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.

that the food supply the orcs were carrying was directly targeted by the demons and as a

was a massive blow to

were dealt a devastating blow. Especially since food

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

we marched with the other orcs, we discussed what

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

able to know this information since I

out what had happened, he

"What a pity"

Kevin for a brief moment, I softly said in

"What is?"

use dimensional storages, else this situation would've

a second, I scratched the back of my head

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

said wasn't

use dimensional storages like humans could, and that was because of one specific

Orcs couldn't use mana.

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

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

case as orcs didn't

completely different energy system compared to mana and was only unique to orcs like demonic energy

reason orcs used aura instead of mana had to do with how they evolved and how they mainly focused on brute strength and

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

their massive bodies that contained boundless raw power hidden within. I didn't

Terrifying.

designed, orcs couldn't use mana. This also explained why the orcs wore crude and heavy armor. It was simply

back to Silug, the reason why he was especially furious was

all responsibilities were going to fall on him for the

-Thump! -Thump!

the sounds of footsteps

overlooking the orcs below him, Silug's

laun Sawiiick! Comy

across the surroundings, frowning, I

way for you

moment, Angelica's voice

that I no longer feel his presence, I can share

that Angelica could help me understand, I grew

'Alright, perfect'

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

how many languages can

was genuinely curious, since she knew Lartvian, which was

[All of them]

ask once

'All of them?'

we demons are born with the ability to know every language out

I

...interesting.

I never knew this.

the

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

[Focus your mind]

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

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

with you my skill so try to not lose

my head,

'Alright'

[Good...]

-Fuwa!

voice faded from my mind, I suddenly felt a stabbing sensation hit my brain resulting in my

"khh..."

but because it was

had a mask covering my

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

I could now

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

of war

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

him, extending his hand forward and clenching

Khodror, that

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