007. Second trial (4)
Surprisingly, killing the orc sentry was quick.
The enhanced stats were also stats, but the Orc sentinel acted as if he couldn’t understand the situation.
Even though it’s the remaining troops, they were driven into a state of panic.
He fell into panic and floundered, then died meaninglessly.
But…
「You have absorbed the orc’s spirits.」
「The number of spirits you currently possess – 1/5」
「Skill increases
by 7%.」
Even in panic, an orc was an orc and I was me.
A situation where he managed to block and avoid all attacks and put his sword through the neck of an orc sentry.
「The skill ‘High Speed Regeneration’ is activated.」
Small wounds created in the process have healed in no time.
‘Is this what high-speed playback is like…?’
As the physical strength drains out, the sword marks engraved on the body quickly disappear.
‘I didn’t know until now…’
Now I finally figured out the mechanism of high-speed playback.
Literally, high-speed regeneration is a skill that recovers minor wounds by consuming stamina.
Of course, since fatal wounds cannot be reproduced, we cannot expect much.
however.
‘This is enough to fight again.’
You don’t have to use regeneration potions or stamina potions.
At least for now, it’s just wasted.
If I get more cornered later, I should consider using it, but for now, that’s it.
I barely managed to catch my breath and replaced the spirit that flowed into my body with my ability.
「Permanently increase stats by using the possessed spirits.」
「Muscle strength increased by 2」
「Agility increased by 3.」
「Stamina increased by 4.」
「Currently possessed spirits – 0/5」
Worker Unlike the Orcs, his physical strength increased as he absorbed the Orc sentry’s command.
Thanks to this, the stamina consumed by high-speed regeneration was refilled.
Another fact comes to my eyes as my body, which was as heavy as wet cotton, becomes much lighter.
‘But the range of increase in strength has narrowed.’
It was easy to guess why.
Gradually, the ability to rise beyond the minimum limit began to slow down.
But I was quite happy with that fact.
That’s because I started to become stronger by breaking out of the human limits.
“Whoop whoop whoop.”
Breathing heavily, he looked around with his sword and shield clenched tightly in his hands.
In the interim, the fire spread again, blocking the way out.
‘I’m glad.’
Orc hunters who went outside will not be able to return here.
Even if you come, you will have to spend quite a bit of time or go round and round.
Of course…
“I think that’s the same for me too.”
I also recognized that I had entered a single road from which I could not go back.
Fortunately, it absorbed about 2 orcs.
‘Since I even killed the Orc sentry, it’s a better situation than originally planned.’
Originally, I was worried about the gap that would be felt as my abilities jumped up, but…
I didn’t feel a big gap in my body than I thought.
‘Is it because my abilities haven’t risen that far yet?’
Either way, it’s not bad.
If the sense of physical distancing was great, he might have had to die like this.
The moment I caught my breath and straightened my posture.
“Chwi chwii it! Chwiik! Chwii profit!”
“Chwi chwi chwi? Chwiyiyi!”
“Chwiyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!”
At the entrance of the barrier, the remaining orcs screamed and poured out.
The flames that spread beyond the wooden fence had an effect.
At the center of the group was an old orc, as if being escorted.
‘I’m sure he’s the Orc Chief.’
Orcs were also aware that it was dangerous, and they were holding bows or crude stone knives.
‘Well, it was such a tough fight, but there’s no way I didn’t know it inside.’
If so, I would have felt insecure on my part.
however.
‘I’ll be grateful if they all come out like this.’
The number of enemies is only about 5.
Among them, only one was in charge of combat-related tasks.
Except for the Orc sentinels, even if they were holding bows or swords, they weren’t that threatening.
That’s why…
Tadadat!
Rather, I took advantage of this confusion and flew quickly.
because he was sure
Now that my abilities have risen to some extent…
I’m sure I can overcome this situation.
“Chwi chwii yi!”
At that time, the orc in front of me drew the string of the bow he was holding and aimed at me.
I love you!
fast.
As if he had never handled a bow before, the arrows flew with the momentum to pierce his head.
A level that is difficult to avoid easily, even if its abilities have risen.
However, the shield he bought with points was not held for nothing.
Ting!
“Chwi chwii yi?”
As I raised the shield I was holding slightly, the arrows ricocheted helplessly.
The orc holding the bow was taken aback, but I wasn’t.
Right away, he thrust his sword into the throat of the orc holding the bow, and the creature’s throat was cut helplessly.
“Chwiyiyyyyyyyy!”
“Chwiyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!”
The orcs next to him reacted immediately and stabbed with swords or spears, but it was meaningless.
Obvious, honest, and clumsy.
It was the same heart that made it easy to block even the target point of the sword and spear.
It seems that the two are not connected in the slightest.
Take a step back and adjust the position of the shield upward.
Most of the worker orcs have no combat experience, and only those who run by relying on their physical abilities.
Tuoong!
On the other hand, I had trained my weapon skills for 7 years even though I barely got a beginner’s ticket.
So blocking the attack itself wasn’t that difficult.
“Chwi chwii profit!”
When the attack bounced back, the orcs were startled.
Most people without combat experience don’t know what to do.
And it wasn’t anything different just because it was a monster.
Squaw!
The moment the spear and sword were blocked by the shield and bounced off, he swung his sword.
A straight red line was drawn on the skin of the defenseless orc due to the recoil of the weapon.
Fuhuaaaagh!
The belly skin cracked, and the orc’s intestines poured out like live fish through the gap.
Still, I didn’t feel any emotion.
No, it wasn’t exactly a situation where I could feel that kind of emotion.
Even though the orc holding the spear was finished, the one holding the sword was still alive.
In a life-and-death battle, sentimentality is a luxury.
‘Let’s just stay calm and stay calm.’
I take a step back without having to push myself further.
Then, after properly wiping the blood from his cheeks, he charged the remaining orcs.
A method of making the appearance of retreating and then launching a surprise attack.
A monster that is not good at fighting cannot even respond properly. Only
then did
the Orc sentry in the back give up escorting the chief…
Awesome!
The moment he cut off the worker orc’s head like that.
An orc sentry who approached at some point screamed in anger.
“Chwiyiyiik!”
The orc sentinel’s cry and the glinting life in his eyes seemed to say this.
Both sides of the work.
I hit the greatsword I was holding as if I was going to split my body with the shield.
Looking at the muscles of the guy with the veins, I instinctively recognized it.
That an E-class shield could break.
Of course, if it doesn’t break, it’ll just be stamped with a greatsword.
A shield held with one hand can break your left wrist.
Will he be able to fight properly after his left hand is shattered like that?
No, in a nutshell, you can’t.
However, he had no intention of giving up, so he gritted his teeth.
‘If you can’t stop it, just let it go…!’
Tilt the shield at an angle to adjust the blade of the greatsword to flow down.
It was a skill that would have failed due to low stats in the past, but not anymore.
I’m going to go to the middle of the day…!
“Chwi chwii profit!?”
He stabbed his sword into the abdomen of an orc sentry who was staggering from the flowing greatsword.
Woowook!
The leather armor is pierced in an instant and blood is poured out.
But I didn’t stop there, I drew out my sword and swung it.
Chow ah!
The Orc sentry grabbed the ship and fell back in a rapidly coordinated attack.
“Drunk… Yi-i-i-i-i-i-(i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-n-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i
.
cooong.
I struck the sword again at the orc sentry who was about to fall to the ground.
It was finished properly without being careless.
Only then did the tenacious Orc sentry sag and collapse.
All that remains is the Orc Chief, the final goal of the second-floor ordeal.
I glared at my next target while breathing heavily.
Then…
“Chwi chwiiik! Chwichwii profit!”
The death of the orc sentinel terrified the chieftain, who clung to his staff and murmured.
And right after the words that I don’t know what to say are over.
Roaring-!
A huge ball of fire rose in front of the Orc chieftain and burned fiercely.
Only then did I know what the orc chieftain had done.
‘I was wondering why the Orc sentry didn’t move faster…!’
To protect the core, the Orc chieftain.
In other words, he used the Orcs he faced earlier as shields to complete the chant.
As long as the magician is alive, he will be able to generate firepower as much as he wants.
Of course, they did not know that they would be annihilated like this, so it must have been a formation formed.
but.
Thanks to that formation, I am now in a crisis of desperation.
No, I knew that the most senile orc hunter would become a chieftain.
This was an unusual and unexpected case.
‘What kind of an Orc is a wizard…!’
Even so, what you have to do doesn’t change.
Paaang-!
Immediately, I shrank, sticking out my shield in the face of the shooting fireball.
To get the body out of the range of the fireball as much as possible.
However, such a strategy did not make much sense.
Wow!
Along with the shock transmitted to the shield, the vision was dyed red.
“Kuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
The skin all over the body sizzled and the smell of something burning came up.
Even so.
“Turn it off…!”
I held on tightly to my spirit that was about to collapse and maintained my stance.
I didn’t know that being roasted alive would be so painful.
I’d rather peel off the sizzling flesh with my own hands.
Even in the pain of tearing my eyes, I moved forward little by little.
Because that’s all I can do.
「Achievement ‘He who can withstand fire’ has been achieved.」
「The skill ‘Burn Resistance (F)’ is created.」
It seemed like a message was ringing, but I couldn’t really pay attention.
The pain that burned my whole body drove me to the brink of losing my mind.
But one thing was known.
Chiiyi profit.
“Keep it. Kkekekekeuk.”
That I had withstood the orc chieftain’s magic.
Lowering the shield that covered my upper body, I glared at the orc chieftain.
Looking through the half-collapsed shield, the orc chief looked at me in awe.
I spoke in a low voice, with the intent to kill as much as possible.
“… you’re dead.”
Even though I thought I would lose consciousness due to the boiling of my skin, I was able to spit out those words clearly.
Emotions beyond words seemed to be felt, and the orc chief hesitated backwards in panic.
“…!”
However, the Orc Chief looked around and was shocked.
“Chwi chwi chwi chwich!”
He realized that the vast forest was all covered in fire and he could not escape.
The hope that was young in the eyes of the dark wizard quickly cools down.
I trudged to the front of the orc chieftain and raised my sword.
The orc chief holding the staff trembled without even running away.
It was swallowed up in fear.
“Chwi chwiiyi.”
Kwaji support!
The orc chieftain’s collapsed death resounded and his head split.
And at the same time, messages came one after another.
“Congratulations, you have broken through the 2nd floor of the Tower of Trials.”
The 2nd floor ordeal has finally come to an end.
