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

distance slowly started to

the mana in the air started to

was just

***

of an unknown room in

down tha barriers, tha weather has cleared

red-haired dwarf walked towards the beacon and placed his

[92%]

the beacon, signifying how much energy it had

Kru Kuk—!

the beacon let out a strange noise, and the light

hole where the

lost 8% o' tha energy

really important be

dwarf with black

"Ye think so?"

"Yeah."

the second wave, and they didn't activate the barrier

his arms and sitting on a stool, the

more waves do you

Tap.Tap.Tap.

on the table, the braided-haired dwarf

sure but I do believe that tha war will continue for at

some people to help out, but from the looks of it, things wouldn't clear up for a

of this magnitude, it would take at least a year to see which side would have the upper

shou' do our best ta nae use

impact it would have

the energy now, the shield

This was undesirable.

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

"I agree."

***

Northern tower control room.

two get ready, tha real battle

"Yes."

went to their stations at Bemus's

their station was a lot more spacious, and the map they

stood behind them with

seen your skills, I'm going ta

in front of them,

be using. If

by no means

extreme concentration, but also good spatial awareness and good analytical and calculative

strategy, you had to look at the bigger

If that one detail was missed, then the enemy strategy

that both o' ye can do

were proof

same task and it wasn't only unique to them, but this was him telling Smallsnake and Ryan that he regarded them as highly as the

out a small card from his pocket, Bemus handed it

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

section wasn't enough to figure out

to the whole mapping of the walls, he was helping them have a clearer outlook of the

"Understood."

Smallsnake fully understood this.

he solemnly

"I'll do my best."

o' your time. I'll be

headed towards the other areas to

"Ryan, help me out."

the control

analyzing the details of the map in

said, this was a good experience

***

—BOOOOOM!

lights enveloped the city's outer walls as both

of the tower, I gazed

me, were Hein, Ava,

but she was 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

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

her. Not exactly that, but close to

to be less nervous about the

wave was a good decision since

at my sword, my