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"

were strong and fierce, their chances of winning

were far lower than that of the

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

"So what's next?"

hand on my chin as I fell into deep thought, I

of the plan, all that we have to do

not quite there,

of the mission, infiltrating Setin was going to pose

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

just done was because there was a high chance that the strongest demons residing in

Omogulg leading the battle, the leader of the demons in charge of Setin would have

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

mentioned, Kevin looked at me

"Rewards?"

"Mhm"

Kevin's face, whilst still staring at the

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

aback, Kevin pointed

"Me?"

"Yeah"

me confirm, frowning, Kevin

manual, it wouldn't be an even

if he took

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

corner of my eyes, understanding

suit yourself, I'll just leave it

"No use for you?"

that's why I thought you could use it. You don't have

It was true.

something that I couldn't use so there was no

it as me giving a friend a

Taken aback, Kevin asked.

"...we're friends?"

Kevin, a chuckle escaped

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

wasn't lying when I said

going through a lot

deeply, Kevin proceeded to nod

"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 someone with who he had

as him as despite his popularity had never had a proper friend in the

He was quite happy.

as I glanced at him

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 got,

was the one with the highest chance of defeating

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

as we had enough

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

the world would suddenly flip its middle finger at you and present you with

Therefore, I stopped expecting.

the world will throw something that does not match what I envisioned I'll just get strong enough so that I could

no longer planning

at the army that had started moving out of the city, recalling something as I glanced at Kevin who was standing next to me similarly looking at the army in

here, I've still got something

Taken aback, Kevin asked.

you going? They are about to

the army below us, I rolled my

It's not like

army of thousands upon thousands of orcs each wearing large

weren't going to be the hardest people

strong bodies allowed them to move fast despite the fact that they were large armors, it still

his head

guess you're right. How long will it