The Author's POV

As dark clouds enveloped the sky and blocked the sunlight from shining down upon the land, on a mountain range, rumbling sounds echoed across the surroundings.

-Rumble! -Rumble!

Marching through the large rocky terrain were over a thousand orcs wearing thick metallic armor that weighed over a couple of tons. With each step they took the ground beneath them shook.

"Randim gal"

Walking at the front of the army of orcs were two orcs that stood out from the rest.

A white orc and a red orc.

Presently, both of their faces were incomparably dark as their chests heaved up and down unevenly.

The legion commander, Silug, had an especially terrifying expression as the large scar on his face became even more glaring.

As we walked, a boundless bloodlust exuded from his body.

The bloodlust was so powerful that the orcs standing next to him were trembling uncontrollably.

...Almost as if they were staring at death itself.

Watching the scene from further back, with my head straight I softly said in a deep voice.

"How long do we have left?"

Walking next to me, wearing a large metallic armor that covered most of his body was Kevin who coldly said.

"Ten more kilometers..."

"Hm?"

Turning my head to the side, and noticing Kevin's attitude, I realized that he was still holding a grudge against me for the potions thing.

Rolling my eyes inside of the large metal mask I apologized.

"Alright, I'm sorry about the potions thing, you don't need to be so mad about it"

...I do understand that I was at fault here, but it's not like something would've happened.

Let's exclude his perks as the protagonist, I also had the book with me. With it I knew Kevin was going to be fine.

I wasn't dumb enough to make him do something that would end up killing him.

"Not mad? I was almost caught because you didn't tell me what they did"

"No you weren't, stop exaggerating"

He only startled a nearby orc, nothing much happened. Since the orc was too busy fighting a demon, there was no follow-up.

Turning his attention towards me, Kevin frowned inside of his mask and said

"...and how do you know that?"

From what Kevin remembered, Ren left on the opposite side of him...he shouldn't have seen him.

Without skipping a beat I responded.

"Since I got lucky and an orc died next to me, I was able to quickly change and thus saw you on the way"

Squinting his eyes, Kevin proceeded to nod his head.

"...I see"

Nope, I was actually quite far from him, but he didn't need to know that.

That aside, I finally found out why the orcs and the demons were fighting. After the count-ranked demon left, Angelica finally told me what had happened.

To summarize it

...in short, the demons ambushed the orcs.

Normally this wouldn't have been that much of a surprising event considering the fact the orcs and demons fought all of the time...however, this time, things weren't the same as usual.

In fact, a big problem happened.

the orcs were carrying

a massive blow

their food supply meant that they were dealt a devastating blow. Especially since food was

had...the lower the chances of them

this, and so as we marched with the other orcs, we discussed what

had gotten the gist of what had happened since he could understand their language, only after I relayed to him what Angelica told me that he fully understood what was

to know this information since I couldn't speak the language before...but

out what had happened,

"What a pity"

for a brief moment, I softly said in a

"What is?"

dimensional

back of my head and

"Ah...I guess you're right"

said wasn't

humans could, and that was because of one specific

Orcs couldn't use mana.

mana they weren't able to use dimensional storages as they

storage, protecting the food supplies would've been a breeze as Silug alone could've done

the case as orcs didn't use mana

completely different energy system compared to mana and was

orcs used aura instead of mana had to do with how they

that was hidden within the bodies of the orcs and allowed them to stimulate every single muscle and fiber of their bodies. In doing so it helped them grow

was their massive bodies that contained boundless raw power hidden within. I didn't

Terrifying.

because of how they were biologically designed, orcs couldn't use mana. This also explained why the orcs wore crude and heavy armor. It was simply because artifacts were useless to them as they couldn't

Silug, the reason why he was especially furious

leader of the expedition, all responsibilities were going

-Thump! -Thump!

out of my thoughts, were the

top of a rock, overlooking the orcs below him, Silug's powerful voice resounded across the

Comy tun lareon

voice echoing across the surroundings, frowning, I called

way for you to make

brief moment, Angelica's voice

I didn't use this before because my brethren was there but now that I no longer feel his presence, I can share a bit of

could help me understand, I grew

'Alright, perfect'

couldn't understand a thing quite troublesome. Fortunately, I had Angelica with me who knew how to speak

many languages

she knew Lartvian, which was the orc's main language, she definitely knew

[All of them]

I couldn't help but ask once again to make sure I didn't

'All of them?'

demons are born with the ability to know

I

...interesting.

I never knew this.

I was the

there were still some technical things I didn't know

[Focus your mind]

snapping me out of my thoughts, I closed my eyes and concentrated as

mind was more preoccupied with other things

share with you my skill so try

head, I

'Alright'

[Good...]

-Fuwa!

mind, I suddenly felt a stabbing sensation hit my brain resulting in

"khh..."

my lips, but because it was

my

of seconds, feeling the pain in my brain disappear, opening

I could now

of orcs beneath him, Silgus shouted as his powerful voice echoed

war

the first sparks, the inevitable clash for the

orcs beneath him,

commander of Gud Khodror, that I will personally

smell of those vermin's blood blanketing this world will