The Author's POV

[Demon Domain, Ramlot City]

As the elves and the demon army fought each other, the air was thick with the stench of brimstone, and the sound of steel clashing filled the atmosphere.

Clank―! Clank―!

The smoke from the burning buildings obscured the view of the night sky above Ramlot City, and the cries of the injured could be heard echoing through the city streets.

The elves had been driven to the outskirts of the city, and their numbers were continuing to decrease with each hour that passed.

But they held on.

The demons were on their last remaining leg and were merely holding on at the moment. The war had been raging on for a while now, and the elves had dominated throughout.

They were able to break through the barrier that was protecting the city using the power of their spells and the sharpness of their arrows, which allowed them to kill the demons that were hiding behind the barrier.

Xiu! Xiu!

It was a situation that the demons hadn't anticipated, and as a result, they were forced to come out and face the elven forces head on.

"Attack!"

"Don't let those bastard―Akh!!"

Unfortunately for them, it turned out to be a cunningly planned ambush by the elves, who hid themselves behind the dead trees and meticulously dismantled their army.

"Go!"

"Don't care about them! Charge forward!"

The circumstances had deteriorated to such a point that the demons had no choice but to launch an all-out assault and square off against the elven forces outside of the protection of their own city walls.

"Keep shooting. Maintain your distance from them."

Xiu! Xiu!

That was exactly what the elves had been hoping for the entire time, so they dispatched a small group of their elite forces into the city while they defended the outside of the city from a distance.

While it was true that they suffered a lot of casualties due to the large number of demons that emerged from the city, it wasn't something that they couldn't handle.

They kept luring the demons away from the city, thereby killing them one by one and dwindling their numbers.

"Regroup!"

"Get into formation."

Once they were a fair distance away from the demon city, all semblance of order fell apart in the demon army, and chaos ensued.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The elves took advantage of the situation and attacked with even more ferocity than they had done before, and the demon army started to dwindle at a faster rate.

turning into a massacre as the land dyed black in

looks like the war will

something as she surveyed the entire battleground from her vantage point high above. Her eyes were as unmoving as a well,

ranked demon that was in the

the moment the war began, and ultimately, it

but neither was it a particularly challenging

a direct result of the significant rise in mana levels in the atmosphere,

is the

after she heard a harsh voice in her

over

our side as well. What about you, Brutus?

question was met with silence,

'Did something happen?'

currently communicating with was a device that came directly from the dwarves and allowed them

it didn't need to be taken out to speak, and one only had to think to speak

so the fact that there was no response made Maylin and Gervis think that something had gone

they were soon relieved to hear a familiar voice

to go over

'Help out Brutus?'

seemed rather surprised

brute asked

were a very proud race, and as a result, they were not the kind of people to ask for assistance unless the situation called for

a sign that the circumstances they were in were

said that the situation had been resolved, and there

She sighed in relief.

need any help? We're almost done on our side

here too. There's no

"You're done?"

surprised by

say that he had taken over Plintus City? How did he have the time to take over

the city they were in… and yet,

situation not as bad as he made

once you're done taking over your city. I have some things I need to handle

after that, leaving Maylin standing

"This boy…"

mind

going to have a nice talk with

***

the situation is

the news, and he responded with an unruffled nod of

I can

"Oh, right."

else. We all had the same communication

in a certain direction. There, I spotted a familiar

"My lord."

Thump!

of me. Following his example, another orc knelt down on one knee, and before I knew it, a

Thump! Thump! Thump!