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

please do as I say.

lot of things that I wanted to accomplish. Among

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

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

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

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

and get ready

"Got it."

eyes met mine.

from behind was Angelica, who

hold back

his hand over the fortifications, ready

massaged my chin when I looked at

be a problem

my gaze over the others

apart from Hein has to hold themselves back. You can go

it wouldn't

the Gravar style at all if you can.

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

even be a lot more useful than I could ever be...and combined with his other body

think about

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

"Alright, let's go."

walls of the castle, I jumped down

right after me from

***

Boom—

battlefield, where the leaders of both sides were engaged in combat, enormous energy blasts shot back and forth between the

brutal sight to anyone that watched

Where are

frantic and angry could be heard. It belonged to none other than Azeroth, whose fingers collided with

exchange that Silug was

"Khhh…"

remained silent throughout their conflict, much to the annoyance

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

erupted from within Azeroth's body, and at the same time, his body flashed through the air before materializing

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

Bam—!

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

Boom—!

within the vicinity all stopped doing whatever they were

"Ukhh.."

at the ashen gray 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 completely crushed, and he had a hard time moving around

"No..t yet."

himself up. Hearing the muffled and desperate cries of his kin, he used whatever was

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

'At least him...;

"Stay down."