The Author's POV

"You guys are finally here."

I approached the familiar figures who appeared from the portal. They were none other than Emma, Melissa, Jin and Amanda.

"Where exactly are we?"

Emma was the first person to speak, and she did so while she curiously looking around the room.

"I barely feel any mana in the air. There are some traces of demonic energy...but there's also a trace of something else...but I'm not exactly sure about what it is."

"It's aura, and we're currently on a planet called Immorra."

I replied, giving them a brief introduction of the planet we were on.

"This was an old Orcen planet that was primarily concerned with agriculture and farming. Because there are many beasts on this planet, most of the food that orcs used to eat come from here."

"When you say agriculture, do they still do that?"

Melissa inquired, raising her glasses with a finger. As I shifted my gaze to her, I shook my head.

"To be honest, I don't know. I will have to ask Silug. He might have an idea of what you're looking for."

Melissa approached me before I told her about Immorra with a detailed request on a specific property she desired from a plant. I didn't know of any plants with the same properties as the ones she requested at the time, but when I was reminded of my trip to Immorra, I told her that if she came with me, she might be able to find what she was looking for.

To be honest, the chances were slim, but it was better than nothing.

Nonetheeless, to my astonishment, she readily agreed, which explained why she was here in the first place.

Booom!

The building started to shake once more, startling everyone present.

I looked up toward the ceiling before looking back at the others.

"There's a war going on upstairs at the moment, if you're curious as to why the building suddenly shook. It's almost coming to an end, so you don't have to worry too much. What you do have to worry about, is the next war. That one is going to be a tough one."

Not only would there be a significantly greater number of demons than there were at the moment, but their overall force would also be greater with even more Marquis ranked demons showing up. #

Also...

I had a sneaking suspicion that at least a demon of the Duke rank was going to show up, but I couldn't say for certain that this was the case. Silug was the one who broke the news to me, but even he wasn't entirely sure about the information he shared.

If this turned out to be the case, then I had no choice but to take everything more seriously. The gap between and was much wider than anyone one might think.

With my current set of skills, I could pose a threat to someone of that rank. That, however, was dependent on my opponent. It was nearly impossible for me to propose a fight if they were ranked higher than simply .

'I need to quickly break through. '

Once again, I was reminded of how urgently I needed to break through.

"Here."

voice snapped me out of my

head to see Amanda handing me a small

up when I saw

"Oh, right."

ring from Amanda's hand and tossed it to

"Randur, catch."

"Huh, what?"

able to get his hand on the ring that he breathed a sigh of relief and glared

world

respond and simply motioned with my

about you check what's

Randur's brow furrowed.

the contents of the ring. Soon after that, he turned his head to look at me, and his eyebrows immediately

lot of stuff. Just what in the world

"...A lot of things."

I smiled at him.

where I

"No."

Randur shook his head.

passed the ring on to Jomnuk, who was engaged in some light conversation with the

do we

ring from

exhibited a response

a lot of stuff. More than one would actually need to build the things

my direction and looked

much time do

that time here flows ten times

send a couple of

took out a stopwatch from

quickly got to work

the room abruptly changed, becoming much livelier as an

satisfaction when I saw just how efficient

it won't be long before I manage to build enough forces to combact

when I thought of

deeply imprinted into my mind. There was nothing that was going to stop

Nothing at all.

should we

that snapped me out of my

to look at him and the others, I

you guys. Just make yourself comfortable for the next couple of days. It would be best if you guys got a good idea of the internal structure of the castle. It will prove a lot more useful than you

door handle and pushed

leave, I remembered something and turned back

"...Oh, right."

my chin

supposed to be here in secret. Should I have Silug shut down a certain part of the castle so that no one apart from me and

***

Ashton city, Cassia headquarters.

room became eerily quiet after