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.

expected of a battle maniac. I didn't doubt he would've reacted

now, please do as I say. It's

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

the human domain soon to be engulfed in a war, it was

than on earth, secretly building my forces for when the demon king arrives

of safety. Who knows, in the near future I

my thoughts away from my ambitions which were spiraling out of proportion, I

and get

"Got it."

nodded his head once his eyes met mine. He immediately headed

Angelica, who was now essentially acting as

we just hold back in the

he placed his hand over the fortifications, ready to

massaged my chin when

won't be a problem if

my gaze over the others and

from Hein has to hold themselves back. You can go

it wouldn't be to

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

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

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 it came to

even be a lot more useful than I could ever be...and

not think

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

"Alright, let's go."

hand against the walls of the castle, I jumped

right after

***

Boom—

both sides were engaged in combat, enormous energy blasts shot back and

sight to

he hiding?! Where are

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

exchange that Silug was a notch weaker than

"Khhh…"

ground, Silug groaned in pain 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

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 out the truth, I'll make sure to eliminate everyone involved in your little schemes!

erupted from within Azeroth's body, and at the same

how quickly he moved, by the time Silug was able to react, Azeroth was already by his torso and had his hand positioned directly in Silug's

Bam—!

from Azeroth's palm, and Silug's body was hurled

Boom—!

the area 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

"Ukhh.."

moment, he had very limited control over his body.

"No..t yet."

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

if he ended up dying today, he was

'At least him...;

"Stay down."