The Author's POV

"Was this all planned by you!?"

A booming voice could be heard reverberating in every nook and cranny of the castle.

"Was the demon attack something that you planned?"

I was confronted by Silug, who cast a menacing glare in my direction as we stood face to face with each other. Neither one of us backed down from our spot.

It had been two days since I had left the battlefield, and by this point, the vast majority of the demons that had been there had been eradicated.

Up until Silug's return, things were running smoothly...

Of course, that was until he returned.

When he got back, everything went into disarray, and he immediately began yelling at me. His voice was so loud that the surrounding areas shook.

"Do you think I'm stupid?! You think I wouldn't know?!"

He shouted once more, the surroundings shaking at the loudness of his voice.

He tapped my chest as he extended his thick arm, pushing my body back a bit.

"I know that you brought the demons to us...and you purposely didn't interfere in the war until a good number of my people had died. You purposely let them die for whatever your goal is!"

Silug continued to shout in an angry manner.

I looked at the people that were in the same room as me for a moment and then brought my attention back to Silug.

My brows furrowed.

"Calm down for a moment."

I said in a soft tone. Soft enough so that only the two of us could hear.

"If you shout so loudly, everyone is going to hear you."

"As if I care?! How can I calm down when so many of my people have died?!"

Silug's voice only raised when he heard my words.

I furrowed my brows when I noticed this. I glanced at his exposed stomach and made a quick decision.

Bang!

I threw a punch at Silug's stomach with all of my strength. His body suddenly gave way, and he went tumbling to the ground, landing on both knees.

"Keuk!"

The moment he hit the floor, there was a deafening silence throughout the room, followed by the other orcs in the room becoming enraged and making an attempt to attack me.

"What are you doing!?"

"Protect the Chief!"

"...Quiet down for a moment."

I extended my right hand and flicked the air. Ripples formed, and the air boomed.

"Keuek!"

"Kakh!"

much strength. Just about enough to knock them to the ground, but not enough to knock them out

in check

at Silug from

his head, and

so loudly when you're close to me. It hurts my fucking

still throbbing from all of Silug's

since I could hear a faint

"Secondly..."

I lowered my tone.

aren't my responsibility in the first place. You don't have much of a

won

orcs die in order to accomplish my plans, the orcs weren't my people. I wasn't merciful enough

make sacrifices. Similar to what the Union did to me in the past when they offered me a sacrifice

In fact, I understood their intentions all

was angry, but

them, and that's why I saved you back then, but don't think for a moment that my help will extend toward

hand and pushed my finger

are your responsibility, not mine. Whatever happens to them, it's on you, not

go of Silug's head and

complain about something, remember the words that

to look at all the people present in the room. Glaring at them, I raised

Thud. Thud. Thud.

orcs who had been slowly standing up fell back to the ground, unconscious. Ava and the others were the only ones who were spared. I turned to

leave the room for now. I need to take care of a

"Alright."

"Got it."

speaking, they exited the

***

"Get ready."

sinister voice reverberated throughout the halls

ready. We're are ready to

demon replied while kneeling down on

to glance at the

"Mhm."

the perfect time

that he was disobeying the orders that he had been given initially. At first, it wasn't in the plans for him

that appeared out of nowhere, Suriol felt a sense of danger. He needed to

departing in the next hour. Make sure to have

territory was seen by him,

best time to strike, it would

the demons that were present in the hall, Suriol's voice turned

kill anyone that

"Yes sir."

hastily nodded his

"Good."

nodded his head in

been standing before him vanished, and he was left standing all by himself in the halls of

Tap. Tap.

of his footsteps echoed as he stopped in front of a large glass

"Not bad."