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?"

his head in

doing anything notable enough to

Belgig to raise his

not aware of what happened in the

"Northern area?"

After a

"No, I apologize."

"Is that so?"

corner of the

his hand, he beckoned for him to come

Show Douglas the

"Yes."

a small device, the dwarf placed it in the middle of the table and a holographic projection soon appeared in front of

device, a video soon began to

"Here you go, sir."

"Thank you."

the video. Although he had already seen this before, he couldn't help but want

also curiously watched the

Furthermore.

his head, Belgig amusingly looked at

to see his

"Huh?"

the towers beautifully defended the place with the massive spell, to

video lasted a total of ten minutes, and by the end of it, some

"Not bad."

aren't bad at all.

quite

the battle wasn't anything in their eyes, it was still quite an

lightly praising the youths, the only one who wasn't was Douglas, who looked intently at a

I seen him

***

"We're here."

orc from before down the stairs of

the city, towards the third level, and connects with each of the

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

time he spoke, his deep voice

knew the

of opponents...krrr...The Utility center is an area created with

the slight nasal sounds that came

can also get a

prospect of buying

Ghorloz nodded his head.

can have a new one made,

"Achievement points?"

system used

—Clank!

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

"Ugh."

seems like I was the only one not used to the smell as Ghorloz continued to leisurely move

are used to reward

to him,

check my

Ghorloz halted his steps.

looking at me,

want to check your

"Yeah."

I nodded.

he said, I should

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 fine, making it

board. From where I

was hard to see

aside and let other people

me with his big body, I

and I was

by achievement

my shoulder, Ghorloz squinted his eyes and

to see whether my name was on it,

do they know how

advanced than you think...krr...Something as simple as counting how many

his eyes

to see if his name

"I see..."

I silently muttered.

sense. No, rather, my question

you see

"Give me a second."

board. It didn't take me long to find my name, as

17 kills

209, that's

be ranked so highly if I had to