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.

a massacre as the land dyed black in

looks like the war will be over

high above. Her eyes were as unmoving as a well, and she held a demon

ranked demon that was in

been at each other's throats from the moment the war began, and

a walk in the park, but neither was it a particularly challenging

result of the significant rise in mana levels in the atmosphere, which brought it back to the levels it had on her home

is the situation

heard a harsh voice

done over here. How

on our side as well. What about you, Brutus?

was met with

'Did something happen?'

were currently communicating with was a device that came directly from the dwarves and allowed them to communicate with each other wherever they

a communication device, it didn't need to be taken out to speak, and one only

intrusive, and so the fact that there was no response made Maylin and Gervis think that

very long, as they were

had to go over to help Brutus. The situation has just calmed down, so we

'Help out Brutus?'

rather surprised by

asked for

very knowledgeable about the orcs. They were a very proud race,

must have been a sign that the circumstances they were in

that the situation had been resolved, and

She sighed in relief.

almost done

here too. There's no need to send

"You're done?"

legitimately surprised

City?

was already hard enough for them to take over the city they were in… and yet, he was telling them he had conquered

not as bad as he made it out

later; I have to go now. Contact me once you're done taking over your city. I have some things I need to

turned off shortly after that,

"This boy…"

mind at that

have a nice talk

***

situation

an unruffled nod of his head. He then pointed at his own

I can

"Oh, right."

and didn't say anything else. We all had the same

direction. There, I spotted a familiar orc making his way

"My lord."

Thump!

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

Thump! Thump! Thump!