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 well and suffer the least

sure to come back after you

before they

spoke, he emphasized the part where they had to come back. Having witnessed first-hand just how brilliant they were, Bemus no longer doubted

but the other dwarves present looked at them with more respect than;

and he couldn't afford to miss out on

***

Dosha! Dosha! Dosha!

limiting everyone's field of vision. The sound of the pouring rain filled everyone's ears, and the black blood belonging to the corpses of the demons on

Kracka!

tore the sky apart, illuminating the

it fall on my

Opening my eyes and

had to rain just as the battle

What better timing.

now, all of the demons had been killed or had fled,

if I had to evaluate my fight with the Baron ranked demon with one

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

show how reliant on the Keiki style I

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

But.

wasn't what I was

looking to improve my skills, not

"Hm?"

on my shoulder, I turned around and Leopold's

then proceeded to point at

"Ren, let's head back."

"...Right."

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

battle lasted for only an hour, and the enemies

ward

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

the dwarves had still not

to show all of their cards just yet; however, the demons

battles were going to be

"Huaam…"

myself

the second wave coming, I had to be in

how many

"I've got eight."

"What about you, Leopold?"

"Me? Eight."

That's the same

you think was commanding you guys? Her kills are my

"What! Not fair!"

conversation,

number of demons that I had killed in the last battle, but it would be around fifteen to twenty if I had

this was to be expected since I was a rank higher

*

back into the tower, I

belonged to those that had witnessed my

"What is it?"

steps, I found the same orc from

down

my head and staring back into

picking a

he perhaps get offended for what I did before? If

'No I can't fight…'

quickly halted

my mind, and if I fought now, I might

such actions would be highly detrimental to

use Monarch indifference's at

"Get out o——!"

contrary to what I had expected,

"I'm sorry."

"H..huh, what?"

hit as my speech

are you talking

what I had expected the situation to

on one knee and raised his

I did to you before. I didn't

are you doing? Get

his arms and pulled him up. I

the elf from before also came up

not

his words weren't as direct as the