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

remember doing anything notable enough to

Belgig to

you perhaps not aware of what happened in the

"Northern area?"

knit. After a while, he shook

"No, I apologize."

"Is that so?"

towards the corner of the room where another dwarf

he beckoned for him to

you there. Show Douglas the video of the

"Yes."

the middle of

the device, a video soon

"Here you go, sir."

"Thank you."

the dwarf, Belgig began to look at the video. Although he had already seen this before,

curiously watched the video

Furthermore.

head, Belgig amusingly looked

to see

"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

total of ten minutes, and by the end of it, some

"Not bad."

aren't bad at all. They also look

are quite the

anything in their eyes, it was

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

I seen

***

"We're here."

followed the orc from before

the city, towards the third

started explaining

his deep

fact that the orc knew the human

we're facing a lot of opponents...krrr...The Utility center is an area created with the purpose of providing a place for us soldiers to our weapons fixed

sounds that came from his nose whenever he took

can also get

of buying

Ghorloz nodded his head.

beyond repair, you can have a new one made, or

"Achievement points?"

system used over

—Clank!

hot hair brushed past

"Ugh."

one not used to the smell as Ghorloz continued to leisurely move

more demons killed, the more achievement points awarded...krrr...Achievement points are used to reward those that contributed a lot during

to him, I

do I check my

Ghorloz halted his steps.

looking at me, he

to check

"Yeah."

I nodded.

I should have some

the exact number of demons I had killed, I definitely should've

"Follow me."

each step he too was about two or three of fine, making it hard for me to keep up. But this was nothing to

long, we soon stopped in front of a large board. From where I was, I could

board, it was hard to

and let other

with his

board appeared in my vision, and I

ranks individuals by achievement points...krrr...It goes from

shoulder,

board to see whether my name was

they know how achievement points we

than you think...krr...Something as simple as counting how many people you killed is

without taking his eyes off of

to see if his

"I see..."

I silently muttered.

No, rather,

you see

"Give me a second."

board. It didn't take me long to

- 209 17 kills - 574

209, that's not

to be ranked so highly if I