Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyou Survival-Chapter 79

Orc Battle (3)

[(Greatsword) Orc Soldier][Rank 4]

[Magic Power: 134/150][Strength: 246/580]

[Total Combat Power: 529/898] 41% down

[Condition: Weak]

The largest of the Orcs, was nearly three meters tall. He wore only bracelets and a waistcoat in addition to his large sword, probably because they were the only things that fit a huge individual.

[(Spear) Orc Soldier][Rank 4]

[Magic Power: 141/160][Strength: 235/520]

[Total Combat Power: 521/868] 40% down

[Condition: Weak]

A light warrior type, slightly larger than the average orc. It was wearing leather armor. It was fast-moving and precise in its attacks.

[(Two-handed axe) orc Soldier][Rank 4]

[Magic Power: 146/175][Strength: 252/550]

[Total Combat Power: 627/998] 37% down

[Condition: Weak]

2.5 meters tall, wearing a rugged iron breastplate and cuirass, I was most wary of this guy because it used its Combat Skill and could see through my surprise attack.

“…”

I was uncertain if I could even beat it one-on-one with its original stats, but now it had been poisoned by my venom and its fighting strength had gone down to about the same as mine.

Even so, since only physical strength and status systems were reduced by poison, its Combat Skill level remained at 4, and judging from its earlier move, it would be futile to expect any reduction in concentration due to debilitation.

What I needed to be concerned about were the four remaining Orcs.

I didn’t think they would try to break in with their halved combat power, but depending on how these guys moved, the battlefield could change dramatically.

[Booooooooooo!]

The (Greatsword) user leaped towards me without a plan in mind.

I still dared to move forward as a huge, nearly three-meter-long sword was brandished at me with a roar.

There was no point in avoiding a two-handed weapon with a wide range at half distance. As I closed in the distance, the (Greatsword) user immediately intercepted me with the hilt of its sword.

But I had already experienced this method of interception with Feld. I used a special gait to slide to the side and attacked the (Greatsword) user’s knee joint with a black dagger.

[Bumooh!]

However, before the black dagger could reach him, the (Greatsword) user noticed it and kicked me with his log-like leg.

I gave up the attack instantly and took a step on to catch the kicking leg with the sole of my foot, and flew backwards, using the momentum to distance myself.

[Bumooh!!!]

The (Two-handed Axe) user, who had been standing still, jumped out to take advantage of the gap.

Realizing that I was faster than the (Two-handed Axe) user, I moved around in a spin to dodge the attack, as the wind pressure from the axe passed right by my back.

I continued to spin, I pulled a few knives from my thigh under my skirt, which was flipped because of the wind caused by the attack, and threw it at the attacker.

The (Two-handed Axe) user that was chasing me calmly blocked the throwing knives by letting it hit the metal armor, and then immediately rushed after me when the knives hit.

This guy seemed to have decided that it was a dangerous move to approach me. While falling back, I threw the pendulums to the side as if spreading my hands out, and pulled the string with the arm strength using body enhancement. The pendulums flew in an arc and intercepted the (Two-handed Axe) user that was coming toward it.

[Bumo!!!]

The (Two-handed Axe) user, alarmed by the attack he had never seen before, leapt down as the pendulums approached from both sides.

I also manipulated the string to change the pendulums’ trajectory, and the (Two-handed Axe) user, realizing that they were blades, swung his axe to repel them.

[Bumooh!!!].

A flash–

The (two-handed axe)’s Combat Skill Iron Break bounced off the two pendulums, and its shockwaves hit me.

“Kuk!”

I barely avoided the direct hit, but the aftermath of the impact, which I still couldn’t avoid, blew my light-weight body away.

[Gaaaah!!!]

The (Spear) user attacked me after it saw that I had lost my stance. I quickly deflected the tip of the Spear with my black dagger, but the Spear still managed to hit me and sent me back flying.

“What!”

I used Taijutsu to regain my stance while spinning around, but before I knew it, the (Greatsword) user was behind me, raising his sword and aiming at me.

“–Shadow Pain–!”

The (Greatsword) user, who had momentarily stiffened because of the dark magic I had chanted, glared at me and, enduring the pain, kicked me away.

But I was able to guard myself in that split second, and managed to steady myself as I rolled through the rotting leaves of the forest.

I used the momentum to jump up and swiveled the pendulum for traction, and the three Orc Soldiers that had been chasing me finally stopped dead in their tracks.

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“…”

[[[…]]]

As if to re-partition, the Orc Soldiers paused and glared at me again.

The remaining Orc were cheering and making a fuss when they saw the higher species fighting to their advantage against the opponent who had killed their comrades in the blink of an eye.

Even in this brief battle, my physical strength value had been reduced by more than 30%. In contrast, I had yet to inflict even a single blow on them.

This was Rank 4.

Even though their combat power had been reduced, the combat experience and skills that led them to this level were burned into their souls for eternity.

…I was a fool.

I thought I could manage to fight against three Rank 4s just by lowering their status to the point where their combat power became close to mine.

I knew that letting one’s guard down could lead to death, but I couldn’t help but be proud of my achievement, knowing that I was a little stronger.

These three Orc Soldiers recognized me, a mere Human child, as their enemy and were determined to win the battle for their comrades without letting their guard down.

Yet, I foolishly thought of fighting against three superior Rank 4s, leaving extra strength for the next battle.

I spitted out the blood in my mouth, relaxed my body, and half-stood, while the Orc Soldiers snarled in alarm and readjusted their hand weapons.

Remember that you were weak.

Remember how you had fought in the past.

You had never had a decent victory against a superior opponent.

You had almost died many times in the past year. How did you survive?

All I could do was fight my battles.

Think. Set a trap. My way of fighting had never been a proper one, had it?

Sink your emotions deep into your heart and be the only iron blade you could use.

I would show you my fight, which neither rank nor fighting power could show.

[…Ga…gaaah!]

A (Spear) user jumped out, noticing a change in the air on the battlefield.

“–Shadow Snatch–“

Scattering ten small clumps of darkness around myself, I leaped down into the depths of the forest, where the sun had already set, and it had begun to darken.

[BMOOOHH!!!]

The (Spear) user gave chase behind me, while keeping his vigilance against “darkness” floating around me.

I moved through the dark forest, dodging through the thin trees scattered around me.

Currently, there were trunks of the trees blocking our line of sight. But the tip of the Spear that pierced through the Illusion I created, simply it pierced though it.

[Ggaaaaaaah!]

Taking advantage of that attack, my dagger, which was positioned behind me, gouged out the (Spear) user’s neck after I unleashed a full swing and the cry of pain for the orc echoed through the dark forest.

The wound was shallow and was enough to be called a fatal wound.

But I felt the presence of (Greatsword) user and (Two-handed Axe) user approaching me with my detection, so I started running through the dark forest again without putting the finishing touches on the fallen orc soldier.

[Bumooh!]

The (Greatsword) user that approached me next cleaved a thin branch with an applied Illusion.

A mass of humanoid magic element was probably difficult for them to distinguish instantly especially when fighting in a dark forest.

[Gaaaah!]

For a moment, the (Greatsword) user, overshadowed by his anger, moved in an unexpected way. At that moment, I used a concealed weapon that flew into the darkness and hit (Greatsword) user, piercing all the way down to the back of its leg.

[Bumooh!]

Even though it was prepared for the pain, it could not move properly with its leg getting pierced by the blade.

Still, it held its sword at the ready, it kept its eyes open in the surrounding darkness, even as it had stopped moving.

At that moment, it noticed the presence of me approaching from behind and turned around, but judging the darkness of the figure to be an illusion, it looked for the real me and found the black me right in front of him. He was pierced in the groin with a dagger.

[G…g…gah…]

With a gritting sound, (Greatsword) user fell to his knees, and I also peeled off the Illusion and exhaled.

Even with all this struggle and the wounds on the (Greatsword) user, it was still not dead, but that would be more than enough damage to disable it and prevent it from moving around. I once again chased after the other Orcs, rather aiming at the (Two-handed Axe) user.

Four Orc rushed to ready their weapons as I came galloping toward them with the (Two-handed Axe) user in tow.

I barely managed to dodge the four weapons as they swung down at me, and I quickly sprayed them with the poison powder I had taken out of my pouch.

[Bumooh!]

The Orc, blinded by the irritant, began to fight each other, waving their weapons around, out of pain and fear.

At that moment, the (Two-handed axe) user caught up with them and fired an Iron Break.

The Orc using a shied, who were lashing out in pain, and got through most of the impact, and then I hid behind the surviving Orc and jumped out to create two pitch-black Illusions.

[bmooooooo!!!]

(Two-handed Axe) user hesitated for a moment, when he saw me disguised as Illusion. However, it was only for a moment, and it immediately ran to one of the Illusions.

As it chased straight after one of the illusions, as if it was sure of something, a blow from the axe slipped through and dispersed the illusion.

The (Two-handed Axe) user, who seemed to have drawn the lottery, smirked, turned around and struck the other Illusion, which was approaching soundlessly from behind, with a blow with all its might.

[Bwah!]

However, the Illusion was also crushed by the axe and easily dissipated.

The two-handed axe, stunned for a moment, noticed a small darkness spilled from the shattered Illusion scattered around it, and shot one eye of the two-handed axe out of the darkness as it tried to break away. A crossbow arrow shot from the darkness pierced one of its eyes.

[Bumooh!!!!?]

I, who had been hidden by the Concealment, thrust a black dagger into the back of the (Two-handed Axe) user.

The highly sensitive (Two-handed Axe) user was caught off guard because it probably did not notice that I could create an illusion. When it heard the sound of breathing from one of the illusions it immediately assumed it was me.

I was able to attack, but my blade could not reach the head of the higher species due to its height, so I was unable to finish it off. Meanwhile, the surviving Orc and (Spear) user came rushing in.

[Buuooooohhh!!!!]

The (Spear) user cried out in anger and launched a full-force thrust at me.

The aim was my heart.

To kill me with a single blow to save its distressed comrades, Rank 4’s precise blow, which the Orc Soldier concentrated to release, pierced my heart (Illusion) without the slightest deviation.

[Gua…]

That precise blow penetrated the small darkness attached to the chest of my illusion, and the edge of the hatchet that came out of the other darkness pierced through the head of the (Two-handed Axe) user.

I had faith in your strength – your Rank 4 ability. If I had been even a little wrong, it’d be me who would have died instead of that orc soldier.

[Bumooh!]

The last orc leapt at me to stop me from moving from the crumbling (Two-handed Axe) user to the (Spear) user.

“–Phantom Noise–“

I cast another dark magic, and the last orc and angry (Spear) user attacked me simultaneously, abandoning their dying allies.

The (Spear) user struck me to hold me in place, and the orc raised his stone axe from behind to take advantage of the opportunity, and the attack hit the orc soldier’s head, not mine, and almost shattering the (Spear) user’s head.

The orc’s eyesight was severely impaired by my poison powder, but the pain might have been worn out by now.

Still, the orc, relying on the sound of Phantom Noise, attacked the (Spear) user’s head with a stone axe.

[Gugaah!!!]

Still alive and enraged, the (Spear) user snapped the orc’s head in its arms.

The (Spear) user with bloodied face aimed at me, and its wide-open eyes reflected mine as it reflected the approaching black dagger.

“–Thrust–!”

[Gah].

My Combat Skill was unleashed, piercing the bloody (Spear) user head squarely.

Then, I put the finishing blow to the last remaining (Greatsword) user, which was still crouching, and I was finally able to finish off all the Orc that were present.

“…Haah…haaah…”

As I kneeled on the spot with my magic power almost depleted, I put the pills in my mouth before I starved myself and drank the last of the magic recovery potion in one gulp.

Even with this, I didn’t think I’d be able to recover all of my magic for a while…

I even held my breath to disguise my Illusion and to fool the detection of the (Two-handed Axe) user, so my strength value had been reduced to half.

…That’s twenty-five. Half to go.

I put more pills in my mouth and chewed them, then got up on shaky legs and walked to the abandoned village where the orc-generals were, to stall them for the remaining few days.