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

as his words faded, the barrier in the distance slowly started to disappear.

air instantly became tense, and the mana in the

was

***

unknown room in the

tha barriers, tha weather

dwarf walked towards the beacon and

[92%]

the beacon, signifying how

Kru Kuk—!

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

the beam shot out, the red-haired

lost 8% o' tha energy

What's really important be that we withstand tha

another dwarf with black

"Ye think so?"

"Yeah."

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

a stool,

do you

Tap.Tap.Tap.

the braided-haired dwarf thought

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

them that were at war, but the orcs and elves too. Each side had sent some people to help out, but from the looks

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

our best ta nae use

more impact it would have during the climax

energy now, the shield might

This was undesirable.

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

"I agree."

***

Northern tower control room.

get ready, tha real

"Yes."

Ryan quickly went to

and the map they were working with was a lot more

stood behind them with his

seen your skills, I'm going ta give ye two a heavier

in

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

was by no means

concentration, but also good

had to look at the bigger picture as well

spotted. If that one detail was missed, then the

that both o'

proof that he trusted

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

a small card from his pocket, Bemus

tha other towers including tha northern one. If everything looks regular in tha northern tower, do check other towers as well.

one section wasn't enough to figure out an

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

"Understood."

Smallsnake fully understood this.

the card, he

"I'll do my best."

your time. I'll be leaving

headed towards the other areas to give

"Ryan, help me out."

back towards the control panel, Smallsnake quickly got

he slowly started analyzing the details of the map

this was a

***

—BOOOOOM!

enveloped the city's outer walls as

of the tower, I gazed into

were Hein,

if she did show herself, she'd be pretty useless since it took a lot of time for

herself 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

a good note, the others seemed to be

a good decision since it gave them

sword, my