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.

doubt he would've reacted this way in the

plenty of time later to show off your skills. For now, please

there were a lot of things that I

in a war, it was no longer as safe as it

faster rate than on earth, secretly building my forces for when the demon king arrives was the most adequate

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

my ambitions which were spiraling

downstairs and get

"Got it."

met mine. He immediately headed downstairs after he heard

was Angelica, who

just hold

the fortifications,

when I looked at

won't be a

swept my gaze over

apart from Hein has to hold themselves back. You can go all

He might attract some attention, but it wouldn't be to the level where the others

style at all if you can. If you

was one person that would stand out the

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

be a

think about

took

"Alright, let's go."

of the castle, I jumped down and started running toward the vast

others followed right after

***

Boom—

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 or enemies, nothing was

was a brutal sight

Where

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

was clear from this exchange that Silug

"Khhh…"

Azeroth's general direction. He remained silent throughout their conflict, much to the annoyance of Azeroth, who responded by attacking with

target used to be just

same time, his body

time Silug was able to react, Azeroth was already by

Bam—!

and Silug's body was hurled all

Boom—!

within the vicinity all stopped doing whatever they were doing for a moment. With their leader

"Ukhh.."

the distance. At that moment, he had very limited control over his body. It seemed as though every single part of his body had been completely crushed, and he had a hard time

"No..t yet."

up. Hearing the muffled and desperate cries of his kin, he used whatever was left inside of him to

up dying today, he was only going to leave

'At least him...;

"Stay down."