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.

supply the orcs were carrying was

a massive blow

food supply meant that they were dealt a devastating blow. Especially since food was what kept their soldiers alive

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

also understood this, and so as we marched with the other orcs, we discussed what

gotten the gist of what had happened since he could understand their language, only after

able to know this information since I couldn't speak the

end, as he found out what had happened,

"What a pity"

moment, I softly said in a low

"What is?"

use dimensional

second, I scratched the back

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

said

could, and

Orcs couldn't use mana.

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

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

this was not the case as orcs didn't use mana but

mana and was only unique to orcs like demonic energy

had to do with how they evolved and how they mainly focused

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

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

Terrifying.

mana. This also explained why the orcs wore crude and heavy armor. It was simply because artifacts were useless to them as

reason why he was especially

of the expedition, all responsibilities were

-Thump! -Thump!

snapping me out of my thoughts, were the sounds of footsteps

top of a rock, overlooking the orcs below him, Silug's powerful voice

Sawiiick! Comy

frowning, I called

a way for you

Angelica's voice

this before because my brethren was there but now that I no longer feel his presence, I can share

Angelica could help me understand, I

'Alright, perfect'

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

how many languages can you

knew Lartvian, which was the orc's

[All of them]

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

'All of them?'

with the ability to know every

I was slightly taken

...interesting.

I never knew this.

was the creator of the

there were still some technical things I didn't know as the author of the novel...interesting

[Focus your mind]

me out of my thoughts, I

my mind was more preoccupied with other things like wanting to understand what Silug

I'm about to share with you my skill so try to not

head, I solemnly

'Alright'

[Good...]

-Fuwa!

voice faded from my mind, I suddenly felt a stabbing sensation

"khh..."

from my lips, but because it was faint no

a mask covering my face which helped quite a

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

I could now

Silgus shouted as his

of war

the first sparks, the inevitable clash for the sovereignty of this

he stared at the orcs beneath him, extending his hand forward and clenching it into a fist, Silgus

Silgus third legion commander of Gud Khodror, that I will personally end them in the

smell of those vermin's blood blanketing this world will I finally be