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

massive blow to the

supply meant that they were dealt a

lower the chances of

marched with the other orcs, we discussed

could understand their language, only after I relayed to him

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

had happened, he couldn't help but sigh

"What a pity"

for a brief moment, I softly said in a

"What is?"

can't use dimensional storages,

a second, I scratched the back of my

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

Kevin said

could, and that was because of

Orcs couldn't use mana.

couldn't use mana they weren't able to use dimensional storages as they required

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

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

and was only unique to orcs like

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

the orcs and allowed them to stimulate every single muscle and fiber

end 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 seen Silug's

Terrifying.

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

the reason why he was especially furious

responsibilities were going

-Thump! -Thump!

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

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

Sawiiick! Comy

Silug's voice echoing across the surroundings, frowning, I called for Angelica

way for you

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 a

could help me understand,

'Alright, perfect'

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

Angelica, how many languages can

genuinely curious, since she knew Lartvian, which was the

[All of them]

but ask once again to make sure I didn't

'All of them?'

with the ability to know every

this fact, I was slightly taken

...interesting.

I never knew this.

I was the

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

[Focus your mind]

Angelica's voice in my mind, snapping me out of my thoughts, I closed my

me, my mind was more preoccupied with other things

to share with you my skill so try

my head,

'Alright'

[Good...]

-Fuwa!

as Angelica's voice faded from my mind, I suddenly felt a stabbing sensation hit

"khh..."

my lips, but because it

I had a mask covering my face which helped

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

I could

staring at the sea of orcs beneath him, Silgus shouted as his

flames of war are upon

the inevitable clash for the sovereignty of this planet has been pushed

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

I swear upon my name Silgus third legion commander of Gud Khodror, that I will personally end them in the war that

the smell of those vermin's blood blanketing this world will I