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 to

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

instantly became tense, and the mana in the air started

second wave was just

***

of an unknown room

tha barriers, tha weather

beacon and placed his

[92%]

beacon, signifying how much energy it had

Kru Kuk—!

out a strange noise, and

the beam shot out, the red-haired

tha energy

What's really important be

another dwarf with

"Ye think so?"

"Yeah."

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

on a

waves do you

Tap.Tap.Tap.

the table, the braided-haired dwarf thought for a moment

sure but I do believe that tha

some people to help out, but from the looks of it, things wouldn't

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

our

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

the energy now, the shield might fail when it truly

This was undesirable.

towards the beacon, the

"I agree."

***

Northern tower control room.

ready, tha real

"Yes."

and Ryan quickly went to their stations at

and the map they were working with was a lot more

them with his

I'm going ta give ye two a

map in front

using. If ye can find anything suspicious in

no means an easy

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

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

that one detail was missed,

that both o' ye can do

proof that

other people working on the same task and it wasn't only unique to them, but this was him telling

from his pocket, Bemus handed

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

just looking at one section wasn't

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

"Understood."

Smallsnake fully understood this.

he solemnly looked

"I'll do my best."

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

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

"Ryan, help me out."

attention back towards the control panel, Smallsnake quickly

he slowly started analyzing the details of the map in front of

Ren said, this was a

***

—BOOOOOM!

colored lights enveloped the city's outer walls as both sides

bottom level of the tower, I gazed into

were Hein,

she was in her ring form, and she couldn't quite show herself just yet. Furthermore, even if she did show

that in order to make herself appear as

short, she'd be returning to her usual form with practically zero demonic energy in her. Not exactly that,

others seemed to be less nervous about the upcoming fight

a good decision since it gave

at my sword, my