Chapter 27

Wager

This… doesn’t look good. As the ice wall melted, more orcs jump through the multiple openings it now had.

“Well, now what do we do?” Claire ask.

I notice that for some reason all three of them was looking at me like I was their leader.

How the fuck should I now?! My plans went to hell the moment I failed to kill their leader, everything that happen after that was stuff I pulled out my ass, and now that the ice wall is pretty much destroy, I’m all out of ideas.

“Well running don’t seem to be an options anymore, so I guess we’re just going to have to fight.”

The orcs that charge through the wall ran around us creating a circle.

I grip my sword as tight as I could in preparation for their attack, but strangely none of them attack us, the moment they created the circle they stop moving.

“Why aren’t they attacking us?” Max looked around nervously.

“I don’t know, it looks like they’re waiting on something.”

A few of the orcs that surrounded us move out the way, creating an opening in the circle. An orc with red war paint all over his body and a chain wrap around his shoulder walk into the circle with us.

“You know, I was wandering why we haven’t taken over this town yet, but after seeing you I’m no longer surprise. Not only have you free all the captive under my watch, but you even manage to single handily stop me from taking this town. Damn, you’re one hell of a woman.”

“Cain, what do you want?”

"What do I want?” Cain looked around the circle like he was expecting someone to answer my question. “I thinks it’s obvious what I want, I want a rematch.”

“A rematch?”

“That’s right, it was pretty obvious you were going to win in our last fight. That’s why I’m challenging you, to redeem myself.”

“So let me get this straight, you stop this entire battle just so you can fight me? Hahaha.” I let out a dry laugh. “Is this supposed to be a joke?”

“No I’m dead serious. Now let’s fight.”

“Stop.” I stuck my hand out to stop him from rushing me. “I’m fine with fighting you, not like have a choice anyway, but if we’re going to do this, why don’t we follow the warrior code you orcs are so proud of.”

“Warrior code?” Cain looked at me confusingly.

“You know, when two warriors’ challenge each other they have to wager something.”

“I know what it is, I’m just surprise you know what it is.”

Of course I do, I can’t count how many times orcs had challenge me to a fight in the past.

“Fine if I win…” Cain pause, like he was trying to figure out what he wanted. After looking around for a bit, his eyes slowly fell on me.

I have to hand it to him. I didn’t think it was possible for anything to creep me out, yet I got multiple alarms going off in my head that’s telling me to get as far away from this guy as possible.  

“If I win, you’ll have to become my slave. That is of course, if you survive this fight.”

…I guess I should’ve saw that coming, the creepy vibe this guy give off this just keeps growing. I shouldn’t let this get to me, it never really matter what he wager anyway, it’s not like I’m going to lose.

“Fine, deal.”

“Sis what are you-“

“Shut it, I’m doing something over here.” I let out a deep breath and gather my thoughts. “Alright, if I win you’ll have to…”

“Denied.”

“What? You didn’t even know what I was going to say.”

“Oh I do, you were going to say, if I win you’ll have to leave this town alone. Isn’t that right?”

“…Actually I was going to say if I win, you’ll have to let me and my brother over here leave this town safely.”

“Hey what about me?” Claire looked at me with pleading eyes.

“Right, I guess these other two can join us.”

“You don’t want to save this town.” Cain looked with a shock look on his face.

“No, why the fuck should I care about this town?” Seriously, this place wasn’t even my original destination

“…I guess I was wrong about you. Seeing you free all my captive, I assume you were a kind person, but now I see you’re just a selfish person just like me.”

“That’s not true! My sis risk her life to save me multiple times!”

“Seriously Aaron shut up, I think he’s the last person you want to piss off in this situation.”

“Hey, you’re that kid that fire that flashy arrow at me aren’t you?”

“Yea, so what?”

“I would like to thank you, if it wasn’t for your interference, none of this would’ve happen.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Back in the cave your sister challenge to me a duel, and she would’ve won if you didn’t intervene. If it wasn’t for you, I would’ve never had the chance to take this town over, or get a rematch with your sister, and for that I thank you.”

“…Sis is that true?” Aaron looked at me with a pleading look.

Shit, what do I tell him? Once he realize he cause all this, it’ll definitely break him. Wait, why should I care about his emotions? It because of him I nearly died.

I look back at Aaron to see he was still waiting for me to answer him. No the look on his face told me he didn’t want an answer, he wanted me to comfort him, he wanted me to tell him that none of this his fault. But unfortunately, I’m not that kind of person. He must’ve forgot who I am.

“It’s true, this is all your fault. If you didn’t interfere in my fight, no one would’ve died today.”

“….” Aaron eyes widen as he drop to the ground. I could definitely tell something inside him broke.

“Aaron!” Both Max and Claire ran to Aaron side.

“Anna why would you say that?!” Claire looked at me with a scowl. I have no idea why she piss, she only met him like two times.

“Because it’s the truth. If he doesn’t learn from this then he’s completely useless to me. You hear me Aaron? If you don’t improve you’re useless to me.”

“…” The blank look on Aaron face told me he didn’t hear anything I said. Seeing that I wasn’t going to get any answers, I turn away from the group. Before I left, I took one last look at them. Both Max and Claire were glaring at me, well it was mostly Claire, Max just looked confuse.

Just a few minutes ago all of them was looking at me like I was some sort of saint. How funny, while it’s true I was helping the humans, I merely did it to save my own ass. Now that I have chance to escape, this town can burn in hell for all I care.

I walk into the center of the circle where Cain was standing.

“Sorry to keep you waiting. Now, let’s kill each other.”

“Honestly, the more I hear you talk the more I fall for you. Do me a favor and try not die from my attacks, it’ll be a huge waste if you do.”

“You sound pretty confident even though I nearly killed you earlier.”

The entire area went silent as me and Cain got ready to fight. I looked and saw that all the orcs that was surrounding me was watching us intently. I guess they was excited to see their leader fight or maybe they’re curious as to why he was challenge a girl to a duel.

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I let out a little chuckle just thinking about my current situation. Four days ago before I left home. I planned to never gain any kind of attention. And yet here I am in the middle of town getting challenge by an orc. I always knew I had bad luck, but I didn’t think it was this bad, well it doesn’t help that I have an unlucky charm following me.

I took another look at the group. Aaron was unresponsive as Claire and Max shook him to see if he was ok.

Maybe…. I was too hard on him.  I shook my head to dismiss that thought. No, if I didn’t tell him he would’ve kept being nuisance to me. Hopefully he’ll learn from this and also realize that I’m not really a nice person.

“Hey, are we going to do this?” Snap out of my thoughts, I look up to see Cain was waving his hammer at me impatiently.

Right… I’m supposed to be fighting right now. I let out another deep breath to dispel any thoughts that might distract me.

“How polite of you to wait for your opponent to put their guard up.”

“Well it would be boring to kill an opponent that wasn’t paying attention.”

“Trust me when I said this. That was the only chance you had to kill me, you’re going to regret not taking it.”

I tightly grip my sword with both my hands as I calmly observe Cain. Going off the information from our last fight, I know for a fact he’s faster and stronger than a normal orc. A prolong battle with him definitely won’t end well for me, especially since I been fighting and running this whole day. So my best option right now is to kill him as quickly as I can.

I slowly close the distance between us patiently waiting for him get into range. The moment I got him into my sword range, I gather my mana into my arm for a single attack.

Before I could finish my move, he jumps out of my sword range.

He predicted my attack? I look at Cain who had a smile on his face.

“I’m not taking any chances with you miss. You nearly killed me last time because I underestimated you. So get ready, because I coming at you with everything I got.”

*Tch* looks like I won’t be able to kill him with any surprise attack. Well since I can’t catch him off guard, I’m just going to have to break his guard. I Ran towards him as fast as I could. Cain responds by simply raising his hammer

Predictable, he’s going to use his size to his advantage and try to crush me before I can get into cutting range with my sword. I fought enough of you guys to know how you operate.

The moment I step into his range, I stop moving and raise my sword up, just as he swung his hammer at me.

C’mon, just try to hit me!

I waited for his hammer to connect with my sword, but instead of following through with his attack, he instead let’s go of his hammer just as it was about touch my sword.

I watch in confusion as spun his body around. Just as his hammer was about to touch the ground, he grabs it and swung it at me.

Still in shock from his weird movements, I barely got my body to duck in time to dodge his attack. I felt a huge gust of wind blew over me as his hammer swept pass my head.

Barely… I barely survive that. As I was recovering from the near death experience, I look up to see that Cain was swinging his hammer downward at me.

I quickly jump backward to avoid his attack. The moment his hammer hit the ground, a sound that can match an explosion resonate across the area.

“Hehe not bad.” With a smile, Cain lefts his hammer from the ground that was now crack.

That fucker, he threw a feint at me to counter my “repel.” That speed and strength of his already bad enough, but he also know how to counter my attacks. Well since my two trump cards won’t work, I’ll just have to improvise.

I again, rush ran towards Cain.

“Coming back for more huh?” Cain swung his heavy hammer at me. I drop to the ground and swipe my sword at his leg. Cain jumps away from me to avoid my attack. I quickly got back up on my feet and chase after. I thrust my sword at him before he could fully recover from his jump.

“I’ll admit you’re pretty skilled but…” Just as my sword was about to impale him, he quickly grabs it.

“You’re only human.” I wiggle my sword around hoping I could free it from his grip, but it was futile, I couldn’t even get my sword to move an inch.

"Do you see now?! The strength difference between us is far too great! All it’ll take is a single hit for me to break everyone bone in your fragile body!” While still holding onto my sword, Cain raise his hammer and swung it at me.

Giving up on freeing my sword, I reposition my hand on the hilt and threw my entire body weight on my hands.

“What?!” Cain shouted in disbelief, as he saw me dodge his attack by doing a handstand on my sword that he was holding.

His hand that was holding my sword was forcefully push away from it. While still in midair, I twist my body around in swung my downwards at him as I fell to the ground.

Still in shock from my acrobatic display, Cain desperately throws his body backward to avoid my attack. I felt my sword slightly make contact with him before he could fully retreat. As soon my body hit the ground, I quickly got back up to see what injury I inflicted on him.

There a small was small wound on his chest, a small amount blood drip from the little mark I made on him.

“While it’s true you are stronger than me, it doesn’t mean shit if you can’t hit me.”

“…” Silently, Cain rubs the little injury I inflicted on him. After examining his injury for little bit, he lets out a laugh. “Hahaha! This just too good!” Cain reach for the chain that was wrap around his shoulder. Raising the chain in the air, he whips the ground with it which makes a loud crack sound.

“Miss that was a pretty good first round, but are you ready for round two?”

A/N: So i realize last chapter I was straying from my story, but i think I got everything back together with this. Also let me know what you thought of this fight. This is my first boss in my series, so I like to know what you think of it.

I was planning on fully finishing the fight this chapter, but a few things came up. One, I always wanted to do "This fight isn't over yet ending." Two, there's a move that Cain got, and for the life of me I can't fucking come up with a name for it. At this point i'm probably going to name it " the kamehameha wave." And three, I really wanted to do "this fight isn't over yet ending."

Well I think that's all I have to say. I'm honestly surprise i'm the orc story is still going on. When I first started this arc I thought I would breeze past it. I guess this is one going to be one long arc.

Anyway guys I hope you enjoy the chapter, and thanks for reading.