Praise the Orc! Chapter 30:
Chapter 30 – Plains Rescue (1)
Crockta headed to the southeast . His destination was Arnin, the city of elves that was to the southeast of Anail .
His journey would now begin in earnest .
Users were rare in not just Orcrox, but Anail as well . However, Arnin was different . Apart from humans, many users also chose to became elves, and Arnin was a beautiful city of elves . There would be numerous users, and among those users, there would be Thawing Balhae Clan members .
However, there was a problem from the start .
Crockta gathered his hands together and begged, “Excuse me, Elf Guard . How about just a little…”
“The rules are the rules . Please understand . ”
A beautiful elf with blonde hair and a slender figure shook her head . She looked like a supermodel, but she was actually one of Arnin’s guards .
That’s right . Crockta was refused entry .
“Nobody is allowed to enter Arnin except for the elves and the humans . ”
“That is discrimination!”
“Then pray to be reborn as an elf instead of an orc . Tsk . ”
The elf turned away while sweeping her hair back . She was a dazzling beauty that would appear in photographs, but the angry Crockta just wanted to squeeze her . Crockta couldn’t suppress his anger and spoke in rough language to the elf guard,
“Hey, elf with no manners . ”
“W-What?”
“Is it because you are pretty? Just because you have the face of a goddess?”
The elf’s face turned bright red at Crockta’s words .
“Your eyes are finally working properly . ”
[The appreciation of the elf Elwina has risen . The orc warrior Crockta’s reputation in Arnin has risen . ]
Crockta couldn’t believe his eyes . Another message window popped up .
[Most cities have requirements to enter . ]
[Build up your reputation to overcome this barrier!]
[There are a variety of ways to raise your reputation . Do good things to help the elves of Arnin!]
“……”
Crockta opened his mouth but he had no words . He had to build up his reputation to enter the city . What was this?
[Elwina’s appreciation has risen . Your reputation in Arnin has risen . ]
“No matter how pretty I am, don’t open your mouth . It is nasty . ”
“……”
Crockta chose not to respond . He spat out the words angrily, but it made his reputation rise . Instead, he was able to realize something . This elf was like a princess who liked praise . In order to enter Arnin, he needed to raise his reputation with the elves, and this elf liked praise . In other words, if he praised this elf, then his reputation would rise and he could enter Arnin .
Crockta forcible opened his mouth .
“I really admire Elwina’s beauty . ”
“Oh my **** . ”
“Beautiful, gorgeous, elegant, do you know what those words have in common?”
“What?”
“They exist because of you . ”
“Well, if you say so . Huhuhu . ”
[Elwina’s appreciation has risen! Your reputation in Arnin has risen!]
Crockta said, “You have a sweet voice . ”
“Hu, huhut . It is a shame that this is emerging from your mouth…”
“It would be even more embarrassing to keep my mouth shut in front of such a beauty . ”
“P-Please stop . I’m getting embarrassed . ”
“Beautiful . ”
“Stop…”
Elwina became lost in front of the onslaught of attacks . Her appreciation gradually increased, but she couldn’t bear it any longer as she tightly closed her eyes and cast a spell .
“Your eyes…”
“A-Ah! Silence!”
“Heeok?”
Crockta was still weak to magic spells . He could endure a physical hit, but he was still defenseless to magic . So he was hit with her Silence magic .
“…Ueeh . ”
He wanted to speak but only a strange groan emerged .
“I know that your eyes work properly . I am shy so don’t tell me any more . ”
“Uhh . ”
“The Silence magic will be released over time . ”
“……”
He sold his conscience for reputation, only to receive silence in return for the praise . Was God punishing him?
Crockta turned around . He would honestly build his reputation . Somewhere, there would be something he could do to build up reputation . Suddenly, the elf guard Elwina spoke from behind him .
“Hey, Orc Warrior . ”
“……?”
“If you go to the plains north of Arnin, then there might be work that will build up your reputation . No, what is that expression? Don’t mistake this for a desire to help you . ”
“……”
Crockta, who was already tired, had no energy to answer . He didn’t look back and just raised his thumb over his head . It meant ‘I know . ’ Elwina nodded as she looked at that dignified rear view .
“He is a moderately cool orc . ”
An orc with the ability to recognize outstanding beauty and speak the truth! Furthermore, he was able to give a nice gesture like raising his thumb . Elwina felt some appreciation towards the orc . Wouldn’t it be really cool if that orc really did enter Arnin?
Crockta, who had no idea what Elwina was thinking, just trudged along . He thought about all the good things he could do to raise his reputation . The best thing to do was to help elves in distress . He listened to Elwina’s words and headed to the plains north of Arnin .
Just like the elf city, the forest on the outskirts was filled with beautiful flowers and bushes . As he headed north along Arnin’s walls, he eventually saw the wide plains .
“Ohh…”
Spacious plains! It was a spectacular sight, lifting the cold feeling in his heart . Crockta spread open his arms as he soaked in the sight of the plains . By the way, there were things constantly moving on the wide plains .
“……!”
Ian realized what they were . This wasn’t originally a plain . It was just that the trees and tall plants had been cut down and flattened . The main culprits of this situation were still moving and expanding the plains . They were huge monsters resembling rhinoceros .
[Get rid of the triters, enormous gourmands that enjoy eating plants and trees . They are the monsters that the elves are most wary of . Whenever they appear, the forest will become dry and bare . The land that they occupy will eventually become a desert . ]
[If you hunt them, the elves might think differently about you . ]
He had painted an image of rescuing a beautiful elf and entering the city . The reality was that hard grinding was required to raise his reputation .
Crockta sighed as he entered the plains .
A triter discovered Crockta and made a loud sound . Its cry was similar to that of a rhinoceros, but it had a lot of teeth to chew on the trees and plants . There was a huge number of them . If there were that many of them, they truly would eat until the forest was gone .
“Truuu…”
The triter’s cry sounded like a roar . No questions asked! Crockta approached the triters, who were wary of the strange invader . Indeed, they weren’t gentle monsters . Their eyes changed and their hind legs got into a position to pounce .
Crockta faced one of them . The triter kicked against the ground and jumped . A strong shock wave hit Crockta, causing him to fall down . It was the first time that he had been defeated in a contest of pure strength since he had become an orc . Crockta got up .
“Truuuuuuu…”
“……!”
Crockta glared at it . The eyes of the triter slid over him . One side of its mouth went up . Then it looked at Crockta and shook its head .
An obvious provocation! Crockta angrily pulled out his greatsword . The sword flashed and the expression of the triter suddenly hardened .
“……!”
The triter looked into Crockta’s eyes and started to turn its body away .
Crockta chased after it and blocked its path . The triter made an oblivious sound, like it was confused . Its eyes were innocent . Crockta couldn’t believe that it had laughed at him just a moment ago . Great acting skills!
Crockta blinked in shock .
This guy…? Were all the triters the same?
Crockta placed his greatsword back in his sheath .
Then other triters started to gather around the first triter . They discovered the orc and came to ask what was going on . Once four or five triters joined, it felt like Crockta was being trapped within a huge wall .
The first triter turned his head back towards Crockta again . Its lips twitched and its tongue moved from side to side . It was as if the triter was thoroughly insulting him! What a rapidly changing attitude happening after its friends gathered!
Crockta’s hands shook .
The triters looked towards him and cried out . They started calling towards Crockta like they were joining in on the provocation .
“Truuu…”
“Truuuuuuuong…”
Crockta stood in the middle and listened to their insults miserably . He raised his head with determined eyes . As he was unable to speak, he muttered something on the inside .
To enter Arnin, he had to become a friend of the elves .
Crockta’s eyes blazed passionately .
An enemy of his enemy was his friend! He pulled out his greatsword . The triters jumped at the sight of the weapon, but they believed in the absolute dominance of their numbers .
Arnin, the city where it was difficult to meet orcs . For the first time in a long time, the residents of Arnin heard the battle cry of the orcs echo through the plains .
“Uahhh (Bul’tar)──────!”
Crockta’s greatsword tore through the air towards the triters .
***
An elf user, Yurin, chose the archer class and became confident as her character grew .
She couldn’t be satisfied with just the archer class anymore . She was aiming for the higher level elemental archer that was only available in Arnin . However, she wasn’t qualified enough, and had to complete various quests to raise her skills and level .
This quest required hunting the triters that damaged the forest .
“Chahat!”
She drew back her bowstring . The thin line shook, like it was going to break . Within a short time, she created an arrow with her magic power . The arrow flew and pierced the body of a triter .
“Truuu…”
However, the leather was so thick that it didn’t die . She pulled back the bowstring again . The bleeding triter glared at Yurin . It snorted angrily and charged towards her . Yurin’s heart started running wild . She had to shoot again before it arrived . However, her mind was shaken . The eyes of the triter were so wild .
Her hands became tangled and she dropped the arrow .
“Ehhh…?”
The triter kicked against the ground . She hurriedly escaped, but the triter was much faster . It would mean death if she was hit by the triter .
“No!”
She avoided a frontal collision, but her body was thrown in the air . Blood oozed from a wound on her skin . She didn’t pay attention to the injury and escaped again .
She had suffered for a long time after being killed by a monster in the past . The aftereffect of death was that her skill proficiencies fell . Her assimilation rate dropped rapidly and a sense of lethargy seemed to follow her around .
If she died this time, then she would have to go through it all again . She just wanted to avoid that . She ran through the plains with an elf archer’s unique jumping skills, but she couldn’t get rid of the triter .
She made one last attempt to shoot an arrow, but the triter was too close to her . She closed her eyes .
“……”
Nothing happened . She opened her eyes .
“……!”
Her eyes filled with doubt . Standing in front of her was an orc .
“H-How did you…?”
Orc mobs or NPCs shouldn’t be here . In addition, he was an orc warrior covered in tattoos! Orc warriors could barely deal with high level users . Arnin obviously wasn’t an orc filled area .
The orc swung his sword without any hesitation and sliced the triter . Blood spilled from the triter as it collapsed on the spot .
“……”
Her heart was shaken for a moment at the sight of the ferocious, bloodied orc .
The orc looked at her . She couldn’t help but gulp nervously . With her skills, she would surely die if she met an orc warrior . The orc started to approach .
“S-S-Spare m…”
The orc extended something .
“……?”
It was a glass bottle filled with glowing red liquid . It was a potion . It was a low grade potion, but it was still expensive .
“A-Are you giving it to me…?”
The orc nodded without saying anything . What was this? She didn’t know what to do so she sprinkled the potion that the orc gave her on her wound . Her wound was restored .
Perhaps he was a user…? The orc had a black bandana over his forehead so she couldn’t tell .
“Are you a user?”
“……”
The orc just nodded .
“Why is an orc user here?”
Despite the recent trend of orc users, most of them were unable to overcome the limits of their species and reset . The orc had given Yurin a potion and even bandaged the areas that weren’t healed . An unfamiliar confidence sprang up as the orc kept remaining silent . This was a reliable orc that she could trust .
The orc silently gave her a thumbs up after treating Yurin’s wounds .
Thumbs up! Was he an orc that couldn’t speak? He expressed his mind using his thumbs .
An unknown bond formed between the orc and the elf, who hunted the triters on these wide plains . Both of them hunted the triters close to each other .
“Be careful!”
They helped each other in times of crisis . This time, the orc was the one in trouble . As he was about to be flattened by a triter, her high speed turned it into a honeycomb . The triter in front of the orc fell down .
The orc stared at her from where he was lying on the ground .
Yurin grinned . The debt had been paid off, Mister Orc . This time she raised her thumb first .
The orc warrior nodded and returned to battle . The exchange of friendship between an orc and an elf!
“…Heh . ”
“…Kul . ”
The two of them turned their backs to each other like they were embarrassed and snorted .