Praise the Orc! - Chapter 205

Chapter 205

Chapter 205 – War of the Gods (3)

It took only a few minutes for the sun to turn dark .  During that time, everyone on the battlefield was terrified . In the darkness where nothing could be seen, something was walking around .

“Kuaaaaah!”

“Heoooook!”

Terrible screams rang out .  Everyone turned to look in all directions . In the aftermath, some people stabbed randomly with their swords .  The magicians of the expedition tried to create light, but it fell absurdly short of lighting up the world without the sun . Rather, the dim lighting caused fear to fill the hearts of the people .

Fearful faces appeared every time the light shone .  The light illuminated bloody and tearful faces .

“Aaaaaaack!” The screams continued .

Crockta could hear them whisper, ‘Hungry, hungry, hungry…’

His eyes pierced through the darkness and saw strange beings climbing from the ground onto the battlefield . They had a terrible amorphous appearance which suited hell .  However, they all had the same terribly big and ugly mouth .

‘Hungryyyyyyy…’

A demon of hell passed by Crockta, and it smelled bad . Suddenly, Crockta met its eyes . Then it licked its lips .  However, instead of aiming at Crockta, it turned and bit the body of an expedition member .

Those who couldn’t see in the darkness were bitten without knowing what direction the demons came from .  The only things left behind were the blood stains and parts of the limbs which couldn’t be swallowed .

These guys were filling up the battlefield .

‘Eat, chew, swallow…’

‘Hungry…’

Tashaquil was a shaman who always smiled and blessed the orc warriors .  However, he was furious . So, his blessings had now become the evil souls which embodied hell .

“This is war . ”

Crockta looked up at the sky .  This was a world where the sun had disappeared .  The ‘Sun Killer’ Zankus, he really was a hunter who penetrated the sun .  Now that the sun was sleeping, all types of demons attacked the expedition members in the darkness .

The fearful soldiers waved their weapons randomly, killing their companions and stabbing themselves .

“Uwaaaaah!”

Suddenly, a blade flew through the darkness towards Crockta .  Crockta blocked with his greatsword .  It was a terrified expedition member . He was swinging his sword in every direction .

“Uwaaaaack!”

“Tsk . ” Crockta reached out and grabbed the neck of the expedition member .

The demons were certainly frightening . In particular, for the expedition members, this was a situation where their vision was blocked, and they didn’t know where the horrible beings would appear, so it was natural to go mad .

However, this one had found the wrong opponent .  Slowly, the light returned .  The ‘death’ which swallowed the sun disappeared, allowing the sun to regain its strength .  Dim sunlight shone on Crockta’s face .

“Ahh…” The expedition soldier’s eyes widened .  He had fled from the jaws of death .  However, he was now met with Crockta’s terrifying face .

“Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!” He screamed .

“Noisy,” Crockta remarked and gave strength to his hands .  He broke the soldier’s neck instantly .  The soldier’s body dropped down to the ground . However, Crockta thought the soldier was lucky to die now .  This was because…

“It is better not to see this . ”

The sun had returned halfway .  That alone was enough to reveal the scenery on the ground .

It was hell .

Not everyone had been fully eaten by the demons . The demons had bitten the expedition members on a whim .  People were groaning on the ground with their bodies half torn apart .  There were corpses with the contents of their heads missing .  There was one human corpse with all the skin chewed off .  There were also soldiers with torn stomachs and their contents flowing out .

These scenes filled the battlefield .  And…

‘I hate light, I hate light, I hate light… Hungry, hungry, hungry…’

The eyes, nose, mouth, and limbs of the demons were revealed .  The expedition members screamed .

“What is thisssss!”

“Monsters!”

“Spare meeeee!”

The demons carried out their feeding until just before the sun fully returned .  They didn’t stop, even when the sun burned their bodies . They bit, chewed, and swallowed .  The demons acted like vultures and drove the formation of the expedition into complete chaos .

“How horrible,” Crockta commented from where he stood at the front lines, where orcs and humans were mixed together .  Behind him, there weren’t many demons .  However, beyond him, the camp of the expedition was filled with demons eating indiscriminately .

Every time a demon’s teeth moved, an enemy’s body was torn . The demons shook, and the expedition members’ limbs flew into the sky .  Even to the orcs, this was a frantic scene of madness .  It was a necessary but cruel scene which Tashaquil had produced .

“The sun is back . ”

The sun had returned wholly .  The demons melted down completely .  They had swallowed the expedition members, but after melting, there were no traces left of them except for a handful of ashes .  If someone looked at this place, they wouldn’t know what had just happened .

However, their bodies trembled at the fearful memories .  Zankus had only turned off the sun for a few minutes…

And in those few minutes, many of the expedition members had been slaughtered .  The gods turned their eyes to the disastrous landscape .

“Tashaquillllllllll!” The elderly man in the sky screamed Tashaquil’s name .  His wings were like an angel’s, but his distorted face was like that of a devil .

“You shouldn’t have summoned the demonssss! I won’t let it goooo!” His voice rang through the battlefield .  Then light exploded from his body, shining down on the entire expedition . The fear caused by the demons disappeared, and the expedition returned to being the faithful army of the gods .

However, the blessing wasn’t given to those who had already lost their limbs and couldn’t participate in the battle .  They were dying as they watched their peers march with the light of the gods .

“The gods are the same as us . ” Crockta’s lips twisted as he laughed . “There is no difference between them and the emperor . ”

The expedition army marched forward with no emotions on their faces as they followed the gods’ will . They ignored the fallen allies whom they stepped on .  Just like that, the wounded were trampled on by the expedition army and died .

The expedition army had become puppets of the gods .  This was a war between the gods and the orcs .  At that moment, Tashaquil’s voice whispered in their ears, ‘Everyone, be prepared . ’

All orcs on the battlefield heard the voice .

‘The next attack is dangerous . ’

As soon as he spoke, the expedition army stopped moving .  Then they raised their shields and set up a firm formation .  It was like a barricade .

“This…”

Then at that moment…

Crockta saw it .  In the rear of the expedition army, magic power was boiling up towards the sky .

Tashaquil warned again, ‘The goddess of magic has come out . ’

Crockta was a warrior, but in the past, he’d met the northern magician, Jamero, and he’d obtained ‘Introduction to Magic . ’ Along with the instincts as a warrior, Crockta was able to clearly observe the flow of magic power .

Thus, he could see it .  The magic power boiling at the rear of the expedition rose to the sky and penetrated the atmosphere .  Then that magic power took shape .  It looked like a net .

“It can’t be…”

It went beyond the sky, beyond the atmosphere of the planet, and headed towards a distant space . Then it grabbed the asteroids floating in space .  The net of magic dragged the asteroids down one by one .

The universe…

The vast space…

The rocks drifting through it…

The goddess of magic gathered such things together and pulled them down to the ground .  They slowly accelerated and burned white as they moved through the atmosphere .

“Scatterrrrrrrr────!”

‘Great magic .

‘Meteor Shower . ’

The asteroids burned as they passed through the atmosphere but survived persistently .  Then they became weapons of slaughter .  The fragments of white meteors hit the orcs .

“Kuaaaaaaah!”

“Kuaaaaak!”

“Hurtsss!”

The flames and impact destroyed the orcs’ formation . Soon, there were craters here and there, as well as burning orcs .  The meteor shower continued .

Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa!

Uwaaaaaah!

Screams were mingled with the sounds of the bombardment .

“Oh my god…”

The magic only told of in legends was actually produced by the goddess of magic .  Crockta avoided the meteors which fell, but the aftermath caused the earth to shake and flames to burn his body .  Crockta roared and shook off the flames .

“Pant…pant…”

His face filled with anger as he held God Slayer and glared at the enemies .  The formation of the expedition was still intact .  They maintained their formation while watching the pandemonium with cold eyes .

“Son of a bitch…”

There had been the demons, and now there was a meteor shower . They weren’t delighted at all .  Crockta laughed and stepped forward .

“Crockta, are you okay?” A familiar voice suddenly spoke .

“Kulkul, don’t be concerned . ”

It was Hoyt .  He was in charge of commanding the orcs from behind . However, in the end, he hadn’t been able to bear it and had moved to the front .

“Is it okay to come out here?”

“Kulkul, I couldn’t stand watching you alone . ”

Meteors poured down from the sky the ground was filled with flames as the two warriors stood at the forefront of the army .  Hoyt shouted, “Everyone wake uppppppp───────!”

It was the same as when he shouted at the training grounds .

“Is it painfulllllll──────?!” Hoyt’s roar overwhelmed the battlefield .

Then orcs started to walk out of the flames .  No one was okay . They all had terrible injuries or were burned . Even so, they raised their weapons .

“Not at all . ”

“It just tingles, Hoyt!”

“The body is fine! Kuhulhulhul!”

“Now, it is nice and warm!”

The number of orc warriors gradually increased .

Hoyt grinned, “Then…”

He exchanged a glance with Crockta .  God Slayer and Mountain Slasher… A greatsword and a hammer were raised towards the sky .

“Come──────!”

Two warriors charged towards the expedition army .

“Uwaaaaaah!”

“Bul’tarrrrrrrrrr──────!”

“Heoooook!”

“Killlllllllll!”

The orc warriors ran along behind them .  The battlefield where demons appeared and flames fell from the sky… From there, the orcs charged forward as always .

***

The elf user, Yurika, was taking a rest after hunting monsters .  It was noisy due to the war between the gods and the orcs, but she was more interested in exploring the world of Elder Lord alone .

“I leveled up today,” she confirmed after checking her status window .

However, her status window suddenly became dark . “……?”

She realized that a large shadow was being cast on her .  Then she looked up and jumped back with a startled expression, “…Eh?”

Yurika had thought it was a big monster due to the size of the shadow .  However, it wasn’t like that .  It was an orc .

“Uhh…”

The orc was a monster and NPC . They were in the middle .  Orcs clearly had a civilization, but they were ambiguous beings who were sometimes killed for quests .  Her perception had changed a lot since Crockta appeared, but she was still unfamiliar with orcs .

“Excuse me… What…?”

Additionally, the atmosphere around this orc was different . She could feel a tremendous power coming from him . He was certainly stronger than her .  So, she prepared to escape .

“……” The orc looked at her quietly and then opened his mouth, “I want to ask for directions . ”

It was a low but loud voice . Faced with his sunken eyes and the pressure coming from him, she thought it was fortunate that no fight would take place .

“Yes, a-ask . I’ll tell you if I know . ”

“Perhaps…” He thought for a moment before asking, “Orc… Do you know which way Orcrox is?”

“Orcrox?”

Orcrox was in the middle of a war right now .

Maybe this orc was going to help them .  She felt sorry for him .  This respectful orc seemed strong, but she didn’t think the orcs could win . The expedition was large, and the gods were with them .

She explained in a soft voice, “If you keep going that way, a road will appear . Continue along the road and you will reach Orcrox . There are signs… There will also be people heading there . If you get confused, ask them . ”

“Thank you . ” The orc swept his gaze over her with sharp eyes .  Then he thanked Yurika once again, “Really, thank you . Then I’m going now . ”

He walked in the direction that she had told him .  As Yurika looked at his back, she prayed for the orc .

Then…

“…Eh?”

Kung .  Kung .  Kung .  Kung .  Kung .

Shadows emerged from the bushes and followed the orc .  Their figures were soon revealed . They were orcs who were following the first one .

“Uh…uhhh…”

The number continued to increase .  Yurika’s mouth fell open .  All of them were wearing steel armor and helmets, as well as carrying huge weapons on their shoulders .  They weren’t like the orcs she knew .

All the orcs she had seen were free-spirited . She had never seen orcs equipped like this and moving like an army .  However, an endless number of them marched forward .

“Where…?” She wondered where this army had come from .

This was the Forest of Creatures .  It was a land blocked by the limit line .  Flags were flying above the orcs’ heads… The patterns were all different, but the letters below them were the same .  She muttered, “The Great Clan…?”