The Author's POV

-Rumble! -Rumble!

As I quietly moved around the perimeter of the battlefield, I made sure to hide my presence as much as possible. By hiding behind rocks and trees, I slowly crept my way towards the battlefield.

-Baam!

Explosions rang everywhere and pained and enraged screams echoed around the battlefield.

Both sides continuously fought against each other with the orcs swinging their massive weapons down and the demons diving down from the sky-piercing through the gap of the orc's bulky armor.

Black and green blood sprayed everywhere as both sides relentlessly tried to kill one another.

Turning my head to the side, I stared towards the distance where the battle between the two leaders was happening. Standing with his back straight, Silug, the legion commander, Swung his axe downwards.

As his axe touched the ground, the air split apart and a humongous red light quickly approached the count-ranked demon in the air..

-Kacha!

Raising his hand and in a slapping motion, the count-ranked demon's hand made contact with the energy beam.

As soon as the count-ranked demon's hand touched the red beam, everything turned deathly quiet.

Everything stood at a standstill as be it orcs or demons all looked towards the distance.

...soon a bright red light enveloped the surroundings and a massive explosion rang out.

-Booom!

A massive shockwave swept the surroundings as both orcs and demons in the vicinity were flung away.

Not long after, as the light died down and the aftershocks of the explosion settled down, I soon saw the count-ranked demon diving towards Silug with unprecedented speed.

His blood-red eyes now were tinged in black as his left hand hung by a few threads. However if one looked closely, one could see the fiber of his muscles slowly regenerating reattaching his arm in place.

Stoically staring at the demon heading in his direction, Silug raised his axe in the air and screamed out loud.

"Graaaaaaa'”!"

-Boooom!

Soon the demon and the orc once again came into collision and another massive shockwave swept the place.

"Shit..."

Observing the fight from the distance, I couldn't but silently curse to myself.

'How long will it take me to reach their level..?'

Staring at the two leaders fighting in the distance, caused my blood to boil.

...such power.

Such overwhelming might that caused the surroundings to shake with every single one of their moves...I too wanted to become that strong too. Strong enough to not worry about carefully thinking about every single one of my actions.

...I knew I was being greedy.

Yet, I couldn't stop myself from wanting that sort of power.

...and although I knew that the speed of my strength increases could be described as nothing short of a miracle. That didn't stop me from longing to be that powerful.

Still, I knew that some things couldn't be rushed.

Staring at the two leaders fighting in the distance, I knew.

I knew that...

It was only a matter of time before I surpassed them.

-Crash!

my own thoughts, suddenly out of nowhere, an enormous frame crashed against the trees that were next to me tearing everything apart creating a

crouched down and looked towards the direction of where the crash happened. Unfortunately, because of the dirt shrouding the area, I

head to look behind me to make sure no one else was coming, I

"Khrr...khrr..."

down, an orc appeared laying down on the area next to me. With each breath he took, white air escaped from his

...soon our eyes met.

"Luten garen moven human!"

eyes interlocked, after a short pause, the orc lifted his head and

this, placing my hand on the sheat of my sword, I quickly channeled the mana inside of my

don't speak orchen language or whatever it's

-Click!

the [Keiki

-Spurt!

defend himself, a bright light illuminated the surroundings, and a streak of light pierced straight through the small gap of

-Thump!

"huuu..."

I removed my sword from the orc's body as its

my beating heart as I wiped

nervous right

my opponent's true strength, I was at least able to infer that he was at

injured, or else the situation

nervous I was able to retain my composure which

back, I

nervousness affected your judgment, that's when you knew you had a problem...and right now, I no longer blanked

"Alright, enough time-wasting"

towards the now dead orc, I immediately stripped him of all

-Clank!

crap weights a crap

armor to the side, I couldn't help but curse

felt as though it was

*Sigh*

'Beggars can't be choosers'

oil from my dimensional space I threw it at

-Swaash!

fire appeared in the area I was in. As this was a common sight

and carrying the armor away from the fire, I found a

say it was easy,

adjust to three times the gravity, now that I was wearing something that weighted like a truck on me, it felt

barely stand

I had a

dimensional space, opening the lid with my thumb, I tried to

"Here goes no-"

-Rumble! -Rumble!

the ground shook even more

I was able to regain my footing. If not I might've lost the

-Rumble! -Rumble!

distance, I slowly

"Reinforcements are here..."

down the three potions in

to fill the armor completely. Moreover, the armor was no longer as heavy as

was because of

expands body. Effects last for 1

that increase the strength of the user by a factor of two. Effects last 1 day, and agility decreases as

that enables the user to change voice

needed the first two potions, however, the last potion although it sounded useless, was

the language, in case they were

I guess it's time

for a brief moment, I read through some of the pages. Not long after, closing the book I slowly made my way out of the forest I

-Thump! -Thump!

walked, with every step I took, the

by this, I soon made my way out of the thin forest...and what I saw next shook me to the

Karum! Karum! Karum!

grassland before me, waves of orcs could be seen marching towards the distance chanting their war cry and thumping their weapons on

of the orcs, standing on top of a large boulder was Silug's figure who was menacingly staring towards the sky where the Count ranked demon stood. Next to him, another

to Silug, however, differently from him, his skin was red and his body was