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 way

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

world, there were a lot of things that I wanted to accomplish. Among these things, one of my goals was to move my headquarters

to be engulfed in a war, it was no

and with time flowing at a faster rate than on earth, secretly building my forces for

near future

ambitions which were spiraling

head downstairs and get

"Got it."

head once his eyes met mine. He immediately headed downstairs after he heard my

Angelica, who was now essentially acting as

we just hold back in

while he placed his hand over the fortifications, ready

chin when I

a problem if

gaze over the others and

themselves back. You can

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

at all if you can. If you do that, you'll end up

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

group; however, this only applied to non-combat situations. His power was unrivaled in the heat of battle, especially when

a situation where there were a lot of enemies, he might even be a lot more useful than I could ever be...and combined with his

think

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

"Alright, let's go."

the walls of the castle,

followed right after

***

Boom—

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

sight

Where are you

of the mayhem, a voice that was both frantic and angry could be heard. It belonged

was clear from this exchange that Silug was a notch

"Khhh…"

He remained silent throughout their conflict, much to the

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

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

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

Bam—!

hurled all the way back, slamming into

Boom—!

turned silent as the orcs within the vicinity all stopped doing whatever they were doing for

"Ukhh.."

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 because

"No..t yet."

cries of his kin, he

today, he was only going to leave after he

'At least him...;

"Stay down."