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 food supply the orcs were carrying was directly

massive blow

was, any loss dealt towards their food supply meant that they were dealt a devastating blow. Especially since food was what kept their soldiers

less food the orcs had...the lower

we marched with the other

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

about how I was able to know this information since I couldn't speak the language before...but

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

"What a pity"

a brief moment, I softly said

"What is?"

fact that orcs can't use dimensional

the back of

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

said

could, and that was because of one

Orcs couldn't use mana.

weren't able to use dimensional storages

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

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

compared to mana and was only

orcs used aura instead of mana had to do with how they evolved and how they mainly

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

within. I didn't need to elaborate on how strong they were...as I

Terrifying.

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

why

the expedition, all responsibilities were going to fall on

-Thump! -Thump!

the sounds of footsteps halting as every

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

Comy

across the surroundings, frowning, I called

there a way for you to

Angelica's voice entered my head

didn't use this before because my brethren was there but now that I no longer feel his presence, I can share a bit of

that Angelica could help me understand, I grew

'Alright, perfect'

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

how many

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

[All of them]

I couldn't help but ask once again

'All of them?'

born with the ability to

this fact, I was slightly

...interesting.

I never knew this.

was the creator

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

[Focus your mind]

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

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

you my skill so try to not

head, I solemnly

'Alright'

[Good...]

-Fuwa!

as Angelica's voice faded from my mind, I suddenly felt a

"khh..."

groan escaped from my lips, but

mask covering my face which helped quite

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

could now

of orcs beneath him, Silgus shouted as his

of war are

igniting the first sparks, the inevitable clash for the sovereignty of this planet has been

at the orcs beneath him, extending his hand forward and clenching

swear upon my name Silgus third legion commander of Gud Khodror, that I will personally end them in the war that they oh so

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