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

"...I think so too"

orcs were strong and fierce, their chances of winning the fight

numbers were far lower than

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

the most they

shaking his head and glancing at Ren next to him,

"So what's next?"

on my chin as I fell into deep thought,

now that we've pretty much accomplished the hardest part of the plan, all

quite

indeed the hardest part of the mission, infiltrating

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

I had just done was because there was a high chance that the strongest demons residing in Setin were not

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

the only demon

'rewards' being mentioned, Kevin looked at me

"Rewards?"

"Mhm"

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

of other things. Don't worry

Kevin pointed towards

"Me?"

"Yeah"

me confirm, frowning, Kevin

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

art, if he took rewards wouldn't that

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

my eyes, understanding

take it then suit yourself, I'll just leave it there since it

"No use for you?"

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

It was true.

something that I couldn't use so there was no point in me keeping

take it as me giving a friend a

Taken aback, Kevin asked.

"...we're friends?"

a chuckle

been through life and death situations, it wouldn't be strange to call ourselves

lying when I said

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

deeply, Kevin

"No, you're right"

deeply into it as he thought perhaps it was just him and

the same way as him as despite his popularity had never had a proper friend

He was quite happy.

Kevin's thoughts, smiling as I glanced at him on my right, I

take the reward or

bitterly, Kevin

"...Ill take it"

"Good"

anyway so it was only natural that

highest chance of defeating the demon

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 Kevin

as long as we

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

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

Therefore, I stopped expecting.

what I envisioned I'll just

planning on being passive

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

here, I've still got something

Taken aback, Kevin asked.

you going?

below us,

not like they are

an army of thousands upon thousands

going to be

fast despite the fact that they were large armors, it still took time

head in embarrassment as he

guess you're right.