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"

thought, Kevin

"...I think so too"

were strong and fierce, their chances of winning the fight weren't

were far lower

they were going to have an all-out war against the demons, the chances of

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

and glancing at Ren next to

"So what's next?"

hand on my chin as I fell into

part of the

quite there, but

hardest part of the mission,

forces would be sent out to face the orcs,

was easier than what I had just done was because there was a high chance that the strongest demons

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

as he was the only demon nearby that could fight on equal

the word 'rewards' being mentioned, Kevin looked at me with a look

"Rewards?"

"Mhm"

the surprise in Kevin's face, whilst still staring at the army of orcs in the distance, I proceeded to

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

Kevin pointed towards

"Me?"

"Yeah"

confirm,

five-star sword manual, it wouldn't be an

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

trusted Ren, he was apprehensive at the thought of owing someone as it could

Kevin from the corner of my eyes, understanding his thoughts,

yourself, I'll just leave it there since it has no

"No use for you?"

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

It was true.

I couldn't use

it as me giving a friend a

Taken aback, Kevin asked.

"...we're friends?"

a chuckle escaped from my

it

when

and going through a lot

Kevin proceeded to nod

"No, you're right"

dwelled too deeply into it as he thought perhaps it

Kevin was secretly glad Ren felt the same way as him as despite his popularity had

He was quite happy.

as I glanced at him on

you're going to take

Kevin shook his

"...Ill take it"

"Good"

only natural that he got it. After

one with the highest chance of

me to be able to be on

long as we had enough

if there was one thing I learned from being in this world

would suddenly flip its middle finger at you and

Therefore, I stopped expecting.

throw something that does not match what I envisioned I'll

planning on

recalling something as I glanced at Kevin who was standing next to me similarly

something to

Taken aback, Kevin asked.

are you going? They are

the army below us, I rolled

It's not like they are

an army of thousands upon thousands of orcs each wearing large

be the hardest

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

this, Kevin scratched his head in

I guess you're right. How long will