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

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

the mana in the air started

was just about

***

of an unknown room in the

tha weather has cleared

walked towards the beacon and placed his hand on

[92%]

the middle of the beacon, signifying how much

Kru Kuk—!

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

towards the hole where the beam shot out, the red-haired dwarf

o' tha

still be fine for now. What's really

with

"Ye think so?"

"Yeah."

substantial losses in the second wave, and they didn't activate the barrier once again, they'd

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

many more waves do you think there's

Tap.Tap.Tap.

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

tha war will continue for at

orcs and elves too. Each side had sent some people to help out, but from the

would take at least

our best ta nae

impact it would have during

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

This was undesirable.

beacon, the red-haired

"I agree."

***

Northern tower control room.

get ready, tha real battle starts

"Yes."

quickly went to their stations at Bemus's

was a lot more spacious, and the map they were

them with

seen your skills, I'm going ta give ye

in front of them,

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

no means an

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

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

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

trust that both o' ye can

were proof

it wasn't only unique to them,

card from his pocket, Bemus handed

towers including tha northern one. If everything looks regular in tha northern

at one section wasn't enough to figure

the whole mapping of the walls, he was helping

"Understood."

Smallsnake fully understood this.

card, he solemnly

"I'll do my best."

I've taken enough o' your time.

turned around and headed towards the other areas to

"Ryan, help me out."

attention back towards the control panel,

the details of

this was a good experience for

***

—BOOOOOM!

city's outer walls

level of the tower, I gazed into

to me, were

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

to make herself appear as an

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

be less nervous

was a good decision since it gave them

at my sword,