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

dealt towards their food supply meant that they were dealt a devastating blow.

the orcs had...the lower the

as we marched with the other orcs, we discussed

somewhat had gotten the gist of what had happened since he could understand their language, only after I relayed to him what Angelica told

know this information since I couldn't speak the language

he found out what had happened, he couldn't

"What a pity"

at Kevin for a brief moment, I softly said in

"What is?"

that orcs can't use dimensional storages,

for a second, I scratched the back

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

said wasn't

dimensional storages like humans could, and that was because

Orcs couldn't use mana.

mana they weren't able to

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

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

energy system compared to mana and was only unique

had to do with how they evolved and how they

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 bodies. In doing so it helped them

was their massive bodies that contained boundless raw power hidden within. I didn't need to elaborate on

Terrifying.

of how they were biologically designed, orcs couldn't use mana. This also explained why the orcs wore crude

the reason why he was especially furious

was the leader of the expedition, all responsibilities

-Thump! -Thump!

the sounds of footsteps halting as every soldier

overlooking the orcs below him,

Sawiiick! Comy tun

voice echoing across the surroundings, frowning, I called for Angelica

is there a way for you to make me

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

because my brethren was there but now that I no longer feel his presence, I can share a bit of my

Angelica could help me understand, I grew

'Alright, perfect'

a thing quite troublesome. Fortunately,

many

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

[All of them]

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

'All of them?'

born with the ability to know every language

I was

...interesting.

I never knew this.

since I was the

there were still some technical things I didn't know

[Focus your mind]

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

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

about to share with you my

my head,

'Alright'

[Good...]

-Fuwa!

from my mind, I suddenly felt a stabbing sensation

"khh..."

but because it was

mask covering my face

feeling the pain in my brain disappear, opening my eyes I looked

I could

beneath him, Silgus shouted as his powerful voice echoed across the

of war are upon

inevitable clash for the sovereignty of

orcs beneath him, extending his hand forward and clenching it into a fist,

my name 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