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

slowly started to

the mana in the air started to thicken

was just about

***

unknown

down tha barriers, tha weather

dwarf walked towards the beacon and placed his

[92%]

the middle of the beacon, signifying how much energy

Kru Kuk—!

hand touched the beacon, the beacon let out a strange

hole where the beam shot out, the red-haired

lost 8% o' tha energy this early

be fine for now. What's really important be

another dwarf with black braided

"Ye think so?"

"Yeah."

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

his arms and sitting on a

more waves do you think there's gonna

Tap.Tap.Tap.

the braided-haired dwarf thought

but I do believe that tha war will continue for at least a

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

war of this magnitude, it would take at least a year to

we shou' do our best ta

more impact

all the energy now,

This was undesirable.

attention back towards the beacon, the red-haired dwarf

"I agree."

***

Northern tower control room.

ready, tha

"Yes."

Ryan quickly went to

spacious, and the map they were working

them with his arms

your skills, I'm going

in front

enemy be using. If ye can find

no means

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

had to look at the bigger

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

o'

proof that he trusted

working on the same task and it wasn't only unique to them,

leaving, taking out a small card from his pocket,

ta tha map o' tha other towers including tha northern one. If everything looks regular in tha northern tower, do

one section wasn't enough to figure out

whole mapping of the walls, he was helping them have

"Understood."

Smallsnake fully understood this.

the card, he solemnly

"I'll do my best."

your time. I'll be

other areas to give out similar instructions to

"Ryan, help me out."

control panel,

slowly started analyzing the details of the map in

was a good experience for

***

—BOOOOOM!

the city's outer walls as

the tower, I gazed into the

to me, were Hein,

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 regain her

to make herself appear as an ordinary ring,

returning to 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

first wave was a good decision since

my sword, my