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 a massive blow to the

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

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

also understood this, and so as we marched with the

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

about how I was able to know this information since I

end, as he found out what had

"What a pity"

moment, I softly said

"What is?"

that orcs can't use dimensional storages, else this

second, I scratched the back

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

Kevin said wasn't

dimensional storages like humans could,

Orcs couldn't use mana.

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

food supplies would've

not the case as orcs didn't

was only unique to orcs

with how they evolved and how they mainly focused

to stimulate every single muscle and fiber of their bodies. In doing so

was their massive bodies that contained boundless raw power hidden within. I didn't need to elaborate on how strong they were...as I had seen Silug's

Terrifying.

biologically designed, orcs couldn't use mana. This also explained why the orcs wore crude and heavy armor. It

the reason why he was especially

the leader of the expedition, all responsibilities were

-Thump! -Thump!

were the sounds of footsteps

overlooking the orcs below him, Silug's powerful voice resounded

laun Sawiiick! Comy

echoing across the surroundings, frowning, I called for Angelica inside of

there a way for you

moment, Angelica's voice entered my head as

now that I

help me understand, I grew

'Alright, perfect'

quite troublesome. Fortunately, I had Angelica with me who knew how to speak

how many languages can

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

[All of them]

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

'All of them?'

we demons are born with the ability

this fact, I was slightly taken

...interesting.

I never knew this.

the creator of the

some technical things I didn't know as the

[Focus your mind]

me out of my thoughts, I closed my eyes and concentrated as

mind was more

you my skill so try to not

head, I solemnly

'Alright'

[Good...]

-Fuwa!

a stabbing sensation hit

"khh..."

lips, but because

mask covering my face which helped quite a

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

could

him, Silgus shouted as his powerful voice

flames of war are upon

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

my name Silgus third legion commander of Gud Khodror, that I

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