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

distance slowly started to disappear. What lay behind it were over thousands and upon

tense, and the mana in the air started

second wave was just about to

***

unknown

tha weather

beacon and placed his hand

[92%]

middle of the beacon, signifying how much

Kru Kuk—!

the beacon let out a strange noise, and the light that shot upwards slowly started to dim

the hole where the beam shot out, the red-haired

already lost 8% o' tha energy this early into tha

really important be that

dwarf with black braided

"Ye think so?"

"Yeah."

suffer substantial losses in the second wave, and

on a

many more waves do

Tap.Tap.Tap.

braided-haired dwarf thought for a moment

do believe that tha war will continue

at war, but the orcs and elves too. Each side had sent some people to help out, but from the

magnitude, it would take at least a year to see which side would have the

shou' do our best ta

they used the barrier the more impact

they used up all the energy now,

This was undesirable.

towards the beacon, the red-haired

"I agree."

***

Northern tower control room.

tha real

"Yes."

went to their stations

before, their station was a lot more spacious, and the map they

behind them with his arms

your skills, I'm going ta give ye two

at the map in

ta analyze tha strategy tha enemy be using. If ye can find anything suspicious in their

by no means an easy

concentration, but also good spatial awareness and

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

a single detail needed to be spotted. If that

o' ye

proof that he

wasn't only unique to them, but this was him telling Smallsnake and Ryan that he regarded them as highly

small card from his pocket,

one. If everything looks

one section wasn't enough to figure out

whole mapping of the walls, he

"Understood."

Smallsnake fully understood this.

he solemnly

"I'll do my best."

enough o' your time. I'll be leaving

other areas to give out similar

"Ryan, help me out."

his attention back towards the control panel, Smallsnake quickly got

he slowly started analyzing the details of the map in

said, this was a good experience

***

—BOOOOOM!

colored lights enveloped the city's outer

level of the tower, I gazed into the

were Hein, Ava, and

her ring form, and she couldn't quite show herself just yet. Furthermore, even if she did show herself, she'd be

make herself appear as an ordinary ring, she had to

Not exactly that, but close to it. In a situation such as this, that

be less nervous about

wave was a good decision since

my sword,