This strategy will decide the outcome. We currently have fought our way out of the city, while also drawing out the orcs.
We are just 100 meters from the city. At the city's edge, we stationed the magicians on top of the roofs of buildings, so that they wouldn't be reached so easily.
The archers are with us, despite being archers, when they ran out of arrows they fought with knives and daggers. I'm impressed by their ability to quickly switch from ranged to melee, they are also really good at fighting at close range. If we ever manage to live I wish I could train with them, their ability at dodging attacks is so fluid and precise, are they secretly the thief/assassin class? Lol.
Our vanguards the remaining knights this time were outnumbered by the adventurers. They really took a beating on the frontlines, such a hazardous job... I wonder if they had hazard pay?
We numbered in the 270+ the enemy 2000+ Thankfully the orc legion was dumb enough to stay in formation because they had decreased in numbers, they are now spread out widely. They cover about 600 meters, but that's futile, as I can still get most of them.
I recommended the phalanx formation. The knights at the front, beside them, are adventurers using swords, daggers, axes, etc and behind are the adventurers that used spears, pikes, and tridents. Ironically it was very effective "Thank you 300!" {1} I shouted.
Slowly the orc legion crept closer and closer. We took out those who were scattered that got too close and the magicians at the edge of town fired off their barrage, funny enough. Jose, was also participating, but why doesn't he use Meteor Storm? Is it because of old age? Anyway, I'm glad that he's helping us.
This time we had no magicians to cast on healing and support magic, so we had to be extra careful, but we brought a lot of potions with us.
Blake and I are just near each other at the front. Gosh, it's so messy here, with blood splattering all over the blasted place... luckily there were no casualties.
Just a few meters more...
Then... we saw it. The orc king... charging with his trusty steed...
Thrice the height of the average orc, big bulging muscles that would put all the other orcs to shame. Proudly showing the battle scars all over its body. Riding an armored rhino and wielding a huge cleaver, the size of a tall man.
If I had a thing to say about what it looked like. It looked like the damn HULK!! {2}
"Well, shit..." [Angelica]
"Shit indeed..." [Blake]
I can see most of the guys trembling at the sight of it. It must have been a terrible foe... After seeing Mr.Hulk I immediately used the magic crystal, housing the spell ▪Meteor Storm▪ I heard that he likes targeting magicians, does he make an exception for girls? Maybe not...
With that, I lifted the fire-red crystal. It made a bright red glow, like being shone on by a spotlight on the lighthouse. After the red glow shot out into the sky, at the same time, the crystal broke with the sound of shattering glass. Let the magic begin!
The sky quickly turned dark, covering the rays of the sun. From there, hundreds of huge fireballs lit up the sky as they fell, they didn't seem like meteorites though... more like projectiles coming from a fire catapult.
Anyway, the fireballs fell engulfing the field into a hellish inferno. The orc legion tries to scatter, but it was already too late. Screams of agony and the sound of fireballs roaring and then exploding, filled the battlefield. We all stared in awe at this spectacle. In 30 seconds the fireworks had ended. The sky returned to its clear blue state.
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The smell of burnt flesh fills the air. Most of the guys covered their noses from the smell, I was quite used to it by now from my enchant...
The orc king seemed to watch it too. When he saw that nearly all of his legion is wiped out, he stared back at me and glared. Did you not like the performance? Sorry, we don't do refunds...
I could feel its killing intent all the way from here...
Because of fear I had to use the crystal early, a few of the orcs weren't able to enter the spell's kill zone. They numbered in the 400's? With a loud warcry, the orc king charged. While his cleaver pointed at me, I pissed him off really badly...
"E-eh!?" [Angelica]
"Woman get behind!"
"Angelica! Run!" [Blake]
I was moved to the far back of the phalanx formation. I can still see him glaring at me, his rhino expelling smoke from its nose, it's like a steam locomotive when it does that. I have a bad feeling about this...
"Protect the woman!"
"Don't let it get past us again!"
"Yeah!!"
My fears were realized when the orc king did not slow down his charge. As his rhino hit the phalanx formation, it was like a train had just derailed... those at the front flew...
As the rhino crashed the orc king jumped off at the same time. At that moment, he landed only a few feet behind me. In an instant, he makes a horizontal slash.
"Get down!!"
An adventurer had pushed me down. I saw his upper half flying into the air, blood still spewing from it, that image will forever be burned into my mind. By the time I was able to collect my thoughts, the orc king was already making a downward slash, I'm going to get cut in half... game over for me...
"Angelica!!" [Blake]
Blake deflected the huge cleaver, it landed just a few inches from us, while it was stuck in the ground. Blake makes his counter-attack, but he got kicked and flew like a chess piece being thrown.
"Blake?! Damn you!!" [Angelica]
I grabbed my gladius, this time, the orc king had already recovered his cleaver from the ground. He will use a two-handed strike, he really meant to kill me. I enchanted my sword and cut his cleaver, from the blade up to its guard right in front of him.
The cut portion of his cleaver flew behind me and knocked down a knight who held a shield "Sorry!" I whispered to myself.
As I went for the kill, he managed to grab my left arm, which held the sword. He looked at the sword at first, then back at me. He lifted me up while I was struggling, I heard a crack.
"A-ah!!!!" [Angelica]
The orc king squeezed my arm with such force, that it popped the arm like a water balloon. He also broke some of my bones... without the strength to hold onto the sword, I let go. Its crimson edge disappeared as it left my hand, the orc king smiled and punched me in the stomach before releasing my arm.
I spat out blood, flew then fell and rolled like a rag doll. It hurts so much that I nearly fainted... I managed to stay conscious because I wanted to know what had happened to Blake.
There I lie on the grass, its prickly leaves make my back itch, then... I felt someone touching my sides. Hey! To do this to a dying woman, do you have no shame?!
When I tilted my head, it was Blake. He was searching for something, then he took out a greenish stuff from my bag. It was the magic crystal... its green light enveloped my body. It feels very warm... he was healing me.
I got up, and all of the visible injuries that I have received were gone, but my clothes were a mess. Mixed with my blood and those of orcs, dirt, and mud.
"Are you alright Angelica?!" [Blake]
"Yes. Thank you for healing me, Blake." [Angelica]
"Can you fight?" [Blake]
"Do I look like I can't?" [Angelica]
I acted tough, but still, a few parts of my body was aching from the pain. From my reply, Blake's worried look disappeared. I then picked up a cleaver from a fallen orc, it was surprisingly light despite its appearance and design. We see the orc king, tanking the adventurers and knights.
When the orc king saw me he had this "What the fuck." look on his face, you should've made sure that you've killed me.
"Time for round two." [Angelica]
I lifted my hand and gestured at him "Come at me, bro." The orc king's eyes turned blood shot and he charged at me and Blake. Surprisingly, body language was easy to understand wherever you go.
With that, we start round two of our bout.
References
{1} Again to the movie 300 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrIbxk7idYA
{2} Nuff said. https://ewedit.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/thor-3-trailer-20.jpg?w=669