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.

were carrying was directly targeted by the demons and

massive blow to the

scarce food was, any loss dealt towards their food supply meant that they were dealt a devastating blow. Especially since food was

had...the lower the chances of them

as we marched with the other orcs, we

happened since he could understand their language, only after I relayed to him what Angelica told me that he

able to know this information since I couldn't speak the language

out what had happened, he couldn't help but

"What a pity"

moment, I softly

"What is?"

dimensional storages, else this situation would've never

I scratched the back

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

said

dimensional storages like humans could, and that was because

Orcs couldn't use mana.

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

able to use dimensional storage, protecting the food supplies would've

this was not the case as orcs didn't

different energy system compared to mana and was only unique to orcs like demonic

do with how they evolved and how they mainly focused on brute

mana which enabled users to channel elements, aura was a force 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 stronger by regrowing their muscle

contained boundless raw power hidden within. I didn't

Terrifying.

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

reason why

of the expedition, all responsibilities were going to

-Thump! -Thump!

thoughts, were the sounds of footsteps halting as every soldier

orcs below

laun Sawiiick! Comy tun

to Silug's voice echoing across the surroundings, frowning, I called for Angelica

there a way for you

brief moment, Angelica's voice entered my head

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

that Angelica could help me understand, I grew

'Alright, perfect'

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

how many

was genuinely curious, since she knew Lartvian, which was the orc's main language, she definitely knew other

[All of them]

response, I couldn't help but ask

'All of them?'

the ability

fact, I was slightly taken

...interesting.

I never knew this.

the

things I didn't know as the author of the

[Focus your mind]

voice in my mind, snapping me out of my

was surprised with what Angelica told me, my mind was more preoccupied with other things like wanting to understand what Silug was

with you my

head,

'Alright'

[Good...]

-Fuwa!

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

"khh..."

escaped from my lips, but because it was faint no

a mask covering my face

my brain disappear, opening my eyes I looked towards Silgus in the

I could now

staring at the sea of orcs beneath him, Silgus shouted as his powerful voice echoed across

war are

for the sovereignty of

as he stared at the orcs beneath him, extending his hand forward and clenching

Silgus third legion commander of Gud Khodror, that I will personally end them in the war that they oh so

blanketing this