episode. 12 Don’t stare at me (3)
Rapture, the last warrior of the bloody tree tribe.
The Rapture tribe, which lived in the Hobson Mountains, collapsed in vain in front of the disaster of a dragon that appeared out of nowhere.
In front of his eyes, his family and comrades were swallowed up in the dragon’s jaws, and his prosperous nest was terribly trampled on.
The only thing that survived the catastrophe was the rapture.
From that day on, Rapture vowed to take revenge, and went to the hated dragon and thrust an ax into it.
Even the orc’s inferior intellect knew it was an act of suicide, but his heart cried out for vengeance.
It was a hundred times better to die demonstrating bravery than to lose pride and live in hiding.
However, Rapture underestimated the dragon’s cruelty.
The guy ripped through the skin of the rapture that attacked him with his claws.
The flames made his red skin even redder, and he even held it in his mouth and spat it out.
The dragon sent Rapture back alive, gasping for breath. As if to try again next time.
This was a heinous act that threw the warrior’s pride and bravery down into the abyss.
To him, the Rapture was nothing more than a toy for pastime.
Rapture, who survived again, fell into despair.
It was a sword of revenge that had been sharpened, but the target was too high.
But he did not let go of the weapon in his hand.
As the years passed, Rapture attacked countless times, and every time he did, terrible scars were engraved all over his body.
The red orc lived because he couldn’t die, and he didn’t give up his revenge because he couldn’t die.
Then one day, over two hundred humans visited the Hobson Mountains.
Rapture found out with difficulty that the purpose of humans was dragons.
It was an opportunity not to be missed for him.
“Chwiik, if you win in Dalian, you really have to keep your promise.”
Many times I was kicked out by the knights while trying to talk.
Finally, the possibility of negotiations began to appear.
The insignificant person in front of me asked for sparring.
If I defeat myself, I will consider joining forces.
I made a promise with my mouth, so if you’re a warrior, you’ll have to keep it.
Rapture pulled out a huge battle axe.
The murderous spirit of the knights who stood behind the humans pierced the skin, but I couldn’t miss this opportunity.
“young master! How dare you make such a decision! I am the commander of this expedition!”
Meanwhile, Polk scolded Richard with a hardened face. His angry voice was fierce.
“What’s so hard about just talking?”
Actually, Richard waved his hand as if it didn’t matter. It meant watching and not interfering.
He left the clamoring knights behind and looked at Rapture.
“Don’t worry, the knights won’t intervene.”
“Please keep your promise, Chwiik.”
After a short conversation, sparring began.
Rapture’s thick legs swelled as if they were about to explode.
Soon he kicked the ground and attacked.
A bloody spirit emanated from the red orc charging forward with a huge battle axe.
bang!
His ax roughly dug into the spot where Richard was standing. It was indeed a monstrosity commensurate with its size.
However, when a big attack fails, there is a gap.
Richard’s Dragon Tooth swung.
“Chwiik!”
Rapture used the shaft of the ax stuck in the ground as an axis and rotated his body to avoid the sword.
He leaped into the air and stretched out his feet.
I’m sorry-!
Richard, who hurriedly retrieved his sword, blocked it with his sword face, but he could not avoid being pushed backwards.
“What kind of orc!”
“Are you that nimble?” Richard swallowed the words and straightened up.
Rapture, who pulled out his ax before he knew it, immediately resumed his attack. Every time the flat ax blade brushed Richard, a terrible banging sound hit his ears.
A ferocious monstrous power that surpasses that of most Orc chieftains.
And agility and flexibility not commensurate with its size.
“At least a senior knight or higher… … !”
Jack, who was watching the two fight, swallowed a suppressed moan.
As if it would jump out at any moment, my hips trembled.
No matter how disapproving it is, a Bocchan is a Bocchan.
I had to avoid being cut in half by that orc’s axe.
“Kwaaa!”
Suddenly, Rapture screamed.
The knights of the castle wall who heard it were impressed.
Called ‘War Cry’ among Orcs, it had the power to put pressure on opponents.
But Richard’s expression was calm. The Ice Crown always kept me cool.
Richard, who caught the gap, dug into Rapture’s arms.
Get a card!
The dragon’s tooth, which he stabbed with all his might, was blocked by the flat blade of the axe.
Rapture and Richard glared at each other through sparks that flew in all directions.
“Ha ha ha ha!”
standoff for a while. Rapture let out a laugh out of nowhere.
It was a loud voice that made me wonder if it was another war cry.
“This, now that I see it, must have been a true warrior who enjoys fighting, Chwiik!”
“What are you saying all of a sudden?”
“Pretend not to drink. I am not happy with this sparring!”
Richard shook his head.
The fight against Rapture was an extension of the sparring he had with the knights earlier.
The purpose has changed a bit, but in the end it is to prove something to the knights.
‘… … It’s actually a bit fun though.’
At some point, the battle got better.
He felt a sense of accomplishment when he defeated a monster with a sword he had trained with blood and sweat, and his heart raced when he won a match against a knight.
Now, if I didn’t move my body, I felt stuffy.
However, Richard tried hard to suppress it.
A sense of gap between ordinary ordinary people ‘Lee Ji-hoon’ and ‘Richard’, a resident in the game.
It was very strange to ‘Lee Ji-hoon’ to welcome the battle and be enthusiastic about victory.
“Chwik, well, that’s fine.”
Rapture swung his ax briefly and shook Richard away.
Rapture’s body was already heated up.
His fighting instincts, which had been put aside for smooth negotiations, soared.
coo woo-
A stream of golden air rose and wrapped around his body and axe. It was a golden aura unique to the Orcs.
“no!”
The knights who saw it roared in astonishment.
Their pale faces each drew their weapons and tried to launch themselves.
It was then.
Kugu Palace!
From somewhere, along with the sound of small footsteps, a huge tree rose from the ground and blocked the knights’ path.
“What… … !”
“There is no such thing as too much fuss.”
It was Aaron who stepped out to calm the panicked knights.
He opened his mouth with an honest face.
“Look at the young master.”
The knights, including Polk, hurriedly turned their attention to Richard.
And he opened his eyes.
“Come on… … ?”
A pure white glow intertwined with the ink-colored blade. The figure of Richard holding the sword came into sight.
“Lee, what about Master Richard?”
Wasn’t he insensitive to mana?
“Besides, that white light… … .”
“Your master is a mana attribute holder.”
Aaron’s words caused the knights to stir once again.
“What is this, Aaron!”
Aaron grinned at Polk who asked me.
3rd Knights.
The third sword of Battenberg, which his grandfather had been a former knight commander, and which Aaron belonged to before becoming Richard’s direct knight.
Because of this, Aaron was well aware of their temperament.
“Sooner or later, even the Lords will fall in love with the Bocchan.”
“What?”
It was when Polk’s brow furrowed at the sound of catching a floating cloud.
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“Ooh, it moves!”
At the cry of a knight, everyone’s eyes turned to Richard and Rapture.
Quaang-!
The ax wrapped in golden aura collided with the sword stained pure white.
The ground shook and roared around the sword and axe.
“Chwiik! It must have been a mutation!”
The mutation that Rapture refers to is a holder of mana characteristics.
As if to prove him, Rapture’s ax and Richard’s dragon tooth pushed each other out of the air.
A power struggle between orcs and humans that would never have happened originally.
In front of the mana attribute, the difference in power that comes from the difference in species was not clear.
“Aurghans are still inexperienced, but they have great power. Chwiik!”
In the end, it was the rapture that retreated. His scarred face was colored with surprise.
Compared to his fully matured aura, that human aura was clumsy.
However, the power it possessed was by no means negligible.
bang! Quaang!
Richard rushed right in and continued his attack.
A deafening roar erupted in the air. The shock wave raised dust from the ground.
“Huh!”
One knight let out a sigh.
Jack and Polk gulped.
Certainly, it wasn’t the immature idiot they knew.
Even in that short amount of time, it has changed too much.
My mind was complicated.
A strange light shone in the knights’ eyes.
“Chwiik! Fighting with you is such a pleasure! How long have you been fighting like this!”
With nearly two hundred people watching, Rapture got hot and shouted.
There seemed to be no anxiety about not knowing when the humans would come and surround him.
Because he knew very well that his opponent was not like that.
Orcs are a race driven by the heart, not the head.
Thanks to that, his sharpened instincts and senses were excellent at reading the sincerity of others.
The warrior in front of him was a strong male who enjoyed fighting.
Quaang!
Even if he tried hard to hide it, Richard’s body as he wielded the sword was honest.
The chilling effect of the ice crown shone with joy in his hardened face.
“Hoo-wook… … Whoop… … !”
Richard caught his breath.
The rapture was much stronger than expected.
In terms of knights, it was beyond the upper level, and was at the level of looking at the top level.
“Chwiik, it seems that victory and defeat are decided.”
It was as the rapture said. The aura wrapped around Richard’s sword was losing its shape.
Compared to that, Rapture’s aura was firm.
The difference in proficiency in handling auras determined the outcome.
“Sorry. It would have been a more enjoyable fight if I had handled the aura more skillfully.”
Richard closed his eyes without replying.
The initial objective has been achieved.
I desperately felt the gazes of the knights stabbing me in the back. It wasn’t the cold, cold stare he was used to.
However, he did not want to end this match with his own defeat.
I dealt with auras, killed 30 trolls and their leaders, and won a sparring with half a dozen knights.
A few truly modest successes.
I wanted to add the orc in front of me to that history as well.
Faced with defeat, the desire to win that he had pretended not to know so far boiled over.
My head went cold again.
“Whoa… … .”
Richard, who had just exhaled as if he had forgotten how to speak, opened his eyes.
Instead of divine power, faith rushed into the empty mana route.
Kuguguk-!
The aura formed on Dragon Tooth again. It was an aura of faith that radiated overwhelming energy.
A skill that even Richard himself had never tried before.
“Chwi, ripe!”
Rapture widened his eyes and reflexively raised the axe.
His brain didn’t have the ability to grasp the current situation.
Just do what your instinct tells you to do.
My heart was pounding. Alertness rang the bell.
Before long, Richard lowered his sword.
Kwagagagak-!
The light exploded with an intense roar.
The garrison, which had become dark at night, was brightly colored for an instant.
“… … .”
Rapture silently lowered the axe.
Death eluded him.
Right next to the ground he stepped on, there were traces of large scratches.
Had he hit it directly, his body would have been shattered along with the axe.
“oh my god… … .”
The knights watching the match shook their hands. The light that had driven out the darkness for a moment remained clear in my mind.
For some reason, a sense of awe raised his head, at least something he thought Richard would never feel in his lifetime.