Unlimited Power 03: The Sinful Ruler

The number of orcs easily reached the twenty thousand mark, so Jake wondered why the number was so different from the pyramid… He didn't think that he had killed more than five thousand mummies when the forced dungeon break happened. Naturally, he knew that all the dungeons weren't the same, but it still seemed weird when the dungeons were part of missions that were close to each other. Some other factors were influenced that, it was pretty evident considering the missions that he saw. He only hoped to confirm them by finishing the quests as soon as possible.

"The fact that they can't use magic helps, but it also proves that they are specialists in close-range combat…" Jake thought. "This will be interesting for me and to gain some extra experience against armies of melee warriors."

The two armies were fighting in the middle of the place, and there weren't many tactics involved. They were just trying to slay each other… The defending side had soldiers and guards armed with swords and claws. They were fast, but their physical strength apparently was lacking. In any case, the grasslands were getting red with blood, so Jake had to move.

"I can't just throw myself in the middle of the battle… Otherwise, they might gang up on me since I am a third party," Jake thought, but then he changed his mind when he saw small parties joining the battlefield coming from the north.

Jake used Appraisal on them, but it didn't work. He only found question marks. Still, with his eyes alone, he confirmed that they were other humans who accepted the quest.

"Let's make use of the chaos that they will cause now…" Jake thought and then dashed.

The battle was already chaotic enough without the intervention of humans since neither side used tactics or formations. Instead, the defending side didn't have time to deploy those, or perhaps they didn't have training as well. Nevertheless, Jake frowned when he saw that the defenders had cat-like faces, and some of them began to attack the humans as well.

"They weren't attacked by humans… So, they must know that one of us caused the dungeon break," Jake thought.

Now that was a problem… Jake wasn't naive enough to let those who attacked him go unpunished, so fighting back against both sides would only increase his problems. Unfortunately, it was the only solution that he found. Jake wouldn't let himself suffer for the crimes of others, and he definitely wouldn't let morons try to punish him.

In any case, just to avoid some problems, he equipped his dark cloak before anyone could see his face. Eventually, some of the orcs noticed his approach. They prepared to face him, but when one of them suddenly raised their sword to attack, Jake used Flash and appeared instantly in front of the enemy. Before the creature could react in any way, Jake stabbed his neck with his knife that he had just obtained.

You received 75 coins.

Flash worked better than expected, but the cost of mana still was troublesome. In any case, before the weapon could fall, Jake grabbed the enemy's sword and threw it toward another orc's neck. It happened so fast that the creature couldn't react.

You received 75 coins.

Orc Sword (0%)

Strength + 15, Endurance + 15, master this item to obtain its effects permanently.

Durability: 40/40

It was a pity that the item had no skills to grant him upon Mastery, but Jake would try to Master them eventually. Still, that was something for later. The enemies had a high defense, but that would only work if they tried to defend themselves against him. With that in mind, Jake pulled away his knife and equipped his filled with spikes shield. He looked around and saw several works moving to surround him, but he used Boomerang Shield at an angle that cut the throats of five of those creatures.

Unfortunately, three other orcs got close enough and tried to stab Jake with their spears. Jake managed to dodge two of them by sidestepping to the side, but the other he had to block with his sword, and then he recovered his shield.

Some orcs armed with swords jumped in his direction and then landed a lot faster than expected while swinging their weapons. Jake jumped backward instead of counterattacking, and he did the right thing because those attacks created a large crater thanks to their combination… Their strength truly couldn't be underestimated.

Still, before the enemies could recover, Jake used Sonic Thurst and impaled the neck of one of them. After combining Cyclone Strike and Explosive Touch, Jake beheaded the creature and also attacked the head of the others. While they didn't die with only that, with another Cyclone Strike, they did it.

Jake was forced to back down again, and that was getting old really quick… it was like kitting an army. While it was only natural that he would have to back down several times, it wasn't his style. Jake pulled his crossbow and fired sole bolts under his cloak without much of an option. The enemies didn't see his weapon, so the first group got hit in the face and died. The others, however, used their weapons to block the projectiles. By focusing on defense completely, they could do that much…

To solve that problem, Jake approached the orcs a bit more. They were fast and had good reflexes, but they couldn't react to the crossbows when Jake was only ten meters away from them. The orcs got impatient when their allies began to die with bolts in their heads, to the point that some of them threw their weapons at him. While Jake was busy dodging those and only firing now and then, some of them surrounded him.

The orcs tried to surround and attack Jake at the same time, but when things got truly dire, he just used Flash and escaped using the holes of their formation. At the same time, he attacked them from behind while they were confused.