Chapter 17: Beast Subordinate
[Race] Goblin
[Level] 11
[Class] Duke; Horde Chief
[Possessed Skills] <<Horde Commander>> <<Insurgent Will>> <<Overpowering Howl>> <<Swordsmanship B->> <<Insatiable Desire>> <<Distant Soul>> <<A Ruler’s Wisdom I>> <<Eyes of the Blue Snake>> <<Dance at Death’s Border>> <<The Red Snake’s Eye>> <<Magic Manipulation>> <<Soul of a Crazed Warrior>>
[Divine Protection] Goddess of the Underworld, Altesia
[Attributes] Darkness, Death
[Skill] <<Soul of a Crazed Warrior>> invocated.
Your sight will be dyed in red.
I dodge the approaching spear without any effort. With a step, I close in on the orc. And with a thrust from the enchanted Iron Second, the orc’s stomach was pierced.
“GURUuAAAA!” screamed the orc.
With Iron Second still stuck, pierced into the orc’s body, I swung it up.
As that great steel sword rose, blood and guts scattered about in the air, and a literal rain of blood descended.
The falling rain of blood coupled with my resounding laughter, painted a dreadful, gruesome scene.
––– Why!? Why am I so excited!?
The cowering visage of the orcs filled me with jubilance. And my face twisted into a wicked smile of sadism.
––– KUHAHAHAHA! Die! Die! Dieeee!
I chased after the orc. It showed me its back. I swung my sword down, and its screams resounded. With its backs gouged out, its fell to the ground. And mercilessly, I crushed its head under the weight of my foot.
Turning my head, I went off for the last orc.
When I got close enough, I cut off its leg. Then I decapitated its shoulder, sending that piece flying with a fountain of blood in its trail.
As I crushed its head with my grip, a raging roar bellowed out from the pits of my guts.
Led by the voice within me, I had slaughtered a massacre, leaving the land dyed in red blood.
–––– No! What am I doing!?
[Skill] <<Insurgent Will>> invocated.
The effect on your mind from the [Skill] <<Soul of a Crazed Warrior>> will be mitigated.
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With my senses back, I looked around me.
The surrounding area was a mess. No matter what you say, that exhibition was too unsightly.
To think that this is what happens when I get a little bit of power…
“How disgraceful,” I thought as I clicked my tongue.
Using my heightened hearing, I searched for a waterside.
Leaving the corpses here is fine, right? As for the meat of the orc, I’ll just get what I need.
Besides, there’s something I want to see.
Even something small would have been fine as long as I’m able to fit in, so when I saw a waterfall, I immediately entered it. Inside the water lake, I cooled my seething head, and I washed off the blood from my body.
When the stench of the orc’s flesh mostly left my body, I went back to the place where I had previously slaughtered the orcs.
Looking at it now, I can’t help but sigh. I’m well aware that the one responsible for this is me, but this is really just too much. Still though, since I’ve already done it, I should at least make the most out of it.
So with that, I gathered the corpses to fish for scavengers while I hid somewhere nearby. Then a few hours passed, and I began to worry as to whether it was a waste of time hiding behind the thickets, fishing for scavengers, or not. But fortunately, at that moment, it came.
Its back was hunched, its face was that of a beast, and in its hand was a beast’s fang. It walked like a man, and behind it swayed a tail. Its stature was slightly smaller than that of a goblin. And its fur was colored brown.
I wondered to myself whether I’ve seen it before from somewhere… but when I looked at my own skin, I shook my head, and concluded that it must’ve just been my imagination.
There are five of them.
These things are called Kobolds, and they are supposedly weaker than goblins. They do possess some intelligence however.
Dashing out form the thickets, I caught one of the kobolds. When the other kobolds saw that, they immediately dispersed.
“Can you talk?” I asked.
With the scruff of its neck caught under the grip of my hands, I even went as far to bring it right before my face, but it just bared its fangs against me.
Maybe it’s not smart after all.
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