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 of

back after you

before they left, he

Having witnessed first-hand just

dwarves present looked at them with

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

***

Dosha! Dosha! Dosha!

everyone's ears, and the black blood belonging to the corpses of the demons on the battlefield began to seep deep into

Kracka!

suddenly tore the sky

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

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

had to rain just

What better timing.

killed or had fled, and what was left behind was only a trail

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

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

reliant

all that mattered. Although I had cheated by the end and mainly relied on my

But.

wasn't what I was

improve my skills,

"Hm?"

shoulder, I turned around and

then proceeded to point at the

"Ren, let's head back."

"...Right."

the battlefield, I followed Leopold and

only an hour, and the

since the tower wasn't breached, and we managed to ward off the first wave without letting them know too much about the defensive

being said, the dwarves also suffered some losses due to the demons managing to break

had still

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 same thing since

upcoming battles were going to be extremely

"Huaam…"

myself to get

the threat of the second wave coming, I had to

how many

"I've got eight."

"What about you, Leopold?"

"Me? Eight."

That's the

was commanding

"What! Not fair!"

the other's conversation, I shook my

in the last battle,

to be expected since

*

the tower, I felt multiple eyes directed

those that had

"What is it?"

steps, I found the same

eyes looked down

and staring back into those eyes, my mouth

a fight with

for what I did before? If

'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

"Get out o——!"

to what I had expected, the orc lowered

"I'm sorry."

"H..huh, what?"

as my speech stuttered

are you

different from what I had expected

knelt on one knee and raised

you before. I didn't know you were that

are you doing?

and pulled him up. I was seriously taken aback by the

all, the elf from before also came up

not half

direct as the orcs, the