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,

"...I think so too"

fierce, their chances of winning the fight

were far lower

going to have an all-out war against the demons,

may be able to reclaim some land, but that was the most they could accomplish...and that would be at the sacrifice of countless

and glancing at Ren next to him,

"So what's next?"

my chin as I fell

the

quite

mission, infiltrating Setin was going to pose quite

be sent out to face

saying it was easier than what I had just done was because there was a high chance that the

demons in charge of Setin would

bound to lose as he was the only

looked at me with

"Rewards?"

"Mhm"

at the army of orcs in the distance,

of other things. Don't

Kevin

"Me?"

"Yeah"

me confirm, frowning, Kevin

five-star sword manual, it wouldn't

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

thought of owing someone as it could lead

of my eyes, understanding his

you're not going to take it then suit yourself, I'll just leave

"No use for you?"

You

It was true.

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

as me giving

Taken aback, Kevin asked.

"...we're friends?"

a chuckle escaped from

much been through life and death situations, it

lying when

going through a lot of life and death situations,

deeply, Kevin proceeded to nod

"No, you're right"

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

way as him as despite his popularity had never had a

He was quite happy.

thoughts, smiling as I glanced at him on my

you're going to take the reward or

bitterly, Kevin

"...Ill take it"

"Good"

to him anyway so it was only natural that he

was the one with the highest chance of defeating the demon king after

for me to be able to be on

as we had enough

this world for the past seven months it was

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

Therefore, I stopped expecting.

does not match what I envisioned I'll just get strong enough so that I could retaliate in

was no longer planning on

at Kevin who was

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

Taken aback, Kevin asked.

you going? They are about to

at the army below us,

not like they

thousands upon thousands of orcs

be the

they were large armors, it still

this, Kevin scratched his head in embarrassment

right.