Chapter 17.2 Hero vs. General (1/2)

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And thank you all for your well-wishes about my wrist! It’s not fully recovered, but the pain has subsided enough for me to function normally.

Now here!

We!

GO!

Thunder Sonia couldn’t wrap her head around what was going on.

Why was Bash standing there as if he was protecting her?

And why was he pointing his sword towards General Baraben, who was supposed to be his ally?

Did she interpret the situation wrong? Or was there some kind of internal conflict going on?

Or perhaps, was Bash, just like most Orcs, so dazzled by her Elven beauty that he wanted her in one piece in order to take her home?

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But if that was the case, why didn’t he kidnap her the first time they had met, during the events of the Nightmare of Siwanasi Forest?

No way… could it be true that she really smelled ancient?

If that was the case… she wanted to be anywhere else but here right now.

“I am Bash, warrior formerly from the Orc Country’s Boulder’s Company, and Hero of the Orcs!”

But one thing was clear: the Orc Hero was about to fight General Baraben.

“I am Baraben, General of Orc Country, Head Commander of the Orc Army’s 2nd Division, and Clan leader of Siwanasi Forest!”

“I am Gunda Guza, Great War Chief of the Orc Army’s 2nd Division!”

Back during the war, Sonia had heard Orcs announcing their names countless times on the battlefield, their voices resonating alongside the clings and clangs of swords and spears.

Their self-introduction was the bell that signaled the start of combat.

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After that, the Orcs would either win or die.

Her opponent this time was General Baraben.

This man was famous enough to be known to even the Elves – they all knew how essential he had been to the success of the Orcish war effort.

In the past, the first thing a new recruit would learn about the Orcs was the name of the Orc King, Nemesis, followed by the Great General, Baraben.

A fierce warrior that had led his people to victory many-a-times and had fought bravely until the end.

Among the Orcs, he was considered just as influential as the King himself.

Moreover, Gunda Guza, the Orc’s most outstanding mage, was fighting alongside the General.

He was the most dangerous element in this battle.

If the Lich were not defeated, Baraben would rise again indefinitely.

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However, reaching the undead mage would be challenging, to say the least. He was constantly on his guard, keeping his distance and hiding away behind the giant zombie’s humongous body.

[But…]

Thought Thunder Sonia, as she looked at Bash’s well-defined deltoids, his bulging trapezius, and hard-as-rock latissimus dorsi…

[What…what a reassuring and reliable back!]

“ORAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!”

“UUUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH!!!”

The combatant’s warcries rang out, sending echoes through the trees; a palpable wave of violence and intimidation imposing enough to make small rodents keel over in fright.

General Baraben was a hair quicker, stepping in ahead of Bash.

The head of his war hammer, a condensed mass of barbarity so massive it seemed unstoppable, came rushing down at the Hero like a meteorite.

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But Bash moved in response with such speed that it was hard to believe he was an Orc.

It was not to evade.

He resolutely strode forward widening his stance and priming his hips as he brought his greatsword in line with the incoming war hammer.

“DING!”

The most deafening metallic sound Sonia had ever heard reverberated throughout the forest.

The echoes lingered on, “ying….iiing….iiinngg…”

Bash’s blade had successfully repelled Baraben’s hammer, launching it away.

Though the undead General did not lose his grip on his weapon, he was pulled by its mass and had to take a step back, his foot landing heavily and digging into the dirt.

But he wasn’t the only one affected by the blow’s recoil.

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Bash’s sword was also repelled as his arm was sent reeling back along with his weapon.

Yet his stance…

“ORAAAA!!!”