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.

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

will have plenty of time later to show off your skills. For now, please do as I say. It's the

things that I wanted

be engulfed in a war, it was no longer as safe as it was in the

a faster rate than on earth, secretly building

can even have my parents come here for the sake of safety. Who knows, in the near future I might even be able to build a city...ah, I'm getting too far ahead

ambitions which were

head downstairs and get ready to

"Got it."

mine. He immediately

who was now essentially acting

hold back in the

over the

massaged my chin when

be a problem

swept my gaze over the others

from Hein has to hold themselves back. You can go

a tanker anyways. He might attract some attention, but it wouldn't be to the level where the

Yufei, you shouldn't use the Gravar style at all if you can. If you do that,

would stand out the most, it'd

the group; however, this only applied to non-combat situations. His power was unrivaled in the heat of battle, especially when

were a lot of enemies, he might even be a lot more useful than

think about

a lot of jealousy. It was only after I took a peek at the Gravar style that

"Alright, let's go."

against the walls of the castle,

right after

***

Boom—

where the leaders of both sides were engaged in combat, enormous energy blasts shot back and forth between the two camps, obliterating everything that was within their vicinity. Be it allies

a brutal sight to anyone

hiding?! Where are you holding the

frantic and angry could be heard. It belonged to none other than Azeroth, whose fingers collided with Silug's enormous axe, pushing him several steps

that Silug was a notch weaker

"Khhh…"

and glared in Azeroth's general direction. He remained silent throughout their conflict, much to the annoyance of Azeroth, who responded by attacking with an even greater level

much I've waited for this moment!? Do you have any idea for how long I've planned this? My target used to be just you, but now that I've found

within Azeroth's body, and at the same time, his body flashed through the air before materializing

Silug was able to react, Azeroth was already by his torso and had his hand positioned directly

Bam—!

tremendous force erupted from Azeroth's palm, and Silug's body was hurled all the way back, slamming into the ground as

Boom—!

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

"Ukhh.."

limited control over his body. It seemed as though every single part of his body had been completely crushed, and he

"No..t yet."

cries of his kin, he used whatever was left inside of him to

if he ended up dying today, he was

'At least him...;

"Stay down."