The Author's POV

"That is all…"

Inside a spacious white hall, a dwarf put a small file on top of a desk and stepped back.

"Looks like the situation is still stable."

There were multiple people inside the hall; sitting on a large oval wooden desk. One of them grabbed the papers and read through them; he was a bald old dwarf. He wore circular black-framed glasses and had thick black brows.

"We've only suffered minor casualties so far, an' tha city hasn't been breached."

"…at least for now."

Someone else added.

With long hair cascading down his back and pointy ears, the man was an elf. His hair was primarily of golden color, however, if one looked closely, they'd noticed a few silver strands in his hair.

A regal aura exuded from his body.

Opening his mouth, his melodious voice rang throughout the whole room.

"Although the situation looks stable for now, we never know what might happen in the future. It's best if we don't get overconfident with the result of the first wave."

"I agree with Nasir."

A deep and powerful voice sounded, and the table slightly shook.

The voice belonged to an orc whose physique was at least double that of any of the individuals present inside the hall.

His terrifying eyes could make any regular person faint in fear.

"We should not be arrogant with our results."

Putting the papers down, the bald dwarf from before opened his mouth.

"Yroh, Nasir, although I understand what yer trying ta say, dinna be so pessimistic, we still haven't activated tha city's main defensive system yet."

A proud smirk appeared on the dwarf's lips as soon as he mentioned the city's defensive system.

And rightfully so.

Everyone in the room knew just how powerful the dwarves' defensive system was. That was because the dwarves never shied away from showing it off to the others.

Although they didn't know the full extent of its capabilities, from what they saw, it was no joke.

If not for the fact that it consumed a lot of energy, the dwarves would've already used it by now.

"Once tha system be up, we won't have ta worry aboot those demons for a while."

"…but don't you think that the demon's movements are a bit suspicious, Belgig?"

This time another person spoke up.

He appeared to be an old man well into his eighties. His long white hair gently cascaded down his back, and his long white beard reached down towards his chest. The only unordinary thing about him was probably his temperament. He wore a kind and warm smile on his face, making him look friendly to those around him.

He was Douglas, the headmaster of the Lock.

"They indeed be, Douglas, me best guess be that they're trying ta infiltrate tha defensive system an' shut it down."

"...That would be pretty problematic."

The bald dwarf's response caused Douglas to frown.

Belgig, which was the name of the bald dwarf, quickly reassured.

"Don't worry; we've already taken countermeasures for this."

"You have?"

"Yes, but I'll have ta apologise in advance for nae telling ye anymore than this."

Raising his brow slightly, a look of understanding appeared on Douglas's face.

"Understandable."

Smiling kindly, he stopped asking questions.

He understood what Belgig was trying to imply.

'No one could be trusted.'

For there could be someone present in the room that was secretly working with the demons. It was best to have the least amount of people know about the ins and outs of the defensive system.

Tap.Tap.Tap.

Tapping on the table, Belgig suddenly recalled something. A sly smile appeared on his face as he looked at Douglas.

"On another note, now that I'm talking ta ye Douglas, I want ta thank ye."

"Thank me?"

tilted his head in

remember doing anything notable

caused Belgig to raise

not aware of what happened in the northern

"Northern area?"

brows knit. After a while, he shook his

"No, I apologize."

"Is that so?"

towards the corner of the

his hand, he beckoned for

Show Douglas the video

"Yes."

of the table and a holographic projection

device, a video

"Here you go, sir."

"Thank you."

at the video. Although he had already seen this before, he

people also curiously watched the video

Furthermore.

Belgig

to see his

"Huh?"

the outstanding scene that happened in the northern tower. From how those at the towers beautifully defended the place with the massive spell, to Ren, Ava and the other's defending the western area of the tower by

and by the end of

"Not bad."

at all. They also look

are quite the

in their eyes, it was still

youths, the only one who

I seen

***

"We're here."

others, I followed the orc from before down the stairs of the tower. Towards the utility

utility center is located at the bottom of the city, towards the third level,

Ghorloz, he started explaining to me the ins and outs of the

time he spoke, his deep

that the orc knew the human language, I

opponents...krrr...The Utility center is an area

sounds that came from his nose whenever

can also get a

prospect of buying

Ghorloz nodded his head.

repair, you can have a new one made, or replaced...krrr...You must use achievements points

"Achievement points?"

system used over

—Clank!

of the tower, Ghorloz opened a large metallic door. As soon as he opened the door, a wave of hot hair brushed past my skin. A strange pungent smell also lingered in the air, prompting my nose to involuntarily close up

"Ugh."

used to the smell as Ghorloz continued to leisurely move

more achievement points awarded...krrr...Achievement points are used to reward those that contributed

up to him,

I check

Ghorloz halted his steps.

at

want to check your

"Yeah."

I nodded.

it's like he said, I should have some points,

I didn't know the exact number of demons I had killed, I definitely should've killed enough to get a decent number of

"Follow me."

he too was about two or three of

in front of a large board. From where I was, I could see a long

a large crowd formed around the board, it was hard to see the full names of the

and let

with his big body, I would've

my vision, and I was able to catch a

by achievement points...krrr...It goes

on my shoulder,

at the board to see whether my name was

do they know how achievement points

you think...krr...Something as simple

taking his

trying to see if

"I see..."

I silently muttered.

said made sense. No, rather, my question

you see your name

"Give me a second."

didn't take me long to find my name, as it was

Rank - 209 17 kills -

that's

to be ranked so highly