Praise the Orc! Chapter 96:
Chapter 96 – Monsters (1)
‘Keep this in mind, Driden . ’
‘Orcs are strong and persistently struggle if the attack doesn’t kill them . Make sure you cut their heads off . ’
He recalled that voice . He was led by two things: the voice and his instincts . As long as he followed those two things, the enemies would eventually beg him for mercy .
Sometimes he killed his enemies and other times he kept them alive . Then he looked for the next opponent . It was his routine . So why?
“……!”
Kakakaang!
The double swords were thrown back at the same time .
It was a crazy power .
Driden pulled up his double swords again and started moving . All of his strikes were on the offensive, his double swords looking like they were dancing . He followed the rhythm and moved between the enemy’s gaps in their defense . The core of the enemy was revealed .
Then…
Kakakaang!
They bounced off again .
This orc was different . His tempo was constantly shifting .
Driden’s face stiffened . The orc facing him was holding a massive greatsword .
“Kuk!”
Nevertheless, he was incredibly fast . The gigantic greatsword moved from east to west, west to east . Its trajectory was unpredictable . He had barely broken through City Hall’s magic, but now he was being pushed out of City Hall by the orc .
“I can’t smash the building . ” The orc grinned .
Driden also forced a laugh . He pretended to smile, but his insides were boiling .
No fun . Fighting was dull .
He squeezed the double swords in his hands . The greatsword was big and heavy . Therefore, Driden dug inwards .
“Hat!”
His double swords shook like flowers . Driden expected the attack to tear the enemy’s body apart; however, the greatsword was right in front of his nose instead . The tremendous pressure pushed his body down towards the ground . He stopped all attacks and rolled across the ground . He was barely able to avoid the enemy’s blade .
He rose from his spot, breathing hard .
“……”
The surroundings were still . Indeed, it wasn’t fun . Fighting was a two-way street . Each attack must stir the other person . However, his attack had no effect on the orc . Rather, he was constantly defending against the orc’s strikes .
He clenched his double swords again .
“Crazy bastards…”
Someone’s voice broke the silence . The people around them couldn’t figure out what was happening right now .
Driden shook his head and got back into position . The orc could also enter the ‘zone’ like him . No, he accelerated the construction of it more freely than Driden .
Not fun, just another unlucky **** .
“What is it?” asked the orc .
Driden stared at the heinous face before him . The orc’s eyes shone even more fiercely .
“Smile . ”
Then the orc’s figure disappeared .
“……!”
He lost the enemy . Then the greatsword appeared in front of his nose . It was an explosive acceleration that seemed to leap across space . This couldn’t be avoided . Alarms rang through his whole body .
He instinctively activated the magic of his scimitars . The defense was unfolded .
Kaaaang!
A magic circle appeared between him and the greatsword .
“Hoh . ” The orc’s eyes widened . However, cracks started forming and the magic circle shattered in a few moments . The orc got rid of the remnants of magic power .
“How many times can you use this?”
Driden stepped back and took deep breaths . His double swords shook . He needed to find his own rhythm . He had to maintain his flow and shake the enemy’s flow . It was the only way to win the fight .
‘Orcs are simple . ’
‘They are all about pushing with force . ’
‘Trust your techniques . ’
Once again, he heard the voice of his father .
He had all types of tricks to use with the double swords . He kept his left shoulder down and struck with the right . One trick would lead to being able to hit the enemy two then three or four times . He confused the enemy and then used attacks that couldn’t be disrupted .
He could do it . He was a genius . When he fought seriously, no one could catch up with him . He believed it . However, the orc wasn’t fooled by his tricks . It felt like all his thoughts were being read .
A blade split the air and hit his shoulder .
“Kuk!”
The scimitars cried out and the magic was triggered . If it wasn’t for the magic swords, he would’ve died once again . It was two times . He borrowed the power of the magic swords to save his life twice .
“What are you doing, you idiot! Fight properly! Just chop apart that slow orc!”
Aden’s voice was heard . Driden was annoyed . Aden couldn’t follow the movements with his eyes yet he called the orc slow . But it was true that he needed to fight properly .
Driden grit his teeth and tightened his grip on his scimitars .
He moved forward again .
The greatsword’s huge size was an annoying obstacle . The orc used the greatsword with bizarre reflexes . If he tried to stab through the gaps, the attack would be black with the blade, the handle and sometimes the steel belt at the orc’s waist .
Therefore, he needed to speed up . Driden focused his mind .
He stomped his feet . One time, two times, three times faster . Gradually, his body accelerated beyond realistic limits .
He was a bird gliding over the orc with wings spread . The bird’s speed gradually slowed .
Cut in half . He was cut in half . Cut in half again .
The flight in the sky faltered . The speed converged infinitely with his spirit .
Stop . It was a world that never stopped moving .
In it, Driden moved alone . The enemies observing the fight, including Radet, were gone .
Unmatched step . His identity was someone who would cut the neck of the enemy before they even knew they died . That was assassination . The pair of swords flashed towards Crockta’s neck .
He saw Crockta’s eyes staring into the distance . At that moment,
Suruk .
Crockta’s eyes moved . He laughed at Driden . Driden got goosebumps .
At the same time, something unknown happened . In the still world, Crockta’s greatsword started to move . It met the double swords . The two exchanged blows again . Both of them sped up in the world of acceleration . Driden breathed roughly and blocked it .
There was a slight smile on Driden’s hardened face . He would die if he made the slightest mistake . The greatsword hacked at his clothing several times and he repeatedly came close to death .
There was a sense of uplifting . Adrenaline filled his body like a drug .
“Yes, yes . ”
The orc came one step closer to him . Driden stepped forward . Like a giant, he poured out his courage towards the orc who had a terrifying presence . Courage was never his thing, but it seemed like he would need it today .
The orc smiled . Driden also grinned . Their weapons moved slowly .
The two of them collided once again .
***
Radet was able to witness their fight . It was an honor .
“What is going on right now?” asked the garrison leader .
However, Radet couldn’t properly explain it .
“Crockta seemed a little superior at first, but they have become similar again . ” That was all he could say .
He couldn’t add any commentary . A fight between heaven and earth! The surrounding buildings were broken in the aftermath . They cut and chopped at each other in the streets . That was all .
However, their movements were so fast and elaborate that it was hard to follow with the eyes . They were acrobatics that expressed the world of the Pinnacle . It was a close battle where one mistake would lead to their lives being lost .
They were dancing at the boundary of life and death .
“Monsters . ”
He could only say that .
Crockta used the greatsword like it was another limb and Driden who showed extreme dual swordsmanship, they were both monsters that transcended the Pinnacle . It was a fight of monsters that could destroy armies alone .
Even the dark elves not versed in fighting could feel it . Thus, nobody opened their mouths and just watched the two fight blankly . It even managed to keep Aden silent .
The fight between the two continued . Radet inwardly hoped that it would last forever . Then he realized something after having that thought .
He smiled . He was once a warrior who swept the battlefield with his **** sword . Therefore, he could see even more how fascinating their fight was .
Some time passed . Their fighting made even the sense of time dull .
Radet spoke first, “Aden . ”
Aden raised his head and responded, “What?”
“Did you have to do this?”
“Shut up . Borrowing the strength of a wandering orc, how far has Radet fallen?”
“You are the crazy one who is using Hurio’s son . ”
As Crockta and Driden exchanged blows, Radet and Aden continued their conversation .
“The son of the one you killed returned for revenge! It is a sharp grudge that can only be cut off with the sword . ”
“You must remember what type of person Hurio was . ”
“That doesn’t matter . ”
Aden raised his hands . He pointed at the dark elves holding rapiers and bows behind him .
“The general trend doesn’t change . I will obtain Nameragon, join forces with the Great Clan to unify the north and make the continent the land of the dark elves . ”
Aden’s eyes were blazing as he spoke . It was the expression of a spellbound fanatic . Radet was unable to convince him with words .
He looked at the **** sword . At one time, he was also a warrior . The warrior who killed Hurio . But he couldn’t overcome these numbers .
“You seem to have forgotten about us dot . ”
At that moment . A noise was heard from behind him . It was Tiyo . He aimed General at Aden’s group . At the same time, the silent Anor opened his power . Dark energy started to spread along the ground .
“……!”
Radet grinned and Aden’s face distorted . Aden lowered his hands .
“Attack!”
From that point on, the dark elves started their protest .
Arrows flew in a straight line . They fired indiscriminately without worrying about Crockta and Driden . Arrows flew towards Crockta and Driden, with the rest flooding towards Radet and the garrison soldiers .
The first one affected was Driden as an arrow aimed at him from behind . He turned his body like a spin-top and struck the arrow with his double swords . Crockta didn’t miss the gap that was revealed . As Driden was defending, Crockta’s greatsword descended towards Driden .
Driden crossed his double swords and blocked the strike . But his posture was unstable and he staggered . The greatsword neared him again . Driden gritted his teeth . He sloppily moved to the side and evaded the greatsword . Crockta pursued him . Crockta was on the offensive while Driden was on the defensive . The tide was gradually shifting towards Crockta .
Aden saw this and ordered his men to fire again . The dark elves started to prepare their arrows . At that moment,
Clink .
Crunch . Clink .
Aden lifted his head at the sound . It was the strange gnome standing with Radet . The artifact in his hand was curiously changing . The muzzle multiplied by two and then four, and the barrel expanded . It slowly started to spin .
“……?”
Aden started blankly at the muzzles . Tiyo cried out as Vulcan rotated in earnest, “Kiyoooooh!”
After lowering his body towards the ground, Tiyo fired Vulcan . He withstood the recoil and sprayed his magic bullets to the left and right .
“Crockta! Take care of yourself dot!”
“No problem!”
Crockta jumped from the ground . Tiyo’s bullets hit the ground where Crockta had jumped up . Driden had no information about Tiyo’s magic bullets so he tried to stop them with his sword, only to become embroiled in the aftermath . General damaged Driden’s body with magic power .
A few seconds of indiscriminate shooting! The short attack led to the enemies being incapacitated for a moment . Tiyo gasped from the energy consumption and stepped back .
Then Radet and the garrison moved forward . It was a melee but Radet and his garrison were already in control . Aden, who was holding a weapon for the first time in his life, surrendered the moment the weapon’s shadow fell on his head .
Once Crockta overtook Driden, Aden gave up and surrendered to Radet . It was a splendid ending .
Tiyo puffed out his chest and proudly exclaimed, “Huhuhu, Crockta did you see dot?”
“You have a strange expression . ”
“Are you jealous dot? You fought hard but I was the one who decided our victory!”
Tiyo started running . “Me!”
He jumped back and forth with his hands above his head . Tiyo struck a pose filled with 100% testosterone and self-pride!
“Tiyo!”