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."

me out of my

head to see Amanda handing me a

eyes lit up when I

"Oh, right."

grasped the ring from Amanda's hand

"Randur, catch."

"Huh, what?"

until he was finally able to get his hand on the ring

world

didn't respond and simply

you check what's inside before

Randur's brow furrowed.

the ring. Soon after that, he turned his head to look

stuff. Just what in the world are you trying

"...A lot of things."

I smiled at him.

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.

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

we have

ring from Randur's

the contents of the ring, he exhibited a response

lot of stuff. More than one would actually need

the ring in my

time do we

into consideration that time here flows ten

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

took out a stopwatch

quickly got to work after

giving commands to the other dwarves in the room, the atmosphere in the room abruptly changed, becoming much livelier as an assortment of tools suddenly materialized

saw just how efficient the dwarves

might take a while, but if things go smoothly, it won't be long before I manage to build enough

when I thought

still deeply imprinted into my mind. There was nothing that was

Nothing at all.

should we be

was Jin's voice that snapped me out of

him and the

of rooms prepared for you guys. Just make yourself comfortable for the next couple of days. It would be best if you guys

the door handle and pushed the

I was about to leave, I remembered something and

"...Oh, right."

my chin and

shut down a certain part of the castle so that no one apart from me and

***

Ashton city, Cassia headquarters.

room became eerily quiet