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

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

tense, and the mana in the air started to

wave was just

***

an unknown

barriers, tha weather

walked towards the beacon and

[92%]

in the middle of the beacon, signifying how much energy

Kru Kuk—!

enough, 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 to

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

already lost 8% o' tha energy this early into

What's really important be that we withstand

with black

"Ye think so?"

"Yeah."

substantial losses in the second wave, and they didn't activate the barrier once again, they'd

and sitting on a

more waves do you think there's gonna

Tap.Tap.Tap.

the braided-haired dwarf thought for

sure but I do believe that tha war will continue for

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

would take at least a year to see which side would have the upper

shou' do our

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

energy now, the

This was undesirable.

attention back towards the beacon,

"I agree."

***

Northern tower control room.

two get ready, tha

"Yes."

quickly went to their stations at Bemus's

spacious, and the map

stood behind them with his

I've seen your skills, I'm going ta give ye

map in front

enemy be using. If ye can find anything suspicious in

was by no

extreme concentration, but also good spatial

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

a single detail needed to be spotted. If that one detail was missed, then the enemy strategy would

both o' ye can

proof

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

small card from his pocket, Bemus handed

one. If everything looks regular in tha northern tower,

section wasn't enough to figure

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

"Understood."

Smallsnake fully understood this.

he solemnly

"I'll do my best."

taken enough o' your

and headed towards the other areas to give out similar instructions to the other

"Ryan, help me out."

towards the control panel, Smallsnake quickly got to

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

Ren said, this was a good

***

—BOOOOOM!

enveloped the city's

level of the tower, I gazed into

to me, were Hein, Ava,

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

ability was that in order to make herself appear as an ordinary ring, she had to get rid of

she'd be returning to her usual form with practically zero demonic energy in her. Not

note, the others seemed to be less nervous about the upcoming

first wave was a good decision since it gave

sword,