bookpower Chapter 122: Facing the Orcs.
Chapter 122: Facing the Orcs.
Graham rolled his one eye and muttered speechlessly.
"According to my analysis, there are around 180 Rank 1 Orcs, 16 Rank 2 Orcs and 2 Rank 3 Orcs in this Tribal Village. And you think you can handle them all alone?"
Hearing the powerful lineup of the Orc monsters, Felix almost fell down from the tree and broke up in a cold sweat.
'Damn...I didn't expect there would be so strong monsters in this village. It seems I have to create something like an inspect skill sooner.'
Glancing around at the village from above, Felix turned to the man beside him, and his eyes lit up as he got an idea.
"How about this, Sir Graham? I'll act as bait and take the majority of the monsters away from here and then defeat them in the wild forest, while you'll face the strongest of them who'll ignore me for my Rank 1 strength."
Graham raised his brow in amusement, hearing the boy's simple plan, and nodded with a shrug.
"I've got no problem with that. But will you be alright against so many of them?"
He wasn't scared of any Rank 3 monsters as he was above that Rank, but he was not confident that Felix could face the others all alone.
Felix smirked and grasped the hilt of his shortsword for some action.
"I'm not as weak as you think. And there's also many tricks up my sleeves, so don't worry about me."
Graham nodded and patted Felix's shoulder, giving him a thumbs up.
"Good luck then, shout out my name if you're in any trouble."
"Haha, I won't. That'll be embarrassing.", Felix chuckled.
Graham shook his head and muttered.
"If acting shameless can let you survive, then don't hesitate to be shameless."
Felix was impressed by his words as he nodded with a grin and jumped off the branch of the tree as he shouted.
"Then I'll act shameless in order to survive!"
Graham nodded with a satisfied expression, crossing his arms as he watched the boy's spectacle.
"Now, let's see how you hunt."
Felix landed on the ground as the sand made dust and sound, but the Orcs didn't notice him at all as they were busy with their sparring and cheering.
He activated Silent Steps, which should work even on Rank 3 beings as he had advanced a Rank.
Unsheathing his sword, he moved near the tribal village and sneaked inside without alerting anyone.
The tall Orcs who were almost twice his height towered around him, but he roamed between them easily and made his way towards the middle.
In the middle of the village, two Rank 2 Orcs were sparring with each other, their war cry and thunderous roars echoing in the forest as the rest of the Orcs cheered them with the same energy.
Felix arrived in the middle where the sparring was taking place and smiled evilly.
"Let me take the stage.", he said with a chuckle.
His words got drowned under the screams of the barbaric monsters, but his next actions proved otherwise.
Sprinting towards the sparring area, Felix used one of his skills as he deactivated Silent Steps.
"Dust Blast!"
A sudden wind picked up from his side, bringing along stones and debris as it flew over to the two fighting Orcs.
A voice that betrayed the expression he was showing to the orcs at this moment.
The running orcs froze at their spots, the silhouette of the single human turning massive as they felt like they were being stared at by their predator.
"KRRAAHHH!!"
One of the Orcs roared aloud, its Rank 3 aura spreading through the area as everyone woke up from their thoughts and returned to reality before roaring along with it.
Even Felix was alarmed by the roar as he remembered that there were some strong existences here who could easily harm him.
He jumped up from the corpses and landed on the ground, his figure sinking underground as he used 'Earth Swimming'.
"Why don't we play a game of hide and seek for now...."
Just as the orcs reached him, his body sank underground, leaving them confused and shocked.
They searched around for him but couldn't find a single clue of his existence in the surroundings.
"Yo, I'm over here!"
Felix called out to them from the edge of the village, waving his hands at them with a mischievous grin.
The barbaric orcs became bloodthirsty as they roared once again and grabbed any of the weapons they could find before marching towards Felix in a hurry.
Almost half of the orcs in the village had shown up and were running towards him with hatred and killing intent.
Seeing the tall and mighty Orcs getting near to him, Felix took a deep breath and turned around before dashing into the forest.
"Agility Burst!"
He sped up and disappeared into the forest, bringing along with him the angry orcs who wanted revenge for the death of their tribal members.
Graham watched everything from the top of a tree, his lips forming an impressed smile as he muttered.
"That kid sure is zesty..."
A powerful aura from the ground suddenly alerted him, turning his attention towards one of the Rank 3 Orcs who was moving in the direction Felix had gone.
"You're not going anywhere."
Graham vanished from the top of the tree and suddenly appeared on the ground just before the Rank 3 Orc, who was rushing onwards.
At the sight of a new human being appearing in front of it, the Rank 3 Orc opened its mouth to let out a frightening roar.
"Oh, shut up."
The Orc who was about to roar found that it couldn't make a sound at all, almost as if its mind had stopped sending signals to his vocal chord.
It tried moving its body, but there was a strange force that held it in place, not allowing it to even move it's muscles.
Graham walked forward, his hands behind his back in a relaxed position.
When he arrived beside the monstrous Orc, his head only reached its chest, but contrary to their sizes, it was the Orc who was feeling terror at the moment.
"At normal times, I wouldn't care for weaklings like you...", Graham muttered with a calm voice as he raised his hand, pressing it on the frozen Orc's chest.
"...but currently, there's a kid I'm looking after. Which means the only option left for you is.....death."
Graham's hand that was over the Orc's chest brightened in light, before the light engulfed the entire body of the Orc as it stood immovable.
A few seconds later the light died down, allowing the surrounding stunned Orcs to witness a shocking scene of the complete disappearance of one of their Rank 3 leader.
That day, every monster in the forest would experience the duo who had a great knack for hunting, marking their presence as the unavoidable predators of the entire forest.