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

massive blow to

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

food the orcs had...the lower the chances

this, and so as we marched with

Kevin somewhat had gotten the gist of what had happened since he could understand their language, only after I relayed to him what Angelica told me that he fully understood what was going

was able to know this information since

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

"What a pity"

for a brief moment, I softly

"What is?"

orcs can't use dimensional

scratched the back of my head and nodded my

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

Kevin said wasn't

humans could, and that was

Orcs couldn't use mana.

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

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

case as orcs didn't use mana but

to mana and was only unique

instead of mana had to do with how they

mana which enabled users to channel elements, 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 grow stronger by regrowing their muscle fibers to be stronger

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

Terrifying.

the orcs wore crude and heavy armor. It was simply because

why he was especially furious was

of the expedition, all responsibilities

-Thump! -Thump!

my thoughts, were the sounds of

top of a rock, overlooking the orcs below him,

Comy tun

surroundings, frowning, I called for Angelica

Angelica, is there a way for you to make

moment, Angelica's voice entered my head

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

could help me

'Alright, perfect'

fact that I couldn't understand a thing quite troublesome. Fortunately,

many languages can

which was the orc's main

[All of them]

ask once again to make

'All of them?'

with the ability to know every language

fact, I was slightly

...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

[Focus your mind]

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

surprised with what Angelica told me, my mind was more preoccupied with other

about to share with you my skill so try

head, I solemnly

'Alright'

[Good...]

-Fuwa!

from my mind, I suddenly felt a stabbing sensation

"khh..."

small groan escaped from my lips, but because it was faint no one heard

I had a mask covering my

of seconds, feeling the pain in my brain disappear,

could

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

war are

igniting the first sparks, the inevitable clash for the sovereignty

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

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

blood blanketing this world