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Enraged by the orcs sudden attack, with their nails sharply protruding from their fingers, the demons dove down towards where the orcs were.
As they dove down on the ground, with each flap of their wings, their speed multiplied several folds leaving behind after images.
-Spurt!
-Rumble!
Not long after the demons attacked, blood started spilling from both sides as desperate roars and cries echoed across the expansive land.
"Holy fuck!"
Not so far from the confrontation, standing behind a massive boulder, putting my finger on my lips I quietly whispered to Kevin who had almost cursed out loud.
"Don't scream and try to hide your presence as much as possible..."
Covering his mouth, Kevin nodded his head.
"Yeah"
"Good..."
Turning my attention back towards the fight in the distance, a solemn look appeared on my face.
As Kevin and I were making our way towards Gud Khodror, we suddenly heard the loud war-cry coming from the orcs.
The logical thing for Kevin and I to do once we heard the noise was to obviously move as far away as possible, however, that was not what we did.
...That was because I suddenly had an idea.
Turning my head towards Kevin, I softly whispered.
"Can you decipher what they are saying?"
To me, what they said made no sense.
The language that they were currently using was a language known as Lartvia, and was the main language that orcs used.
...as I didn't learn it, I understood nothing. Fortunately, I had a walking translator next to me.
Kevin and his system.
Frowning, with his eyes fixed towards the fight in the distance, Kevin responded.
"Yes I can..."
"Alright, tell me what you managed to understand"
Nodding his head, Kevin started speaking.
"To summarize what I've gathered from their conversation...the orc at the front of the other orcs is called Silug and he is a legion commander. According to what he said, there are a total of three thousand five hundred orcs in his command..."
Turning his attention towards the leader of the demons that stood in the air, Kevin continued
"On the other hand, the leader for the demon side seems to be a count ranked demon, which is equivalent to an A rank Hero. Although he didn't state the number of demons he has with him, it should be about the same"
Pausing for a second to gather his thoughts, after a couple of seconds Kevin continued.
"...regarding why they are fighting, I don't know. By the time we got here, the conflict was already escalating and so I wasn't able to get much"
Hearing Kevin's evaluation and translation, I nodded my head.
"That's fine..."
I didn't need to necessarily know why they were fighting.
That wasn't my goal here.
Turning his head in my direction, Kevin asked.
"So what do we do now?"
With my eyes fixed on the battle ahead, I responded
"...we wait"
"Wait?"
"Yeah, the time for us to move is not ripe yet"
"Not yet? Then what's your plan?"
What could they possibly gain from this fight?
...and what was the plan that Ren was talking about?
Kevin wanted to know.
"Here, come closer"
Seeing Kevin unsatisfied with my vague answer, sighing and urging for him to come closer, I explained to him my plan.
...the plan was rather simple, once everyone was distracted fighting, sneak in and camouflage into an orc by wearing their equipment and pretend to be one of them.
That was it. There was no grand plan behind it or anything like that.
Although there were other ways to enter Gud Khodror, directly entering from the entrance was probably the easiest and safest way to do it...well, at least compared to the other options.
Moreover, since orcs weren't the brightest creatures, by hiding in the masses, Kevin and I could probably get away with this.
Though dangerous, it was the most appropriate plan at the moment.
As I slowly explained my plan to Kevin, not long after, he looked at me in disbelief as he said.
"You're crazy, if we do it that way, won't we be discovered? Moreover, what if one side loses?"
If the demons won and all of the orcs died, what was the point of sneaking in? Moreover, what if they got discovered by one of the orcs on the way back? Wouldn't that just spell instant death?
I mean, since they were surrounded they had no other option but to die.
...a single mistake and death awaited them, this plan was extremely risky.
"Don't worry..."
Pointing in the distance where the fight was happening, I looked at Kevin and said
"Take a look at the leaders of both sides, and tell me who looks calmer?"
"What do you mean..."
Though doubtful, peeking from the side of the boulder, Kevin observed the leader of both sides.
Currently, both sides were at a standstill with the orcs and demons fighting against each other.
Casualties started to pile up from both sides.
However, although there were casualties on both sides, in terms of numbers it seemed to be even as there were just about the same amount of orc corpses as demon corpses laying on the ground.
Taking his eyes off of the main battlefield, Kevin looked towards the respective leaders of both sides.
...and he soon noticed that neither one of them was moving.
Seeing their lack of action despite the fact that their subordinates were dying, caused Kevin to frown for a second...but he soon understood why they weren't moving.
With both sides being a lot stronger than their soldiers, if they moved then the aftershocks of their battle would affect their own troops. It would even be more devastating.
...simply put, the two of them couldn't fight just yet.
Recalling Ren's words, staring towards the faces of the two leaders, Kevin soon noticed a peculiar thing.
...and that was that compared to the orc leader, the count ranked demon had a frown on his face as he spectated the battle from below.
...Moreover, with each passing minute the battle dragged, the deeper the frown on his face became.
This definitely meant something...suddenly, a certain idea came into his mind as he exclaimed in a small voice.
"Ah!"
Observing Kevin's reaction from the side, with a faint smile on my face, I looked at him and asked
"Now why would the orc leader be calmer than the count ranked demon?"
Taking his eyes off of the battle and looking back at me, Kevin slowly said
"...Reinforcements"
Pausing for a second, Kevin repeated in a low voice.
"Reinforcements for the orcs are coming"
Seeing that Kevin understood, the smile on my face deepened.
"Bingo! That's exactly it!"
With reinforcements coming from the orcs side, it was only natural that the battle would shift toward the orc's favor soon.
Therefore, after observing this fact, I knew that the plan was feasible.? As Kevin too understood this point, he proceeded to nod his head. frёewebnoѵēl.com
"Alright...if you put it that way it makes sense"
"That's righ—"
-Rumble!
Just as I was about to speak, cutting me off mid-sentence was a large rumbling sound coming from where the battlefield was as the ground beneath us shook fiercely. Abruptly turning my head towards the battlefield, I soon realized why.
"It seems like the count-ranked demon can't hold himself back anymore...I guess that's our queue"
Solemnly looking at me, Kevin nodded his head and said.
"Alright"
"Let's g-hold on"
Just as I was about to sneak into the battlefield, recalling something and taking out a couple of potions from my pocket I threw them at Kevin.
-Swoosh!
"Take this, you're going to need them. Make sure that once you're in the orc armor you chug all the potions I gave you down"
Grabbing onto the potions that I threw at him, a look of confusion appeared on Kevins' face.
"What are the-"
Just as he was about to ask about the potions, I had already disappeared from my spot leaving him standing alone behind the rock we were peeking from.
"Damn it, at least tell me what I need to use them for!"
Cursing out loud, Kevin glared at where I used to be and proceeded to head towards the battle as well.
"How careless..."
Hearing Kevin's shout from the distance, I couldn't help but shake my head.
Fortunately, the loud sound from the battles had drowned out his shouting, else they would've caught him already.
I felt a bit sorry for leaving without explaining what the potions did, but...
...It's just that I really wanted to join in on the fun.
Chapter 167 - Immorra [4]
-Rumble! -Rumble!
As I quietly moved around the perimeter of the battlefield, I made sure to hide my presence as much as possible.?? By hiding behind rocks and trees, I slowly crept my way towards the battlefield.?
-Baam!?
Explosions rang everywhere and pained and enraged screams echoed around the battlefield.
Both sides continuously fought against each other with the orcs swinging their massive weapons down and the demons diving down from the sky-piercing through the gap of the orc's bulky armor.?
Black and green blood sprayed everywhere as both sides relentlessly tried to kill one another.?
Turning my head to the side, I stared towards the distance where the battle between the two leaders was happening. Standing with his back straight, Silug, the legion commander, Swung his axe downwards.
As his axe touched the ground, the air split apart and a humongous red light quickly approached the count-ranked demon in the air..?
-Kacha!
Raising his hand and in a slapping motion, the count-ranked demon's hand made contact with the energy beam.?
As soon as the count-ranked demon's hand touched the red beam, everything turned deathly quiet.
Everything stood at a standstill as be it orcs or demons all looked towards the distance.
...soon a bright red light enveloped the surroundings and a massive explosion rang out.?
-Booom!?
A massive shockwave swept the surroundings as both orcs and demons in the vicinity were flung away.?
Not long after, as the light died down and the aftershocks of the explosion settled down, I soon saw the count-ranked demon diving towards Silug with unprecedented speed.
His blood-red eyes now were tinged in black as his left hand hung by a few threads. However if one looked closely, one could see the fiber of his muscles slowly regenerating reattaching his arm in place.?
Stoically staring at the demon heading in his direction, Silug raised his axe in the air and screamed out loud.?
"Graaaaaaa'?!"?
-Boooom!?
Soon the demon and the orc once again came into collision and another massive shockwave swept the place.?
"Shit..."?
Observing the fight from the distance, I couldn't but silently curse to myself.?
'How long will it take me to reach their level..?'
Staring at the two leaders fighting in the distance, caused my blood to boil.?
...such power.?
Such overwhelming might that caused the surroundings to shake with every single one of their moves...I too wanted to become that strong too. Strong enough to not worry about carefully thinking about every single one of my actions.
...I knew I was being greedy.
Yet, I couldn't stop myself from wanting that sort of power.
...and although I knew that the speed of my strength increases?? could be described as nothing short of a miracle. That didn't stop me from longing to be that powerful.
Still, I knew that some things couldn't be rushed.
Staring at the two leaders fighting in the distance, I knew.?
I knew that...
It was only a matter of time before I surpassed them.?
-Crash!?
As I was deep into my own thoughts, suddenly out of nowhere, an enormous frame crashed against the trees that were next to me tearing everything apart creating a cloud of dirt.?
Startled, I immediately crouched down and looked towards the direction of where the crash happened. Unfortunately, because of the dirt shrouding the area, I wasn't able to get a proper look at what it was.?
Turning my head to look behind me to make sure no one else was coming, I slowly approached the area where the crash happened.?
"Khrr...khrr..."?
As the dust settled down, an orc appeared laying down on the area next to me. With each breath he took, white air escaped from his mouth.
...soon our eyes met.?
"Luten garen moven human!"?
As his eyes and my eyes interlocked, after a short pause, the orc lifted his head and shouted out loud.
Noticing this, placing my hand on the sheat of my sword, I quickly channeled the mana inside of my body and apologetically said.?
"Sorry, I don't speak orchen language or whatever it's called"?
-Click!?
The first movement of the [Keiki style] : Quick flash
-Spurt!?
Thereafter, before the orc could defend himself, a bright light illuminated the surroundings, and a streak of light pierced straight through the small gap of the armor the orc was wearing. Green blood sprayed everywhere.?
-Thump!
"huuu..."?
Exhaling, I removed my sword from the orc's body as its body lifelessly slumped on the ground.
Staring at the orc on the ground, I forcefully tried to calm my beating heart as I wiped the green blood that had splattered on my face.?
...If I said I wasn't nervous right now that would've been a lie.
Although I wasn't sure about my opponent's true strength, I was at least able to infer that he was at least around my level.
Fortunately, he was injured, or else the situation might've turned troublesome.
Regardless, although nervous I was able to retain my composure which proved to me that I was growing.
Had this happened to me five months back, I would've blanked out and lost some valuable time.?
...It was fine to be nervous, everyone feels nervous. However, if that nervousness affected your judgment, that's when you knew you had a problem...and right now, I no longer blanked out whenever I was nervous.?
"Alright, enough time-wasting"?
Walking towards the now dead orc, I immediately stripped him of all of his armor.?
-Clank!?
"...fucking hell, this crap weights a crap ton"?
Throwing the armor to the side, I couldn't help but curse to myself as I felt the weight of the armor.
...It felt as though it was a car.
*Sigh*?
'Beggars can't be choosers'
Sighing inwardly, looking at the corpse of the orc beside me. Taking out some oil from my dimensional space I threw it at the orc and snapped my fingers that were coated in flame psyons.?
-Swaash!?
Not long after, a raging fire appeared in the area I was in. As this was a common sight on the battlefield it attracted no attention.?
Crouching down and carrying the armor away from the fire, I found a somewhat secluded area and put on the armor.?
...to say it was easy, would've been a lie.?
Let's ignore the fact that the armor was too big for me, just the weight alone made me feel sick. It was already hard enough for me to adjust to three times the gravity, now that I was wearing something that weighted like a truck on me, it felt as though my legs were made out of led.?
I could barely stand straight.?
...Fortunately, I had a solution to this.?
Taking out three potions from my dimensional space, opening the lid with my thumb, I tried to down them in one go.?
"Here goes no-"
-Rumble! -Rumble!
However, just as I was about to drink the potion, the ground shook even more fiercely than before causing me to lose my footing slightly.
Fortunately, I was able to regain my footing. If not I might've lost the potions.?
-Rumble! -Rumble!
Staring towards the distance, I slowly muttered.?
"Reinforcements are here..."?
Seeing that I didn't have much time left, quickly chugging down the three potions in my hand, I soon found my body expanding rapidly.
In a matter of seconds, I was soon able to fill the armor completely. Moreover, the armor was no longer as heavy as it was before.?
The reason why I was able to do this was because of the three potions that I had just consumed.?
[Gigantification potion] : Potion that rapidly expands body. Effects last for 1 day.?
[Strenght magnification potion] : Potions that increase the strength of the user by a factor of two. Effects last 1 day, and agility decreases as a result of consumption.?
[Voice changing potion] : Potion that enables the user to change voice as he/she pleases.?
...I didn't really need to explain why I needed the first two potions, however, the last potion although it sounded useless, was an extra precaution I took in order to better disguise myself as an orc as the orc's voices were loud and powerful.?
Although I couldn't speak the language, in case they were chanting their war cry, I wouldn't be exposed.?
"Now I guess it's time for me to go"?
Taking out the red book for a brief moment, I read through some of the pages. Not long after, closing the book I slowly made my way out of the forest I was in.?
-Thump! -Thump!?
As I walked, with every step I took, the ground shook.?
Unbothered by this, I soon made my way out of the thin forest...and what I saw next shook me to the core.?
Karum! Karum! Karum!
On the expansive grassland before me, waves of orcs could be seen marching towards the distance chanting their war cry and thumping their weapons on the ground. Wherever they went the ground shook.
At the helm of the orcs, standing on top of a large boulder was Silug's figure who was menacingly staring towards the sky where the Count ranked demon stood. Next to him, another orc stood.?
He had a similar presence to Silug, however, differently from him, his skin was red and his body was bulkier. He looked terrifying.?
Staring at the count-ranked demon in the air, the red orc shouted.?
"Kualem Toran pluzen Kaar!"?
Staring at the red orc below him, still smiling, the count-ranked demon responded.?
"veluem tenacie lem"?
As the count-ranked demon and the orc leaders were conversing, I slowly walked towards the legion of orcs in the distance.
As I walked, I made sure to not hide my presence as I kept my back straight and fearlessly walked past the grassland towards where the other orcs were.?
...the reason I was doing this was because I wasn't the only orc that got separated from their legion when fighting against the demons.?
Therefore, in order to not look suspicious, I had to approach them head-on...and fortunately, not long after, I was soon standing next to hundreds of other orcs, staring towards the distance where the two orc leaders were.?
"Tiralem Valken to mad Gud Khodror!"?
Silently staring at the leaders in the distance, closing my eyes slightly I spoke inside of my mind.
'Hey, Angelica, are you there?'
Calling for Angelica inside of my mind, after a short pause, her voice entered my mind.?
[...yes]
Once again opening my eyes and staring at the leaders of both sides, I asked Angelica inside of my mind.?
'Angelica, can you understand what they're saying'
after another brief pause, Angelica responded.?
[...Yes]
'Can you translate for me?'
[...Yes, but don't talk too much with me human. I feel a strong presence near here...if I'm slightly careless, I might get exposed. So I'll explain to you once you leave]
Finally understanding why Angelica was taking so long to respond, I nodded my head in understanding as I looked at the count ranked demon in the distance.? fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
'...Alright, I'll wait once he leaves.'?
Although Angelica was currently hidden, there was no guarantee that she wouldn't get caught.
Though the chances were extremely low, that didn't mean the chances were not zero...moreover, with the demon ahead being a count-ranked demon, it was never wrong to be extra cautious.?
...Thankfully, it didn't take long for the count-ranked demon to leave.?
"kekek, Kalatalm! Geviet!"?
Ten minutes after Angelica stopped speaking to me, with a loud chuckle the count ranked demon flapped his wing in the air and disappeared into the distance as a sonic boom?
Next to him, the remaining demons too disappeared in the distance with large smiles on their faces.?
-Boom! Boom!
...although I wasn't able to make out what had happened, I knew that the demons had succeeded in whatever they were planning.?
That was because not long after the demons left, an enraged roar swept the surroundings and vegetation.?
"Gundem Buuul!"?
The source of the shout was Silug whose chest was rising up and down fiercely.?? Turning his attention towards the red orc next to him and the legion behind him, Silug shouted.
"Karam!"?
[Quick human, thump your weapon on the ground]
As soon as Sigul's voice faded and hearing Angelica's warning, using the axe I got from the previous orc, I rhythmically thumped it on the ground and shouted like the other orcs.?
Karum! Karum! Karum!
Turning around, Sigul headed towards the distance and the troops followed along. His face was incomparably dark.
-Rumble! -Rumble!
...we were finally going to Gud Khodror?