Currently, my homies and I are loitering around the roads just outside of the commercial building where the convenience store is operating. Everywhere my eyes could see were smokes, burning cars, collapsed lamp posts, and occasionally you would spot some humans running from here and there. One thing they all had in common, though, is that when they spotted us, they would all turn back without hesitation, even if the place they just escaped from was a lot more dangerous than it appeared.
From time to time, large airplanes, military jets, and helicopters would quickly fly over us. Based on the size of some of those helicopters, they were mostly for heavy-load transport; tanks and other military vehicles that clearly didn't exist on Earth could be observed hanging from and being carried by these helicopters.
As the military aircraft and helicopters passed by these ten-story residential buildings, residents who took shelter on the roof-top would wave and call for help, hoping at least one of the military helicopters would turn around and rescue them, but alas, what answered their call for help were the beasts inside the building.
Alerted by the humans' noises and call for help, the beasts inside the building all franticly clawed their way onto the roof-top. Banging noises could be heard from the iron door, and in a few moments, shrills and agonizing screams could be heard from the roof-top as some humans chose to jump off of the ten-story building.
As I sat in one of the chairs at what seemed to be a waiting shed and planned some ways to finish the mission, the rest of the orks were loitering around. They would look at the sky when an helicopter or a jet plane flew past them; they would try to forcefully open some car doors, which in turn would prompt the siren on; after that, the orks would smash the cars into pieces and would look for another car to smash; some were poking the dead bodies of humans and beasts on the street; from time to time, some humans would peak from their apartment windows when the orks made any sort of commotion on the streets.
"Gurta!"
From time to time, a green goblin, a yellow lizard, a fucked-up frog, a pinkish slug, some sort of wild dog, blue gnomes, a motorbike-sized carnivorous beetle with a shiny hard carapace, and many more would come out of one of the buildings or whatever hole they came from and would head their way towards the commotion the orks were making with the car.
"Graa!"
The orks would smash the slugs with the cars they casually lifted, while the others would squash some small gnomes with their bare hands and use their large spears to slowly torture the beetles for entertainment. Every time the orks attacked with their large spears, dents and cracks would form in the carapace, causing the beetle to screech and attempt to flee, which of course the orks would happily chase and kill when they got bored.
"Gahahaha!"
Although it would seem reckless to let these orklings loiter around and fight unknown beasts, the orks do have something to support their violent tendencies. For one, until now, none of these beasts futile attempts to injure the orks have ever worked. Second, most of these beasts will perish with only one punch from the orks; a thrust from the large spear would even be considered overkill.
"Hmft!"
And thanks to these orklings' reckless behavior, I did manage to pick up a few details that made me somehow less paranoid, though a little worried, and that is, that we, the orks, are not at the bottom of the food chain. I may be overestimating my horde right now, but we should be at least above average in terms of hierarchy.
And what made me a little bit worried is that I am gaining mana from these creatures, although it is a little, so the horde needs to kill at least 5 beasts to get 1 unit of mana, which is a little bit worrying since I am still a long way from reaching my mission and the mana corrosion threshold is slowly filling up.
But this meant that recklessly killing all the beasts that are blocking my way would bite me in the ass sooner than later; also, from the mission description alone, I would probably have to kill my way into the library and continue killing to keep it under our occupation.
And so, I am sitting at the waiting shed with more reassurance for my safety while also being a little bit in a hurry as time is not on my side, so all my attention is on the completion of my mission. Right now, I am gazing at the city map, studying it, and although I have clearly zero idea what I'm looking at, a little bit of logic and some improvisation slowly helped me piece together where we are at the moment and which direction I should be heading. I think.
For starters, from what seemed to be a city map, I couldn't find any sort of spot where a college school could be located, so I went for the second option, to look for a high-rise building and scout from there.
The mission did hint at a few clues, and since it's a college school and its name sounds prestigious, my only wish is that they didn't name their college school like that just because they could.
So, in conclusion, if this school is as overbearing as its name suggests, then it should occupy at least a huge land mass. Probably, the school would have its own sports field, with huge ass-gates and long ass-walls. Now I just need to get on top of those high-rise buildings so I can scout from there, and once I get there, whatever needs to be done must be done.
"Orkaa, Orkee, the rest of you, stop what you're doing; let's go! Bring your stuff."
"Bougss!, Weg. Gou. Ware?"
"You see those tall buildings over there?"
"Guhuh!"
I looked at the orks as I pointed at the tall buildings from the city. The orks took a look at me and nodded, then waited for more.
"Well, let's see if we can reach there alive first, and then we do some improvising depending on what happens next."
"Gou!"
Orkaa and the others nodded after they heard my brilliant plan and where we would be heading; some of them quickly ate the rations they brought and prepared themselves for travel.
We headed towards the high-rise building, and I advised my home bois to be on their guard at all times, so we were slowly walking forward. Although we were moving slowly, what is slow to us is subjective since the speed of our slow walk could be considered a fast walk for humans, so it didn't take long until we were at the highway leading towards the city. Some vehicles could be seen working and running, but as always, when they notice my boy band, they make a sudden, sharp U-turn to the point where some vehicles almost turn over.
Sometimes we would fight some suicidal beasts, and the orks would deal with them swiftly until we reached the outskirts of the city and new creatures started showing up.
Some of these beasts would still avoid frontal confrontation with my boy band, but just like the other beasts we have encountered before, these beasts are all entitled little shit; these fuckers think they are at the top of the food chain. Maybe there are no orks in their world, so their danger sense is a bit dense.
"Finally, we're getting close. Fuck, I have a bad feeling about this!"
By the time we entered the city, for every few meters we walked, we would encounter beasts along the way. Things became more uncertain; things are changing too fast, and I am becoming more paranoid again.
New types of beasts kept coming towards us; before, if some of the beasts spotted us, they would run to hide, but now they would choose to hide and ambush when an opportunity arrived.
One of those beasts were the Yellow Goblins. Damn right, yellow. They looked almost exactly the same as the green goblins, but there would be some distinct differences from them, aside from the skin color (obviously!), and one of the differences is their slightly smaller feet compared to the large green ones. With their smaller feet, they could stealthily trail us without alerting us to their presence. Then, with their longer fingers, which seemed a lot more dexterous compared to their counterparts, the yellow goblins can firmly grip their long spears and exert moderate strength when fighting, while the rest would use a sling shot and could pull much force, making it lethal to an unsuspecting victim.
We only found out about these golbins when three of the newly discovered beasts made a kamikaze attack on us. This beast had a body structure the same as a mosquito, and its belly was as large as a watermelon. Its needle mouth was around 16–20 inches long. What's worst is that you would only hear the buzzing sound when they were right next to you. One of the orks got stung by the needle and fell down right away. These mosquitoes excreted some sort of venom that made their prey paralyzed. Luckily, one of the orks next to the victim, although a little late, managed to slay the mosquito after it stung its companion.
"Fuck these shits are venomous, so my poison immunity doesn't work on them, and here I thought the passive was a package. Don't get stung!"
The others didn't wait as two mosquitoes were flying towards them; they took the initiative to attack, but these orks forgot one thing: these beasts are mosquitoes; they would fly up once threatened. Once the mosquitoes flew up, a rock projectile traveled its way and hit Orkee on the forehead. Even though Orkee had high CON stats, he still got bruised from that attack and had a slight concussion. In just a second's interval, a few yellow goblins jumped from the corners and stabbed their spears at the paralyzed ork on the ground.
"Fuck! Someone protect Orkaf(Paralyze ork)."
'Puchok!' 'Puchock!' 'Puchok!'
Even when I tried to shield Orkaf from the yellow goblins' attack, I was only a tad bit slower since I noticed them too late, but luckily, Orkaf's thick skin managed to save him from further injuries. The tip of the goblin spear managed to pierce, but the goblin lacked the strength to keep pushing the spear through to deal serious damage.
Bang!, Bang!, Bang!'
Once I got closer, I wildly smacked my large spear at them. One goblin got its neck deformed when I smashed my spear on its neck, then I pierced one of the remaining two goblins; the last one tried to flee, so I thrust again, killing three goblins in just a second.
The mosquitoes chose to attack again while we were distracted by the yellow goblins. One of them managed to sting another ork, while Orkaa reacted just in time and smacked the other one into mush, while the rest ganged up on the last mosquito, finally killing all mosquitoes.
"Quickly! Carry the paralyzed orks; let's find cover!"
At the end of the battle, the horde suffered two paralyzed orks and another one that was slightly injured. At that moment, our combat powers were cut in half since we had to carry those two paralyzed orks with us, reducing our manpower. Our situation was in a dire state. It was at this moment that I remembered the first time I encountered a group of Morey pack beasts: the feeling of being powerless and knowing that I am vulnerable anytime; I felt like my horde was at the mercy of these beasts that are lurking in the shadows.
It took 10 minutes for the paralyzing effect to wear off. In those 10 minutes, I discovered some yellow goblins scouting us from afar; the rest of the orks were on high alert.
The city was more chaotic than the apartment buildings on the outskirts. Humans could be seen using their vehicles to hit any monsters that were blocking their path. The moment the beast and the vehicle collided, it was a gory scene. The beast was mashed into paste while the human, in panic, forgot to wear his seat belt and got ejected through the glass when the accident happened, hitting its head on the pavement road.
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Struggles and intense battles were going on inside these buildings; from time to time, window glass would shatter and either a human or a beast would fall off of the high-rise buildings.
"I think we have rested enough. Let's go. Pack your stuff."
Right as we came out of our hiding spot, a group of humans ran past us. From the direction the humans are running, it seems like they just escaped from that building not far from here. They must have been so focused on running that they didn't notice my boy band at the corner.
"Hurry, faster! Those rats are coming!"
A person with a sword in its hand was leading the survivors out of the building when they finally noticed our presence.
"AGHHH!!"
"HELP!"
When the leader of the group noticed the commotion in front, he dashed towards us, pointed his sword, and prepared to attack the closest ork, which happened to be me.
">Double Slash!<"
Orkaa rushed forward and tried to intercept with his large spear, but unfortunately for Orkaa, I don't have time to fuck around. 'Shuush!' Orkaa's gaze was drawn to my large back silhouette, which loomed over him. I went and confronted the human who released what appeared to be his class' skill.
"Fuck around and find out why I have 3 INT!"
">Power Strike!<"
Three shallow slash marks appeared on my chest while the human swordsman was like a volleyball after the mighty green boi spiked his annoying face!
My skill disintegrated the person's head, and the force was so powerful, the body flew like a volleyball being spiked and splatted on the building wall, painting it with blood and mutilated organs.
After that human fucked around and found out why I have 3 INT, the rest of the human swordsman and other cosplayers halted on the ground stupified. Completely ignoring them, I left and walked, heading for the high-rise building.
My boy band didn't stop to give their autograph; they feel like their chief's mental state is in turmoil, and the last thing they want is to get an earful of curses and some loving discipline on their faces.
"Mike... Mike's dead. He's dead! DEAD!"
"Shut the fuck up, unless you want to follow him!"
One of the humans took the role and led the survivors out of the city.
"Wait, this is it; thanks for everything, but my brother and sister should be at Imperial College this time; I have to go and save them."
"Alright, take care, James. Anyone want to come with him?"
While the humans were talking as they looked for shelter, I could hear them from here, but I couldn't understand what they were saying, so I just completely ignored them and focused my sight on the building in front of me.
As I crossed the streets, leading the horde towards the building, I noticed a group of yellow goblins in the basement of the building, inside the café shop. I counted around 10 inside and 8 yellow goblins outside. As for those goblins who were tailing us a while back, they probably chose to follow those humans.
"Fuck, there are too many of them."
I'm in a hurry; how can I run past these goblins? Maybe I should try the underground parking lot. Yeah, let's check that area.
"Follow me, and be quiet."
At the entrance to the underground parking lot, vehicles crashed one after another, blocking the only way in and out. Yellow goblins could be seen on top of the vehicles; they were playing with the injured humans trapped inside the vehicles and trying to stab them through the roof. As I scouted ahead, I could see a lot more Yellow Goblins inside the parking lot.
"Fuck this building seemed to be full of yellow goblins; should I check the other buildings?"
I left the parking lot and went to the nearest high-rise building after this one. I crouched and slowly got close to one of the stores in the building; the orklings also crouched and followed behind. I noticed some hanging upside-down white cocoons that had the shape of humans; some of these cocooned-shaped humans are still moving and mumbling. I stood up, turned around, and was about to inform Orkaa and the others when I noticed those bitches were already running away from the building.
"Goblin it is, alright gu-, fucking bastards, wait for me!"
Back at the café vicinity, I used all of my 3 brain cells to come up with a plan, and once those 3 brain cells spun around and collided, creating a big bang, an idea popped up.
"Orkaa and the rest of you, stay here. I will lure those goblins outside, then I want you all to go inside the café shop and kill all those goblins. You got me?"
"Gruh!" x8
Orkaa gave me a thumbs up, and the rest of the orks nodded, so I commenced my plan.
"Ahem! I think The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is better than the movies!" (Me: This novel is a work of fiction; do not burn me.)
"You fucking what!" (angry goblin noises)
"This son of a bitch!" (angry goblin noises)
After I lured the Yellow Goblins, they chased after me, like I said something wrong or offensive.
The moment I lured those goblins out, Orkaa rushed towards the café shop, catching the goblins inside by surprise. The goblins were already at a disadvantage race-wise, and when the eight orks entered, the yellow goblins couldn't muster any sort of offense or defense as the orks overran and overpowered them, crushed them, and smashed them all over the place. With all the fighting taking place inside the café shop, more goblins from the other stores came over to see what was causing all this commotion, but by the time they arrived, the ten goblins were already dead, so they were caught off guard by the ambush of these large beasts.
After luring the goblins out, I would find a corner and make sure the goblins knew which corner I ran to, then slowly reduce their numbers one at a time. These goblins only need one attack from their heads. With my raw strength, most of them would die on the spot, but some would survive for a few seconds and then pass out and die.
It didn't take me that long to kill all eight goblins, one by one. Although these yellow goblins had used ambushes before, indicating they were somewhat smart, I think these types of goblins only use ambushes as a means to hunt; other than that, they are just like the green goblins we met a while back: stupid.
As I returned to the café shop, I stood on the outside and noticed a bloody mess inside the shop. Panicking, I ran inside. When I got there, I only saw eight silhouettes standing still, their faces full of grins from tooth to tooth, and they were all excited and in a good mood.
"I guess this was the first real battle since we arrived here; you guys must be very pent-up. Good Job!"
When the orks heard me, they came to their senses and slowly regained their composure.
"Alright, the goblins are dead. Let's go on top of the building. We need to get high enough so we can find the school or the library."
"Groo!" x8
The orks followed me inside the building when a notification popped up.
*DING*
Entering Gazzzasarak's Yellow Goblin Tribal Stronghold
Tribal Chief: Gazzzasarak
Horde: 86
*DING*
Submission activated: Gazzzasarak and his horde have invaded this world to plunder some mana, defeat Gazzzasarak, and plunder all the Mana Crystals he had gathered.
- Mission: Wipeout or Occupy the Yellow Goblin Tribe
- Duration: 14 hours, 23 minutes, and 21 seconds.
- Reward: 23 Mana Crystals (T1).
Note: Mana Crystals are containers to store mana; since the mana is stored inside the crystal instead of the body, the body won't suffer any mana corrosion debuff.
- Reward: Totem Symbol Blueprint
"Wait! If the system is saying that these goblins are here for mana, then most of the beasts who came to this world are also here for mana. then why the hell did this world release its mana to help its inhabitants for?"
As my three brain cells worked overtime to piece together all the puzzles of what's going to happen in this world, it was at this moment that, if I had skin hair, I would look like an urchin by now. 'crack!' One of my brain cells cracked, and, boom!, everything became clear at this moment.
"Unless we were never the threat to begin with! Something is coming; I need to leave this world fast!"
"Orkaa, my home bois, was going to wipe out some goblins, but we are outnumbered, so do not split up!"
"GUURAAH!" x8
"Let's go; we will start here at the left corridor; check every corner, every room, and every hole you can find."
The orks quickly looked for a room and checked if there were goblins inside. A few minutes later, a commotion could be heard from the bathroom.
A group of three females who probably used to work at the counter were hiding in the female bathroom. They screamed as they ran outside of the bathroom, and it didn't take a second before the women noticed they were surrounded by orks on all sides. The girls hugged each other and slowly backed into a corner and cried on the floor.
The orks just looked at them for a few seconds, got bored, and left to check the other rooms. Every room was checked thoroughly for signs of goblins. I, on the other hand, stood in the corridor, on the lookout, standing guard in case one of the orks found some goblins and could use a hand.
A few minutes later, another commotion took place in one of the staff rooms. A group of 7 humans, 4 males and 3 females, tried to intimidate the orks to buy time for their fellow humans to escape, but then they noticed a group of orklings had already surrounded them and blocked their path; they also didn't fail to notice the 3 girls hugging in the corner. The biggest and most intimidating orks pointed at where the three girls were huddled together while making eye contact with them; the message was very clear, so they reluctantly joined the girls and stayed in the corner.
After awhile, the orks continued their search; this time a group of five goblins were spotted in one of the rooms, eating some mangled corpses. The orks grew excited, and a massacre was happening in the room. While that was happening, another ork managed to find a few goblins in one of the rooms, so two massacres were taking place at the same time.
Once all the corridors had been searched, I led the horde to the other side and did the same thing. As for the humans, they were still too scared to move and just sat still on the floor, hoping that if they didn't make any noise, the orks would forget about them.
It didn't take long for the orks to find another group of goblins; the orks were fighting among themselves over who could kill more. Then another commotion in one of the rooms caused the orks who hadn't found any goblins so far, to rush towards the room. A group of humans then came out, and when one of the humans ran outside, they collided with the orks.
"AHH!"
"Mooom!"
"My Browser History!"
After all that drama, they looked around and found that the orks in disappointment, ignored them and had gone to check the other rooms. The humans then noticed another group of humans peeking at them from the other side of the corridor.
And just like that, we cleared the building from floor to floor, corner to corner, and room to room; by the time my horde reached the 11th floor, the humans hiding behind me had numbered to 63. Somehow, I think, I fucked up.
Then, Boom!, Orkii was blasted through the walls; the humans screamed, but they didn't panic and chose to find cover. A slightly taller goblin walked out from the broken walls; the yellow goblin had bones slowly growing on its back. Compared to other goblins I have seen so far, this one seemed to have a unique and dangerous aura.
"I'm guessing you're Gazzzasarak."
Then, without further delay, I rushed towards Gazzzasarak and launched my attack.
">Some gibberish goblin magic!<"
'boom!'
A yellow transparent shield blocked my fist, then the goblin cast another spell, and slowly its bones grew and extended, forming an exoskeleton armor. Once the upper torso, the arms, and the head were coated with bone armor, the goblin laughed manically behind the bone mask.
">Power Strike!<"
The goblin, which I thought was a mage, is right now fighting in close combat. The goblin traded blows with me, and when my skill got a clear hit on the bone chest armor, the goblin just took my skill like nothing happened. I was bewildered and slowly getting nervous, but I kept my head on the game.
This time the goblin managed to land its attack on me. The moment his bone gauntlet hit my chest, I didn't feel anything on my skin or flesh, but I felt a 'crack' and one of my ribs broke.
"Fuck!"
Not to be outdone, I launched a feint fist attack then released a right kick ">Power Strike!<", My attack worked, and I managed to hit him with my skill. The goblin was knocked to the left, crashing into and breaking the office walls. By now, the humans had already left the floor. As for the orks on the other hand, they were trying their best to hold themselves together before they lost themselves and interfered with the battle. The orks understand that this is their chief's battle.
"Retarded goblin noises!"
The goblin screeched again and rushed towards me; this time some of the bone gauntlets grew, forming a double claw, but from the way the goblin was about to launch his attack, the goblin is planning to stab me with it.
">Power Strike!<"
The goblin received one of my skills from the head, and it didn't even flinch. The goblin took my attack and counterattacked; I used my left arm to block the incoming attack. This time the claw pierced my arm, but my CON stats are high enough for the claws to only thrust a few cm deep, and the same as last time, 'crack!' my left hand bone broke.
"Fuck, that bone armor really does pierce my natural defenses."
I steadied my pace, tried to control my mental state, and calmed my head. My remaining two and a half cracked brain cells spun to deduce a new plan.
I guess I'll have to use something I haven't used in a long time. Fuck, I hope this works, or that would leave me no choice but to jump off the 11th floor of the building.
">Fools Charge!<"
We both rushed towards each other and 'BOOM!' 'Puchik!
"Heh! Got ya!"
Although the goblin managed to stab me with his double-clawed gauntlet, it didn't deal any serious damage other than some cracked bones and ">Defensive Muscle<" I used this skill right as the gauntlet was about to stab me; although it mitigated all the damage the goblin dealt, the bone-piercing damage still affected me, but it didn't matter.
The skill ">Fools Charge!<" was a success; the goblin is now immobilized, and from the way the goblin reacted after being hit by the skill, I was even more confident in the next phase.
"Come to BIG DADDY!"
I held him very tightly close to me; the plan may seem dangerous and reckless, but this is why the ">Fools Charge!<" needs to succeed before I can completely execute the follow-up of my plan with the goblin being stunned. I used the next skill in my arsenal.
">Fool's Roar!<"
To my disappointment, the skill didn't kill the goblin, but at the same time, I was surprised by the unexpected result: the attack managed to knock the goblin unconscious. The moment the goblin passed out, the bone armor slowly crumbled and turned into dust. Now the goblin is at my mercy!