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 the least amount

to come back

before they left,

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

at them with more respect than; their abilities had

they desperately needed, and he couldn't afford to miss out on such talented

***

Dosha! Dosha! Dosha!

the pouring rain filled everyone's ears, and

Kracka!

lightning suddenly tore the sky apart,

rain, watching it fall on my face, I closed my

rain trickled by the side of my face. Opening my eyes and looking

had to rain just

What better timing.

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

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

a bit of mana using the one. Had I used the Keiki style, I could've ended this uninjured, and with a

show how reliant on

and that was all that mattered. Although I had cheated by the end and

But.

what I

improve my skills, not

"Hm?"

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

point at the

"Ren, let's head back."

"...Right."

battlefield, I followed Leopold and the others back

battle 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 them know too much about the

the demons managing to break through the tower; however,

dwarves had still not activated all their

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

battles were going

"Huaam…"

I reminded myself to

wave coming, I had to be in optimal condition for

many did

"I've got eight."

"What about you, Leopold?"

"Me? Eight."

That's the

do you think was commanding you guys? Her

"What! Not fair!"

the other's conversation,

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

to say, this was to be expected since I

*

I stepped back into the tower, I

that had witnessed my

"What is it?"

I found the same orc

looked down on me

head and staring back

picking a fight with

I did before? If

'No I can't fight…'

quickly halted

still affecting my mind, and if

actions would be highly detrimental

was prepared to use Monarch indifference's at any time,

"Get out o——!"

to what I had expected, the orc lowered

"I'm sorry."

"H..huh, what?"

a hit as my speech

you

what I had expected the situation to turn

my words, the orc knelt on one knee and raised his

I did to you before.

you

antics, I grabbed his arms and pulled him up. I was seriously

that wasn't all, the elf from

you're not

as direct as the