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.

I didn't doubt he would've reacted this way in the

please do as I say. It's the best way to end this farce as quickly

a lot of things that I wanted to accomplish. Among these things,

it

faster rate than on earth, secretly

parents come here for the sake of safety. Who knows, in the near future I

which were spiraling out

head downstairs and get ready to

"Got it."

eyes met mine. He immediately headed downstairs after he heard

who was

we just hold back in

hand over the fortifications, ready to jump

when

a problem if it's

gaze over the others and

Hein has to hold themselves back. You can go all

but it wouldn't be to the level where the others would be

at all if you can. If you do

there was one person that would stand out

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

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

think about

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

"Alright, let's go."

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

others followed right

***

Boom—

blasts shot back and forth

a brutal sight

hiding?! Where are you

both 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

clear from this exchange that Silug

"Khhh…"

He remained silent throughout their conflict, much to the annoyance of Azeroth, who

idea for how long I've planned this? My target used to be just you, but now that I've found out the truth, I'll make sure

same

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

Bam—!

body was hurled all the

Boom—!

which he crashed, and the area around him turned silent as the orcs within the vicinity all stopped doing whatever they were doing for a moment. With their leader down, the

"Ukhh.."

the ashen gray sky in the distance. At that moment, he had very limited control over his body.

"No..t yet."

and desperate cries of his kin, he used whatever was left inside of

today, he was only going to leave after he killed

'At least him...;

"Stay down."