The Author's POV

Chapter 176: The vigil of the war of Immorra [2]

Returning to where I had last seen Kevin after I spotted him casually leaning against a wall I called out for him as I waved at him.

"Yo, I'm back"

"Oh you're bac-huh?"

Spotting me, just as Kevin was about to greet me, stopping abruptly his eyes paused on a tall hooded figure that stood behind me.

"…Hey Ren, who is he?"

Glancing at the hooded figure standing behind me I waved it off as I casually said.

"Him? You've already met him before"

"Who?"

Turning around, and glancing at the hooded figure, I spoke in Lartvian.

"It's okay to take off your hood, he's with me"

The reason I was able to communicate with him in Lartvian was thanks to Angelica's telepathic ability which allowed me to understand and speak the language.

"khrr…Yes"

Nodding his head, the hooded figure slowly pulled down his hood revealing the features of a white orc that had a large scar that traveled past half of his face making him look especially intimidating.

Opening his eyes wide, Kevin exclaimed.

"What?! Silug?"

Nodding my head, I confirmed.

"Yeah, Silug in the flesh"

Alternating his head between Silug and I, Kevin had many things he wanted to say. However, he refrained from voicing them out as he knew it wouldn't do them any good at the moment.

Especially since Ren pretty much recruited the one guy he fucked over.

…just what had the world become.

Unaware of Kevin's thought, with a smirk on my face I said.

"Surprised right?"

"Yeah, if I said I wasn't surprised that would've been a lie"

I mean, he had just recruited Silug, a legion commander and someone whose rank was far above his.

…how could he not be surprised?

Seeing Kevin's reaction, nodding my head repeatedly I glanced at Silug who was standing behind me.

"Well, things just happened and I think Silug would be a great addition to our team. Moreover, he was just rotting in jail, felt that it was a waste of his talent"

With an awkward smile on his face, Kevin nodded his head.

"…yeah, if you say so"

He was indeed someone that could go toe-to-toe with a count-ranked demon.

…it would indeed be a waste for someone of his strength to rot in jail.

But that wasn't the problem as Kevin really couldn't wrap his head around the fact that Ren had just recruited the one person he screwed over.

If he later found out the truth of the matter, Kevin wouldn't even know how to help Ren.

*Sigh*

Sighing out loud, Kevin glanced at Ren and asked.

"How did you convince him?"

"It didn't take me much, I just proposed to him a couple of…"

As Kevin and I were conversing, Silug remained motionless.

He was currently staring at the army of orcs in the distance with a solemn expression.

Because Kevin and I were not speaking in Lartvian he couldn't understand a thing, but he didn't seem to care as his eyes were currently fixed on the army of orcs in the distance.

More specifically the orc leading them.

Omogulg.

The current orc chief, and an existence that stood at the top of the food chain of Immorra.

…Staring at Omogulg in the distance, Silug's eyes burned with hatred.

For having his loyalty thrown away in the trash because of something he did not commit, Silug never felt this much hatred in his life before.

Not even for the demons who had taken over their land.

…at the moment, to Silug, as long as he killed Omogulg he did not care about what he would do next.

Even if he had to be someone's slave for life, Silug did not care.

He had to get his revenge!

Noticing Silug's odd behavior and thinking of something, Kevin glanced at me and asked.

"How were you able to free him from the prison?"

Wasn't he supposed to be imprisoned?

How could Ren suddenly sneak into the prison without getting caught? From what Kevin remembered, the prison was supposed to be heavily guarded.

…yet Ren was able to sneak in that easily and take one of their most wanted prisoners out?

Kevin was beyond confused at the moment.

Understanding Kevin's thoughts, I shook my head and said.

"…it honestly wasn't that hard, I just went in and brought him out"

"Eh?"

Yeah, that was pretty much all I did.

Infiltrating the prison really wasn't that much of a challenge for me.

I just casually walked in and freed Silug.

No special plan or scheme was needed to accomplish this goal.

With pretty much every single orc in Gud Khodror leaving to attack the demons, they naturally were lax in defending the prison.

In fact, there was practically no one guarding it.

Still, although no one was guarding the place, Silug was still trapped there as he was bound by the thick chains specifically made to restrain him.

…it was evident that although he wasn't guarded he couldn't get out and was left to rot there.

Omogulg wanted him to die of starvation.

Naturally, this was for what had happened with the food supply.

Although Silug wasn't responsible for the fiasco, someone had to take the blame, and Silug was the orc that Omogulg decided to pin the blame on.

The way that Omogulg refused to even use him for the war against the demons went to show on how much resentment he had against him.

I guess he just wanted to find someone to blame and Silug was the perfect target as he was the one in charge of the food supply.

From the way I saw things, there was no way Omogulg didn't know that Silug was on break when the explosion happened, so I figured he wanted to vent his anger against someone for his son's death…wrong as it may be.

Thinking along those lines, I couldn't help but shake my head.

'Even the strongest leaders had their weaknesses'

…but honestly, although I had not predicted for this scenario to happen, I couldn't be happier with this development.

In fact, just the thought of it made me involuntarily smile.

Being the scum that I was, I took advantage of this situation I created myself and took the opportunity to make Silug join my side.

[The 43rd power-law - Work on the hearts and minds of others]

By seducing him with the exact thing that he wanted, freedom and revenge…I've managed to recruit him to my side.

Once I fully accomplish what I promised him, without a doubt I'll have Silug's heart conquered and he will truly start following me then.

An orc whose strength was around A rank.

Now that would truly be an achievement worth celebrating.

In fact, as soon as Silug agreed to my terms, multiple plans and scenarios started formulating inside of my mind for the past few days.

…and finally, after ten days of thinking, I finally knew of how he could be of use to me.

"Hehehe"

As I thought about it, a small laugh escaped from my lips.

Noticing my laugh, looking at me weirdly, Kevin asked.

"What are you laughing at?"

Glancing at Kevin, I casually waved my hand.

"No, nothing, I was just laughing at how easily I was able to infiltrate the prison and free Silug"

"That's true…but shouldn't they have at least left someone behind?"

Shaking my head, I pointed towards the orcs in the distance as they slowly left Gud Khodror.

"Nah just take a look at them, do you think they even care about returning at this point?"

Turning his head towards the orcs in the distance, Kevin fell into deep thought before nodding his head.

"…ah, I guess you're right"

From the way that the orcs were behaving, it did indeed seem like they weren't planning on coming back.

…I guess the orcs were really enraged this time.

Staring at the orcs leaving Gud Khodror for a couple more minutes, turning around, I knew it was about time to move out.

"Alright, we should get going as well"

"Yeah…"

Next destination, Setin.

…

There were three main cities in Immorra, Setin, Budkod, and Zrozed.

Each of the cities was guarded by a Marquess ranked demon and given the size of Immorra, each of the cities was quite far from one another.

About a week's worth of travel between each city.

…and this was at speeds only Marquess ranked demons could achieve.

Had it been a regular demon, the time could stretch to a couple of weeks or even reach a month's time.

"We're here"

Halting my steps and staring towards the distance where a large city stood, I knew that our journey to Immorra was reaching its climax.

"…So this is Setin?"

"Yeah"

Standing next to me, Kevin couldn't help but softly exclaim.

"…this is a lot more than I expected"

Glancing at Kevin, I didn't comment as I too felt the same way.

The city before us was something that I could've only dreamt of seeing in movies and illustrations back in my past life.

…it left that much of an impression on me.

Built along the banks of a river that rested between two tall volcanoes where lava quietly dripped down towards the ground, was the city Setin. With towering buildings and uniquely shaped infrastructures that were built in black and pointed towards the sky with its sharp tips, Setin looked extremely intimidating.

The sky around Setin was dyed in red and black as demonic energy shrouded the whole perimeter of the city.

Because of the demonic energy lingering in the air, the environment resembled the demon world more and more as the pale blue sky of Immorra was nowhere in sight.

Staring the sky from afar, looking at the city in the distance, turning his head in my direction Kevin asked.

"Why is the city so important for the orcs?"

…although Kevin had a map of Immorra, he wasn't fully aware of the circumstances around Immorra as the system only gave him a brief overview of the world.

Therefore, he was genuinely curious about the city before him.

The reason he asked Ren was because he seemed to know a lot…and although Kevin didn't know how he didn't really bother asking.

…it was none of his business.

Glancing at Kevin for a second, I responded.

"Because of the soil"

"The soil?"

"Yeah, the volcanic soil to be more precise"

The reason why Setin was the most important city for the orcs was because of the fertile soil that came from the active volcanoes that resided next to Setin.

With the volcanic soil containing special minerals, the herbs and crops grown on the soil were densely packed with nutrients that were especially useful for orcs that used aura as it enabled their bodies to become stronger.

With the fertile land that came from the volcano, the orcs were able to grow an endless amount of food to feed their whole populations including the other planets on which they resided in.

…and it was precisely because of the food grown on Setin that the orcs were able to increase their strength so rapidly and hence turn into such a prosperous race.

If not for the nutrient-rich food, the orcs would've never been able to develop and become as strong as they were now.

Sadly, as the demons invaded Immorra too fast and to unexpectantly, the orcs which at the time were fighting amongst each other, found themselves completely helpless and divided.

As a result of this, the orcs had suffered a devastating defeat, and thus why they had to settle far away from their land in Gud Khodror.

Had they been prepared and united, the situation would've never have happened.

Turning his head around, glancing towards the distance, Kevin asked.

"How long do you think it will take for them to catch up?"

Tilting my head in confusion, I asked.

"For who?"

"The orc army"

"Ah, I think a couple more days with the pace they are currently moving at"

Because the goal was Setin, I had asked Kevin to lead me there, and thus why we separated from them.

By now the demons were fully aware of the fact that the orcs were waging war on them as for the past few days, I've witnessed the orcs pummelling through the demons that were in their way.

Wherever they went devastation was left behind.

…and because the demons were caught off-guard, many small cities which had been taken over by them were destroyed and seized by the orcs.

No one was spared.

However this did not last for long as not long after, the demons were made aware of the fact that the orcs had launched an all-out war against them…and thus also prepared a counterattack.

Both sides already started fighting, but the war was still in its early phases as the strongest warriors from both sides had still not made a move.

…and thus, staring at Setin in the distance, I knew that a long battle that would last years had just started.

One that would leave nothing but devastation and lead to countless deaths from both sides.

I knew…

I knew that from this day forth the flames of war had finally enveloped Immorra.