Chapter 76: Pride of the King
StatusRaceGoblinLevel24ClassLord; Horde ChiefPossessed SkillsRuler of the Horde; Insurgent Will; Overpowering Howl; Swordsmanship B+; Insatiable Desire; King’s Soul; Ruler’s Wisdom I; Eyes of the Blue Snake; Dance at Death’s Border; Red Snake’s Eye; Magic Manipulation; Soul of a Crazed Warrior; Third Impact (The Third Chant); Instinct; Ruler’s Wisdom II;Divine ProtectionGoddess of the UnderworldAttributesDarkness; DeathSuboridnate BeastsHigh Kobold Hasu; (Lv1) Gastra (Lv20) Cynthia (Lv20) Orc King Bui; (Lv36)
“King!”
It was the druid, Gi Za, who called out to the king.
Kuzan was wide-eyed as the ogre lord tore apart the king’s body, and sent it flying to a wall.
“Tch… Save the king!” Gi Za yelled in a desperate voice, waking the rest of the goblins out of their stupor.
The chiefs of the four tribes and the goblins of the eastern village ran up to the ogre lord, while Kuzan and Gi Za rushed to the king’s side. It was a cruel and horrible sight.
His guts spilled out from his wounds, and from all the blood he bled, he was no doubt a dead man. In fact, his heart had already stopped beating.
The king had died.
That king who was to carry the goblins on his back, who was to save the tribe of Gordob, who was to cut open a path to the Lord of Decay – that very king was dying right before Kuzan’s eyes.
Kuzan was speechless. Gi Za stood up.
“…No.”
He flopped about, unable to stand straight, as his face went so pale it turned into a swarthy hue.
“…Bas-ta-rd…”
What left his lips was a voice that seemed to curse everything. Each word brimmed with so much hate it felt like it could turn the dead of hell into wandering ghosts. Without a care for anything else, he ran for the ogre lord.
It was a reckless charge with no regard for his life. The boulder-like axe descended, and it was the adherent of the Sword God, Gi Go Amatsuki, who covered him.
“How is the king!?” Gi Go asked to the now kneeling Gi Za, but he couldn’t say anything.
Gi Go understood, and he grudgingly said, “Enemy of the king, you will pay!”
That voice spread throughout the entire battlefield, and everyone froze upon hearing it.
“Ga Ga Ga… So, that was the king?” The ogre lord laughed. “That guy ran around pathetically, you know? He begged me for his life.”
Indignation filled the goblins.
“For the sin of humiliating our king, pay with your life!” Aluhaliha’s Naga Lance crackled with violet lightning.
“No matter what, I will pay back the savior of my village.” Gilmi and Narsa nocked their bows.
“Return to me… my defeat!” The Vidol Amulet sunk into Rashka’s skin. Rage filled him, and his muscles swelled. “…I should’ve been the one to defeat him!”
A crazed light gleamed from Gi Go Amatsuki’s eyes. There was a madness that came with the sword god’s blessing, and the only thing that kept him from it was his gratitude to the king. That madness connected with his past defeat, and it ate into his mind.
“I will––“ He unsheathed his blade. “Cut the king’s enemy…”
“Vengeance shall be paid.” The beast warrior Gi Gi, the stealthy Gi Ji. They knew they were powerless before the ogre lord, but still they pointed their blades at him.
“I won’t forgive. I absolutely won’t forgive you!” Gi Za cursed in a voice so full of hate it seemed it would awake the denizens of hell. He took a stone out from his chest, and crushed it.
Tornadoes sprouted up around him, and they took on the form of rampaging dragons.
“…You will pay!!!”
That signaled the start of the battle.
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Kuzan still couldn’t believe her eyes.
The ogre lord was strong. She knew that, yet it seemed that she had still looked down on it.
Gi Za’s dragon tempest was swept away with a swing. Raska’s black light and Aluhaliha’s spear couldn’t even scratch the ogre lord’s craggy flesh.
“Ga Ga Ga!”
The ogre lord only laughed at their attempts.
As if to say that they were too weak.
As if to say that the strong was always strong, and the weak always weak.
The ogre lord mocked them.
It was vexing.
She held the death crystal in her hands. If she uses it, then they might still have a chance at winning.
But the price for that is her life.
And if she dies, she will never again meet the Lord of Decay. She will never again hear his voice. That voice she loved so much to the point of madness. She will lose it forever.
But at this rate, everyone will die.
She looked at Yellow, her father.
His skin was white, and as a member of Gordob, he carried with him the sin of allowing the ogres to invade. Because the Gordob was weak, no one would listen to them. None of the four tribes would, and their prophecies only fell on deaf ears.
Because they’re weak, they can only walk toward death.
Her mother, her older sister… Everyone was born white; none was exempted. And eventually, they all died, leaving behind only Kuzan.
She wanted to run. Surely, the three tribes could hold out long enough. Long enough for her to run.