Dragon Cave.
It’s a dungeon with a grandiose name, but surprisingly, there was nothing related to dragons inside.
“Chwiik! human!? Human!”
“The prey has walked on its own feet!”
When Leo entered the dragon’s cave, dozens of orcs greeted him.
‘This is the same as when I came before.’
This was a dungeon inhabited by Orcs.
Their eyes turned red when they saw Leo, and they began to drool.
It was evidently dominated by appetite.
Leo chuckled.
“I can understand why you say that the Orcs have fallen less, seeing you guys.”
Orcs are classified as heterogeneous because they can talk like humans, but they don’t live in the Abyss.
It was because the 7 races of the Abyss did not recognize them and kicked them out.
The reason was simple, it was because I was not in the same class as them.
Due to their unique fertility, Orcs were so numerous that they boasted tens of millions of people in their heyday, but most of them were only faithful to their instinctive desires such as appetite and sexual desire.
There were a few top Orcs with rationality, but they were not competitive with other heterogeneous races in the Abyss.
Crucially, even when the ‘Oak Lord’ existed, the Lord was embarrassingly weak compared to other Abyss grand dukes.
A bunch of fighting madmen who don’t match their weight class and are faithful to their instincts.
That’s why they were eventually banished from the Abyss.
Of course, human formations couldn’t accept it, so they had no choice but to survive by hiding in such a deep mountain valley.
“Big! human! I will rip off your arm and eat it!”
“Give me some fresh meat!”
Red-eyed orcs rushed towards Leo.
Leo counted the number and quietly raised his hand.
[Waving Ice – Ice Throne]
– Damn it!
Spikes of ice rose from the ground and swept them away.
– Kwaaang!
After a while, the appearance was ghastly.
Even when the orcs were stabbed by the thorns, they were frozen solid and did not shed a single drop of blood.
While cold breath blew, Leo passed through them with slow steps.
* * *
The dragon’s cave was a small orc settlement.
And in such an orc village, of course there is a chieftain.
The chief of this place was ‘Hakdum’, who led nearly 150 Orcs.
“Chwiik. Chief. Is there any meat today?”
“none. Stop talking and eat what they give you.”
“Chwi profit… . It is very difficult to live on moss every day.”
Hakdoom quietly glared at him at the complaint of his subordinate.
The subordinate orc stumbled and lowered his head.
“I’m sorry, Chief. I will never complain again.”
“Shut up and eat whatever they give you. Before you take that away too.”
“This is not okay… . sorry… .”
In the end, the subordinate orc hurriedly withdrew with a bowl of porridge made from crushed moss.
‘It’s hard.’
Hakdum touched his head.
It was never easy to lead a group of simple ignorant Orcs.
They always wanted to get out of this valley and go attack the cities of men.
“Chwiik. What does human meat taste like? I’m so curious about Chwiik.”
“I don’t even want human meat anymore. I wish I could have eaten venison without any desire.”
“The chief is too much. I don’t know why they always bother us.”
“You be careful. Then he gets beaten up by the chieftain.”
“Chwiik… .”
However, Hakdum stopped them with powerful force.
It was because he had already seen the Orc tribes that had not overcome their instincts and attacked humans and then perished several times over the past few decades.
In fact, due to the nature of Orcs, a coup d’état should have taken place and a new chieftain should have been elected.
However, Hakdum made all of the Orcs who had rebelled against him until now, and controlled his tribe by force.
“Chwiik! Chief! It’s a big deal!”
At that time, an orc hurriedly approached Hakdum’s tent.
Hakdoom frowned at the urgent voice.
“Have you had another accident?”
“Chwiik! That’s not it! It’s an intruder! A terrifying human has entered!”
“human?”
Hakdum was taken aback.
I tried so hard to suppress my own people, but did the subjugation force finally come?
“How many are there?”
“There is only one person, Chwiik. Ice spurted out of my hand. profit. My people froze in an instant!”
“If only one… It doesn’t sound like subjugation, Chwiik.”
It seems that a human magician has arrived.
There are many reasons for coming here.
It could have been that he came to attack after hearing rumors that there were orcs by chance, or he could have found them while looking for a dungeon.
Human knights and wizards would tremble if they were of different races, but consider Orcs to be a meal, so if you are confident in your skills, you can enter alone.
“… I am going to destroy humans.”
Hakdum made a decision.
Before our tribe becomes more known, let’s kill the humans who entered alone.
“Chwiik! Is it meat after a long time, chieftain?”
“Yes.”
Hakdum rose from his seat, holding a huge greatsword.
* * *
‘When will he come?’
Leo walked slowly through the cave, expecting the orcs to come soon.
After skirmishing with the orcs a few times, he deliberately spared a few so they could escape.
When would he go around this wide cave and catch and kill the orcs?
First of all, Leo’s stamina isn’t that good.
Even now, I was walking slowly so as not to run out of breath.
‘Since the Orcs don’t have enough heads anyway, they’ll hear that there’s an intruder and they’ll all come in droves.’
Using their characteristics, the mole is going to hunt while sitting!
And just as Leo expected, orcs flocked to where he was.
“Chwiiik! A real human!”
“Chwiik! too small! It’s not enough for us all to eat together!”
Leo’s eyes widened in surprise.
It wasn’t because of the number of nearly 100 orcs.
“An Orc Hero?”
It was because an orc holding a greatsword in the lead and about two heads taller than the other orcs stood out.
In the heyday of the Orcs in the past, it was the Orc Hero who served as a general under the Orc Lord.
Their skills were lower than that of a sword master, and because of their strong physical abilities and fighting spirit, they were difficult even for quite a few knights.
‘They said they were kicked out of the Abyss and in the process of falling. Orc heroes still exist.’
Right now, it seems that he is a simple tribal chief, but if an opportunity arises, the power of the Orcs will be greatly increased.
Then, suddenly, a thought crossed Leo’s mind.
‘Come to think of it, an orc race revival event occurred a few years from now.’
It was an episode in which the newly born Orc Lord and tens of thousands of Orcs went to war to secure their territory.
‘… Could it be that the Orc Lord is that guy?’
If you say that now is the time to build up your strength, I could understand it.
Thinking that far, Leo smiled and shook his head.
No matter what.
Now, the first thing to do is to quickly kill those orcs and investigate this egg that continues to vibrate in the pocket.
– Damn it!
Leo’s hand flicked away, and cold air began to seep out of him.
“Chwiiik! Deal with humans!”
Hakdoom shouted, pointing forward with his great sword.
“Chwiiik!”
“Chwiik!”
The orcs screamed and started charging.
* * *
Hakdoom was an orc hero now known to have perished.
Even in his heyday, there were not that many of them, the strongest of the Orcs excluding Lords.
That’s why Hakdum didn’t worry much when he heard the news of the human wizard who had come in alone.
Because I thought I would be able to take care of it quickly if I stepped out.
He looked at Leo with sunken eyes.
‘That human… . He seems young, but how can he be at that age… ?’
In order to protect the tribe, it is essential to understand the surrounding geography.
If you ordered the other people to go out of the mountain, their eyes might turn away, so Hakdum scouted the direction down the mountain himself.
In the meantime, there were many times I encountered humans from a distance, and there were even times when I attacked and fought.
Because of this, he knew the average age and skill of the human race, and he was able to realize that even a moderately skilled person could win.
Of course, I never went near it because I knew that the really strong humans were inside the city.
However, the person I had heard was so strong looked like that silver-haired man in front of me.
There was really nothing special about the relaxed smile or the thin forearms that seemed like they would break if hit, but I could see Hakdoom.
A terrifying tidal wave of magical power that took over Leo’s surroundings.
I doubted whether I would be able to break through that even if I dared to do my best.
‘But you have to do it. Chwiik!’
Hakdum made up his mind to become weak.
It couldn’t be broken before it even started.
– Damn it!
– Kwaaang!
The subordinates who rushed at the humans became ice statues without being able to do anything.
Truly overwhelming insolence!
The silver-haired man slaughtered the orcs with just a few flicks of his hand.
Those who were quietly frozen were fortunate.
Other than that, it was broken while freezing, or shattered when falling while frozen, or shattered when Leo touched it.
Truly a scene of massacre.
“Chwiiik!”
In the meantime, Hakdum jumped up and ran.
Blue energy overflowed from his greatsword.
The sword master’s symbol, sword steel!
It’s not a power I’m used to yet, so I can’t maintain it for a long time, but it doesn’t matter if it’s a short battle.
Leo glanced at the approaching Hak Doom, and this time he put his hands together and said a few words lightly.
It was the first time he had ever signed a hand sign.
At the same time, the mana that was overflowing around them fluctuated to the point where even Hak Doom could be felt, and it was arranged in a special shape.
“Chwiik… ?”
Thousands of ice flowers bloom all over the floor, walls and ceiling of the cave.
[Boiling Ice – Garden of Ice Flowers]
– Wow!
The ice flowers that covered the surroundings froze everything inside them.
“Chwii profit… !”
Hakdum rushed at Leo while feeling the freezing sensation from his fingertips.
This magic can be dispelled by somehow killing the sorcerer.
However.
– Damn it!
The great sword came to a standstill without reaching even close to Leo’s head, and Hakdoom became an ice statue in that state.
Leo looked at him and the frozen orcs with calm eyes.
– Jerking away.
I passed between them with leisurely steps.
* * *
Abyss.
A land ruled by different tribes.
Among them, a serious voice came from the center of the place where the lycanthrope clan existed.
“Warchief.”
“What is it?”
“The mirror you told me to take a good look at… One is broken.”
“… … !?”
At the words of his subordinate, the lycanthrope warchief jumped up from his seat.
“no way… Did the dragon’s egg go back to its place… !?”