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.

could they perform well and

sure to come back after

they left, he

he emphasized the part where they had to come back. Having

them with more respect than; their abilities had been somewhat

couldn't afford to miss out on such talented

***

Dosha! Dosha! Dosha!

the pouring rain filled everyone's ears, and the black blood belonging to the corpses of the

Kracka!

suddenly tore the sky

watching it fall on

of my face. Opening my eyes and looking at

just as the

What better timing.

now, all of the demons had been killed or had fled, and what was

demon marked the end of the first wave, and if I had to evaluate my fight with the Baron ranked

had also used quite a bit of mana using the one. Had I used the Keiki style, I could've ended this

reliant on the Keiki style

had won, and that was all that mattered. Although I had cheated by the end and mainly relied on my opponent's recklessness, it still counted as my

But.

what I was looking

my

"Hm?"

turned around and Leopold's face appeared next

proceeded to point at

"Ren, let's head back."

"...Right."

last look at the battlefield, I followed Leopold and the others back

only an hour, and the enemies suffered great

wasn't breached, and we managed to ward off the first wave without letting

some losses due to the demons managing to break through the tower; however, overall, the result

had

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 say the same thing since

going to be extremely

"Huaam…"

myself

the second wave coming, I had to be in optimal condition

how many did

"I've got eight."

"What about you, Leopold?"

"Me? Eight."

the same as

shit, who do you think was commanding

"What! Not fair!"

conversation,

last

to be expected

*

stepped back into the tower,

that

"What is it?"

I found the same orc from before

fierce eyes looked down on me

head and staring back into those eyes, my

picking a

he perhaps get offended for what I did before? If so,

'No I can't fight…'

I quickly halted

still affecting my mind, and if I fought now,

would be

prepared to use Monarch indifference's at any

"Get out o——!"

expected, the

"I'm sorry."

"H..huh, what?"

took a hit as my speech stuttered

you

I had expected

words, the orc knelt on one knee and

sorry for what I did to you before. I didn't know you were

are you

to take the orcs antics, I grabbed his arms and pulled him up. I was seriously taken aback

wasn't all, the elf from before also came up

you're not half

direct as the orcs,