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!"

back and collapsed to the ground. I didn't use much strength. Just about enough to knock them to the ground, but not enough to knock them out or kill them. That was never

people in check while I'm

at Silug

his head, and I brought his face in close proximity to

speak so loudly when you're close

ears were still throbbing from all of Silug's

could hear a

"Secondly..."

I lowered my tone.

don't have much of a choice if you want to win a war, even if it costs the lives

won

purposely let some orcs die in order to accomplish

looking at the bigger picture, it was sometimes necessary to make sacrifices. Similar to what the Union did to me

from. In fact, I understood their intentions all too well, and it was exactly because

was angry, but

take care of, are the people that are in my group. You're one of them, and that's why

hand and pushed

are your responsibility, not mine. Whatever happens to them,

Silug's head and pushed him

want to complain about something, remember the words that

room. Glaring at them, I raised

Thud. Thud. Thud.

standing up fell back to the ground, unconscious. Ava and the others were the only ones who were spared. I turned to face them and nudged the door

a favor and leave the room for now. I need to

"Alright."

"Got it."

they exited the room,

***

"Get ready."

reverberated throughout the halls of

are ready. We're are ready to depart at

replied while kneeling down on one

head to glance at the demon before nodding his

"Mhm."

is the perfect

of the matter was that he was disobeying the orders that he 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

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

next hour. Make

spies. Everything that had happened in the orcen territory was seen by him, and he knew that the

was a best time to strike, it

gaze over all of the demons that were present in the hall, Suriol's voice turned ice

kill anyone

"Yes sir."

hastily nodded his head, clearly afraid

"Good."

his

vanished, and he was left standing all

Tap. Tap.

as he stopped in front of a large

"Not bad."