The Author's POV

Standing behind a line of orcs on the tower's ground floor, I turned towards Leopold, who was next to me.

I then pointed at the gun in his hand.

"How's it going with that thing?"

Playing with the gun, Leopold flashed a satisfied smile.

"It's not bad, not bad."

Ci Chik—!

Taking the bullets out of the gun, Leopold tossed the gun in my direction.

"Here, have a look at it yourself."

Catching the gun with one hand, I took a good look at the gun.

The design of the gun was, how should I say, crude? Not sure if that was the right word.

It looked a bit like some of the older guns that existed back in the past. Of course, that was only aesthetically. In reality, the gun was far more advanced than any gun that had ever existed.

More powerful as well as each bullet could penetrate the skin of a demon.

Tossing the gun back to Leopold, I curiously asked.

"Have you found a solution for the recoil issue?"

"Sort of."

"Oh? Do tell me, I'm genuinely curious."

Kind of wanted a gun myself, if I had to be honest. However, I wasn't sure just how useful it would be to me. Most probably, it wouldn't, but it looked nice.

Unaware of what I was thinking, Leopold, pointed at the dwarves behind him.

"I talked to them and they told me that there are things we can buy to increase the weight of the gun and reduce the recoil; the only problem is that it cost a lot of money."

"That isn't that much of a problem. I think I have enough—"

Before I could finish, Leopold cut me off.

"I also thought about asking you for money, but then it suddenly hit me."

"What?"

Out of nowhere, taking out a cigarette from his dimensional space, Leopold lit it.

Cik. Cik.

*Puff*

Taking a small puff, the smoke slowly diffused in the air.

"Sorry, bit stressed."

Saying that he proceeded to take his sword out. He then waved it at me.

"Since I can also use the sword, as soon as I use the gun, I'll store it in my dimensional space. Then, I can just take the gun back after things calm down."

Leopold's response was out of my expectations.

Alternating my gaze between his ring and the gun, my head tilted in confusion.

"…that works?"

"Yup. I've tried. It's one of the tips that the dwarves have given me. The only problem is the reloading which takes time..."

"Okay…"

If the dwarves said that it worked then it probably did. However, I'd assume this strategy only works for people like Leopold, who could use two weapons.

WIIIIIIIIM—!

It was then that suddenly a strange noise enveloped the battlefield.

*Puff*

Leopold, who was next to me, took another puff of his cigarette. He didn't even need to look to understand what was happening.

we're about to

slowly started to disappear. What lay behind

tense, and the mana in the

was

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of an unknown room

down tha barriers, tha weather has

walked towards the beacon and placed his hand on

[92%]

the middle of the beacon, signifying how

Kru Kuk—!

out a strange noise, and the light that shot upwards slowly started

towards the hole where the beam shot out,

o' tha energy

really important be that we

with black braided

"Ye think so?"

"Yeah."

not suffer substantial losses in the second wave, and they didn't activate the

arms and sitting on a stool, the red-haired dwarf

do

Tap.Tap.Tap.

braided-haired dwarf thought for

that tha war will continue for at least a

the orcs and elves too. Each side had sent some people

take at least a year to see which side

do our best ta nae

used the barrier the more impact it would have during the climax

they used up all the energy now, the shield might

This was undesirable.

back towards the beacon, the red-haired dwarf solemnly

"I agree."

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Northern tower control room.

ready, tha real battle starts

"Yes."

to their stations at Bemus's

and the map they were working with was a lot more

behind them with his arms

I'm going ta give ye

in front of

tha enemy be using. If ye can find anything suspicious

by no means an easy

did this require extreme concentration, but also good spatial awareness and good analytical

enemy strategy, you had to look at the bigger picture as well as, the smaller

single detail needed to be spotted. If that one detail was

that both o' ye

were proof

unique to them,

taking out a small card from his

access ta tha map o' tha other towers including tha northern one. If everything looks regular in tha northern tower, do check other towers as well. We're currently short on

just looking at one section wasn't enough to figure out an opponent's

mapping of the walls, he was helping them have a clearer outlook of the

"Understood."

Smallsnake fully understood this.

card, he

"I'll do my best."

taken enough o' your time. I'll be

towards the other areas to give out similar instructions to the

"Ryan, help me out."

back towards the control panel, Smallsnake quickly got to

his eyes, he slowly started analyzing the details of

said, this was

***

—BOOOOOM!

city's outer walls

level of the tower,

me, were Hein, Ava, and

couldn't quite show herself just yet. Furthermore, even if she did show herself, she'd be pretty useless since it

make herself appear as an ordinary ring, she had to get

short, she'd be returning to her usual form with practically zero demonic energy in her. Not exactly that, but close to it. In a situation

be less nervous about the upcoming

in the first wave was a

at my sword, my