A severe chill crawled up the orc's spine when she heard the voice that seemed to have originated from the coldest pits of hell. She felt a terrifying presence behind her.
When she turned around, though, it was already too late for her. All she was able to see was a palm thrust that was aimed straight at her chest, and the person that the palm belonged to looking down at her with a malevolent gaze.
Fear flashed in her eyes for a brief moment before everything returned to darkness.
Hand of Doom: Spectral Palm Strike!
BOOM!!
A deafening sound echoed on the battlefield as Adam obliterated the orc's upper body. One shot was all it took. Everything above the orc's waist was reduced to mere bloodstains.
Then, the orc's lower body lifelessly fell to the ground, her legs still twitching from time to time. Seeing this, Adam wasn't moved even one bit. He felt no remorse for her whatsoever.
Without casting another glance at her corpse—or whatever was left of it, anyway—he scanned the battlefield and gazed at the remaining orcs who were enduring yet another backlash.
When his gaze landed on Kurdan who was on his knees and coughing out blood from the blowback of the spell, he couldn't help but snicker, "Heh, what's so great about your spell? In the end, it's only useful against weak Magi."
Kurdan happened to meet Adam's gaze, and when he saw the latter looking at him with sheer contempt and mockery, his eyes narrowed, anger flashing in them.
He turned his head to glance at Edward and Daneli, who didn't seem to be in good shape after their respective battles. The latter seemed worse off.
"You three deal with them!" Kurdan instructed the orcs behind him.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"})"What about you, leader?" One of the orcs asked with a pale face. Having three of their teammates die back to back had dealt a severe blow to the orcs, not just physically but also mentally.
"I'll go deal with that scar-faced human," Kurdan replied solemnly.
When the orcs gazed at Adam who was standing proudly over the corpse of their fellow teammate, they couldn't help but shudder in terror.
Despite that female orc being under the effects of Alleviation, it took Adam only one attack to deal with her. A Magus like him was truly the bane of this spell.
For a moment, they even doubted if Adam was even a Rank 1 Magus!
"L-Leader, will you really be alright?" Another orc couldn't help but nervously ask.
Kurdan remained silent. He didn't like his teammates questioning his strength.
But could he blame them?
Would he really be alright?
He didn't know.
But that didn't mean he wasn't going to face Adam. He had to. Besides, it wasn't as if he was going to fight alone.
"Don't worry about me," Kurdan looked back at his teammate and assured him. "Gorgo will be fighting with me, and you three will be joining me after you deal with the human and the elf, understood?"
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64cc9e79c7059f003e4ad4b0", id: "pf-5109-1"})"Yes, leader!" The three orcs nodded and then sped off in the direction of Edward and Daneli without wasting another word.
Meanwhile, Kurdan slowly walked toward Adam, brandishing his weapon—a war hammer.
At the same time, he scanned the battlefield looking for Gorgo. A moment later, when he finally spotted the lanky orc, he couldn't help but curse under his breath.
"Damn that reckless bastard!"
With that said, he dashed in Adam's direction.
…
Gorgo, who had been hiding under the corpses of a few Magi all this while, saw the entire scene unfold where Adam took the life of his fellow teammate.
To say that he was shocked would be a major understatement.
The orc youth was nervous and afraid. However, he still believed that his fighting capabilities would be more than enough to deal with Adam.
Gorgo was considered a genius among geniuses in his tribe, someone who would go on to surpass the current chief and lead the orcs in the future. So naturally he had that pride and arrogance ingrained in him since early on.
Therefore, there was not a shred of uncertainty in him when he thought about his chances of victory against the human youth who had humiliated him so badly in the past. He trusted his abilities and was highly confident.
The distance between him and Adam was not that far. Moreover, the latter had only just now killed that female orc. According to Gorgo's line of reasoning, this would be the moment when Adam would be the most vulnerable.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"})After all, the youth's attack earlier must have exhausted quite a lot of his strength. Moreover, from what Gorgo had surmised, the amount of mana that Adam had gathered in his hand to prepare for that attack was no small amount.
In short, it was the perfect opportunity!
Attack! A ruthless light flashed in the orc's eyes as he dashed toward Adam. I didn't see him cast another spell. This is his real body!
Earlier, Gorgo was very surprised by Adam's usage of illusion spells to deceive the female orc. Thus, he was highly vigilant and only decided to attack when he confirmed that Adam hadn't weaved any hand gestures to cast a spell.
If he could catch Adam by surprise now and deal a critical blow, Gorgo was certain that he would win. He believed that it was highly likely that he wouldn't get a better chance than this.
He brandished his twin daggers—a set of weapons that he had acquired in the House of Cards—and stealthily ran toward Adam.
His footsteps were soundless and his presence was almost undetectable.
Just when he was a few meters away, he couldn't help but grin confidently seeing Adam's unguarded back. Seeing that he still hadn't reacted, Gorgo's eyes gleamed with a ruthless glint and he finally swung his daggers at his neck!
Success! Gorgo could already envision the scene of Adam's head separating from his body and landing at his feet.
However!
At the last moment, he saw Adam turn his head to look at him. The latter's lips curled up into a sneer and he tauntingly muttered, "Try harder."
Adam leaned forward just enough to evade the attack by a hair's breadth. He then twisted his hips and launched a devastating side-kick to the orc's sternum.
BAM!
