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 nodded

"...I think so too"

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

their numbers were far lower than that of the

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

most they could accomplish...and that would

and glancing at Ren next to him,

"So what's next?"

hand on my chin as I fell into deep thought,

pretty much accomplished the hardest part of the plan, all

quite there,

this was indeed the hardest part of the mission, infiltrating Setin was going to

to face the orcs, they would still leave behind some

easier than what I had just done was because there was a

battle, the leader of the demons in

to lose as he was the only demon

looked at me

"Rewards?"

"Mhm"

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

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

aback, Kevin

"Me?"

"Yeah"

confirm, frowning, Kevin

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

five-star sword art, if he

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

at Kevin from the corner of my eyes, understanding his thoughts, I shook

I'll

"No use for you?"

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

It was true.

Kevin was something that I couldn't use

it as me

Taken aback, Kevin asked.

"...we're friends?"

a chuckle escaped

situations, it wouldn't be strange to

lying when

with Kevin and going through a lot of life and death

at me deeply, Kevin proceeded to nod

"No, you're right"

same way as Ren, but he never really dwelled too deeply into it as he thought perhaps it was just him and Ren

him as despite his popularity had

He was quite happy.

smiling as I glanced

going to take

bitterly, Kevin shook

"...Ill take it"

"Good"

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

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

there was a chance for me to be able to be on par with the demon king, with Kevin as reassurance I wouldn't

long as we had

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

would suddenly flip its middle finger at you and present

Therefore, I stopped expecting.

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

longer planning on being

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

got something to do, I'll be back

Taken aback, Kevin asked.

are you going? They are

below us, I rolled

like they are

thousands upon thousands of orcs each wearing large bulky

be the

allowed them to move fast despite the fact that they were large armors, it still took time for them to go out, so we

Kevin scratched his head

I guess you're right. How