Ray was currently level 73 and Ken was level 62, they were going up against an army of foes around the same level as them, as well as someone even stronger, Ray had thought many battles had been a challenge so far, but this one, would be a true challenge because for the first time, Ray wasn’t 100% sure that he could win, at least without taking any damage that is.
“So how are we going to do this, stealthily or all out invasion.”, Ken asks
“You're in charge this time. I’ll follow your orders after all, we’re doing this because you want to.”.
Ken thinks.
“Well let's go through the information given, there's 20 piglings, 15 orcs and 1 orc lord. At this time, they should all be asleep except for the piglings who are forced to keep guard, they should be weak, and sleep deprived... We’ll be stealthy for as long as possible; however, I don't think stealth will work against an orc, let alone an orc lord if its minimum level is 100”.
“And that's why you’re my number 2.”, Ray says snickering.
“Shut up.”, Ken says pushing Ray slightly.
Ray and Ken hide in the bushes outside of a tunnel entrance which is being guarded by 2 piglings. Ray and Ken look at each other and nodded, the 2 unexpecting piglings were killed before they could even make a noise, they gently put their bodies down as to not make any noise, they peer into the tunnel which they could hardly see down.
“Should I create a light or?”. Ray asks Ken, who shakes his head.
“It may alert them and instead of investigating alone, they may just wake everyone.”, Ray nods in agreement, Ray, which he assumed Ken knew was trying to gage Kens leadership skills. Ray and Ken slowly travel through the tunnel, taking out unexpecting piglings as they go, they must have been under the impression that no one was going to attack a strong hold of an orc lord, and even if they did, the guards would have made at least a noise, right.
“that's 7 piglings we’ve taken out.”, Ray said.
As they kept on walking, a dim orange light appeared.
“I think we’re getting to the room.”, Ken states as he spear thrusts a pigling with the tip of his axe. The piglings must have thought they were smart not to light the tunnels as to make it hard for any invaders to traverse through, but just as hard as it was for others to see in, it was just as hard for them. That was their fatal flaw.
“8 down.”.
The reach the end of the tunnel and pear down. It was a giant open cave the size of a colosseum. They had a giant bonfire burning in the centre of the pit with the 15 orcs snoozing around it, in a Raised area at the back of the cave was a giant thrown made from bones where a giant orc was sat on, he must be the orc lord, the other 11 piglings were patrolling the area and guarding a cage which had a total of 10 hobgoblins in. to their left, there was a stone slope that led down to the floor guarded by a pigling.
“What now... it’ll be hard to be stealthy now.”, Ray says as he chokes out the pigling guard, “9.”.
“Yeah, I've had enough of stealth any way. Ray, you have some long-distance attacks, right?”.
“Yeah...”.
“I want you to be a temporary sniper and clear out the piglings, whilst I rush in, once they're all down. Come join me.”.
“Yes boss.”. Ray says smiling, they fist bump and Ray points
Ken jumps down into the Pit that alerts the piglings who start to oink in alert which begins to wake up the orcs.
“Guess there's no need to be silent.”, Ray thought as he creates a ball of flame. “Scatter shot”, he throws the football sized ball of flames at a group of 7 piglings that had begun to move in, the zig zagging arrows rush and strike through the piglings, however it didn’t kill them. They were clearly a lot stronger than the wolves; he would have to put more power into them.
“Exploding pitch”, the ball of flame rushed towards them, Ray snaps his fingers and the ball explodes, killing them all “16.”, The remaining Piglings, who had been alerted to his presence and had been ordered to get Ray began charging at Ray, spears in hand and although tougher then the wolves, Ray didn’t even need his flame aura to deal with them, they were probably around level 30-40.
Ray jumps down to where Ken was currently dodging attacks from the orcs, it seemed they thought of this as entertainment as they were letting him fight one on one and they were cheering, but this was no game, Ken was simply stalling for Ray so they could make an all-out attack. Ray engulfed his body in flame aura, boosting his power and stabbed his sword down into one of the spectating orcs heads, the cave fell silent as the orcs looked at what Ray had just done. as the body fell to the ground, Ray stood among the 13, 7 feet tall, towering orcs and smiled.
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“This isn’t a game, this is a slaughter fest.”, Ray said in orc-tongue.
Ken, used the distraction and using quick slash, decapitated the orc in front of him. Ray jumps back to where Ken was before the orcs could react. Ray looks up at the thrown at where the orc lord is sitting, watching the events before him.
“ANYONE WHO BRINGS ME THE HEADS OF THOSE 2 INVADERS, WILL B GRAUNTED 1 REQUEST.”, the orc lord commands in a booming voice that shakes the cave. The previously stunned orcs picked up their weapons, excitement in the air and cheered as they marched towards Ray and Ken.
“It’s on now.”, Ray said getting ready.
“Yeah.”, Ken says.
The orcs charge at Ray and Ken who look at each other and nod, they were going to work together on this, Ray just hoped exp share was a thing in real life. Ray jumped up and initiated, slamming his blade down at the orc leading the charge, the orc, who was wielding a giant club made of wood, had attempted to block the attack but Rays sword had gone straight through it, cutting a line in the orc face to stomach. IT SQUALED in pain, Ken took that opportunity, using quick slash, to slice open the orcs stomach, it keeled over and lay still, “3 down 12 to go.”. suddenly 2 orcs charge at them, one carrying a duel headed battle axe, the other a wooden club. Ray charges up a “Scatter shot.” and throws it at them, the ball explodes into many arrows headed flames that zig zag and strikes the orcs, however, bloodied, they continue charging at them, one of the orcs goes for ray and swings down his club which Ray dodges, he sends a flurry of fire slashes at the orc which both cuts and burns the orc, temporarily blinded by the fire and pain the orc stumbles backwards, giving Ray the chance to land a finishing blow on the orc. Simultaneously, so had Ken, he had sliced off the orcs arms and then gone for the head. “10 remaining.”. Ken picked up the axe the orc was using and it glows with mana, Ken throws the axe that spins so fast it looks like a disk, it strikes another orc in the shoulder that OINKS in pain, Ray throws an, “Exploding pitch”, at the orcs face who was struggling to pull the axe out of his shoulder, Ray snapped his fingers and the ball exploded, blowing the orcs head clean off and sending his burnt body tumbling backwards into his allies. The remaining 9 orcs had stopped charging forwards, fear in their faces, it wasn’t unexpected, in the space of about 30 seconds, they had just seen 6 of their allies killed off almost effortlessly.
“WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR, KILL THEM.”, roared the orc lord who was getting more and more frustrated.
Reluctantly, the orcs continued their charge as they fought, Ray was confused, he knew that he and Ken were unique monsters, which means they were stronger and faster than their levels initially told, but something was off, these orcs were weak, it was as if they had become orcs and then stopped progressing, he had a bad feeling about this something was off. As they stood before the Orc lord who was sat on his thrown, anger etched in his face, Ray knew what was wrong, the orc lord must have wanted to evolve into an orc disaster and then probably into an orc calamity. This whole orc group was a sham, a joke, anyone that was over level 50 could defeat the whole group if they didn’t get cornered. There was only one threat in this cave and that was the orc lord, there was no way of telling what level he was or how close he was to evolving
“What level are you?”. Ray asks the orc lord
“A half human can speak the language of the mighty orcs? How peculiar, for creatures so puny you wiped out my entire forces, but why is that?”.
“My hobgoblin friend here got a request from a girl he likes to come and save her friends and so we came to save the.”,
“I see, so such great warriors have come to save such weak little creatures. Ok I’ll let them go, if you’ll join me that is, become my minions, my underlings. We'll storm and trample through this accursed land, claiming it back for us monsters, if you agree to that, then I’ll free your little vermin friends.”.
“How close are you to becoming a disaster?”.
“Trying to find out my level to see if it's worth the fight eh, very well. I am level 147, 3 levels away from being a true disaster. Now, join me, or serve as a sacrifice to further my desires.”, the orc lord says, hand outstretched.
“Nah sorry about that, but we already have a prior engagement, so we will be taking the hobgoblins and leaving, even if that means we have to kill you first.”.
The orc lord roars with laughter, “Kill me? You may have bested those fodder, but you're talking to me here. I’ll make you pay for killing all my minions, I'm going to kill you both, crush you into mush and devour You.”, the orc lord says standing up, he was a mighty 9 feet tall, and picking up a huge, jagged edged blade.
Seeing this, Ray and Ken ready up and prepare for the toughest fight of their lives. The orc lord descends from the mass that his thrown was perched on and stops a few meters away from them. He was wearing a full set of metal armour; he looked like an absolute tank.
“Ready to die.”, Ray and the orc lord say simultaneously.