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.

orcs were carrying was directly targeted by the demons and as

massive blow to

that they were dealt a devastating blow.

less food the orcs had...the lower the chances

understood this, and so as we marched with the other orcs,

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

was able to know this information since I couldn't speak the language before...but fortunately, he didn't pry

end, as he found out what had happened, he

"What a pity"

a brief moment, I

"What is?"

use dimensional storages, else this

second, I scratched the back of

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

said wasn't

could, and

Orcs couldn't use mana.

to use dimensional storages as they

they been able to use dimensional storage, protecting the food supplies would've been a breeze as Silug alone could've done the

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

energy system compared to mana and was only unique to orcs like

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

and allowed them to stimulate every single muscle and fiber of their bodies. In doing so it helped them grow stronger by regrowing

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

Terrifying.

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 useless to them as they

back to Silug, the reason why he

expedition, all responsibilities were going

-Thump! -Thump!

thoughts, were the

overlooking the orcs below him,

Sawiiick! Comy tun lareon

surroundings, frowning, I called for Angelica inside of my

is there a way for you to

a brief moment, Angelica's voice

there but now that I no

that Angelica could help me understand, I grew

'Alright, perfect'

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

how many languages can

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

[All of them]

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

'All of them?'

demons are born with the ability

fact, I was slightly taken

...interesting.

I never knew this.

since I was the creator

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

[Focus your mind]

voice in my mind, snapping me out of my thoughts,

more preoccupied with

I'm about to share with you my

head,

'Alright'

[Good...]

-Fuwa!

felt a stabbing

"khh..."

groan escaped from my lips, but because it was

a mask covering my

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

could

him, Silgus

of war are upon

for the sovereignty of this planet has been

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

of Gud Khodror, that

blanketing this world will I