Rise of the Horde

8 Chapter 8

Dauntless and reckless Galum'nor smash the Balfur Queen but it evaded jumping backwards and started its laughing howls, like it was taunting Galum'nor, Galum'nor being Galum'nor shouted his lungs out and charged forward and lunged at the Balfur Queen.

The two then were entangled together, Galum'nor pounding with his fist and biting with his mouth while the Balfur Queen retaliated by clawing and biting him, they were rolling around in the ground, there was no clear winner, sometimes the Balfur Queen would be on top while other times Galum'nor.

The other Balfurs were kept occupied by Xiao Chen and the others, with the spear ready to strike at the most opportune time in his hands, Xiao Chen patiently waited, only deflecting the Balfurs with his shield, strong kicks and sometimes striking with the shaft and the end spike, never using the spearhead since it was covered in poison intended for the Balfur Queen.

Galum'nor was already at a terrible condition, with many deep wounds all over his body, he was currently being pinned down by the Balfur Queen and was directing the Balfur Queen's fangs away from his vital spots by taking hold of its upper and lower jaws.

Gur'kan successfully sneaked behind the Balfur Queen and impaled its left hind leg to the ground and pinning it to the ground, robbing it of its mobility but was sent tumbling away by the furious Balfur Queen.

The other Balfurs surrounded their leader, protecting it from anyone and denying them the chance to seize its immobility.

"Galum'nor, raised her up"

Xiao Chen shouted which Galum'nor quickly obliged to, gripping the Balfur Queen's snout with both hands and with all his remaining strength, he raised the Balfur Queen's upper body, high enough for Xiao Chen to have a shot.

With the presented chance Xiao Chen raised the spear to his eye level, his arm feeling heavy by the weight of the situation, arching his back a bit he released the spear with all his strength, his aim remained through and steady but a Balfur quickly tried to intercept his thrown spear.

"Take this!"

Aro'shanna suddenly yelled, she was bloody all over and it was unknown if it was her own or from his victims, and her eyes started glowing red almost like the Balfurs and spun round and round with her enormous axe gaining momentum.

With a quick swoosh the huge axe spinning wildly came flying towards the intercepting Balfur and Aro'shanna was thrown backwards, stumbling to regain her balance, probably dizzy after executing such rapid quick spins.

Right on target the huge axe cleaved through the Balfur, almost bisecting it into two and dropped it to the ground, still twitching but quickly became motionless with the huge axe embedded deep in its stomach, the huge axe cleaved through its mouth separating it until its stomach area.

The Balfur Queen yelped in pain as the thrown spear with poison by Xiao Chen deeply embedded itself on its chest. The Balfur Queen reeled back and yelped in pain, thrashing around and successfully escaped Galum'nor's grasp and freed its hind leg from impalement, but sustained heavy wounds on that leg, making it limp away.

The Balfur Queen continued thrashing around, snarling, then yelping in pain as the poison quickly took effect. Its thrashing decimated some of its brethren and scared them away. There was a wide clearing around it as it continued in its death throes.

With the Balfur Queen dead and the still lingering Dargan scent, the surviving Balfurs scurried away in different directions.

*****

Xiao Chen and his group finally relaxed a bit, their body was in the state of exhaustion as they were constantly on the alert and on the move while engaging the Balfurs.

Galum'nor suffered such heavy injuries that he had a hard time trying to sit up, his wounds bleeding heavily, but he was smiling in satisfaction that he got to successfully win against a Balfur Queen even with the help of Xiao Chen and the others.

The Balfurs did not also spare Rakh'ash'tha, Trot'thar, Drae'ghanna and Aro'shanna. They sustained many deep wounds but will live through it. Gur'kan also woke up after being sent flying by the Balfur Queen. He was lucky since armor covered him and only suffered minor wounds, but the chest area of his armor caved-in, credit of the Balfur Queen's attack.

Xiao Chen stared at his subordinates smiling and they too smiled back even though they could barely lift a muscle because of exhaustion. The glaring sun was already at its peak and the heat it made them feel added more pain to their sustained wounds.

*****

Suddenly dark fog started approaching them and there in the middle was a silhouette of a creature, the silhouette was in the shape like Rakh'ash'tha who was slightly hunch back with which seemed to be a staff on his right hand then yelled angrily at them with a very creepy voice, a voice of a child, mixed with that of an old man, mixed with a woman and many other voices, it was like a cacophony of voices. It was terrible to the ears.

"What have you done to my precious!!! Oh! my poor babies..."

The creature finally emerged and revealed itself as it knelt down beside the ferocious yet now dead Balfur Queen. It was an orc. A frail looking old orc much like Rakh'ash'tha, but his skin had many cracks like that of the ground that suffered too much drought or like that of cracking city walls. It had spikes on its back like the Balfurs along with their bloody-red glowing eyes, but he only had a pair of eyes, unlike the Balfurs who had an extra pair.

"Careful chief, that's a warlock"

Gur'kan informed Xiao Chen and stood in front of him, trying to protect him from harm with his own body as the shield.

The warlock continued to mutter inaudible words; it was mourning the dead Balfurs but with a quick movement; the warlock stood up and muttered an incantation in a foreign language. A magic circle quickly forming up in front of his left hand and suddenly a pillar made of rocks rose rapidly, sending the hapless Gur'kan into the air then disappeared quickly making the poor orc crash to the ground heavily, knocking the air out of his lungs.

Gur'kan tried to get up but blood suddenly rushed to his mouth and he vomited blood and finally lost consciousness. Galum'nor was the next who wanted to stand up, and with trembling legs he got on his feet shouting loudly, then charged towards the warlock.

"Rawh!!!"

The warlock simply responded by casting another spell, but this time a loud thundering sound filled the place and an out-of-place lightning bolt struck Galum'nor, which he successfully defended with his tree trunk at the last second. His weapon of choice splintering to pieces and was sent flying backwards, his chest charred black and smoke was rising from it.

A huge strong wind swept Rakh'ash'tha, Trot'thar, Aro'shanna and Drae'ghanna, throwing them high in the air before quickly disappearing and plunging them towards the river.

"Oh, come on! That's cheating!"

Xiao Chen whined as he prepared to charge at the warlock but an unseen force strangled him and lifted him up by the neck towards the warlock who was busy making inaudible sounds.

"Chief!"

Drae'ghanna shouted and suddenly her eyes started shining with blueish white light, her eyes were nowhere to be seen, only pure blueish white light, even her palms shone in the same color and an ominous and overwhelming presence filled the place. A huge summoning circle, shining with a dangerous glint of red and black, started forming. It had a diameter of almost 40 feet.

*****

The warlock was overwhelmed by the ominous presence and released Xiao Chen, who greedily inhaled much needed air. The warlock was trembling in fear as he stared at the giant summoning circle.

Drae'ghanna near the river banks started screaming in pain as she clutched her head. The ominous and overwhelming presence disappeared like it never happened along with it was the gigantic summoning circle.

"Insolence!!! You dare scare the great warlock Rhak'kashad... I'll devour your soul and put that huge mana pool to good use...haha haha."

The warlock angrily roared as he made use of the unseen force again to grasp Drae'ghanna by the neck and levitated her towards him.

"Argh....Rawh!!!"

Aro'shanna suddenly screamed and sprinted forward towards the warlock, her eyes now glowing fully red, glowing more intensely than the Balfur Queen. Her facial expression was so twisted and scary that Xiao Chen felt he was staring at a demon.

"What a surprise… a demon's vessel… too bad... you 're just a vessel and not the real one"

The warlock mocked Aro'shanna and cast a spell and nullifying Aro'shanna's empowered state, making her fall to the ground motionless like a stringed puppet having its strings suddenly cut.

"Now... time to devour you... hahaha"

The warlock chuckled as Drae'ghanna was only about five feet away from him, struggling to free herself from the invisible force grasping her by the neck, her face turning a shade of purple but barely noticeable with her reddish-brown skin color.

"Devour this motherf*cker!!!

Xiao Chen shouted from behind him and threw a mixture of reddish and brown powder towards the warlock's face.

"Argh! My eyes!"

Rhak'kashad shouted as he was blinded by the stinging and burning sensation that was on his eyes. Tears came pouring out uncontrollably from his eyes, his nose dripping snot and his face was full of sweat.

Xiao Chen slashed the warlock's left arm with his spear which tore it away crudely. He tore away the warlock's left arm as revenge for nearly choking him to unconsciousness with his strange invisible force.

"What sorcery is this!!!"

Rhak'kashad howled in pain as he clutched what was left of his left arm and closing his eyes shut in hopes of getting rid of the burning sensation upon them, caused by the powder that Xiao Chen threw at him.

Xiao Chen began whacking Rhak'kashad's body with his spear with all the strength that he could muster, tearing the blinded warlock limb by limb.

"It's no sorcery! It's just chili powder dumbass!"

Xiao Chen spat in the warlock's direction, then plopped down as his adrenaline rush settled down and the effect of the skill Iron Will faded away which removed the sensation of fatigue from his body and gave him the energy to whack Rhak'kashad to pieces for half a minute.

He just spent a whooping 5300 points to defeat the powerful warlock, 5250 points to buy the Iron Will skill and 50 points for the chili powder.

MISSIONS

Available Missions

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*Kill Rhak'kashad (Completed)

Reward: 10,000 points

*Kill 10 Balfurs (Completed)

Reward: 100 points

*Kill 50 Balfurs (Completed)

Reward: 500 points

*Repel the Balfurs with none of your subordinates dying (Completed)

Reward: 500 points