NABC Chapter 124: Surrounded.
Chapter 124: Surrounded.
"Two down, now six left..."
Felix jumped down from the trunk of the fallen tree after killing the Rank 2 Orc.
He surveyed his surroundings and detected many Orcs gathering in his direction.
"That was too loud I guess....", he smiled wryly as the sound of the tall tree crashing down must have alerted the nearby Orcs.
'Oh well, I better start the show before every one of them arrives.'
Felix flicked the blood off his sword and started running towards another group of Orcs, ignoring the wounded Rank 1 Orcs around him.
When he reached near to the group while under the effect of his 'Silent Steps' skill, he initiated the confrontation.
'Quicksand!'
The land a few meters before the Orcs started to soften, turning into a sludgy area.
A few seconds later the Orcs who were rushing at the scene arrived there, and one by one started to sink into the ground.
They didn't feel anything at first as their attention was on the massive fallen tree at the front, but after stepping deeper into the quicksand, they finally felt the struggle.
"Khweeh?!"
The Rank 2 Orc who was leading the group shrieked in confusion when it found that it couldn't take out its legs from the ground.
The other Orcs too struggled, pulling and pushing at each other to come out of the quicksand, but that only made them sink deeper.
Felix suddenly appeared out of nowhere from a corner and used another skill as he dashed over.
"Earth Spikes!"
A dozen spikes emerged out from the quicksand area, all of them striking at the Rank 2 Orc.
The Orc was already in an alert state, so when he saw the earth below him changing and forming sharp spikes, he hurriedly started swinging his weapon.
It was able to defend itself from a few of the spikes, but when the attacks came from all directions, the Orc got stabbed and suffered from several of the sharp spikes.
Felix skipped over from the outer region of the quicksand by jumping on the earthen spikes and arrived beside the Rank 2 Orc while still standing on one of the spikes.
"Let me end your pain."
He raised his shortsword into the sky, and under the horrified gazes of the nearby Orcs, Felix performed a clean cut, directly cleaving off the Rank 2 Orc's neck while it was constrained by the spikes.
[You have killed a being higher than your own rank.]
[You have gained 100 skill points.]
The death of the Orc seemed to have angered the rest of the Orcs as they roared in unwillingness and started thrashing around the quicksand to move towards the human.
Felix saw that he was completely surrounded by the dozen Orcs in the middle of the quicksand as he calmly stood on one of the spikes.
The Orcs raised their weapons in bloodlust, wildly charging at Felix as they thought they had gotten him for sure this time.
But amid their chaos, Felix smirked teasingly and dropped down from the spike, his figure merging into the quicksand ground as he disappeared from their sights.
When the Orcs finally struggled off the semi-solid ground and arrived at the scene, all that was left there was the headless corpse of the Rank 2 Orc with no traces of the human.
"Ghraaawhh!!"
The Orcs raised their weapons to their eyes to block the dust and prepared to counterattack as they had already seen him use the same tactics before in the village.
"Earth Spikes!"
The two Orcs who were charging towards him by resisting the dust storm were met with sharp spikes that randomly emerged from the ground around them.
They dodged the spike attacks, but simultaneously resisting the dust and dodging the spikes was not possible for them as they eventually got wounded.
Blood sprayed out from several parts of their bodies which hurt more as the dust particles fell on their wounds.
Felix jumped ahead as he took out his sword and engaged in close combat with the already injured Orcs.
"Black Horizon Sword Arts: Assault Impact!"
He heavily attacked one of the Orcs, blasting it a few meters away and turned to the other Orc.
A few red marks appeared all over the large Orc as Felix used another skill on it, and attacked all of its weak points without mercy.
On one hand was the Orc who was tired and hurt from all the attacks, while on the other hand was Felix, who had just used Terra Drain and healed himself to his top health.
The result of the battle was obvious as the Rank 2 Orc got stabbed in its chest and succumbed to death as Corrosive energy drilled into its body.
[You have killed a being higher than your own rank.]
[You have gained 100 skill points.]
Felix pulled out his shortsword from the body of the dead Orc, which fell on the ground with a thud.
"It's your turn now."
He turned around and pointet his sword at the remaining Orc who was staring daggers at him in hatred.
The Orc held onto its wounds and gathered its strength, before raising its head and roaring into the sky with all its might.
"KKRRAAHHHWW!!!"
Felix clamped his ears in irritation, the roar was truly loud as it buzzed his mind and senses.
"Just shut up you damn Orc!", he shouted in annoyance.
And instead of stopping, the Orc continued roaring again.
This ticked off Felix who was about to use his skill on the Orc, but what happened next froze him on his spot.
"GRAAWWHHH!"×3
From different directions, three roars echoed as if they were answering to the roaring Orc infront of Felix.
The four Orcs roared aloud as the three from afar came running towards Felix while the other dozens of Orcs followed behind them.
"Oh, so that's why you were shouting, huh?"
Felix nodded in understanding as he watched many Orcs surrounding him from all the directions with their enraged and crazy expressions.
The wounded Orc had an evil smile on its face as it felt satisfied now that they had the human in the palm of their hands all according to their plan.
But unlike what it had expected, the human infront of them suddenly grinned widely under their subjugation.
"Now this is getting exciting....."