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.

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

of time later to show off your skills. For now, please do

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

to be engulfed in a war, it was no

time flowing at a faster rate than on earth, secretly building my

in the near future I might even be able to build a city...ah, I'm getting

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

downstairs and

"Got it."

eyes met mine. He immediately headed downstairs after

him from behind was Angelica, who was

just hold back in the

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

my chin when I looked at

won't be a problem if it's

swept my gaze over

has to hold themselves back. You

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

if you can. If you

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

applied to non-combat situations. His power was unrivaled

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

not think about

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

"Alright, let's go."

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

right after

***

Boom—

back and forth between the two camps, obliterating everything that was within their vicinity. Be it allies or enemies,

brutal sight to

he hiding?! Where are you holding the

be heard. It belonged to none other than Azeroth, whose fingers collided with Silug's enormous axe,

was clear from this exchange that Silug was

"Khhh…"

silent throughout their conflict,

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 same

of how quickly he moved, by the time Silug was able to react, Azeroth was already by his

Bam—!

was hurled all the way back, slamming into the ground as it did

Boom—!

within the vicinity all stopped doing whatever they were doing for a moment. With their leader down,

"Ukhh.."

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,

"No..t yet."

of his kin, he used

today, he was only going to leave after

'At least him...;

"Stay down."