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.

like we're about

soon as his words faded, the barrier in the distance slowly started to

the mana in the

second wave was just about

***

of an unknown

tha weather has cleared

beacon and placed

[92%]

beacon, signifying how much energy

Kru Kuk—!

touched the beacon, the beacon let out a strange noise, and the light that shot upwards slowly

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

8% o' tha energy this early

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

with black braided

"Ye think so?"

"Yeah."

suffer substantial losses in the second wave, and they didn't activate the barrier once again, they'd have a good shot at

a stool, the red-haired

do you think there's gonna

Tap.Tap.Tap.

on the table, the braided-haired dwarf thought

that tha war will continue for at least

Each side had sent some people to help out, but from

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

we shou' do our best ta nae use

the more impact it would have

used up all the energy now, the shield might fail when it truly

This was undesirable.

back towards the beacon, the red-haired dwarf solemnly nodded

"I agree."

***

Northern tower control room.

two get ready, tha real battle starts

"Yes."

went to their stations at Bemus's

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

them with his arms

skills, I'm going ta

at the map in

strategy tha enemy be using. If

by no means

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

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

be spotted. If that one detail was missed, then

both o'

words were proof that

on the same task and it wasn't only unique to them, but this was him telling Smallsnake and Ryan that he regarded them as highly as the other

small card from his pocket, Bemus handed it to

ye 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.

at one section wasn't enough to figure

giving them access to the whole mapping of the walls, he was

"Understood."

Smallsnake fully understood this.

he solemnly

"I'll do my best."

enough o' your time. I'll

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

"Ryan, help me out."

the control panel,

started analyzing the details of the map in

Ren said, this was a good experience

***

—BOOOOOM!

city's outer walls as both sides

of the tower,

were Hein,

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

that in order to make herself appear as an ordinary ring, she had to get rid of most of her demonic

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

be

wave was a good decision since it gave them more

at my sword, my