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

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

instantly became tense, and the mana in the air started to thicken

second wave was

***

unknown room in

tha barriers, tha weather has cleared

towards the beacon and placed his hand

[92%]

in the middle of the beacon, signifying how much energy it

Kru Kuk—!

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

the hole where the beam

8% o' tha

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

dwarf with black

"Ye think so?"

"Yeah."

they did not suffer substantial losses in the second wave, and they

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

many more waves do

Tap.Tap.Tap.

table, the braided-haired dwarf thought

I do believe that tha war will continue

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 up for

least

our best ta nae use

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

energy now, the shield might fail when

This was undesirable.

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

"I agree."

***

Northern tower control room.

get ready, tha real battle starts

"Yes."

quickly went to their

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

them

your skills, I'm going ta give

in front of them,

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

was by no means

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

had to look at the bigger picture

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

that both o' ye can

were proof

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

card from his pocket, Bemus handed

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

one section wasn't enough to

whole mapping of the walls, he was helping them

"Understood."

Smallsnake fully understood this.

he solemnly

"I'll do my best."

your

other areas to give out similar instructions

"Ryan, help me out."

control panel, Smallsnake quickly got

the details

said, this was a good

***

—BOOOOOM!

enveloped the city's outer

at the bottom level of the tower, I gazed into the

to me, were Hein,

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

of her ability was that in order to make herself appear as an ordinary ring, she had to get rid of most of her

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

good note, the others seemed to be less nervous about the upcoming

first wave was a good decision since it

my sword, my brows