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

the distance slowly started to disappear. What lay behind

and the mana in

wave was just about to

***

an unknown room in the

tha barriers, tha weather has cleared

towards the beacon and placed

[92%]

in the middle of the beacon, signifying how much energy it had

Kru Kuk—!

the moment the red-haired dwarf's hand touched the beacon, the beacon let out a strange noise, and

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

already lost 8% o' tha energy

now. What's really important be that

another dwarf with

"Ye think so?"

"Yeah."

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

a stool, the red-haired dwarf

do you think

Tap.Tap.Tap.

table, the braided-haired dwarf thought for

nae sure but I do believe that tha war will continue for at least

elves too. Each side had sent some people to help out, but from the looks of it, things wouldn't

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

we shou' do our best ta nae use tha

they used the barrier the more impact it would

all the energy now, the shield might

This was undesirable.

towards the beacon, the

"I agree."

***

Northern tower control room.

ready, tha

"Yes."

quickly went to their

spacious, and the

behind them with his

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

the map in front of

be using. If ye can find anything suspicious in their

by no means

concentration, but also

strategy, you had to look at the bigger picture as

single detail needed to be spotted. If that

trust that both o' ye can do

proof that he

course, he had other people working on the same task and it wasn't only unique to them, but

taking out a small card from his pocket, Bemus

give 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.

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

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

"Understood."

Smallsnake fully understood this.

the card, he

"I'll do my best."

taken enough o' your time. I'll be

headed towards the other areas

"Ryan, help me out."

back towards the control panel, Smallsnake quickly got

analyzing the details of the

Ren said, this was a good experience

***

—BOOOOOM!

the city's outer

of the

me, were Hein, Ava, and

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 time for her to regain

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

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

a good note, the others seemed to be less nervous

in the first wave was a

at my sword, my brows