"Hmph!"
"Foolish creature!"
Gelmud paid no heed to Gabiru.
It was too late... soon, the lizardmen here would make his Ord Lord even stronger.
"Hahaha…"
The pent-up frustration of days past burst forth, making Gelmud seem manic. "Kill them all, orcs!!"
Boom!
In the wetlands, Gabiru once again clashed with a Orc Lord's attack.
"Argh!!!"
He blocked desperately, unleashing every ounce of his skill, yet he could only manage a stalemate.
The more he fought the Orc Lord, the colder his heart grew.
After all, he was the strongest among the entire lizardman tribe.
Yet the orcs not only vastly outnumbered the lizardmen, but they also had over a dozen Orc Lords!
The gap was utterly despairing.
'It's over…'
'The lizardman tribe is finished!'
Without the aid Rimuru provided in the original story, Gabiru had no way to break this deadlock.
"No, there's still a chance!"
"If I can just defeat the orc king…"
Gabiru recalled the legend of the Ord Lord. These creatures were exactly like the calamity described in the tales.
That meant a new Ord Lord had emerged among the orcs.
If he could defeat it, the lizardmen might still have a chance to win!
"Hah!!"
"Water Vortex Ice Dragon Spear!!"
In a moment of desperation, Gabiru unleashed his ultimate technique, barely managing to repel the Orc Lord.
"Where is it?"
"The Ord Lord, where is it?"
Gabiru charged headlong into the orc army, searching for the Ord Lord's location.
"It should be about time."
On the cliff, watching the lizardmen's collapse, Hakurou calculated the number of fallen lizardmen.
"You can begin, Lady Ogerpon."
Ogerpon had been itching to act, ready to strike at any moment.
"Charge with me!!!"
But before Ogerpon could move, Shion, who had been waiting eagerly, led about twenty members of the Royal Guard and rushed down!
Boom~~~
A terrifying force whipped up a gale, forcing Ogerpon and Hakurou to shield themselves with magicules.
"…"
Hakurou was speechless, while Ogerpon looked up and said, "Hakurou, she might not like you."
"Heh."
Hakurou gave a dry chuckle. "Let's get moving too."
Ogerpon hadn't brought many kijin... only thirty in total.
Ten were from the Shadow Squad, and twenty were Royal Guard.
Don't underestimate their numbers.
With Damien's awakening, the kijin's top forces were no longer what they once were.
All were Special A-rank, either enki, wicked oni or oni.
Against a mere few hundred thousand orcs, thirty Special A-rank fighters were overkill.
Even three could cut through them like a hot knife through butter!
At most, the Ord Lord might pose a slight challenge.
Boom!
As expected, with Shion's entry into the fray, droves of orcs were flung into the air as if hit by a nuclear blast.
Swish!
As for Shion, the young woman brandished her massive blade, Herculean Strength.
With a single swing, she carved a massive chasm across half the battlefield, completely separating the orc army from the lizardmen.
"What?"
"What's happening?"
"Such terrifying magicules... are the lizardmen truly doomed?"
"No! My child was just born; we can't die here!"
"Damn you, Gabiru!"
"He's the one who brought us here!"
The lizardmen had already been routed by the orcs, and now, facing the magical shockwave from Shion and the kijin, they lost all will to fight.
They could only desperately dig at the rubble behind them, trying to clear a path to survival.
This was understandable.
Every race had its civilians and warriors.
The lizardmen skilled in combat had mostly chosen to follow Gabiru, forming the core of the 8,000 elite.
The rest, aside from those who opposed Gabiru's coup and were imprisoned, were scattered among the remaining 20,000.
Seeing this, Hakurou decided it was time to act.
The mastermind was trapped, and most of his accomplices were dead.
As for the other lizardmen, Damien held no grudge against them and wouldn't punish them for Gabiru's arrogance.
The specifics could be left to Souka and her group…
"What's going on?"
The sudden upheaval immediately caught Gelmud's attention.
The earth-shaking roars wreaked havoc on the forest wetlands' environment.
The fog blanketing the area was forcibly dispersed, revealing the figures of the kijin.
"Kijin…?"
"Why are the kijin here?!"
Gelmud couldn't comprehend it, but right now, the priority was ensuring the Ord Lord consumed enough lizardmen.
"Go!"
"Get in there, Orc Lords!"
Gelmud ordered, "Kill every last one of those damned kijin!!"
Thud, thud, thud!
Several Orc Lords surrounded Shion.
They had witnessed the destructive power of her casual strike... ordinary orcs were no match for her.
Even without Gelmud's command, they had already set their sights on Shion and her group.
"Die, kijin!"
In an instant, several fully armored Orc Lords wielding giant axes attacked Shion simultaneously.
"Heh."
Shion merely sneered.
The next moment, her heavy blade Herculean Strength moved as if weightless in her hands.
Swish!
Without hesitation, the blade's wind sliced through the armor of three Orc Lords like a hot knife through butter, cleaving their bodies in half!
One strike, and three A-rank Orc Lords fell to Shion's casual blow.
Crash~~~
Meanwhile, Hakurou's figure darted through the orc army at breakneck speed.
Clink~
Stopping, the old man slowly sheathed his katana.
Splatter~~~
In an instant, countless orcs behind him burst apart like fireworks, turning into a mist of blood.
This terrifying scene made even the hunger-crazed orcs instinctively retreat several steps, keeping their distance from Hakurou.
"Well, well."
Hakurou stood tall, stroking his beard lightly. "It seems my swordsmanship hasn't dulled. Lord Damien's request to slice them into minced meat... I can manage that."
Boom!
Nearby, Ogerpon sent hundreds of orcs flying with a single punch.
She wasn't even trying.
These enemies were too weak to spark her interest.
The kijin had a love for battle.
But against weaklings, Ogerpon felt no thrill.
What she craved was a worthy opponent, one who could match her strength.
Only such a foe could bring her the joy of combat.
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