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."

snapped me

to see Amanda handing me

eyes lit up when I saw the

"Oh, right."

from Amanda's hand and tossed it to

"Randur, catch."

"Huh, what?"

in his hands. It wasn't until he was finally able to get his hand on the ring that he breathed a sigh

world are you

and simply motioned with my

you check what's inside

Randur's brow furrowed.

and examined the contents of the ring. Soon after that, he turned his head to look

stuff. Just what in the world are you trying to have built?

"...A lot of things."

I smiled at him.

first have this castle reinforced with some defensive artifacts, and at the same time want you to help me set up a mana chamber where I can train. With the things inside of the ring, it shouldn't be a problem for you guys to be able to build that stuff. Am I

"No."

Randur shook his head.

to Jomnuk, who was engaged in some light conversation with the other dwarfs that

we have

took the ring

ring, he exhibited a response that was comparable to

would actually need to build the things that you've requested.

ring in my direction

time

take into consideration that time here flows

build everything that he requested us to build. In the meantime, I'll send a couple of dwares

he took out a stopwatch from his dimensional

to

abruptly changed, becoming much livelier as an assortment

I saw just how efficient the

won't be long before I manage to build

fists secretly clenched when I thought

front of my eyes was still deeply imprinted into my mind. There was nothing that was going to stop me

Nothing at all.

we

that snapped me

at him and the others, I motioned

couple of rooms prepared for 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

the door handle and pushed

I was about to leave, I remembered something and

"...Oh, right."

massaged my

they're supposed to be here in secret. Should I have Silug shut down a certain part of

***

Ashton city, Cassia headquarters.

eerily quiet after