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"

fierce, their

numbers were far lower than that

they were going to have an all-out war against the

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?"

as I fell into deep thought,

pretty much accomplished the hardest part of the plan,

quite there, but almost

hardest part of the mission, infiltrating Setin was going to pose quite

though most of the demon forces would be sent out to face the orcs, they would

than what I had just done was because there was a high chance that

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

as he was the only demon nearby

Kevin looked at

"Rewards?"

"Mhm"

the army of

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

aback, Kevin pointed towards

"Me?"

"Yeah"

me confirm, frowning, Kevin

sword manual, it wouldn't be an even deal if I took

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

thought of owing someone

of my eyes, understanding his thoughts, I

yourself, I'll just leave it

"No use for you?"

use it. You don't have to owe me

It was true.

I couldn't use so

as me

Taken aback, Kevin asked.

"...we're friends?"

chuckle escaped from

through life and death situations, it wouldn't

when I said

a lot of time with Kevin and going through a lot of

Kevin

"No, you're right"

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

glad Ren felt the same way as him as despite his popularity had never had a proper

He was quite happy.

glanced at him

to take the reward or

bitterly, Kevin shook

"...Ill take it"

"Good"

was only natural that he got it. After all, the

with the highest chance of defeating the demon king

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 reassurance I wouldn't have to

long as we

this world for

at you and present you with a scenario outside

Therefore, I stopped expecting.

match what I envisioned I'll just get strong enough so

planning on being passive like

out of the city, recalling something as I glanced at Kevin who was standing next to me similarly looking

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

Taken aback, Kevin asked.

going? They

the army below us, I

not like they are

about an army of thousands upon thousands

be the hardest people

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

head in embarrassment

you're right.