The Author's POV

Gud Khodror was located 3,000 meters above sea level, on top of a large desolate mountain on the southern hemisphere of Immorra.

After the demons invaded Immorra, the orcs had no other choice but to migrate to the south of Immorra where the land was drier and the soil was more infertile.

...the orcs weren't a united race as they would always tend to fight against one another due to their personalities.

However, with their race on the verge of extinction, they had no other choice but to unite.

As a result of this, after searching for a while, the orcs managed to find the perfect spot to set up a city and created Gud Khodror...the last remaining orc city in Immorra.

An impenetrable fortress that hid between a cluster of large mountains.

-Rumble! -Rumble!

Marching with the other orcs, lifting his head up and staring into the distance, Kevin's voice softened a little bit as he said.

"...so that's Gud Khodror?"

"Yeah..."

From the way he was speaking it was evident that he was overwhelmed by the sight before him, however, I couldn't blame him as I too was overwhelmed by what I saw.

On a different mountain than the one we were currently marching on, another enormous mountain appeared in the distance.

Its peak was majestic, and the mountain's topography seemed steep and perilous. From a distance, the mountain appeared to have three sides that stretched upward vertically, forming a semi-circular natural barrier that stretched all the way to the sky.

An ocean of clouds drifted above the mountain ridges making the place look even more majestic and mysterious.

Reaching one-fifth of the height of the mountain ridges, enclosing the natural semi-circular mountain barrier, was an enormous artificial wall that blocked anything from passing through.

By the side of the gates stood two enormous statues depicting two orcs looking down towards the ground beneath them holding onto two large axes that interlocked with one another.

The statues looked extremely intimidating creating an oppressive and menacing feeling.

In the middle of the wall stood a large wooden gate connected to a long and wide flat bridge that linked two mountains together. The one Gud Khodror was on and the one we were currently marching on to get there.

-Thump! -Thump!

As we marched across the stone bridge, looking below the bridge I couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva as I muttered.

"How deep is that?"

Utter darkness.

What was below the bridge was utter darkness that I could see no end of...

If I dropped a rock down the bridge, I'd estimate that I still wouldn't be able to hear the sound of the rock reaching the bottom a couple of minutes after dropping it...it looked bottomless.

"huuuu..."

As we neared the gates, taking a deep breath, I tried to calm my heart down. At the moment my heart was beating faster...and that was due to the two statues at the front of the gate.

Those two statues created a natural sense of fear towards anyone that looked at them for too long. It felt as though the real orc was standing and looking down on me.

...and when I mean orc I didn't mean a regular orc, but one that was at a league of his own.

"Open the gates"

walking out was Silug's figure. Glancing left and right and raising his

waiting to report. Open the gates

he spoke, his powerful voice echoed across

-Klllllling! -Klllllling!

the loud sound of chains falling resounded across the mountain range as the enormous doors

-Kamp!

top, staring at the vast city before me, I couldn't help but mutter in

is the

orc stronghold

the city from behind the gates, I noticed that the city itself looked somewhat crude as the infrastructures weren't

black wooden rooftops, faded marble walls, and what seemed to be the bones of

the city either out as decoration or as materials itself for

Ren, look

the buildings around us, feeling a slight bump next to me, and hearing Kevin's voice, I turned my head around and noticed Kevin staring towards

"What?"

"Check out that building"

looking at, I soon spotted an enormous infrastructure standing in the

area around me,

surrounded the building that Kevin was pointing at. The infrastructure was twice

the tall infrastructure resembled a pyramid as its peak reached all the way towards the clouds in the sky. However, contrary to a regular

side of the circular pyramid-like structure, enormous blood-red flags fluttered in the air adding

"Move along!"

his army. Next to him, two more orcs appeared leading him towards the distance...more specifically the tall building in

-Rumble! -Rumble!

forwards, standing next to me, Kevin

do we get out

were they going to get

especially so considering the fact that they were basically stuck in between hundreds

"Hm?"

I hesitated. I soon took

I did in fact have a plan, but it would

response, repeating again, Kevin

we supposed to separate

at the red book, I vaguely

that, we

how vague I was being and looking at

me that you still haven't

head and closing the

do have a

"...and?"

probably not

second as he squinted his eyes beneath his mask,

not going

"Sorry"

I pushed him. As I pushed him, I made sure to

"You—!"

-Clank!

"Who dares?!"

was happening, turning around, with a couple of rocks on my finger, I flicked them towards a couple of more

-Plack! -Plack!

"Who?"

"Who dares?"