Praise the Orc! Chapter 205:
Chapter 205 – War of the Gods (3)
It took only a few minutes for the sun to turn dark . During that time, everyone on the battlefield was terrified . In the darkness where nothing could be seen, something was walking around .
“Kuaaaaah!”
“Heoooook!”
Terrible screams rang out . Everyone turned to look in all directions . In the aftermath, some people stabbed randomly with their swords . The magicians of the expedition tried to create light, but it fell absurdly short of lighting up the world without the sun . Rather, the dim lighting caused fear to fill the hearts of the people .
Fearful faces appeared every time the light shone . The light illuminated **** and tearful faces .
“Aaaaaaack!” The screams continued .
Crockta could hear them whisper, ‘Hungry, hungry, hungry…’
His eyes pierced through the darkness and saw strange beings climbing from the ground onto the battlefield . They had a terrible amorphous appearance which suited **** . However, they all had the same terribly big and ugly mouth .
‘Hungryyyyyyy…’
A demon of **** passed by Crockta, and it smelled bad . Suddenly, Crockta met its eyes . Then it licked its lips . However, instead of aiming at Crockta, it turned and bit the body of an expedition member .
Those who couldn’t see in the darkness were bitten without knowing what direction the demons came from . The only things left behind were the blood stains and parts of the limbs which couldn’t be swallowed .
These guys were filling up the battlefield .
‘Eat, chew, swallow…’
‘Hungry…’
Tashaquil was a shaman who always smiled and blessed the orc warriors . However, he was furious . So, his blessings had now become the evil souls which embodied **** .
“This is war . ”
Crockta looked up at the sky . This was a world where the sun had disappeared . The ‘Sun Killer’ Zankus, he really was a hunter who penetrated the sun . Now that the sun was sleeping, all types of demons attacked the expedition members in the darkness .
The fearful soldiers waved their weapons randomly, killing their companions and stabbing themselves .
“Uwaaaaah!”
Suddenly, a blade flew through the darkness towards Crockta . Crockta blocked with his greatsword . It was a terrified expedition member . He was swinging his sword in every direction .
“Uwaaaaack!”
“Tsk . ” Crockta reached out and grabbed the neck of the expedition member .
The demons were certainly frightening . In particular, for the expedition members, this was a situation where their vision was blocked, and they didn’t know where the horrible beings would appear, so it was natural to go mad .
However, this one had found the wrong opponent . Slowly, the light returned . The ‘death’ which swallowed the sun disappeared, allowing the sun to regain its strength . Dim sunlight shone on Crockta’s face .
“Ahh…” The expedition soldier’s eyes widened . He had fled from the jaws of death . However, he was now met with Crockta’s terrifying face .
“Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!” He screamed .
“Noisy,” Crockta remarked and gave strength to his hands . He broke the soldier’s neck instantly . The soldier’s body dropped down to the ground . However, Crockta thought the soldier was lucky to die now . This was because…
“It is better not to see this . ”
The sun had returned halfway . That alone was enough to reveal the scenery on the ground .
It was **** .
Not everyone had been fully eaten by the demons . The demons had bitten the expedition members on a whim . People were groaning on the ground with their bodies half torn apart . There were corpses with the contents of their heads missing . There was one human corpse with all the skin chewed off . There were also soldiers with torn stomachs and their contents flowing out .
These scenes filled the battlefield . And…
‘I hate light, I hate light, I hate light… Hungry, hungry, hungry…’
The eyes, nose, mouth, and limbs of the demons were revealed . The expedition members screamed .
“What is thisssss!”
“Monsters!”
“Spare meeeee!”
The demons carried out their feeding until just before the sun fully returned . They didn’t stop, even when the sun burned their bodies . They bit, chewed, and swallowed . The demons acted like vultures and drove the formation of the expedition into complete chaos .
“How horrible,” Crockta commented from where he stood at the front lines, where orcs and humans were mixed together . Behind him, there weren’t many demons . However, beyond him, the camp of the expedition was filled with demons eating indiscriminately .
Every time a demon’s teeth moved, an enemy’s body was torn . The demons shook, and the expedition members’ limbs flew into the sky . Even to the orcs, this was a frantic scene of madness . It was a necessary but cruel scene which Tashaquil had produced .
“The sun is back . ”
The sun had returned wholly . The demons melted down completely . They had swallowed the expedition members, but after melting, there were no traces left of them except for a handful of ashes . If someone looked at this place, they wouldn’t know what had just happened .
However, their bodies trembled at the fearful memories . Zankus had only turned off the sun for a few minutes…
And in those few minutes, many of the expedition members had been slaughtered . The gods turned their eyes to the disastrous landscape .
“Tashaquillllllllll!” The elderly man in the sky screamed Tashaquil’s name . His wings were like an angel’s, but his distorted face was like that of a devil .
“You shouldn’t have summoned the demonssss! I won’t let it goooo!” His voice rang through the battlefield . Then light exploded from his body, shining down on the entire expedition . The fear caused by the demons disappeared, and the expedition returned to being the faithful army of the gods .
However, the blessing wasn’t given to those who had already lost their limbs and couldn’t participate in the battle . They were dying as they watched their peers march with the light of the gods .
“The gods are the same as us . ” Crockta’s lips twisted as he laughed . “There is no difference between them and the emperor . ”
The expedition army marched forward with no emotions on their faces as they followed the gods’ will . They ignored the fallen allies whom they stepped on . Just like that, the wounded were trampled on by the expedition army and died .
The expedition army had become puppets of the gods . This was a war between the gods and the orcs . At that moment, Tashaquil’s voice whispered in their ears, ‘Everyone, be prepared . ’
All orcs on the battlefield heard the voice .
‘The next attack is dangerous . ’
As soon as he spoke, the expedition army stopped moving . Then they raised their shields and set up a firm formation . It was like a barricade .
“This…”
Then at that moment…
Crockta saw it . In the rear of the expedition army, magic power was boiling up towards the sky .
Tashaquil warned again, ‘The goddess of magic has come out . ’
Crockta was a warrior, but in the past, he’d met the northern magician, Jamero, and he’d obtained ‘Introduction to Magic . ’ Along with the instincts as a warrior, Crockta was able to clearly observe the flow of magic power .
Thus, he could see it . The magic power boiling at the rear of the expedition rose to the sky and penetrated the atmosphere . Then that magic power took shape . It looked like a net .
“It can’t be…”
It went beyond the sky, beyond the atmosphere of the planet, and headed towards a distant space . Then it grabbed the asteroids floating in space . The net of magic dragged the asteroids down one by one .
The universe…
The vast space…
The rocks drifting through it…
The goddess of magic gathered such things together and pulled them down to the ground . They slowly accelerated and burned white as they moved through the atmosphere .
“Scatterrrrrrrr────!”
‘Great magic .
‘Meteor Shower . ’
The asteroids burned as they passed through the atmosphere but survived persistently . Then they became weapons of slaughter . The fragments of white meteors hit the orcs .
“Kuaaaaaaah!”
“Kuaaaaak!”
“Hurtsss!”
The flames and impact destroyed the orcs’ formation . Soon, there were craters here and there, as well as burning orcs . The meteor shower continued .
Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa!
Uwaaaaaah!
Screams were mingled with the sounds of the bombardment .
“Oh my god…”
The magic only told of in legends was actually produced by the goddess of magic . Crockta avoided the meteors which fell, but the aftermath caused the earth to shake and flames to burn his body . Crockta roared and shook off the flames .
“Pant…pant…”
His face filled with anger as he held God Slayer and glared at the enemies . The formation of the expedition was still intact . They maintained their formation while watching the pandemonium with cold eyes .
“Son of a bitch…”
There had been the demons, and now there was a meteor shower . They weren’t delighted at all . Crockta laughed and stepped forward .
“Crockta, are you okay?” A familiar voice suddenly spoke .
“Kulkul, don’t be concerned . ”
It was Hoyt . He was in charge of commanding the orcs from behind . However, in the end, he hadn’t been able to bear it and had moved to the front .
“Is it okay to come out here?”
“Kulkul, I couldn’t stand watching you alone . ”
Meteors poured down from the sky the ground was filled with flames as the two warriors stood at the forefront of the army . Hoyt shouted, “Everyone wake uppppppp───────!”
It was the same as when he shouted at the training grounds .
“Is it painfulllllll──────?!” Hoyt’s roar overwhelmed the battlefield .
Then orcs started to walk out of the flames . No one was okay . They all had terrible injuries or were burned . Even so, they raised their weapons .
“Not at all . ”
“It just tingles, Hoyt!”
“The body is fine! Kuhulhulhul!”
“Now, it is nice and warm!”
The number of orc warriors gradually increased .
Hoyt grinned, “Then…”
He exchanged a glance with Crockta . God Slayer and Mountain Slasher… A greatsword and a hammer were raised towards the sky .
“Come──────!”
Two warriors charged towards the expedition army .
“Uwaaaaaah!”
“Bul’tarrrrrrrrrr──────!”
“Heoooook!”
“Killlllllllll!”
The orc warriors ran along behind them . The battlefield where demons appeared and flames fell from the sky… From there, the orcs charged forward as always .
***
The elf user, Yurika, was taking a rest after hunting monsters . It was noisy due to the war between the gods and the orcs, but she was more interested in exploring the world of Elder Lord alone .
“I leveled up today,” she confirmed after checking her status window .
However, her status window suddenly became dark . “……?”
She realized that a large shadow was being cast on her . Then she looked up and jumped back with a startled expression, “…Eh?”
Yurika had thought it was a big monster due to the size of the shadow . However, it wasn’t like that . It was an orc .
“Uhh…”
The orc was a monster and NPC . They were in the middle . Orcs clearly had a civilization, but they were ambiguous beings who were sometimes killed for quests . Her perception had changed a lot since Crockta appeared, but she was still unfamiliar with orcs .
“Excuse me… What…?”
Additionally, the atmosphere around this orc was different . She could feel a tremendous power coming from him . He was certainly stronger than her . So, she prepared to escape .
“……” The orc looked at her quietly and then opened his mouth, “I want to ask for directions . ”
It was a low but loud voice . Faced with his sunken eyes and the pressure coming from him, she thought it was fortunate that no fight would take place .
“Yes, a-ask . I’ll tell you if I know . ”
“Perhaps…” He thought for a moment before asking, “Orc… Do you know which way Orcrox is?”
“Orcrox?”
Orcrox was in the middle of a war right now .
Maybe this orc was going to help them . She felt sorry for him . This respectful orc seemed strong, but she didn’t think the orcs could win . The expedition was large, and the gods were with them .
She explained in a soft voice, “If you keep going that way, a road will appear . Continue along the road and you will reach Orcrox . There are signs… There will also be people heading there . If you get confused, ask them . ”
“Thank you . ” The orc swept his gaze over her with sharp eyes . Then he thanked Yurika once again, “Really, thank you . Then I’m going now . ”
He walked in the direction that she had told him . As Yurika looked at his back, she prayed for the orc .
Then…
“…Eh?”
Kung . Kung . Kung . Kung . Kung .
Shadows emerged from the bushes and followed the orc . Their figures were soon revealed . They were orcs who were following the first one .
“Uh…uhhh…”
The number continued to increase . Yurika’s mouth fell open . All of them were wearing steel armor and helmets, as well as carrying huge weapons on their shoulders . They weren’t like the orcs she knew .
All the orcs she had seen were free-spirited . She had never seen orcs equipped like this and moving like an army . However, an endless number of them marched forward .
“Where…?” She wondered where this army had come from .
This was the Forest of Creatures . It was a land blocked by the limit line . Flags were flying above the orcs’ heads… The patterns were all different, but the letters below them were the same . She muttered, “The Great Clan…?”