As they had levelled up, they had obviously acquired more skill points, the new skills they acquired were key to defeating groups of archer orcs by themselves, despite being around forty levels lower.
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- When the skill is activated, multiple fists will materialise depending on your vitality and strike the - - target rapidly.
- Each fist will deal 10 x [Strength] per hit as damage
- The skill costs 100 MP per second
Tabsi had invested most of her skill points into evolving her previous skill,
The skill is pretty good, Tabsi could kill an orc within three seconds while using this skill. When paired with
However, Lennon and Tabsi discovered that the 'jabs' are able to penetrate the orcs, effectively making it into an AoE attack when groups of enemies are really close to each other. And that is exactly how the archer orcs behave, as they believe it to be an effective defense against enemies.
"How much longer is this string thing? Are you sure it's even there?"
Tabsi was getting impatient, they had been following the string for nearly twenty minutes now.
"I already told you, I'm pretty sure we're heading towards the archer orc's village, though I don't know how it is important to the story"
Lennon whispered to Tabsi, he has visited the village a couple times and knew the general direction, the string was definitely leading them to the village. Although nothing important happened in the village until a couple years later, it was definitely worth investigating.
A village suddenly came into view, it was about as big as a town, with houses made out of bricks.
"Shhhh, we're here"
In Tisit, monsters can also be counted as NPCs. Sometimes you can even raise affinity with monsters, which is exactly what the class 'Beast Tamer' and its evolutions does. Some monsters that are intelligent enough to speak can be friendly and regarded as any other human NPC, they can also give out rewards and quests.
The orc village had few members capable of speaking, only some of the older orcs could speak the human language. Even in Tisixa, there weren't a lot of players who managed to make friends with the archer orcs.
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Tabsi and Lennon were sitting on top of a tree branch, overlooking the orc village. The string of light led into the underground warehouse of the village.
"Listen up, from what I remember, the only valuable item in the storehouse is a branch, taken from the oldest tree in the forest and cultivated into a powerful weapon. But the weapon only appeared a couple months from now and isn't even that good"
"Then there's probably just a bunch of junk in that warehouse, maybe we could sell those for some quick cash"
Tabsi's eyes lit up, she had always been a money enthusiast, mainly because she can't be bothered doing quests or fighting monsters for equipment. That's why she usually just duels in the arena, wins money from bets and buys equipment from other players.
"Yeah, most players are still using the starting weapon, we could make a quick buck"
"Okay, so what's the plan?"
Lennon had started formulating a plan as soon as they had arrived, but there really weren't many options. The warehouse had an entrance which was guarded by two orcs on either side. Though it's positioned in the centre of the village, killing a guard would immediately notify every other orc in the vicinity due to their keen sense of smell.
They could try digging in, but none of them had brought a shovel, and obviously didn't have any digging skills.
"We only have one option"
"To kill all the orcs!"
"No, to make 'friends' with them"
Tabsi was itching for a powerful opponent, but there were too many orcs in the village. Eventually, they would be surrounded and killed, or taken as prisoners.
"Skills menu, give me the skill
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- Increases communication abilities, increases the chance of NPCs handing out hidden quests by 5%
- NPCs will easily trust you
"Okay, we'll walk into the village using the entrance, just stay behind me and don't do anything silly"
"Do you think I'm a kid or something? Your strategy better work though"
Although Tabsi said that, she had no doubt that Lennon had a good plan. After all, she had yet to see one of Lennon's plans fail.
They walked into the orc village, and the orcs were immediately on guard. Although Lennon knew about orc courtesy, though the courtesy he showed was the one used by the elves.
A well-known fact about the archer orcs is that they deeply respect the attitudes of the elves, as they are both guardians of their respective forests. It could even be said that they admire them.
An old-looking orc suddenly walked out from the crowd of orcs surrounding them.
"Greetings, archer orcs, I am an emissary from the kingdom of elves, and we are here to relay a message."
Lennon spoke politely as he performed a small bow.
"Greetings, my name is Ognar, I am the chief of this humble tribe of orcs, though we haven't had any contact with the elves for quite a while. May I dare to ask what this message is about?"
"Of course, the elves are currently planning to engage in a big war against the neighbouring human nation of Kaiton, and wish to ask for a favour in the form of supplies for the upcoming war."
"You wish to borrow our resources?"
"Yes, the war is only expected to last a couple months, after the elves seize victory, we will surely repay the favour greatly."
The orc who called himself Ognar then turned to discuss with a couple of tough-looking archer orcs behind him in another language. Though they didn't know that Lennon had mastered the language of every race in Tisit.
(He certainly is suspicious, he does possess the long ears of the elves nor the nature-warming aura)
(Should we trust him?)
(Maybe we should just kill them)
(You fools! If they do end up being part of the elves' kingdom and we dare to attack them, our village will be wiped off the face of this world!)
'Heh, as expected, they don't trust me, yet'
"Respected orcs, the reason you might not see the elves' qualities in us is because we are half-elves. That is the reason we were sent to be emissaries, all pure-blooded elves are currently busy preparing for war."
(That does appear to be true)
(What, how does he know our tongue?)
"I see, I apologise for doubting you, though may I humbly ask how you can understand our language?"
"Haha, it's nothing much, knowing the languages of multiple races is what you should expect from an emissary of the elves"
"I see, as expected of the emissary of the elves. Although our village is quite small and we don't have many valuables, I shall lead to our treasury, you will surely find something of use there"