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!"

them to the ground, but not enough to knock them out

your people in check

glared at

to grab his head, and I

so loudly when you're

ears were still throbbing from all of

could hear a faint ringing sound

"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 any

purposely let some orcs die in order to accomplish my plans, the

did to me in the past when they offered me a sacrifice in order to negotiate a

then, and rightfully so...but that didn't mean that I didn't understand where they were coming from. In fact, I understood their

was angry, but

ones that I have to take care of, are the people that are in my group. You're one of them, and that's why I saved you back then, but don't think for a moment that my help will extend

and pushed my finger toward his

happens to

go of Silug's head and pushed him

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

at all the people present in the 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

the room for now. I need to take care

"Alright."

"Got it."

exited the room, and silence swept

***

"Get ready."

throughout

We're are

replied while kneeling down on one

head to glance at the demon before nodding his

"Mhm."

perfect

had been given initially. At first, it wasn't in the plans for him to fight against the orcs. The sole reason they were supposed to be kept

seeing the strength of the human that appeared out of nowhere, Suriol felt a sense of danger. He needed to remove the threat as soon as

departing in the next hour. Make sure to have everyone

the orcen territory was seen by him, and he knew that the

time to strike, it would be

gaze over all of the demons that were present in the

anyone

"Yes sir."

his head, clearly

"Good."

nodded his head

that had been standing before him vanished, and he was left standing all by

Tap. Tap.

he stopped in front of a large glass

"Not bad."