Starting With an SSS-Rank Swordsmanship Talent

Chapter 126: A More Powerful Monster?

The Orc Generalʼs innards burst out as it staggered awkwardly before its massive body fell to the ground with a heavy ʼbangʼ.

Bang.

Ronan gasped in disbelief.

Who is that person?! He actually killed that monster in just one move!

The arrogant beast that had killed many of their comrades and severely injured Jared Paxley died just like that. It couldnʼt even block the two-handed heavy sword.

Subsequently, the man who had killed the Orc General appeared in front of Ronan.

Whoosh!

With just one swing of his two-handed heavy sword, all the orc warriors around them were blasted into smithereens, their blood and pieces of their flesh exploded in all directions.

Bloody hell! So strong!

Ronanʼs eyes widened at the incomprehensible scene.

After killing the orc warriors, the man lowered his sword and turned to look at him.

”Are you, Sir Ronan?”

Ronan nodded absentmindedly.

”Follow me. Lord Alaric is looking for you, but before that, letʼs get that wound patched up first.”

The man stabbed his heavy sword into the ground before he approached Ronan and gave the latter timely first aid to stop his bleeding.

It was only when his left shoulder had been patched up that Ronan had regained his clarity.

”Who might you be, sir?” He asked while cautiously staring at the middle-aged warrior.

”Iʼm Galanar. I serve Lord Alaric.”

So itʼs Lord Alaric and the warriors of House Silversword…

Galanar…

Ronan repeated the name in his mind. Galanar was one of the most powerful men he had seen so he didnʼt want to forget this name.

”Letʼs go. The others will clean up the scattered orcs.” Galanar stood up and grabbed his heavy sword.

Hearing this, Ronan nodded. He rose to his feet and glanced at his remaining comrades. Only twenty-seven of them survived and all of them had injuries of varying degrees.

”Letʼs go, everyone. Our reinforcements are here.”

The others let out a heavy breath upon his words. They had already resigned themselves. Now that there was a chance for them to live, they felt like they had climbed out of the abyss.

In the next moment, a cavalry army clad in steel breastplate over their leather armor, charged at the orc warriors.

The person leading them was a middle-aged man wielding a double-bladed spear. Under his command, they mercilessly charged in an arrow formation, piercing through the scattered orc warriors without any resistance!

It was already dark, but with his vision enhanced by mana, Ronan witnessed how the light cavalry army destroyed the orc warriors like they were nothing.

Is this the strength of House Silverswordʼs warriors?

Soon afterward, Galanar brought them near the western gate where a few warriors had gathered. These warriors were respectfully standing behind a young man with a pair of swords tied to his waist and a shield strapped on his back.

Seeing him, Ronan felt a bit emotional.

”My lord, I have brought the survivors. I also found Sir Ronan.” Galanar reported as he pointed at Ronanʼs group.

Alaric looked over and saw Ronan whose body was covered in wounds. When he saw that the latterʼs left arm was gone, he sighed internally.

”Thank you for answering our call for reinforcements, my lord.” Ronan bowed deeply to him. The warriors who had come with him also expressed their gratitude.

Alaric nodded as he carefully tapped Ronanʼs shoulder. ”Iʼm glad that we came here on time. You should get treated. We will talk later.”

”Yes, my lord.”

Someone escorted Ronanʼs group inside the town where the medical personnel were stationed.

Looking at them, Alaric noticed the familiar insignia of House Paxley.

So they also sent people to support Alverton.

He quickly understood their objective. House Paxley had an awkward reputation in the North because of the incident during the sacred duel. Helping Alverton avert its crisis was a good way to wash away the shameful event that happened at that time.

Alaric shook off these thoughts and focused his attention on the battlefield as he asked Galanar. ”How is the situation?”

”My lord, only one Orc General has appeared and there are about three hundred orc warriors present. However, I can sense that there are still more of them hidden deep within the forest. Furthermore, there are a lot of powerful auras similar to the Orc General I killed. By my estimates, there should be fifteen of them.” Galanar promptly responded.

Alaric furrowed his eyebrows.

Fifteen Orc Generals and over a thousand orc warriors…

Iʼm pretty sure thereʼs a stronger orc leading this army…

Itʼs definitely ʼthatʼ thing!

Alaric thought about the monster that led the orc invasion in his past life. It was a walking disaster of a beast, an absolute nightmare that almost destroyed Vale!

Since this is a hard mission, Iʼm certain that itʼs here.

His gaze hardened as he thought of this.

”Preserve your strength. Iʼm afraid there is a monster far stronger than the Orc Generals commanding this orc army.” Alaric uttered in a grim voice.

His words made everyone frown.

The Orc Generals were already troublesome and only powerful Elite Knights like Galanar, Warrick, and Fredrinn could beat them. Arthur and Henry would have some difficulties fighting one since they had just advanced recently.

”My lord, what kind of monster are you talking about?” Henry asked with an inquisitive look. As an Elite Knight, he had an inherent advantage in sensing auras, but he couldnʼt sense the monster that Alaric was talking about.

The warriors curiously at Alaric, waiting to hear his answer.

Alaric had already prepared his response even before coming here so he was quick to reply.

”Normally, orc tribes are usually helmed by an Orc General, but there are times when they need to gather especially when there is a severe lack of resources. During this process of gathering, infighting is pretty common…”

He explained what he had learned in his past life.

”The winning orc generals would eat the flesh of their defeated opponents and this would sometimes trigger an evolution.”

He paused for a moment before he continued.

”A powerful monster is thus born, an Orc Lord.”