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

his words faded, the barrier in the distance slowly started to disappear. What

became tense, and the mana in

wave was just

***

an unknown room in the

tha weather has

towards the beacon

[92%]

the beacon, signifying how much

Kru Kuk—!

the moment the red-haired dwarf's hand touched the beacon, the beacon let out a strange noise, and the light that shot upwards slowly started

up towards the hole where the beam shot out, the

tha energy this early into

fine for now. What's really important be that we withstand tha second

another dwarf with black

"Ye think so?"

"Yeah."

as long as they did not suffer substantial losses in the second wave, and they didn't activate the barrier once

on a stool, the

waves do you

Tap.Tap.Tap.

the braided-haired dwarf

sure but I do believe that tha

some people to help out, but from the looks of it, things wouldn't clear up for a

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

do our best ta nae

they used the barrier the more impact it

used up all the energy now, the

This was undesirable.

beacon,

"I agree."

***

Northern tower control room.

two get ready, tha

"Yes."

and Ryan quickly went to

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

them with

seen your skills, I'm going ta give

map in front of them, Bemus

tha strategy tha enemy be using. If ye can find anything suspicious

by no

also good spatial awareness and good

out an enemy strategy, you had to look

to be spotted. If that one detail was missed, then the enemy

that both o' ye

were proof that

unique to them, but this was him telling Smallsnake and Ryan that he regarded them as

taking out a small card from his pocket, Bemus

northern one. If everything looks regular in tha northern

looking at one section wasn't enough to

giving them access to the whole mapping of the walls, he was helping them have a clearer outlook

"Understood."

Smallsnake fully understood this.

he solemnly looked

"I'll do my best."

enough o' your time. I'll

satisfaction, Bemus turned around and headed towards the other areas to give out similar instructions

"Ryan, help me out."

his attention back towards the control panel, Smallsnake

his eyes, he slowly started analyzing the details of the map in front

said, this was a good

***

—BOOOOOM!

the city's outer

the tower, I

to me, were

here, but she was in her ring form, and she couldn't quite show herself just yet. Furthermore, even if she did show herself, she'd be pretty useless since it took a lot of

as an ordinary ring, she had to get rid of most of

her usual form with practically zero demonic energy in her. Not exactly that, but close to it. In a situation such as this,

seemed to be

the first wave was a good decision since it

my sword, my