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

sure to come back

they left,

he emphasized the part where they had to come back. Having witnessed

just him, but the other dwarves present looked at them with more respect than; their abilities had

and he couldn't afford to miss out on such

***

Dosha! Dosha! Dosha!

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,

fall on my face, I

trickled by the side of my face. Opening my eyes

to rain just as the

What better timing.

the demons had been killed or had fled, and what was left behind was only a

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

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

how reliant on the Keiki

Although I had cheated by the

But.

I was looking

improve my skills, not kill

"Hm?"

I turned around and Leopold's face

at

"Ren, let's head back."

"...Right."

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

an hour, and

battle could be considered a success since the tower wasn't breached, and we managed to ward off the

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

dwarves had still not activated

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

upcoming battles were going to be extremely

"Huaam…"

I reminded myself

had to be in optimal condition for my next

how many

"I've got eight."

"What about you, Leopold?"

"Me? Eight."

the

think was commanding you guys? Her kills are

"What! Not fair!"

the other's conversation, I

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 I had to make a rough

to be expected since I was a

*

the tower, I felt multiple eyes directed

that had witnessed my

"What is it?"

steps, I found the same

down on me from

back into those

you picking a fight

perhaps get offended for what I did before? If so, I was prepared to let him know his

'No I can't fight…'

quickly halted those

still affecting my mind, and if I fought now, I might lose

consequences of such actions would be highly

was prepared to use Monarch indifference's at any

"Get out o——!"

contrary to what I had expected, the

"I'm sorry."

"H..huh, what?"

a hit as my speech stuttered for a

you talking

different from what I had expected the situation to

knelt on one knee and raised his

to you before. I

are you doing? Get

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

wasn't all, the elf

not

as the orcs,