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.

a clear mind could they perform well and suffer

back after

they left, he

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

looked at them with more respect than; their abilities

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

***

Dosha! Dosha! Dosha!

of the pouring rain filled everyone's ears, and the black blood belonging to the corpses of the demons

Kracka!

tore the sky apart, illuminating the

below the rain, watching it fall on my face,

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

rain just as the

What better timing.

or had fled, and what was left behind was

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

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

reliant on

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

But.

what I was

improve my skills, not kill my

"Hm?"

I turned around and Leopold's face appeared

proceeded to point at

"Ren, let's head back."

"...Right."

I followed Leopold and

battle lasted for only an hour,

managed to ward off the first wave without letting them know too much

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

had

now. The dwarves weren't planning to show all of their cards just yet; however, the demons could say the same thing

going

"Huaam…"

reminded myself

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

many

"I've got eight."

"What about you, Leopold?"

"Me? Eight."

the

think was commanding

"What! Not fair!"

the other's conversation,

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

to say, this was to be expected since I was

*

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

belonged to those that had witnessed my fight

"What is it?"

found the same orc from before blocking my

down

head and staring back into

picking a

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

'No I can't fight…'

I quickly halted

and if I fought now, I

such actions would be highly detrimental to me and the

to use Monarch indifference's

"Get out o——!"

expected, the orc lowered his head and

"I'm sorry."

"H..huh, what?"

a hit as my

are you

completely different from what I had expected the situation to

knelt on one knee

what I did to you before. I didn't know you were that

are you

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

that wasn't all, the elf

you're not

as direct as the orcs, the