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.

was that the food supply the orcs were carrying was

was a massive

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

the orcs had...the lower the

we marched with the other

only after I relayed to him

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

he found out what had happened, he couldn't

"What a pity"

a brief moment, I

"What is?"

can't use dimensional storages, else this situation would've never

for a second, I scratched the back of my

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

said wasn't

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

Orcs couldn't use mana.

to use dimensional storages as

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

as orcs didn't use mana but instead used something

mana and was only

had to do with how they evolved and how they

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

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

Terrifying.

This also explained why the orcs wore crude and heavy armor. It was simply because

the reason why

the leader of the expedition, all responsibilities were going to

-Thump! -Thump!

thoughts, were the sounds of footsteps halting as every soldier

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

Comy tun

the surroundings, frowning, I called for Angelica inside of

Angelica, is there a way for

a brief moment, Angelica's voice entered my head as

brethren was there but now that I no longer feel his presence, I can share

that Angelica could help me

'Alright, perfect'

troublesome. Fortunately, I had

Angelica, how many

which was the orc's main language, she definitely knew

[All of them]

response, I couldn't help but ask once again to make sure

'All of them?'

we demons are born with the ability to

I was slightly taken

...interesting.

I never knew this.

was the creator of

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

[Focus your mind]

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

Angelica told me, my mind was more preoccupied with other

with you my skill so

my head,

'Alright'

[Good...]

-Fuwa!

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

"khh..."

from my lips, but

I had a mask covering my face which helped quite a

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

I could

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

flames of war are

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

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

Khodror, that I will personally end them

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