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.

they perform

back after

they left,

emphasized the part where they had to come back. Having witnessed first-hand just how brilliant they were, Bemus

the other dwarves present looked at them with more respect than; their abilities had been somewhat

and he couldn't afford

***

Dosha! Dosha! Dosha!

ears, and the black blood belonging to the

Kracka!

lightning suddenly tore the sky apart, illuminating the

rain, watching it fall on my face,

side of my face. Opening my eyes and looking at the sky above,

rain just

What better timing.

the demons had been killed or had fled, and what was left behind was only a

and if I had to

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

how reliant on

I had cheated by the end and mainly

But.

what I was looking

looking to improve my skills,

"Hm?"

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

to point at the

"Ren, let's head back."

"...Right."

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

lasted for only an hour, and the enemies suffered

could be considered a success since the tower wasn't breached, and we managed to ward off the first wave without letting them know too much about the defensive system

demons managing to break through the tower; however, overall, the result was in favour of

was when the dwarves had

dwarves weren't planning to show all of their cards just yet; however, the demons could say the same thing since they only sent the cannon fodder

were going to be

"Huaam…"

myself to get

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

how many did

"I've got eight."

"What about you, Leopold?"

"Me? Eight."

the same

shit, who do you think was commanding you guys? Her kills are

"What! Not fair!"

the other's conversation,

number of demons that I had killed in the last

to be expected

*

moment I stepped back into the tower, I felt multiple eyes

belonged to those that had witnessed my fight

"What is it?"

my steps, I found the same orc from

down

head and staring back into those eyes,

a fight with

offended for what I did before? If so, I was prepared to let him

'No I can't fight…'

quickly halted

mind, and

would be highly detrimental to me

prepared to use Monarch indifference's

"Get out o——!"

what I had expected, the orc

"I'm sorry."

"H..huh, what?"

composure took a hit as my speech stuttered for

you talking

different from what I

words, the orc knelt on one knee

I did to you before. I didn't know you

are you doing?

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

if that wasn't all, the elf from

you're not half

as the orcs, the intent