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.

was that the food supply the orcs were carrying was directly targeted by the demons and as a result were

massive

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

less food the orcs had...the lower the chances of them

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

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 before...but

as he found out what had happened, he couldn't help but

"What a pity"

moment, I

"What is?"

dimensional storages, else

a second, I scratched the back of my head and nodded

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

said

could,

Orcs couldn't use mana.

mana they weren't able to

food supplies would've been a breeze as Silug alone could've

orcs didn't

to mana and was only unique

aura instead of mana had to do with how they evolved and how they mainly focused on

was a force that was hidden within the bodies of the orcs and allowed them to stimulate every single muscle

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

Terrifying.

wore crude and heavy armor. It was simply because artifacts were useless to them as they couldn't

the reason why he

leader of the expedition, all responsibilities were going to fall on him for the

-Thump! -Thump!

snapping me out of my thoughts, were the sounds

rock, overlooking the orcs below him,

laun Sawiiick! Comy tun lareon

echoing across the surroundings, frowning, I called for Angelica

there a way for you

voice entered my head as she

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

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 to speak the

Angelica, how many languages can

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

[All of them]

her response, I couldn't help but ask

'All of them?'

are born with the

fact, I was slightly taken

...interesting.

I never knew this.

since I was the

still some technical things I didn't know as

[Focus your mind]

Angelica's voice in my mind, snapping me out of my thoughts, I closed my eyes

told me, my mind was more preoccupied with other things

my skill so try

my head, I

'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 which helped quite

of seconds, feeling the pain in my brain disappear, opening my eyes I looked

could now

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

flames of war

the first sparks, the inevitable clash for the

him, extending his hand

swear upon my name Silgus third legion commander of Gud Khodror, that I will personally end them

smell of those vermin's blood blanketing this world will