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

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

became tense, and the mana

second wave was just about to

***

unknown room in

down tha barriers, tha

red-haired dwarf walked towards the beacon and placed

[92%]

in the middle of the beacon, signifying

Kru Kuk—!

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

up towards the hole where the beam shot

lost 8% o' tha

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

another dwarf with black braided

"Ye think so?"

"Yeah."

him, as long as they did not suffer substantial losses in the second wave, and

arms and sitting on a stool, the red-haired

do

Tap.Tap.Tap.

on the table, the braided-haired dwarf thought

do believe that tha war will continue for at least a

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

least a year to

do our best

barrier the more impact

they used up all the energy now,

This was undesirable.

back towards the beacon, the red-haired dwarf solemnly

"I agree."

***

Northern tower control room.

ready, tha real battle

"Yes."

quickly went to their

more spacious, and the map they were working with was

stood behind them with his

seen your skills, I'm going ta give

at the map in front of

enemy be using. If ye can find anything suspicious

by no

extreme concentration, but also good spatial awareness and good analytical and

to look at the bigger picture

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

that both o' ye

were proof that he

working 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

from his pocket, Bemus handed it to

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.

section wasn't enough to figure

mapping of the walls, he was helping them have

"Understood."

Smallsnake fully understood this.

card, he solemnly looked at

"I'll do my best."

o' your time. I'll

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

"Ryan, help me out."

towards the control panel, Smallsnake

he slowly started analyzing the details

was a

***

—BOOOOOM!

colored lights enveloped the city's outer walls as both

bottom level of the tower, I gazed into

to me, were

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

in order to make herself appear as an ordinary ring, she had to get

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

be less nervous about the upcoming fight than

a good decision since it gave them

at my sword,