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

massive blow to the

supply meant that they were dealt a

had...the lower the chances of them

we marched

understand their language, only after I relayed to him what Angelica told

to know this information since I couldn't speak the language before...but fortunately, he didn't

end, as he found out what had happened, he couldn't

"What a pity"

Kevin for a brief moment, I softly said in a low

"What is?"

use dimensional storages, else this situation would've

second, I scratched the back of my head and nodded

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

said wasn't

could, and that was because of

Orcs couldn't use mana.

they weren't able to

able to use dimensional storage, protecting the food supplies would've been a breeze as

not the case as orcs didn't use mana but instead

different energy system compared to mana and was only unique to

reason orcs used aura instead of mana had to do with how they evolved and how they mainly focused on brute strength and their

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

contained boundless raw power hidden within. I didn't need

Terrifying.

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

Silug, the reason why

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

-Thump! -Thump!

my thoughts, were the sounds of footsteps halting as

the orcs below him, Silug's

laun Sawiiick! Comy tun

frowning, I

is there a way for you to

brief moment, Angelica's voice entered my head as she

there but now that I no longer feel his presence, I

help me

'Alright, perfect'

the fact that I couldn't understand a thing quite troublesome. Fortunately, I had Angelica with me who

Angelica, how many languages can

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

[All of them]

ask once again

'All of them?'

are born with the

fact, I was slightly

...interesting.

I never knew this.

since I was the creator

some technical things I didn't know as the author of the

[Focus your mind]

mind, snapping me out of my thoughts, I closed my eyes and

mind was more preoccupied with other things like

with you my skill so try

my head,

'Alright'

[Good...]

-Fuwa!

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

"khh..."

from my lips, but

covering my

pain in my brain disappear,

I could now

of orcs beneath him, Silgus

war are upon

the inevitable clash for the sovereignty of this planet has been

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

Khodror, that I will personally end them in the war that they

this