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 in

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

that I wanted to accomplish. Among these things, one of my goals was to

in a war, it was no longer as

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

here for the sake of safety. Who knows, in the near future I might even be able to

were spiraling out

head downstairs and

"Got it."

met mine.

from behind was Angelica, who was now essentially acting as his

hold

placed his hand over the fortifications, ready to

chin when I

won't be a

gaze over the others

has to hold themselves back. You can go all out

attract some attention, but it wouldn't be to

Han Yufei, you shouldn't use the Gravar style at all if you

would stand out the most, it'd

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

enemies, he might even be a lot more

think

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

"Alright, let's go."

my hand against the walls of the castle, I jumped down and started running

others followed right after

***

Boom—

of the battlefield, 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

brutal sight

he hiding?! Where

midst of the mayhem, a voice that was 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

that Silug

"Khhh…"

in Azeroth's general direction. He remained silent throughout their

target used to be just you, but now that I've found out the truth, I'll make

from within Azeroth's body, and at the same time, his body

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

Bam—!

was hurled all the

Boom—!

deep crater formed in the area in which he crashed, and the area around him turned silent as the orcs within the vicinity all stopped doing whatever they

"Ukhh.."

sky in 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

"No..t yet."

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

today, he was only going to leave after

'At least him...;

"Stay down."