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!

own thoughts, suddenly out of nowhere, an enormous frame crashed against

the crash happened. Unfortunately, because of the dirt shrouding the area, I

look behind me to make sure no one else

"Khrr...khrr..."

on the area next to me. With

...soon our eyes met.

"Luten garen moven human!"

after a short pause, the orc lifted his head and

of my sword, I quickly channeled the

speak orchen language

-Click!

the [Keiki style]

-Spurt!

and a streak of light pierced straight through the small gap of the

-Thump!

"huuu..."

my sword from the orc's body as

beating

wasn't nervous right now that

at least able to infer that

injured, or else the situation

my composure which proved to

I

feels nervous. However, if that nervousness affected your judgment, that's when you knew you

"Alright, enough time-wasting"

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

-Clank!

hell, this crap weights a crap

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

though it was a

*Sigh*

'Beggars can't be choosers'

the corpse of the orc beside me. Taking out some oil from my dimensional space

-Swaash!

in the area I was in. As this was a common sight on

and carrying the armor away from the fire, I found a somewhat secluded area and put

easy, would've been

sick. It was already hard enough for me to adjust to

could barely stand

had a

the lid with

"Here goes no-"

-Rumble! -Rumble!

drink the potion, the ground shook even more fiercely than before causing me to lose my footing

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

-Rumble! -Rumble!

the distance, I

"Reinforcements are here..."

that I didn't have much time left, quickly chugging down the three potions in my hand, I

seconds, I was soon able to fill the armor completely. Moreover, the

do this was

that rapidly expands body. Effects last for

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

that enables the user

why I needed the first two potions, however, the last potion although it sounded useless, was an extra

case they were chanting their war cry, I wouldn't

I guess it's time

through some of the pages. Not long after, closing the book I slowly

-Thump! -Thump!

walked, with every step I took, the ground

made my way out of the thin forest...and what I saw next shook me

Karum! Karum! Karum!

orcs could be seen marching towards the distance chanting their war cry and thumping their weapons

was menacingly staring towards the

presence to Silug, however, differently from him, his skin was red