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 directly targeted by the demons and as a result

was a massive blow to

scarce food was, any loss dealt towards their food supply meant that they were dealt a

orcs had...the lower the chances

as we marched with the

could understand their language, only after

able to know this information since I couldn't speak the language before...but fortunately, he

as he found out what had happened, he couldn't help

"What a pity"

for a brief moment,

"What is?"

dimensional

for a second, I scratched the back of my head and

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

Kevin said

use dimensional storages like humans could, and that was

Orcs couldn't use mana.

able to use

food supplies would've been a breeze as Silug alone could've

the case as orcs didn't use mana but

mana and was only unique to orcs

do with how they evolved

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

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

Terrifying.

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

reason why

of the expedition, all responsibilities were

-Thump! -Thump!

thoughts, were the sounds of footsteps halting as

orcs below

laun Sawiiick! Comy tun

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

Angelica, is there a way for you

brief moment, Angelica's voice

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

could help me understand, I grew

'Alright, perfect'

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

how many

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

[All of them]

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

'All of them?'

are born with the ability to know every language out

I

...interesting.

I never knew this.

I was the creator of the

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

[Focus your mind]

in my mind, snapping me out of my thoughts, I closed my eyes

was more preoccupied with other things

to share with you my skill so try

my head, I solemnly

'Alright'

[Good...]

-Fuwa!

felt a stabbing

"khh..."

groan escaped from my lips, but because it

my face which helped quite

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

I could

him, Silgus shouted as his powerful voice echoed across the

flames of war

inevitable clash for the sovereignty of this planet has been

him, extending his hand forward and

commander of Gud Khodror, that I

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