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, Kevin

"...I think so too"

their chances

their numbers were far lower than that of

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

that was the most they

and glancing at Ren next

"So what's next?"

my hand on my chin as I fell into deep

much accomplished the hardest part of the plan, all that we

not quite there, but

part of the mission, infiltrating Setin

to face the orcs, they would still leave behind some

had just done was because there was a

leading the battle, the leader of the demons in

they were bound to lose as he was the only demon nearby that could

looked at me

"Rewards?"

"Mhm"

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

course, and a couple of other things. Don't worry

aback, Kevin pointed towards

"Me?"

"Yeah"

me confirm,

already gotten my five-star sword manual, it wouldn't

if he took rewards wouldn't that mean that

owing

Kevin from the corner of my eyes, understanding

you're not going to take it then suit yourself, I'll just leave it there since it has no

"No use for you?"

why I thought you could use it. You

It was true.

was something that I couldn't use so there

take it as me giving

Taken aback, Kevin asked.

"...we're friends?"

Kevin, a chuckle

situations, it wouldn't be strange to call ourselves

wasn't lying when I

time with Kevin and going through a lot of life and

me deeply, Kevin proceeded

"No, you're right"

thought perhaps it was just him and Ren only thought

Kevin was secretly glad Ren felt the same way as him as despite his popularity had never had a proper

He was quite happy.

glanced at him on

going to take the reward

bitterly, Kevin

"...Ill take it"

"Good"

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

the one with the highest chance of defeating the

I acknowledge 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

as we had enough

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

at you and present you with a scenario outside of

Therefore, I stopped expecting.

match what I envisioned I'll just get strong

was no longer planning on

had started moving out of the city, recalling something as I glanced at Kevin who was standing

something to

Taken aback, Kevin asked.

Where are you going? They

below us, I

It's not like they are

an army of thousands upon thousands of orcs each wearing

going to be the

fast despite the fact that they were large armors,

this, Kevin scratched his head in

right. How