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!"

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

your people in

glared at Silug

arm to grab his head, and I brought

don't speak so loudly when you're close to me. It hurts my

ears were still throbbing

I could hear

"Secondly..."

I lowered my tone.

care about your people? They aren't my responsibility in the first place. You don't have much of a choice if you

war wasn't won without any

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

Similar to what the Union did to me in the past when

where they were coming from. In fact, I understood their intentions all too well, and it was exactly because of that that

angry, but not

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

extended my hand and pushed my finger toward his

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

go of Silug's

you want to complain about something, remember the

people present in the room. Glaring at them, I raised my hand and

Thud. Thud. Thud.

fell back to the ground, unconscious. Ava and the others were the only

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

"Alright."

"Got it."

finished speaking, they exited the

***

"Get ready."

throughout the halls

We're are ready to depart at

while kneeling down

at the demon before nodding

"Mhm."

the perfect time

initially. At first, it wasn't in the plans for him to fight against the orcs. The sole reason they were

the past, however. Upon seeing the strength of the human that appeared out of nowhere, Suriol felt a sense of danger. He

departing in the next hour. Make sure to have

in the orcen territory was seen by him, and he knew that the human and Silug were

a best time to strike, it

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

anyone

"Yes sir."

his head, clearly afraid

"Good."

nodded his head in

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

Tap. Tap.

of his footsteps echoed as he stopped in

"Not bad."