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.

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

show off your skills. For now, please

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

to be engulfed in a war, it was no

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

the near future I might even be able

which were spiraling out of proportion, I looked

and get ready

"Got it."

his head once his eyes met mine. He immediately headed downstairs

Angelica, who was now essentially acting as

we just hold back

his hand over the fortifications, ready to jump

chin when I looked at

won't be a problem if

over the

hold themselves back. You can

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

the Gravar style at all if you

out the most, it'd

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

a lot of enemies, he might even be a lot more useful than I could ever be...and

think about

after I took a peek at the Gravar style that

"Alright, let's go."

castle, I jumped down and started

followed right

***

Boom—

engaged in combat, enormous energy blasts shot back and

brutal sight to anyone that watched

Where are

a voice that was both frantic and angry could be heard. It belonged to none other than Azeroth, whose fingers collided with Silug's enormous axe, pushing him

was clear from this exchange that Silug was a

"Khhh…"

Silug groaned in pain and glared in Azeroth's general direction. He remained silent throughout their conflict, much to the annoyance of

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 truth, I'll make sure to eliminate everyone involved in

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

was able to react, Azeroth was already by his torso and had his hand

Bam—!

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

Boom—!

the area 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

"Ukhh.."

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."

tried to force himself up. Hearing the muffled and desperate cries of his kin, he used whatever was left inside of him

was only going to

'At least him...;

"Stay down."