As the boulders were about to land on him, a powerful light exploded, and the boulders stopped in mid-air.
Aldred then saw Stella, Sophia, and Rachel pointing their palms towards the boulders, their hands glowing. They had stopped the boulders with magic. All his wives were here, along with Bartrem, Joseph, Jeffery, and the others.
"What are you guys doing?" Aldred asked.
"We believe this is the time you need help," Stella said with a smile. Mary, Mira, and Mareona nodded at him.
Ivette brandished her sword and pointed toward the orc. "Attack!"
"Hiyaaa!" The soldiers, led by Bartrem, charged forward.
The orc snorted fumes out of his nose. It felt like its pride was being stomped when the enemy sent out his subordinates. "Mere insects! Die!"
He raised both of his bone-blades and swung them towards Bartrem.
"Execution Strike!" Bartrem met the attack with an attack on his own and successfully repelled the attack albeit he was thrown five meters away.
The orc was forced to take half a step and it was shocked by the power of that human. It then took a clear look at the charging soldiers and realized each and every one of them was more powerful than the average Gold Rank. As a former General of his race, he knew the gap between Gold Rank could be vast. One orc might be so much better than the others that one Gold Rank orc could defeat five Gold Rank orcs at once. They were called Elite Orc formally, but they are more known as War Orc.
But these types of orcs were rare. Out of a thousand orcs, only one would appear.
And yet, all these soldiers were of the same strength as a War Orc.
Where did they come from?
His question was unanswered as the soldiers swarmed him from every direction. One group distracted him by carefully attacking in close range, others threw their chains at his leg, limiting his movement.
"Execution Strike!" Dozens of soldiers shouted at the same time, sending numerous bloody-red arcs toward the orc.
His tough skin was penetrated, and green blood oozed out of the wounds. With the pain occupying Bazag's mind, he became angered and roared out before attacking six soldiers with a powerful kick.
The soldiers summoned their rare-grade shield and held against the attack properly. The orc's kick was nullified, and that was when Mary and Mareona leaped forward and raised their blade above their heads.
"Flesh Slasher!" Both Mareona and Mary shouted before they arrived near Bazag's shoulder and slashed with a powerful swing.
The sword passed through the monster's shoulder. A thin wound appeared, jetting out green blood, but then it expanded like a shark just chomped a chunk of the shoulders.
Mary and Mareona didn't stop there. They turned around and charged at the orc, before sending three slashes at the same time.
"Multiple Slash!"
It was as if the blades came in three different directions. Six parts of Bazag's body were wounded at exactly the same time. There was no delay between them.
"Hyaaa!" Bazag ignored the suffocating pain and slammed his blades to the ground. The water current surged downward and it pressured all the soldiers nearby to kneel as if their weight had become much heavier.
When he pulled his blade, water spun around the blade like a whirlwind. He leaped forward and was about to attack both Mary and Mareona until a blinding light precisely came at his forehead.
Bazag raised his blades to block the attack. Clang!
He was pushed by two steps which made the orc widen its eyes in astonishment. Someone even more powerful than the soldiers? Who?
When Bazag took a proper look, he realized that the attacker was a petite girl with white flowing hair and armor. Holy lights came from her body.
"Mary, Mareona, are you two fine?" Ivette asked, still keeping her gaze on the monster.
"We're fine. Don't worry about us."
"A tiny girl?" The orc frowned.
"Who do you call tiny?" She rushed forward with blurry speed, and stabbed consecutively, poking holes in the orc's body.
After a few seconds of battle, Bazag got a grip on her pattern of attack and began to turn the table. Ivette retreated as Mary and Mareona switched with her.
"You two again!"
"Not just two, but four!" Stella and Rachel swung their staff and thick glowing vines grew out of the ground before they wrapped around the monster's limb.
"Did you guys forget about me already? Count me in as number five!" Kiara shouted before she joined the attack.
"I am not losing out! Call me six!" Zafrina shouted, raising both of her hands and both of her eyes turning crimson. "Blood Burst!"
Sophia and Mira looked at each other. "Count eight!"
Ivette lifted her sword again and smiled. "And I am nine!"
"Hey!" Bartrem walked forward with the soldiers behind him lining up. "How can you forget about us? Call in eighty three!"
"I guess that makes me the eighty fourth," Aldred said as he stepped ahead of them.
They all smiled at each other before turning their heads to look at the tall orc.
Aldred summoned his three clones and raised his Phantom Doomblade. "Charge!"
They all roared at the same time before charging toward the orc. His undead appeared from the ground and surrounded the creature, and a portal opened as golems flooded in.
The orc was surrounded in every direction. There was nowhere he could go.
Xer Xai burst out of the sea bed and chomped on his left arm. Bruce, the bowman, shot ten precise shots at its weak spots, further wounding it. Bella, the ice magician, cast her spell and froze Bazag's limb, and slowed his movement.
Bazag was in a dire situation as numerous Phantom Claws and Bajaragons barraged him with claws and fireballs.
His golems which were made out of rare-grade treasure and had been further improved were no small matter either. Their attacks were relentless, and they didn't care about Bazag's lethal counterattack. They were unfeeling.
Ivette roared and sliced off Bazag's right arm. Mary and Mareona cut off the legs.
Bazag bit his own lips, and his limbs were regrown.
"You cannot defeat me! I am Seagorge Bazag! I dominated the deep water!"
"Not anymore!" Aldred threw a chain that wrapped around Bazag's body, disabling his movement. The orc was about to break the chain until thorns appeared on the chain and stabbed through the skin.
The chain began to suck on his blood and soul.
Bazag panicked, but before he could do anything, Kiara clawed the creature's face, scalping the top part of his head, revealing his cold, beating brain.
Zafrina raised her hands and clenched the beating brain. Blood surged from the brain and exploded, sending brain matter all over the water. But it quickly regenerated as if nothing happened.
Aldred had enough of it already. He transformed the chain back to Phantom Doomblade and attacked along with his three clones.
"Sky Splitting Strike!"
His voice reverberated, and a thick beam of light came from above before smashing towards Bazag with an explosive force.
Bazag's eyes were filled with despair as the light engulfed him whole.
After the light disappeared, Bazag was no more, and green mist entered Aldred's Phantom Doomblade.
They looked at each other.
"We did it."
"We did it! We defeated the monster!"
They all cheered for their victory.
Aldred smiled and nodded proudly at them. They all could feel their strength increase after defeating the powerful orc.
He looked at the notification.
[You have leveled up]
[You have leveled up]
[You have leveled up]
[You have leveled up]
[You have leveled up]
[All attributes increased by 25 points]
[You have received the 'Deep Sea' buff]
[Deep Sea (Buff)]
– Your dexterity and strength will be doubled when you touch the water.
– Allow you to breathe in the sea.
– You can communicate with sea creatures.
– You receive affinity with sea creatures. They can be your allies.
[World Refined Physique Lv. 1 → Lv. 2]
After looking at the notification, a chest suddenly appeared on the ground.
