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.

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

plenty of time later to show off your skills. For now, please do as I say. It's the best way to end this

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

domain soon to be engulfed in a war, it

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

of safety. Who knows, in the near future I might

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

head downstairs and get

"Got it."

his eyes met mine. He

Angelica, who was now essentially acting as his

we just hold back in

the fortifications, ready to jump down at any

massaged my chin when

be a problem if

swept my gaze over the

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

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

all if you can. If you do that, you'll end up getting way too

out the most, it'd have to be

applied to non-combat situations. His power was unrivaled in the heat of battle,

a situation where there were a lot of enemies, he might even be a

think

It was only after I took a peek at the Gravar style that

"Alright, let's go."

my hand against the walls of the castle, I jumped

right after me

***

Boom—

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 vicinity. Be it allies or enemies,

sight to anyone that watched

is he hiding?! Where are you holding the

could be heard. It belonged to none other

from this exchange that Silug

"Khhh…"

slid across 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 of

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

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

he moved, by the time Silug was able to react, Azeroth was already by

Bam—!

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

Boom—!

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 leader down, the orc's morale

"Ukhh.."

eyes to stare at the ashen gray sky in the distance. At that moment, he had very limited control over his body.

"No..t yet."

Hearing the muffled and desperate cries of his kin, he

ended up dying today, he was only going to

'At least him...;

"Stay down."