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

back after you rested

before they left, he

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

the other dwarves present looked at them with

he couldn't afford to miss out on such talented

***

Dosha! Dosha! Dosha!

of vision. The sound of the pouring rain filled everyone's ears, and the black blood belonging to the corpses of the demons on the battlefield began to

Kracka!

tore the sky apart, illuminating the

fall on my face,

my face. Opening my eyes

just as

What better timing.

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

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

was I injured, 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 with a

reliant on the Keiki style I

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

But.

what I was

to improve my skills, not

"Hm?"

a light tap on my shoulder, I turned around

then proceeded to point at the tower in

"Ren, let's head back."

"...Right."

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

lasted for only an hour, and the enemies

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

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

when the dwarves had still not activated all their defensive

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

upcoming battles were going to

"Huaam…"

I reminded myself to

of the second wave coming, I had to be

many

"I've got eight."

"What about you, Leopold?"

"Me? Eight."

That's the

was commanding you guys? Her

"What! Not fair!"

the other's conversation, I shook

count of the number of demons that I had killed in the last battle, but it would be

this was to be expected since I was a rank higher than

*

back into the tower, I felt multiple eyes

to those that had witnessed my

"What is it?"

found the same orc from

fierce eyes looked down on me from

my head and staring back into those eyes,

picking a

I did before? If so, I was

'No I can't fight…'

I quickly halted those

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

actions would be highly

use Monarch indifference's at any time,

"Get out o——!"

expected, the orc lowered his

"I'm sorry."

"H..huh, what?"

composure took a hit as

are you

different from what I had expected

the orc knelt on one knee and raised

sorry for what I did to you before. I didn't know

you

grabbed his arms and pulled him up. I was seriously

elf from before also came up to

not

direct as the orcs, the intent