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.

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

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

complete control of the world, there were a lot of things that I wanted to accomplish. Among these things, one of my goals was to move my headquarters

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

a faster rate than on earth, secretly

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

which were spiraling out of proportion, I looked

and get

"Got it."

his head once his eyes met mine. He immediately headed

who was

we just hold

while he placed his hand over the fortifications, ready

when

won't be a problem

gaze over

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

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

you can. If you do that, you'll end up getting way too

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

it came to socializing, he was 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

lot of enemies, he might even be a lot

think

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

"Alright, let's go."

the castle, I jumped down and started

followed right

***

Boom—

of both sides were engaged in combat, enormous energy blasts shot back and forth between the two camps, obliterating

brutal sight to anyone that

he hiding?! Where are you holding

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

exchange that Silug was a notch

"Khhh…"

the ground, Silug groaned in pain and glared in Azeroth's general direction. He remained silent throughout their conflict, much to the annoyance

this moment!? Do you have any idea for how long I've planned this? My target used to be just you,

at the same time, his body flashed

Azeroth was already by his torso

Bam—!

hurled all the way back, slamming

Boom—!

in 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 orc's morale

"Ukhh.."

he had very limited control over his body. It seemed as though every single part of his

"No..t yet."

force himself up. Hearing the muffled and desperate cries of his kin, he

if he ended up dying today, he was only going to leave after

'At least him...;

"Stay down."