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 as a result were

a massive blow to

towards their food supply meant that they were

less food the orcs had...the lower

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

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

was a bit surprised about how I was able to know this information since I couldn't

as he found out what had happened,

"What a pity"

at Kevin for a brief moment,

"What is?"

orcs can't use dimensional storages, else this situation would've

I scratched the back of

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

said wasn't

use dimensional storages like humans could, and that was because

Orcs couldn't use mana.

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

they been able to use dimensional storage, protecting the food supplies would've been a breeze as Silug alone could've done

orcs didn't use mana but instead used

compared to mana and was only unique to orcs

do with how they evolved and how they mainly focused on

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

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

Terrifying.

also explained why the orcs wore crude and heavy armor.

reason why he

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

-Thump! -Thump!

out of my thoughts, were the sounds of footsteps

rock, overlooking the orcs below him, Silug's powerful

laun Sawiiick! Comy

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

a way for you to

Angelica's voice

now that I no longer feel his

could help me understand, I

'Alright, perfect'

quite troublesome. Fortunately, I had Angelica with

Angelica, how many languages can

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

[All of them]

by her response, I couldn't help but ask once again to make sure I didn't hear

'All of them?'

born with the

this fact, I

...interesting.

I never knew this.

was the creator of the

still some technical things I didn't

[Focus your mind]

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

mind was more preoccupied with other things

you my skill so try to not

head, I

'Alright'

[Good...]

-Fuwa!

as Angelica's voice faded from my mind, I suddenly felt a stabbing sensation hit my brain resulting in my face winching

"khh..."

but because it

had a mask covering my face which helped quite

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

could now

Silgus

flames of war

igniting the first sparks, the inevitable clash for the sovereignty of this planet has

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

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

those vermin's blood blanketing this world will