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."

repeatedly

stick it in and let it do the

I'll do it

inserted the USB stick-looking device inside of a small socket at the bottom

Clink—

socket, the

[Database synchronisation]

0%________________100%

my eyes

"It worked."

from the side, "We would

not in the clear yet," I responded from the side, cooling down my initial

have been made aware of what happened here by this time. If my estimates aren't wrong, they'll send a couple

looked green but had a tired look on his

"Oh, right."

a thought suddenly occurred to

my bracelet, I took out a small bag

get his

help you recover

"Huh?"

briefly glanced at my face before looking at the bag in

are these?" His deep voice echoed

things I picked up

than Immorra, but he didn't need

everything that I could possibly get from that place, there were a few things I had

were because I could not ingest them, but they would hopefully be of some use to Ultruk whose aura

didn't really exist for orcs, as they used aura, the orcs couldn't recover like we did with mana.

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

the fruits, I was hoping that he would have a much easier time recovering his strength for when

is inside,

the bag in my hand and

"——?!"

saw what was inside of it, his eyes opened wide

so amusing I

the bag, his eyes darted between

How… No, where

with slight excitement in his

I was and grabbed me by my shoulders before he started shaking me

you get this stuff?! Answer me,

from Ultruk's grasp, I was left powerless as he shook my

Wait a…

I felt my life flash before my

no matter how much I tried to free myself from the grasp of his hands, they wouldn't budge

to understand

stop. You're killing

Waylan spoke to him that Ultruk

he scratched the back of his head

sincerity in the huge orc's tone. It felt a little

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

fruit in his hand. As he looked

still in our own world, I would eat this everyday with my comrades and friends. It was a time where we basked in the sunshine, and enjoyed the afterglow of the sunset. I'd almost forgotten those days until I saw

he talked. I had never seen him talk

in surprise. Turning his attention towards the fruit,

feel any

because this fruit is not something you

two, a subtle energy sprang forth from inside

familiar energy that Waylan knew

"Aura…"

"Correct."

head, Ultruk took a bite of the fruit. With the fruit's juices dripping from