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.

I didn't doubt he

For now, please do as I say. It's the best way

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

be engulfed in a war, it was no longer as safe as it was in the

conquering this planet and with time flowing at a faster rate than on earth, secretly building my forces for when the

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 far ahead of

which were spiraling out of

and get ready

"Got it."

his head once his eyes met mine. He immediately

him from behind was Angelica, who

we just hold back in

while he placed his hand over the

chin when I looked at

be a

swept my gaze over the

back. You can go all

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

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

there was one person that would stand out the most,

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

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

think

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

"Alright, let's go."

pressing my hand against the walls of the castle, I jumped down and started running toward

right after

***

Boom—

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, nothing

sight to anyone

Where

could be heard. It belonged to none other than Azeroth, whose

was clear from this exchange that

"Khhh…"

glared in Azeroth's general direction. He remained silent throughout their conflict,

how long I've planned this? My target used to be just you, but now that I've found

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

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

Bam—!

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

Boom—!

area in which he crashed, and the area around him turned silent as the orcs within the vicinity all stopped doing whatever

"Ukhh.."

opened his eyes to stare 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

"No..t yet."

cries of his

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

'At least him...;

"Stay down."