The Author's POV

"Let me have a look."

Moving towards the control system that overlooked the dampening system, I placed my palm on the holographic screen.

Right as my hand touched the hologram, a map of the entire building presented itself before me. Marked on it were a multitude of red dots that depicted the areas where the dampening devices were installed.

The range they covered was also displayed on it.

Scanning the holographic map before me, my brows knit tightly.

Placing my hand under my chin, I softly muttered, "Hmm… This is a lot more troublesome than I had expected."

Tapping one of the red dots marked on the map, a small window popped up in front of me.

On the window were a series of complicated numbers and words.

As I looked through the long, complex numbers and words displayed on the window, the chip inside of my head started processing the information in my mind.

But it was useless. Even with the chip inside of my head, I could barely understand what was happening.

The more I looked the greater the frown on my face became.

'…I should've expected this from the beginning. There's no way the dampening system wouldn't have some sort of defense mechanism installed.'

Getting into the place was the first hurdle, and the second hurdle was now deactivating the system, which, honestly, I knew very little about.

Massaging my forehead, I tried my best to make heads or tails of the data before me.

Turning my head, my eyes paused on Ultruk. He was lying on the ground, breathing heavily.

'…No, that won't do.'

I thought about asking him if he knew anything, but after remembering that orcs weren't the brightest of creatures, I promptly gave up.

"Here."

But just as my head was about to ache even more, Waylan arrived next to me and passed me a small, black-coloured rectangular object.

"What's this?" I asked in wonder as I took the device from Waylan's hands.

Feeling it in my hands, the black object was sized and shaped to resemble a USB device. It wasn't exactly a USB though, since it looked like a black metallic stick.

Flipping it around and seeing nothing particularly special about the stick, I lifted my head and looked up at Waylan.

"…What exactly is this supposed to do?" I repeated, sounding mildly curious.

With a weak smile, Waylan explained, "Before coming, Jomnuk gave me this. He seemed to have already known that you would have trouble figuring out how to disable the system."

"He did? Well…"

Turning to look at the window filled with numbers, I couldn't deny Waylan's words. Or Jomnuk's, for that matter.

"Although Jomnuk did say that you could've done it by yourself, he also added that by the time you'd be done, hours would've already passed… And so, before coming here, he told me to pass it to you."

"Good idea…"

For a moment, I thought that I was going to be spending the next couple of hours trying to figure out how to enter the system.

Fortunately, Jomnuk had great foresight. He had given Waylan the necessary equipment to help me disable the system.

Given that time was of the essence, it was nothing short of a life-saving grace.

Pointing at the holographic map in front of me, Waylan explained to me the uses of the stick.

"According to him, all you have to do is put this thing over there and it should automatically disable the system within the next couple of minutes."

my head repeatedly before

stick it in and let it do the

it, I'll

device inside of a small socket at the

Clink—

into the socket, the

[Database synchronisation]

0%________________100%

window, my

"It worked."

was right." Waylan smiled in relief from the side, "We would have

I

solemnly said, "I'm sure that the elders have been made aware of

who, well, still looked green but had a tired look on his face, I could

"Oh, right."

that a thought suddenly occurred to me

bracelet, I took out a small bag and

him on his broad shoulder to get his attention, I pushed

you recover a

"Huh?"

my

these?" His deep

things I picked

none other than Immorra, but he didn't

I could possibly get from that place,

of the bag, they were useless to me. I wasn't exactly sure on how precious they were because I could not ingest them,

the orcs couldn't recover like we did with mana. They consumed special fruits

at a much faster rate than us, but it still took a bit of

he would have a

what is

bag in my

"——?!"

what was inside of it, his eyes opened wide

so amusing

the bag, his eyes darted between me

No, where did you get

said with slight excitement

I was and grabbed me

you get this stuff?! Answer me,

left powerless as he shook my body

a…

a brief moment, I felt my life flash before my eyes

make matters worse, no matter how much I tried to free myself from the grasp of his hands, they wouldn't budge an inch. It was as though Ultruk's hands

to understand

stop. You're killing

only after Waylan spoke to him that Ultruk realised what he was doing to

of me, he scratched the back of his head and apologised, "Oh, sorry. I was

surprised by the sincerity in the huge orc's tone. It

bag, Ultruk took out a pale fruit. Somehow, the fruit looked

the fruit in his hand. As he looked at it, hints of nostalgia could be

over here is a rare delicacy I have not seen in over five decades. Back when we were still in our own world, I would eat this everyday with my comrades and friends. It was

he talked. I had never

Waylan asked in surprise. Turning his attention towards the fruit, he tilted

I don't feel any

because this fruit is

the fruit in two, a subtle energy sprang forth from

a familiar energy that

"Aura…"

"Correct."

fruit. With the fruit's juices dripping from his large hands, Ultruk showed