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 it were over thousands and upon thousands of

and the mana in the air

wave was

***

an unknown room in

tha barriers, tha

beacon and placed his

[92%]

of the beacon, signifying how

Kru Kuk—!

beacon let out a strange noise, and the light that shot upwards slowly started to dim

hole where the beam shot out,

o' tha energy this early into

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

with

"Ye think so?"

"Yeah."

as they did not suffer substantial losses in the second wave, and they didn't activate the barrier once again, they'd have

a stool, the red-haired dwarf tiredly

more waves do

Tap.Tap.Tap.

table, the braided-haired dwarf thought for

believe that tha

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 for a

magnitude, it would take at least a year

do our best ta nae use

the more impact

they used up all the energy now, the shield might fail when it truly

This was undesirable.

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

"I agree."

***

Northern tower control room.

get ready, tha real

"Yes."

quickly went to their stations at

their station was a lot more spacious, and the map

stood behind them with his

I'm going ta give ye

map in front

task be ta analyze tha strategy tha enemy be using. If ye can find anything suspicious

no means an easy

concentration, but also good spatial awareness and good analytical and

out an enemy strategy, you had to look at the bigger picture as

detail needed to be spotted. If that

o' ye can

were proof that

other people 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

a small card from his

everything looks regular in tha northern tower, do check other towers as well. We're currently short on

just looking at one section wasn't enough

the whole mapping of the walls, he was

"Understood."

Smallsnake fully understood this.

card, he solemnly looked

"I'll do my best."

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

around and headed towards the other

"Ryan, help me out."

attention back towards the control panel, Smallsnake quickly got to

started analyzing the details of the map in front

said, this was a good experience

***

—BOOOOOM!

colored lights enveloped the city's outer walls

of the

me, were Hein, Ava,

she couldn't quite show herself just yet. Furthermore, even if she did show herself, she'd be pretty

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

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

seemed to be less nervous about the upcoming fight than

a good

sword, my brows