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"

similar thought,

"...I think so too"

their

their numbers were far lower than that

to have an all-out war against the demons, the chances of them winning

some land, but that was the most they could accomplish...and that would be at the

and glancing at

"So what's next?"

my chin as I fell into deep thought, I

much accomplished the hardest part of the plan, all that we have to do next is

not quite

the mission, infiltrating Setin was going to pose quite

be sent out to face the orcs, they would still leave behind some of the stronger

easier than what I had just done was because there was a high

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

they were bound to lose as he was the only

looked at me with

"Rewards?"

"Mhm"

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

and a couple of other things. Don't worry there are things

aback, Kevin pointed

"Me?"

"Yeah"

me confirm, frowning, Kevin

five-star sword manual, it wouldn't be an even deal if I

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

of owing someone as it could lead

corner of my eyes,

I'll just leave it there since it has no

"No use for you?"

thought you could use it. You don't have to

It was true.

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

me giving a friend

Taken aback, Kevin asked.

"...we're friends?"

Kevin, a chuckle

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

wasn't lying when I said

and going through a lot of life and death situations,

deeply, Kevin proceeded to nod

"No, you're right"

he thought perhaps it was just him and Ren only thought of him as someone with

the same way as him as despite his popularity

He was quite happy.

I glanced at him on

to take the reward

bitterly, Kevin shook his

"...Ill take it"

"Good"

supposed to belong to him anyway so it was only

highest chance

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

long as we had

thing I learned from being in this world for the past seven months

you expect something to happen, the world would suddenly flip its middle finger at you and present you with a scenario outside of your prediction catching you off

Therefore, I stopped expecting.

envisioned I'll just get strong enough so that I

planning on being passive

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 be back

Taken aback, Kevin asked.

are you going? They are about to

at the army below

like they

an army of thousands upon thousands of orcs each wearing

to be the hardest people to

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 in embarrassment as

you're right. How