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"

and fierce, their chances of winning the fight weren't

were far lower

were going to have an all-out war against

be able to reclaim some land, but that was the most they

far, shaking his head and glancing at

"So what's next?"

as I fell into deep thought, I

the plan, all that we have to do next is reap our

not quite there, but almost

part of the mission,

though most of the demon forces would be sent out to face the orcs, they would still leave behind some

I had just done was because there was a high chance

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

bound to lose as he was the only demon nearby that could fight on equal terms with

the word 'rewards' being mentioned, Kevin looked at me with a look

"Rewards?"

"Mhm"

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

course, and a couple of other things. Don't worry there are things for you

Kevin pointed

"Me?"

"Yeah"

confirm, frowning,

it wouldn't be an even deal if

sword art, if he took rewards wouldn't that mean that their deal was

thought of owing someone as

of my eyes, understanding his

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

"No use for you?"

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

It was true.

I was giving Kevin was something that I couldn't use

as me giving a friend a

Taken aback, Kevin asked.

"...we're friends?"

a chuckle escaped from

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

wasn't lying when I

a lot of life and death situations, I pretty much considered him

at me deeply, Kevin proceeded to

"No, you're right"

but he never really dwelled too deeply into it as he thought perhaps it was just him and Ren only thought of him as

as despite

He was quite happy.

Kevin's thoughts, smiling as I glanced

you're going to take the reward

bitterly, Kevin shook

"...Ill take it"

"Good"

supposed to belong to him anyway so it was only natural that he got it. After all, the stronger he

was the one with the highest chance of defeating

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

long as we

there was one thing I learned from being in this world for the past seven months it was that

its middle finger at you and present you with a scenario outside of your prediction catching

Therefore, I stopped expecting.

what I envisioned I'll just get strong enough so that I could retaliate in

no longer planning

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

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

Taken aback, Kevin asked.

Where are you going? They are about

below us, I

like they are

talking about an army of thousands upon thousands of

weren't going to be the

yes, their strong bodies allowed them to move fast despite the fact that they were large armors, it still took time for them to go out, so we still had half a

Kevin scratched his head

guess you're right. How long will