Praise the Orc! Chapter 170:

Chapter 170 – Encirclement Battle (1)

There was a pause after Crockta’s words .  He declared that he would face the imperial army alone . Rommel and the troops were all silent .  The plain was silent .

“I see . ” After a moment, Rommel raised his hand as he turned his horse .  It was an attack command . He tried to move back to his position .  Crockta had no intention of letting him go . Crockta jumped forward . The two knights escorting Rommel hurriedly raised their swords .

Kaaang!

One knight’s blade was broken . The horse jumped with fright as Crockta headed towards it . The knight held the reins tightly .  Rommel rushed away . Crockta missed the opportunity . He grinned as he cut down the horse and knight .

The battle was about to begin .  The large army stretched out in front of him .  They didn’t move .

He would go if they didn’t come .  Crockta started to run . Ogre Slayer cried out . It appeared to be excited about the upcoming feast . It was the same for Crockta .  The soldiers were still hesitant about fighting . They would die if they didn’t concentrate .

Crockta jumped . His greatsword collided with the formation of the imperial army .  The greatsword moved . Crockta crashed into the troops .

Kwaang!

The soldiers fell at once . He stepped on them and struck the next row . As Crockta pushed into the imperial army, it grew . He was gradually surrounded .  But he didn’t care .  This was the excitement of melee combat .  He split the enemy apart with his greatsword and caused a fountain of blood .

An individual versus an army .  There was an overwhelming number of adversaries as enemies surrounded him on all sides .  But it was the army that was being sliced away .  It wasn’t enough to surround him on all sides .

Crockta’s horizontal slash split apart all the enemies in front of him . It was an explosive advance .

“Only this much──────!”

The entire army shook at his roar . Crockta took a step forward . The imperial army moved out of the way .  Crockta laughed and raised his greatsword .  The enemies burst forward .  The blades on every side didn’t reach him .

Now that his assimilation rate reached 100%, Crockta’s senses were sharper than ever .  He fought everything on the battlefield . He could feel the excitement . The feeling of the flesh of his enemies being torn, as well as the terrified swords shaking .

“Those looking to kill me──────!”

Crockta smiled as he saw Rommel’s confused face . He stabbed a soldier’s neck and grabbed his spear .  Ogre Slayer spun around once, securing space for Crockta . The enemies collapsed . In that gap, the spear rushed towards Rommel .

It tore through the air .  Two soldiers and one knight were pierced . Nevertheless, the spear headed towards Rommel’s heart without losing strength .

Kakang!

Crockta turned around without seeing the results . Rommel would live or die . He concentrated on the soldiers rushing towards him .  At that moment, he crossed swords with a somehow familiar face . It was a face he had seen previously .

He cut the person’s throat, causing blood to splatter all over .  His vision was blocked and he struck both soldiers at once . Their upper and lower bodies mixed together . He kicked them away . Then his greatsword aimed at those who had fallen back from the horrible sight .

Their bodies were split apart and their guts flowed down .

“Rommel──────!”

He shouted the names of his enemies .

“Keynes──────!”

Their faces were pale .

“Luin──────!”

He knocked down the enemies around him .  The terrified soldiers retreated .  There was a lot of space around Crockta . There were no enemies at all in this area . His greatsword lowered as he lost his opponents . He looked at the dead bodies at his feet . Limbs and flesh were scattered .

Crockta laughed .  The soldiers were terrified . The enemy’s fear was is friend .  The blood and flesh covered Crockta shouted .

“Betring──────!”

The people in the distance were surprised . The flag of the White Lion Knights was fluttering .  Why didn’t they come? The soldiers in front of them were in such a poor state, so why didn’t the knights appear yet?

“Bluno──────!”

Then he called out the name of the Blue Dragon Lancer’s leader .  If they wouldn’t come then he would directly go to them .  Crockta wielded his greatsword as he barged forward .  The soldiers around him were crushed . They were cut, split apart and stabbed . These actions were repeated and he steadily opened the way .

The troops filled up .  Once again, they were cut, split apart and stabbed .

“Adandator──────!”

Adandator’s face was visible near Rommel .  Rommel’s side was bleeding . It had hit . It was probably Adandator who broke the spear .  Crockta saw that Adandator’s pupils were enlarged .  Adandator’s eyelids fluttered as sweat fell down and his lips trembled . Crockta laughed again .

His senses even picked up the wildly beating heartbeat .  He had said it .  Don’t meet him on the battlefield .

Crockta shouted again .

“Come──────!”

The earth shook .  Rommel gritted his teeth and gave the signal .  The command shifted .  Arrows poured out towards Crockta .  Crockta grabbed a soldier and used him as a shield . His body was pierced . However, all the soldiers around him were sacrificed .

The blood of the dead soldier flowed down towards Crockta .  Bodies filled with arrows, riddled with holes like a beehive, were scattered around him .  Their allies abandoned them .

“Kulkulkul . ”

Only this much, Rommel .

Crockta hurled the body . He smiled at Rommel .  The soldiers witnessed the sacrifice of their companions and couldn’t approach .

Crockta raised his greatsword and wandered forward . The soldiers moved back . The enemies retreated . The gap between him and the imperial army was getting closer .  The crowd soon reached the limitations of this space .  The soldiers, who were unable to retreat anymore, crouched and raised their weapons .

After a moment, there was a new call sign from the commander .  The flags of the knights started to move from their formation . It was a cavalry assault . The sound of horseshoes started to quicken .  It was the soldiers who reacted first . They ran away so they wouldn’t be hurt from the assault . The knights’ flags were gradually getting closer .

Crockta followed behind the soldiers . The formation became a mess . He entered deeply through the barriers . Once again, he stood in the middle of soldiers .  The charging knights didn’t stop .  The commander didn’t order a retreat .

They literally trampled the soldiers to get at Crockta . There were terrible screams .

Crockta lowered his posture and cut a horse’s ankles .  The horse fell down on the soldiers . The knight’s charge was a disaster for their allies .

“I thought you were on the same side . ”

Crockta laughed at them .  They flocked to their own destruction . They were only fighting against one enemy .  The troops assumed that the person would be wiped out by the army .  The confused imperial troops used every means of attack without knowing how to stop Crockta .

Arrows flew while the cavalry charged . However, it was the soldiers who were consumed, not Crockta .

Rommel shouted .  It was uncommon for Rommel to raise his voice .  “General soldiers get out of the way! The knights are committed to stopping Crockta! Knights charge!”

Crockta didn’t just wait for them .  He persistently pursued the fleeing soldiers . The soldiers, who couldn’t choose between retreating or their own army, were overwhelmed and killed .  It was like jumping into a flock of sheep .

His dignified appearance rose far above them .

 

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The blades of the knights crept towards Crockta through the gap caused by infantry soldiers dying .  After a battle of attrition, they finally reached Crockta .

“Die, monster!” A knight boldly yelled .

Crockta admired it and gave him Ogre Slayer as the prize .  The greatsword tore his mouth and half his face . The upper jaw was separated from the lower jaw .  Then Crockta kicked the body, stopping the knights behind him . He swung the greatsword from left to right . It hit the bodies of the knights who were tangled up together .

A fountain of blood .

Duk .

A head that soared into the sky fell and bounced off Crockta’s helmet .  The face of the one who called Crockta a monster was stiff .  He hadn’t wanted this ending .

Crockta stepped on his face .  It was the same for Crockta .

The imperial army finally separated the soldiers from Crockta .  The knights surrounded him . They were different from regulars soldiers . The elites of the empire, led by Bluno, Betring, and Adandator surrounded him .

Tension filled him .  Crockta felt his enemies enter the realm of the Pinnacle . Knight after knight after knight, while the soldiers surrounded him .  There was no place to escape .  He was isolated .  He finally stood in a Colosseum .  A cruel stage where he would die if he didn’t kill .

Crockta’s body accelerated . The realm of the Pinnacle . This moment felt like a eternity . At some point, Crockta was the one who moved first .  It was a subtle moment that the knights didn’t realize . The greatsword flew towards them .

Kakang!

It was Adandator who stopped him . He confronted Crockta . He overcame the pressure of Ogre Slayer and countered Crockta .  The other knights recognized their movements only after several blows had been exchanged .

They tried to find a gap, only for Adandator to be punched in the face .  A few teeth flew away .

In the meantime, the knights’ blades flooded towards Crockta .  They couldn’t be avoided .  At that moment, he transcended to the realm of a Hero .  He was supposed to be cut, but the swords hit their masters instead . The knights’ armor was crushed as they were thrown back .  But,

A trickle of blood flowed down Crockta’s cheek .

“……”

Crockta turned to the knight at his side .  It was the leader of the Blue Dragon Lancers, Bluno .  As if he felt it, the knight’s spear had reached into the realm of a Hero . He overcame Crockta’s control of causality and hit Crockta .

He was better than expected .

Crockta aimed Ogre Slayer at Bluno .  He panicked and twisted his body . However, he couldn’t escape and his forehead was torn . His life was saved by a whisker .  At the same time, Adandator and Betring approached Crockta .

The knights united .  The attacks of the knights surrounded him from all four sides . Crockta countered the threat with the power of the Hero, but the strength of the knights, including Adadantor, was also incredible .

Some of the blades that he couldn’t stop cut at Crockta .

Crockta tightened his grip on his greatsword .  Many knights were torn apart as blood flowed down Crockta’s body .  The vacancy of the dead knights was filled with other knights .

He kept killing and killing .  This was what he wanted .

Crockta grinned and his spirit cleared .  His body reaccelerated .  At that moment, he struck a knight who lost concentration .  The knight couldn’t respond to the rapid attack and the helmet belonging to the dead rolled across the ground .

Crockta looked around and laughed, “Kulkulkul…”

The knights retreated, spreading out carefully as they watched him .  Crockta licked his lips . The absurd difference in numbers and the limits of an individual started to be revealed .  At that moment, Adandator suddenly raised his head . Betring and the other knights looked somewhere else .  A long shadow was covering them .  Crockta also looked back .

From the hill, someone on a horse was coming down .  He whistled at the sight in front of his eyes and said with a grin “I’m not too late . ”