The Author's POV

"Cough…cough!"

I coughed several times before finally reaching the castle's upper levels. When I opened the doors that led to the top of the castle, I saw the others standing in the same place I had left them, solemnly and heavily looking into the distance.

"How is the situation?"

I asked.

After sparing me a glance, Leopold commented.

"...Not good."

He was the only one who bothered to acknowledge me when everyone else was too busy observing the situation in the distance.

Boom—! Boom—!

The ground continued to shake, and anyone who paid close attention could hear the agonizing screams of the orcs as they struggled for their lives.

Seeing the scene, I asked Leopold.

"How many losses have the orcs sustained?"

"They've lost a couple of legions, and are barely holding on."

It was Angelica who spoke this time.

"The orc's line of defense will break soon. I was just about to call you, but it's good that you came here in time."

She added, her eyes squinting and locked in the distance.

"Mhm."

I nodded my head slowly and moved towards the edges of the wall.

From my vantage point, which allowed me to survey the entirety of the battleground, I could see how dire the situation was. Indeed, it was exactly as Angelica was describing it.

At this point, the orcs were just about managing to hang on. The only reason they were able to survive at the moment was because of Silug and Omgolung, who stood at the front and repelled the Marquis ranked demons.

If not for them, the situation would have been extremely precarious, if not hopeless altogether, and every single orc would have perished.

"Is it our time to finally make a move?"

Liam's voice, which was tinged with excitement, echoed beside me. Sparing him a glance, I shook my head.

"There is no 'our' in this situation. The only one that will move is me."

"Huh?!"

Everyone looked at me with surprised expressions when I said that. Before they could air their grievances, I added.

"I know you guys want to fight, but now is not the time. The only one that the demons are wary of, right now, is me. You guys will fight, but you aren't allowed to display a strength that is greater than half of your actual strength."

As soon as those words left my mouth, everyone's expression took a sharp turn for the worse. This was especially true for Liam, who appeared to have completely lost his soul.

expected of a battle maniac. I didn't doubt he would've reacted this way

please do as I say. It's the best way

things that I wanted to

the human domain soon to be engulfed in a war, it was no longer as safe as it was

than on earth, secretly building my forces for when

Who knows, in the near future I might even be able to build a city...ah, I'm getting

thoughts away from my ambitions which were spiraling out of proportion, I looked in

please head downstairs and

"Got it."

once his eyes met mine. He immediately

behind was Angelica, who was now

just hold back in the

the fortifications, ready to jump

chin when I

won't be a problem if

over the

to hold themselves back. You can go

attention, but it wouldn't be

shouldn't use the Gravar style at all if you can. If you do that, you'll end up getting way too much

one person that would stand out the most, it'd have to

it came to socializing, he was the most reserved member of the group; however, this only applied to non-combat situations. His power was

a lot of enemies, he might even be a lot more useful than I could ever be...and combined with

think about

aroused a lot of jealousy. It was only after I took a peek at

"Alright, let's go."

my hand against the walls of the castle, I

followed right after me

***

Boom—

shot back and forth between the two camps, obliterating everything

a brutal sight to anyone that watched

he hiding?! Where are you

that was both frantic and angry could be heard. It belonged to none other than Azeroth, whose fingers collided

this exchange that Silug

"Khhh…"

in Azeroth's general direction. He remained silent throughout their conflict, much to

this? My target used to be just you, but

same time, his body flashed through

quickly he moved, by the time Silug was able to react, Azeroth was

Bam—!

palm, and Silug's body was hurled all the way back, slamming into the ground

Boom—!

orcs within the vicinity all stopped doing whatever they were doing for a moment. With their leader down, the orc's

"Ukhh.."

limited control over his body.

"No..t yet."

to force himself up. Hearing the muffled and desperate cries of his

today, he was only going to leave after

'At least him...;

"Stay down."