The Author's POV

It's been about ten days since Kevin destroyed the food warehouse and I killed Zornaraugh.

...and a lot happened since then.

-Rumble! -Rumble! -Rumble!

Staring towards the distance, thousands upon thousands of orcs all equipped with heavy armor and weapons marched towards the gates of Gud Khodror.

An oppressive aura enveloped the whole of the city as bloodlust exuded from the bodies of each of the orcs in the distance.

Watching the spectacle from afar, a faint smile appeared on my lips.

...the plan was a success.

After I had Angelica kill Zornaraugh directly, everything went as I envisioned.

The orcs traced everything to the demons due to Angelica's residual demonic energy lingering on the corpses of Zornaraugh and the bodyguard.

Prior to killing Zornaraugh, I had specifically asked Angelica to do that so that the orcs wouldn't question who killed Zornaraugh.

Moreover, with the fact that Zornaraugh was killed at the same time that the food supplies were destroyed, the orcs came to the conclusion that the demons were responsible for the incident despite the fact that there was no evidence to support that conclusion.

Everything was perfect.

...well almost everything, if I had to be honest, these past few days have been quite scary.

Naturally, because of the incident, the orc chief was beyond enraged.

The aura he exuded the past few days was something beyond frightening as every time I glanced towards the tower in the middle of Gud Khodror it felt as though I was staring at death itself.

...and because of this, Kevin and I had no choice but to lay low for that period of time.

Every day felt as though there was barely any oxygen in the air.

Suffocating.

Staring at the army of orcs from afar, Kevin who standing next to me, glanced towards my arm which was currently bandaged, and asked.

"...Is your arm really okay?"

Ever since Ren had come back from his mission, Kevin noticed the state of his arm.

Although he wasn't particularly concerned as arms could be regrown with modern potions, Kevin was concerned that it might affect their future plans as he was now injured.

Glancing at Kevin, I shook my head.

"Honestly, it hurts like hell"

I wasn't lying.

The pain I experienced right after Monarch's indifference deactivated almost caused me to pass out.

...it was mortifying.

It was so painful that I couldn't even describe the feeling in words.

What made matters worse was that even after ten days had passed, I could still not move my arm properly

I think it may be due to something like the nerve endings of my arms not being fully connected, but I wasn't too sure. I wasn't an expert in this kind of stuff.

Frowning slightly, Kevin curiously asked.

"How long do you think it will take before you can use your arm like normal again?"

Staring at my left arm for a couple of seconds, I mused.

"Hmmm, maybe a couple of days?"

...no, that was unrealistic.

Unless I consumed an advanced potion I wouldn't be able to have the same degree of control as before.

Although my arm was in fact healing, every time I moved it, it felt as though electricity was coursing through it.

..the feeling was almost the same as when you accidentally hit your funny bone.

Not very pleasant.

Staring at my arm for a couple of more seconds, Kevin nodded his head. Turning his head around, Kevin proceeded to look towards the orcs in the distance.

"What do you think the chances of the orcs winning are?"

Without hesitation, I responded.

"Slim to none honestly"

a similar thought, Kevin nodded his

"...I think so too"

strong and fierce, their

their numbers were far lower

they were going to have an all-out war against the

but that was the most they could

glancing at Ren

"So what's next?"

hand on my chin as I fell into deep thought, I

part of the plan, all that we have to

not quite

this was indeed the hardest part of the mission, infiltrating Setin was

to face the orcs, they would still leave behind some of

than what I had just done was because there was a high chance that the strongest demons residing in Setin were

the orc chief Omogulg leading the battle, the leader of the demons in charge of Setin would have no choice but to move

the only demon nearby that could fight on

word 'rewards' being mentioned, Kevin looked at me with

"Rewards?"

"Mhm"

in Kevin's face, whilst still staring at the army of orcs in the distance, I

a couple of other things. Don't worry there

aback, Kevin pointed towards

"Me?"

"Yeah"

confirm, frowning,

sword manual, it

five-star sword art, if he took rewards wouldn't that mean that their

Ren, he was apprehensive at the thought of owing someone as it could lead to complicated situations

the corner of my eyes, understanding his thoughts, I

suit yourself, I'll just leave it there since it has no

"No use for you?"

you could use it. You don't have to owe me anything if

It was true.

couldn't use so there was

me giving a friend a

Taken aback, Kevin asked.

"...we're friends?"

Kevin, a chuckle escaped

situations, it wouldn't be strange to call ourselves friends...or is it just

wasn't lying when I

Kevin and going through a lot

at me deeply, Kevin proceeded to nod his

"No, you're right"

into it as he thought perhaps it was just

Ren felt the same way as him as despite his popularity had

He was quite happy.

I glanced at him

take the reward

Kevin shook

"...Ill take it"

"Good"

be honest, the item was supposed to belong to him anyway so it was only natural that he got

was the one with the highest chance of

the fact that if I continued this way there was a chance for me to be able to be on par with the demon king, with Kevin as reassurance I wouldn't have to worry too

as we

being in this world for the past seven months it was that life was

you expect something to happen, the world would suddenly flip its middle finger at you

Therefore, I stopped expecting.

not match what I envisioned I'll just get

longer planning

city, recalling something as I glanced at Kevin who was standing next to me similarly looking at the army in the

I've still got something to do, I'll

Taken aback, Kevin asked.

Where are you going? They

army below us,

like they are

about an army of thousands upon thousands of orcs each wearing large bulky metallic

weren't going to be the hardest

were large armors, it still took time for them to go out, so we still had half a

Kevin scratched his head in

right.