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

in the distance slowly started to disappear. What

became tense, and the mana

wave was just

***

of an unknown room

tha weather has cleared

red-haired dwarf walked towards the beacon

[92%]

beacon, signifying how much energy it

Kru Kuk—!

enough, the 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

already lost 8% o' tha energy this early

What's really important

dwarf with black braided

"Ye think so?"

"Yeah."

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

on a stool, the red-haired

do you think there's

Tap.Tap.Tap.

the braided-haired dwarf thought for a moment before

nae sure but I do believe that tha war

elves too. Each side had sent some people to help out, but from the looks of it,

this magnitude, it would take at least a year to

shou' do our best ta nae use

less they used the barrier the more impact it would have during the

up all the energy now, the

This was undesirable.

beacon, the red-haired dwarf solemnly nodded his

"I agree."

***

Northern tower control room.

get ready, tha

"Yes."

and Ryan quickly went to their stations

more spacious, and the map they were working with was a lot more

behind them with his arms

seen your skills, I'm going ta

the map in

tha enemy be using. If ye can find

was by no means an easy

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

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

spotted. If that one detail was missed, then the

both o' ye can

were proof that he

wasn't only unique to them,

taking out a small card from his pocket, Bemus handed it

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

wasn't enough to figure out

access to the whole mapping of the walls, he was

"Understood."

Smallsnake fully understood this.

card, he solemnly looked

"I'll do my best."

o' your time.

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

"Ryan, help me out."

control panel, Smallsnake quickly got to

started analyzing the details of the

Ren said, this was

***

—BOOOOOM!

colored lights enveloped the city's

the bottom level of the tower, I gazed

were Hein, Ava,

even if she did show herself, she'd be pretty

appear as an ordinary ring, she had to get rid of

she'd be returning to her usual form with practically zero demonic energy in her. Not exactly that, but close to it. In a situation such as this, that was practically

the others seemed to be less nervous

the first wave was a

my sword, my