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.

maniac. I didn't doubt he would've reacted this

have plenty of time later to show off your skills. For now, please do as I say.

control of the world, there were a lot of things that I wanted to accomplish. Among

soon to be engulfed in a war, it

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

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

which were spiraling

and get ready to

"Got it."

met mine. He immediately headed downstairs

was Angelica, who was now

we just hold back

placed his hand over the fortifications, ready to jump down at

when I looked at

a problem if it's

over the

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

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

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

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

this only applied to non-combat situations. His power was unrivaled in the heat of battle, especially when it came to encounters of this

lot of enemies, he might even be a lot more useful than I

not think about

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

"Alright, let's go."

the castle, I

right

***

Boom—

enormous energy blasts shot back and forth

sight

hiding?! Where

that was both frantic and angry could be heard. It belonged to none other than Azeroth, whose

this exchange that Silug

"Khhh…"

the ground, Silug groaned in pain and glared in Azeroth's general direction. He remained silent throughout

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

body, and at the same time,

to react, Azeroth was already by his

Bam—!

and Silug's body was hurled all the way back, slamming into the ground

Boom—!

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 were

"Ukhh.."

limited control over his body. It seemed as though every single

"No..t yet."

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

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

'At least him...;

"Stay down."