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.

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

massive blow to

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

the orcs had...the lower

so as we marched

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

a bit surprised about how I was able to know this information since I couldn't speak the language before...but fortunately,

found out what had happened,

"What a pity"

for a brief moment, I

"What is?"

that orcs can't use dimensional storages, else

second, I scratched the back of my head

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

Kevin said wasn't

couldn't use dimensional storages like humans could, and that was because of one specific

Orcs couldn't use mana.

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

protecting the food supplies would've been a breeze as Silug

as orcs didn't use mana but instead

and was only unique to

used aura instead of mana had to do with how they evolved and how

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 fibers to be stronger

boundless raw power hidden within. I didn't need to elaborate on how strong

Terrifying.

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

reason why he was especially furious was

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

-Thump! -Thump!

out of my thoughts, were the sounds of footsteps halting as every soldier stopped

orcs below him, Silug's powerful voice resounded across

laun Sawiiick! Comy tun

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

is there a way for you to make

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

that I no longer feel his presence, I can share a bit of

help me

'Alright, perfect'

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

many languages can

which was the orc's main language, she definitely

[All of them]

but ask

'All of them?'

we demons are born with the

fact, I was

...interesting.

I never knew this.

the creator

technical things I didn't know as the author of the novel...interesting

[Focus your mind]

my thoughts, I closed my eyes

was more preoccupied with

share with you my skill so try

head,

'Alright'

[Good...]

-Fuwa!

soon as Angelica's voice faded from my mind, I suddenly felt a stabbing sensation hit

"khh..."

escaped from my lips, but because it was faint no one heard

had a mask covering my face

a couple of seconds, feeling the pain in my brain disappear, opening my eyes I looked towards Silgus in the

I could

him, Silgus shouted as his powerful voice echoed across

flames of war are

the inevitable clash for the sovereignty of this planet has been

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

that I will personally end

of those vermin's blood blanketing this world will I finally be able to rest