sleep soon. Another attack might happen at any time, so we should be ready for that."

"...okay."

Though disappointed, Ryan obeyed Smallsnake's words.

On the other hand, standing not far away from the duo...

'Calculations wrong? Five minutes off? Just what in the world are they talking about?'

Bemus wondered as he speechlessly looked at the duo discussing amongst themselves.

Although he had heard what they said, he couldn't comprehend what they were saying.

Were they saying that the human that defeated the Baron ranked demon did not go all out?

That came to him as a shock since his performance was still deeply imprinted in his mind.

"Sir Bemus."

Disrupting Bemus out of his thoughts was Smallsnake.

Lifting his head, Bemus asked.

"...What is it?"

"Do you mind if we go take a quick nap?"

"Nae, go, go."

Waving his hand, he quickly shooed them out of the control room.

Their performance was excellent. Furthermore, Smallsnake's words were correct. Another wave was coming soon, and so the best option right now was to sleep.

perform well

come back

they left,

they had to come back. Having witnessed first-hand just how brilliant they were, Bemus no longer doubted their

them with more respect than; their abilities had been

they desperately needed, and he couldn't afford to miss out on

***

Dosha! Dosha! Dosha!

The sound of the pouring rain filled everyone's ears, and

Kracka!

suddenly tore the sky apart,

below the rain, watching it fall on my face, I closed my

droplets of rain trickled by the side of my face. Opening my eyes and looking at the sky

had to rain just as the

What better timing.

now, all of the demons had been killed or had fled, and what was left behind was only a trail

I had to evaluate my fight with

also used quite a bit of mana using the one. Had I

went to show how reliant

by the end and mainly relied

But.

I was looking

looking to improve my skills, not kill my

"Hm?"

a light tap on my shoulder, I turned around and Leopold's face appeared

to point at the tower

"Ren, let's head back."

"...Right."

the battlefield, I followed Leopold and

for only an hour, and the

ward off the first wave without letting them know too much about the defensive

demons managing to break through the tower; however,

was when the dwarves had still not activated all

took a lot of energy to operate, the dwarves chose not to use them for now. The dwarves weren't planning to show all of their cards just yet; however, the demons could

battles were going to be extremely

"Huaam…"

I reminded myself to

the threat of the second wave coming, I had to be in optimal

how many did you

"I've got eight."

"What about you, Leopold?"

"Me? Eight."

That's the same as

think was commanding you guys? Her kills

"What! Not fair!"

the other's conversation,

the number of demons that I had killed in the last battle, but it would

expected since I

*

into the tower, I felt multiple eyes directed

that had witnessed my

"What is it?"

steps, I found the same orc from before

looked down on me

staring back into those eyes, my mouth

picking a fight with

I did before? If

'No I can't fight…'

I quickly halted

bloodlust was still affecting my mind, and if I fought now,

actions would be highly detrimental

Monarch indifference's at any time,

"Get out o——!"

what I had expected, the orc lowered

"I'm sorry."

"H..huh, what?"

composure took a hit as my speech stuttered for

are you talking

completely different from what I had expected the situation

words, the orc knelt on one knee and raised his

I did to you before.

you doing? Get

antics, I grabbed his arms and pulled him up. I was seriously taken aback by

all, the elf from

you're not

direct as the orcs, the intent