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 targeted by the demons and

a massive blow to

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

less food the orcs had...the lower

understood this, and so as we marched with the other

happened since he could understand their language, only after I relayed to him

was a bit surprised about how I was able to know this information since

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

"What a pity"

a brief moment, I softly said in a low

"What is?"

dimensional storages,

for a second, I scratched the back of my

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

said

couldn't use dimensional storages like humans could, and that was because of one

Orcs couldn't use mana.

able to

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

the case as orcs didn't use mana but

was only unique to orcs like demonic

how they evolved and

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

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

Terrifying.

couldn't use mana. This also explained why the orcs wore crude and heavy armor. It was simply because artifacts were useless to them as

why he was especially furious was

the leader of the expedition, all responsibilities were going to

-Thump! -Thump!

were the sounds

the orcs below him, Silug's powerful voice resounded

Comy

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

is there a way for you

voice

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

Angelica could help me understand,

'Alright, perfect'

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

Angelica, how many languages can you

she knew Lartvian, which was the orc's

[All of them]

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

'All of them?'

we demons are born with the ability to

I was slightly taken

...interesting.

I never knew this.

was the creator of

some technical things I didn't know as the author of the novel...interesting

[Focus your mind]

my mind, snapping me out of my

was more preoccupied with other things

you my

my head,

'Alright'

[Good...]

-Fuwa!

I suddenly felt a

"khh..."

my lips, but because it was faint no

I had a mask covering my face which helped quite

brain disappear, opening my eyes I looked towards Silgus in the

could now

at the sea of orcs beneath him, Silgus shouted

war are

sparks, the inevitable clash for the sovereignty

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

Khodror, that I will personally end them in

blood blanketing this world will I finally be able to