Trying to meet with Orcs

"That's the Orcs," she said gravely.

Yuna and her Ogre battle maid Agnes both approached Michael. "I've heard the Orcs' shout send reverberation to an entire battlefield. I realize now how loud it is."

Even though Yuna and Agnes had no prismatic shield to protect them, they didn't seem to be too much affected by the deafening echoes of concentrated Earth mana.

Instead, Michael could see a concentration of Fire mana gathering at the ears, essentially neutralizing the Earth mana from the soundwaves.

What fascinated Michael was the fact that they didn't cast any spell to do that. It was a natural reaction from their bodies, the way a muscle tenses when hit by something hard.

I guess that's one of the perks of training your body for Physical Arts, Michael thought to himself.

After being distracted a little bit, Michael shook his head and concentrated on the problem at hand.

"Have the Orcs always been like this?" he asked Beth.