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

a massive blow

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

the orcs had...the lower the chances

marched

happened since he could understand their language, only

this information since I couldn't speak the language before...but fortunately, he didn't

he found out what had happened, he couldn't

"What a pity"

moment, I softly said in a low

"What is?"

fact that orcs can't use dimensional storages, else

back of my head and nodded

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

Kevin said

like humans could, and

Orcs couldn't use mana.

specifically, because orcs couldn't use mana they weren't able to use dimensional storages as they required

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

orcs didn't use mana

completely different energy system compared to mana and was

with how they evolved and how they mainly focused

them to stimulate every single

hidden within. I didn't need

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 useless to them as

to Silug, the reason why he was

responsibilities were going to fall on him for

-Thump! -Thump!

were the sounds of footsteps halting as every

overlooking the orcs below him, Silug's powerful voice resounded

Comy tun

across the surroundings, frowning, I called for Angelica inside of my

is there a way for you to make

moment, Angelica's voice

there but now that I no

that Angelica could help me understand,

'Alright, perfect'

found the fact that I couldn't understand a thing quite troublesome.

Angelica, how many languages can

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

[All of them]

but ask once again to make sure

'All of them?'

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

fact, I

...interesting.

I never knew this.

the creator

still some technical things I didn't know as

[Focus your mind]

me out of my thoughts, I

my mind was more preoccupied with other

about to share with you my

head, I solemnly

'Alright'

[Good...]

-Fuwa!

voice faded from my mind, I suddenly felt a stabbing

"khh..."

from my lips, but because it was faint no one

mask covering my face which

couple of seconds, feeling the pain in my brain

could

beneath him, Silgus

war are

the first sparks, the inevitable clash for

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

upon my name Silgus third legion commander of Gud Khodror, that I will

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