After I finished settling things and dominating the whole Snake Hunters tribe, I was ready to hit the dusty desert road once again to make my way through this continent and reach the next city.Gurkug had to stay here to protect the city from possible Orc invaders, and I didn't want to lose the city so soon, so I had to let him stay since he was the strongest combatant in the city at the moment.I transmitted a message to the small orc village that I captured that they could come to the city and settle there as they were also controlled by me, the path I had taken was already pretty bare of desert monsters, so they could take that path and arrive at the city in one piece to reinforce its guards.The village orcs weren't that strong, but there was always strength in numbers for the orcs.I left the city behind me as I took one more glance back at it before my body disappeared into the sandstorm that just started revving up in the distance.The sandstorm was quite strong as the wind att

"You are trying to help me?"My question made the wraith snort as he responded:"Help you? No, I'm trying to help myself here. The demon will take me back after the mission is finished, and I don't want to get back to hell! Even if I'm bound to you, at least I can experience the living plane instead of being tortured in hell.""Ok, so what's the plan, how do I escape the demon's clutches?"It was obvious from the wraith's tone of voice that he still hated the demons even though he had made a 'fair' contract with them."For starters, the demons don't have eyes everywhere because the living and the gods are still denying them power. However, if you go with the plan that your friend has put in motion, soon the balance between the gods, demons, and devils will break apart, and the demons would be able to arrive from hell to the living plane!"The wraith continued as some anger seeped into his tone once again:"And that damn piece of shit demon is not to be trusted. I'm pretty sure that th

After I took one more glance at the demonic gate, the wraith stopped the connection between my vision and his, making me unable to see the gate anymore.I shook my head and consulted my map before making my way to the next city. I had already captured two of them, and there were two left before I could reach the one that contained a war chief.The desert was like always, arid during the day and cold during the night, infested with scorpions, vultures, and snakes, all poisonous to boot, even the vultures.But the further I got towards the middle of the continent, the more I felt the heat increase, bearing down on my body and making me have to shed my upper armor as the metal conducted the heat from the sun to cook my body.Now I understood why the orcs usually didn't have anything on their upper body and only wore light leather pants or only a thong.The heat was pretty strong at the beginning of the continent too, and for those Orcs who could be considered rather weak, the heat should

The memories flowing through my brain were fast-paced as they came from the Orcs' POV.I could feel the desert wind brushing towards my face in the memories of the Orc as they became mine, suddenly, a small alarm tingled my brain, making shivers go down my spine, and having me move my head to the side, dodging a thick arrow with a very sharp arrowhead that almost impaled me in the eye.I analyzed the memory and that small alarm that came from the Orc's brain gave me a slight idea of how they had refined their instincts to the point they worked automatically in their favor.It was a combination of muscle memory and sharpened senses that went to the point of reaching such high levels that even if I enhanced my senses with energy, I would barely be able to reach the same level as the Orc I just killed. Unfortunately for him, the senses were almost like a toxin in situations where you could sense what was going to happen, but you were unable to cope with it due to the lack of strength/spe

The surroundings started to shake as the Orcs looked at the lake with scared expressions on their faces. They tried to get away from me as they tiptoed to the back, ignoring the drake that was over them, being quite a bit more scared of the war chief that was just making their way out of the water.The water from the oasis slowly parted as a head became visible.Surprisingly it was a rather womanly face that had quite a few scars on it and the normal features of an Orc, green skin, a rather big nose, and sharp teeth. But it was obvious from her features that she was a female Orc.The body that came out of the water had cuts, bruises, and scars on it. The muscles were glistening from the water as they contracted and shook while her aura increased even further as she saw me and said:"You are the pink skin that the Orgumak clan had warned me about."The female war chief stretched her body, revealing all of her pure muscles as popping sounds were heard coming from her sturdy bones that c