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.

with a clear mind could they perform well and suffer

back after

they left, he

they had to come back. Having witnessed first-hand just

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

and he couldn't afford to

***

Dosha! Dosha! Dosha!

northern tower, limiting everyone's field of vision. The sound of the pouring rain filled everyone's ears, and the

Kracka!

the sky apart, illuminating the surroundings for a

the rain, watching it fall on my face, I

Opening my eyes and looking at the sky above,

rain just as

What better timing.

of the demons had been killed or had fled, and

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

I had also used quite a bit of mana using the one. Had I used the Keiki style, I

how reliant on the Keiki style

had cheated by the end and mainly

But.

what I was looking

my

"Hm?"

turned

proceeded to point at

"Ren, let's head back."

"...Right."

the battlefield, I followed Leopold and the others back into

an hour, and the enemies suffered great

and we managed to ward off the first wave without letting them know too much about the defensive system of

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

had still not activated all their

it 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 say the

going to be extremely

"Huaam…"

I reminded myself to get some

coming, I had to be in optimal condition for my

many

"I've got eight."

"What about you, Leopold?"

"Me? Eight."

That's the same

you think was commanding you

"What! Not fair!"

other's conversation, I

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

to say, this was to be expected since I was a rank higher

*

into the tower, I

that had witnessed

"What is it?"

steps, I found the same orc from

fierce eyes looked down on me

back into those

a fight

I did before? If so, I was prepared to let him know his place

'No I can't fight…'

I quickly halted

lingering bloodlust was still affecting my mind, and if

of such actions would be highly detrimental to me and the

to use Monarch indifference's

"Get out o——!"

contrary to what I had expected, the orc

"I'm sorry."

"H..huh, what?"

composure took a hit as my speech stuttered

you talking

I had expected the situation

the orc knelt on one knee and raised

to you before. I didn't know you

you

orcs antics, I grabbed his arms and pulled

the elf from before also

not half

as direct as the