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

the barrier in the distance slowly started to disappear. What lay behind it were over

tense, and the mana in the air started to

wave was

***

of an unknown room

tha barriers, tha weather

beacon and placed his

[92%]

middle of the beacon,

Kru Kuk—!

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

the hole where the beam

8% o' tha energy this

What's really important be

dwarf with black braided

"Ye think so?"

"Yeah."

wave, and they didn't activate the barrier once again, they'd have a

sitting on a stool, the red-haired dwarf tiredly

more waves do you think there's

Tap.Tap.Tap.

table, the braided-haired dwarf thought for a moment

do believe that tha war will continue for at

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

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

we shou' do our best

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

they used up all the energy now, the shield

This was undesirable.

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

"I agree."

***

Northern tower control room.

two get ready, tha real

"Yes."

quickly went to their stations at Bemus's

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

stood behind them

seen your skills, I'm going

the map in front of them,

enemy be using. If

by no means an

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

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

If that one detail was

o' ye can

were proof

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

out a small card from his pocket, Bemus handed it to

This card will 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. We're currently short on hands an' any information be

one section wasn't enough to figure out an opponent's

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

"Understood."

Smallsnake fully understood this.

card, he solemnly looked

"I'll do my best."

o' your time. I'll be leaving

turned around and headed towards the other areas to

"Ryan, help me out."

his attention back towards the control

he slowly started analyzing the details

was a good experience for

***

—BOOOOOM!

the city's outer walls as both sides

the tower, I

me, were Hein, Ava,

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

downside of her ability was that in order to make herself appear as

her. Not exactly that, but close to it. In a situation

a good note, the others seemed to be less

first wave was a good decision since

my sword, my