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

the mana in

wave was just about

***

of an unknown

tha barriers, tha weather has

the beacon and placed

[92%]

of the beacon, signifying how

Kru Kuk—!

out a strange noise, and the light that shot upwards slowly started

up towards the hole where the beam shot out, the

lost 8% o' tha energy this early into

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

dwarf with black braided

"Ye think so?"

"Yeah."

suffer substantial losses in the second wave, and they didn't activate the

his arms and sitting on a stool, the red-haired dwarf

more waves do

Tap.Tap.Tap.

braided-haired dwarf thought for a

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

wasn't just them that were at war, but 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

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

we shou' do our

used the barrier the more impact it would have during the

now, the

This was undesirable.

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

"I agree."

***

Northern tower control room.

tha real

"Yes."

Ryan quickly went to their stations at

lot more spacious, and the map they were

stood behind them with

going ta give ye two a

map in front of them,

enemy be using. If ye can find

was by no means an

also

you had to look at the bigger picture as well

single detail needed to be spotted. If that one detail

trust that both o' ye

proof that he

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

card from his

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

wasn't enough to figure out an

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

"Understood."

Smallsnake fully understood this.

the card, he solemnly looked at

"I'll do my best."

taken enough o' your time. I'll be leaving

satisfaction, Bemus turned around and headed towards the other

"Ryan, help me out."

the control panel,

he slowly started analyzing the details of the map

this was a good

***

—BOOOOOM!

enveloped the city's outer walls as

at the bottom level of the

to me, were Hein, Ava, and

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 lot of time for her

was that in order to make herself appear as an ordinary ring, she

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

note, the others seemed to be

wave was a good decision since it gave them more

my sword,