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.

doubt he

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

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

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

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

here for the sake of safety. Who knows, in the near future I might even be able to build a city...ah, I'm getting too

away from my ambitions which were spiraling out

please head downstairs and

"Got it."

mine. He immediately headed downstairs after

was Angelica, who was now

we just hold back in the

hand over the

massaged my chin when I

a problem

gaze over

from Hein has to hold themselves back. You

tanker anyways. He might attract some attention, but it wouldn't be to the level where

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

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

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

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

not think about

after I took a peek

"Alright, let's go."

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

right

***

Boom—

were engaged in combat, enormous energy blasts shot back and forth between the

sight

he hiding?! Where are

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

exchange that Silug was a notch weaker than

"Khhh…"

the 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 level

know how much I've waited 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

body, and at the same time, his body flashed

moved, by the time Silug was able to react, Azeroth was already by his torso and had his hand

Bam—!

erupted from Azeroth's palm, and Silug's body was hurled all the way back, slamming into the ground as it did

Boom—!

around him turned silent as the orcs within the vicinity all stopped doing whatever

"Ukhh.."

very limited control over his body. It seemed as though

"No..t yet."

his

today, he was only going

'At least him...;

"Stay down."