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!"

to the ground. I didn't use much strength. Just about enough to knock them to the ground, but not enough to

in check while I'm

glared at

his head, and I brought his face in close

loudly when you're

throbbing from all of Silug's

could hear a faint ringing sound inside my

"Secondly..."

I lowered my tone.

my responsibility in the first place. You don't have much of a choice if you want to win a war, even if it costs the lives of your

won without

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

the bigger picture, it was sometimes necessary to make sacrifices. Similar to what the Union did to me in the past when they offered me a sacrifice in order to negotiate

didn't mean that I didn't understand where they were coming from. In fact, I understood their intentions all too well, and it

angry, but

I have to take care of, are the people that are in my group. You're one of them,

extended my hand and pushed my finger

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

go of Silug's head and

time you want to complain about something, remember the words that I said

room. Glaring

Thud. Thud. Thud.

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

I need to take care of a

"Alright."

"Got it."

finished speaking, they exited the room, and silence swept

***

"Get ready."

voice reverberated throughout the halls of a large

are ready. We're are ready to depart at

kneeling

his head to glance at the demon before nodding

"Mhm."

is the perfect

been given initially. At first, it wasn't in the plans for him

the strength of the human that appeared out of nowhere, Suriol felt a sense of

hour. Make

connected to the spies. Everything that had happened in the orcen territory was seen by him, and he knew that the human and Silug were having an internal

time to strike, it would be

gaze over all of the demons that were present in the hall,

kill anyone that

"Yes sir."

demon hastily nodded his head, clearly

"Good."

his head in

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

Tap. Tap.

he stopped in front of

"Not bad."