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
The Orc's combat power was rather high as he was able to use basic swordsmanship, combined with the bodily strength of an Orc gave him quite a confidence boost against me. He was throwing small slashes all over the place, which gave me a hard time dodging in the closed space which was the tavern, the other Orcs started shouting and laughing as they continued drinking and cheering the fight on, enjoying the show.The Orc looked me up and down as he tightened the grip on his hook sword and said:"What are you? You are no Orc, fair pinkish skin, and a good-looking face."The Orc let the tip of his tongue come out as he licked his lips and said:"I will enjoy cutting that face open and eating the skin."The Orc's words attracted more cheering from the crowd behind me as I shook my head and unsheathed my blade before we met in the middle, sword against sword.The material my sword was made from was of high quality, while his sword was already rusting, so it was obvious what was going to ha
"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
First things first, I contacted Ludeus using the bond between us, soon enough, I heard his voice appearing in my head and asking: "Minato? Why are you contacting me? Did something go wrong?" I responded as quickly as possible while I moved according to the wraith's instructions, trying to find the demonic gate in the Duramato continent. "Yes, there are huge problems, here is the gist of it." After I gave him a lengthy explanation about the problems that we would face if we did kill everyone and turned them into undead, Ludeus stood silent for more than a few minutes before a response came: "That's troublesome, I wanted the human continent for myself, and that's how the contract I made with those three liches stipulates, but I guess once the contract is finished the demons can swarm the living realm and take everything inside it, I don't want that, but I also want to turn these damned people into undead, this is a problem." "The demons cannot be trusted in any circumstances. They
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
Flying on the drake was way faster compared to trudging through the sand, the heat that was beating on my body lowered my speed somewhat, and the desert was especially big, making it quite hard to travel compared to the other continents, so it was quite hard to arrive from city to city in a few days, but with the drake, it was very easy to do so.I could even see the silhouette of the next city from the top of the drake as I made him stop and wait for me at that location before I dropped down from it, using some wind energy to slow my fall and create a slight sand cloud as I arrived on the ground.I shook my body to clear off the sand, and I started to slowly make my way toward the city, bidding my time for the darkness to arrive.Night slowly came as I arrived at the city and I scaled the walls, making my way to the archer's towers, where I added them to my army.Surprisingly, the composition of the Orc army was somewhat systematical as every city had archer towers to observe any pos
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
My arrival to the next city went undetected, just like the previous one. I left the drake a few kilometers away from the city and infiltrated it with no problems.The city structures were very similar compared to each other, so it was easy to find the locations where I could hide in the shadows and dominate the passing by Orcs who seemed to be tired from what I supposed was a war that happened some time ago.Most Orcs had some dried-out blood on their bodies and leather clothes, showing that they had fought a war some days ago, it was quite strange they still felt so tired even though a few days had passed considering the stamina and recovery capabilities that their tough bodies were having.I scratched my head as I thought about this strange sign, but I couldn't come up with anything, for the time being, so I continued to dominate the Orcs until I found the location of the strongest Orc in this city.I was able to take him by surprise when I dropped from a building while he was sharp