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 and suffer the least amount

back after you rested

before they left, he

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

just him, but the other dwarves present looked at them with more

were people they desperately needed, and he couldn't afford to miss

***

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 the battlefield began to seep

Kracka!

sky apart, illuminating the surroundings for

watching it fall on

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

to rain just as the

What better timing.

killed or had fled, and

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

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

reliant on the

mattered. Although I had cheated by the end and mainly relied on my opponent's recklessness, it

But.

what I

to improve my skills, not kill my

"Hm?"

shoulder, I turned around and Leopold's face appeared next

at the tower in

"Ren, let's head back."

"...Right."

the battlefield, I followed Leopold and

lasted for only an hour, and the enemies suffered great

could be considered a success since the tower wasn't breached, and we managed to ward off the first wave without letting

suffered some losses due to the demons managing to break through the tower;

was when the dwarves had still not activated all

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

were going to be

"Huaam…"

myself

I had to be in optimal condition for

many did

"I've got eight."

"What about you, Leopold?"

"Me? Eight."

the same

think was commanding you guys? Her kills are my

"What! Not fair!"

conversation,

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

was to be expected since I was a rank

*

tower, I

that had witnessed

"What is it?"

my steps, I found the same orc

fierce eyes looked down

head and staring back into those eyes, my

you picking a fight

get offended for what I did before? If so, I was prepared

'No I can't fight…'

I quickly halted

was still affecting my mind, and if I

such actions would be highly detrimental to

Monarch indifference's at

"Get out o——!"

to what I had expected, the orc

"I'm sorry."

"H..huh, what?"

composure took a hit as my speech stuttered

you talking

from what I had

knelt on one knee and raised

to you

are you doing? Get

antics, I grabbed his arms and pulled

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

not

his words weren't as direct as the orcs, the intent was