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.

supply the orcs were carrying was directly targeted by the demons

massive blow to the

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

lower the chances of them surviving

this, and so as we marched with the other orcs, we discussed what

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

to know this information

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

"What a pity"

moment, I softly said in

"What is?"

fact that orcs can't use dimensional storages, else this situation

the back of my head

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

said

like humans could, and

Orcs couldn't use mana.

able to use dimensional storages as they required mana

supplies would've been a breeze as Silug alone

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

compared to mana and was only unique to orcs like demonic

mana had to do with how they evolved and how they mainly focused on brute strength and their

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

result was their massive bodies that contained boundless raw power hidden within. I didn't need to elaborate on how strong they were...as I had

Terrifying.

of how they were biologically designed, orcs couldn't use mana. This also explained why the orcs wore crude and heavy armor. It was simply because artifacts were

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

of the expedition, all responsibilities were going to fall on

-Thump! -Thump!

out of my thoughts, were the sounds of footsteps halting as every

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

Sawiiick! Comy tun

echoing across the surroundings, frowning, I

there a way for you to make

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

didn't use this before because my brethren was there but now that I no longer feel

could help me understand, I grew

'Alright, perfect'

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

how many languages

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

[All of them]

by her response, I couldn't help but ask once again to make sure I didn't hear

'All of them?'

born with the ability

this fact, I was slightly taken

...interesting.

I never knew this.

since I was the

still some technical things I didn't know as the

[Focus your mind]

mind, snapping me out of my thoughts,

more preoccupied with other things like wanting to understand what Silug was

share with you my skill so try to not lose

head, I

'Alright'

[Good...]

-Fuwa!

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

"khh..."

small groan escaped from my lips, but because

I had a mask covering my face which helped quite

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

I could

Silgus shouted as his

war are upon

for the sovereignty of this

at the orcs beneath him, extending his hand forward and clenching it into a fist,

Silgus third legion commander of Gud Khodror, that I will personally end them in the war that they oh

of those vermin's blood blanketing this world