If I didn’t want to end up like Doom Kaos, consumed only by greed, I needed to take time not only to hone the body but also the mind frequently during the battle. I shouldn’t have forgotten why I was here and why I needed greater power.

Washing off the bloody stench was required as if it were a part of a ritual. However, the oasis that was discovered this time was contaminated again. Not only this, but the orcs’ territory had been blood-soaked even before we entered.

Their conquest wars were fierce, so their regions could at first be split into two different types. The areas that had consistently won in past wars were absorbing slaves and preparing for the next battle. On the other hand, the territories of the tribes that had been defeated were filled with bodies that had become prey for the roaming wild.

Nonetheless, that changed at one point. The orc tribes of the desert began to migrate to the cold lands in the north, abandoning their ancient homeland. It was because the entire species of orcs had figured out that I had entered the...