How the Shadow of the Marquis Lives

Chapter 58

Caan-!

Harksh swung his glaive and slashed Xian’s sword.

‘… … .’

Sian narrowed his eyes as he felt the tingling sensation in his hand.

It’s an incredible force.

Even though he was strengthening his power with the power gauntlet, the impact on his hand was considerable.

‘Muscle strength is at least equivalent or higher there.’

Xian straightened the swinging sword and cut off the gray wolf’s leg.

Poof! The wolf lifted his foot and dodged the sword while simultaneously charging at Xian to bite him.

At the same time, Harksh’s glaive aimed for Xian’s head and fell.

‘… … !’

Xian jumped back and pulled himself away. Attacks from both sides. I had previously blocked Ran and Yu Seol’s attacks with a sword ring, but this was impossible.

I don’t know how to deal with the lower wolf one-handed, but not the glaive.

Quaang!

As he avoided it, the glaive hit the ground. In shock, fragments of the crushed stone pile rose up in Xian’s face.

Xian pulled back a little more.

[This land is not a good place for you guys to step on!]

Harksh caught up with the retreating Xian and swung the glaive vigorously.

A glaive steeped in the smell of death.

His rage quivered in the air and seemed to penetrate his bones.

Xian’s eyes sank.

Haqsh’s thick murderous intent was attacking his body.

In front of a life where a weak person might faint as it is.

‘What should I do with that baby orc?’

His head couldn’t have been colder.

devil’s aura. It wasn’t coming out of this big orc, but from the baby orc in his hand.

cooong!

After slightly twisting his body to avoid the glaive, he swung his sword at the baby orc.

[The prisoner of the mountain of garbage screams in fright.]

[Stop!]

The baby orc screamed, eyes flashing, and Harksh responded immediately.

Caang!

His glaive slashed Xian’s sword at the baby orc.

But right after that.

“Ha!”

Appearing to have approached at some point, Erze appeared behind Harksh, wrapped in Kelhazard’s mantle, and stabbed him with a dagger.

With a bang, the dagger stabbed the wolf’s side almost to the root.

As if twisting her intestines, she turned the dagger once and removed her hand.

“Kheuuong!”

[Leol!]

Booung-!

Hakshi swung the glaive with bloodshot eyes and removed Erze.

Then, he pulled out the dagger stuck in the wolf at once and grabbed it with his hand and crushed it.

Clumsy!

In an instant, the dagger, which had become a lump of scrap metal, fell to the ground. Hergé put on a tired expression at that grip.

Blood gushing from the wolf’s wounds.

He tried to stand up somehow with his eyes shining, but his legs were already shaking like crazy.

Ergé’s dagger cut through the boy’s heart.

No matter how well trained a beast is, it cannot survive if its heart is damaged.

[Humans, kill.]

Laying down the fallen wolf, Haqsh looked at the two with eyes completely red from bloodshot eyes.

Took. He just dropped the baby orc he had been holding so far to the ground.

It’s as if interest has completely disappeared.

The baby orc clicked his tongue slightly, then crawled backwards.

Perhaps thanks to the presence of demons, even though it was a baby’s body, it was quite fast.

“… … .”

Xian momentarily moved one step to chase him, but that was it.

The momentum of the angry Haqsh was pouring all over them.

He squinted his eyes at the energy that made his hair grow as he spoke to Ergé.

“Erze.”

“Yes?”

“Go after that baby orc. But don’t fight, just watch.”

I don’t know what abilities he might have. I couldn’t make Hergé fight.

At the same time, it was a compromise that came about because it was impossible to let him go here.

“Ha, but… … .”

“I have only you.”

Ergé’s stealth ability is the best in the class, no, among the first years.

There must be no talented person better than her to secretly follow and monitor.

After saying that, the tremors in Ergé’s body stopped in an instant.

“… … yea, I got it.”

She responded quietly, resolutely fighting.

On the one hand, Haqsh took out an ax with the other hand and raised it, and bang! started bumping into each other.

[Kuhhhhh!]

The guy’s shout became tangible energy and spread around.

Every time the sound rang, it felt like blood was rushing backwards.

Xian took a deep breath for a moment and called Ravi from the sword.

The black sword, which was made up of Ravi’s energy, disappeared, and before he knew it, only the empty spirit sword was in his hand.

“It is my spirit. take me with you.”

Erze opened his eyes wide.

“What will you do if I take you to the spirit?”

“I’m okay.”

In terms of risk, frankly, the baby orc might be more dangerous.

His abilities are still unknown.

However, as much as he has the power of the devil, he must have extraordinary abilities.

That’s why he handed Ravi to her.

Because if it’s Ravi, he can put a ‘leash’ on him when he’s in trouble.

“Ugh!”

Ravi, who seemed to have conveyed Shian’s intentions, urged Hergé with determined eyes.

Looking at the little spirit, her eyes trembled for a moment, but before long she was handed over to Ravi and held her dearly in her arms.

“… … Be careful, Xian.”

“you also.”

her figure disappeared. It is hidden in the black line.

Xian raised the empty spirit sword.

The sword that Ravi had disappeared from was now just a normal sword that was a bit hard.

It was comforting that the blade was well set thanks to the usual well-groomed.

[Kwoaaa!]

Haqsh ran. His glaive and ax were clearly shining with white auras.

The high orcs called it fighting spirit.

The mark of a great warrior that can only be handled by those recognized by the god of war.

Fierce fighting spirit was rising from his whole body.

[Die human!]

The guy jumped up with both hands up and landed on Xian.

coo-!

The ground trembled loudly and dust rose thickly.

Kreur… … Haqsh breathed like a beast.

Then the guy twitched his nose and raised the ax above his head.

there.

“… … .”

Xian’s sword, wrapped in a black aura, was falling.

* * *

Wow!

Breaking down the door of the citadel as it is, the mercenaries poured into it.

Standing at the forefront is Isaac, clad in a red aura.

“Kill them all!”

“Waaa!”

At his direction, the mercenaries rushed at the high orcs who were stationed inside the fort.

Isaac’s eyes surveyed the battlefield in an instant.

‘Is this all?’

The number of high orcs that greeted them was approximately 200 or more just by sight.

Considering that each one of them had at least the strength of a low-ranking knight, it was by no means a small force.

Power enough to push away at least one small territory.

Still, Isaac thought.

The number is smaller than expected.

‘Dunas guessed that there could be up to 300.’

In the meantime, it wasn’t just subjugation without thinking while touring the snowy mountains.

Traces left on the mountain. The number of high orcs subdued. The food situation of the guys and the harsh environment of the snowy mountains.

It was a number calculated as a result of considering various variables.

But doesn’t that seem like a lot less than that?

[Kill! Kill!]

While he was puzzled, an old orc that was bigger than the other orcs appeared and shouted.

The high orcs responded to the shouts and raised their morale.

Isaac’s eyes flashed.

‘… … Organize everything first.’

A little awkwardness still lingers.

But whatever it is, it’s a story after dealing with the enemy in front of me.

He charged at the old orc with a sword wrapped in a red aura.

* * *

Herze followed the baby orc while hiding behind the black line.

She covered her entire body with Kelhazard’s cape and even hid her in a black line, so her presence disappeared to the extent that no one noticed.

She was chasing the baby orc in such a state, but she could hardly catch up.

It was because he was faster than I thought, but there were other reasons as well.

‘Are there underground ruins in a place like this?’

I wondered which cave the baby orc went into, because the remains of the ruins were spread out in the cave.

Through the dark aisle, the guy moves without obstruction like in broad daylight.

Herze, on the other hand, had no choice but to get stuck in one way or another while trying to find the traces of the baby orc.

‘I just need to follow the trail.’

But you can’t miss it like this.

Ergé recalled what she had learned from Xian in the Great Hill.

The skill of reading traces.

Although what I learned then was the traces of goblins and what I was chasing now was a baby orc, the basic outline was the same.

Recalling the memory of that time, she followed the trail of the baby orc and entered.

how much did it go in

Crisp.

After digging and diving into the stone and sand burial, a huge cavity appeared.

‘Catch up!’

Looking at the baby orc there, her eyes lit up.

But right after that, there was a smell that stung her nostrils.

“Wook!”

Smells like sour, rotten gutter.

She covered her nose with her cloak and looked around.

Then her eyes widened in astonishment.

‘dead body?’

The corpses of high orcs strewn about countless times.

The entire cavity was filled with dead bodies of orcs.

Among them, there were even corpses that had become white bones, as if they had been dead for a long time.

Erze didn’t know, but this place is connected to the fort at the top of the mountain.

Ruins engraved with warp magic, considered more valuable than gold.

The high orcs were using it as a place to dump dead bodies. To them, it was nothing more than a garbage dump.

In such a place, a baby orc with brown skin appeared.

Crick, Crick!

He was digging up the manastones of the corpses and devouring them voraciously.

[The prisoner of the garbage mountain is angry.]

[Even if I didn’t waste my strength on activating the ruins, I wouldn’t have swallowed a magic stone like this!]

I was chewing and swallowing magic stones.

His head turned sideways.

The red eyes of the guy stared exactly at the place where Ergé was hiding.

“Oh… … .”

Erze inadvertently took a step backwards with the chilly energy and the thought that he had been caught.

[Two.]

The baby orc spit out the rotten meat attached to the magic stone.

[How will you take responsibility for this, human? And compatriots.]

Ravi on Ergé’s shoulder trembled and shrank.

The baby orc’s back sprang up. Then.

Pujik, Pujik.

The muscle and skin pierced through, and wings sprouted from within.

Two pairs of wings thinner and transparent than paper, resembling those of a dragonfly or a fly.

His body slowly rose into the air.

[I will give you a special opportunity to apologize to the extent of your life.]

boo woo woo woo-

Its wings began to vibrate violently.

Then.

“Kyaaah!”

Kwakwagwagwagwang!

The entire cavity was randomly destroyed by sonic waves loaded with magical power.