Ch.129Chapter 129: Prince of Destruction

“Little brother, you need to be careful. The truth is, you’re the most dangerous one here.”

The Orc Lord is Master-class.

The Orc General isn’t Master-class, but the strongest ones are level 7, making them incredibly formidable monsters.

It was true that Valt, who had to handle 70 of these creatures alone, was under the most pressure.

However, among them all, the strongest was actually Valt himself.

That’s why Valt accepted his mission without any particular objection.

“Don’t worry. After learning Aura, it would be quite amusing if I lost to an Orc Lord.”

“Khahaha, you brat! Don’t worry! I’ll bring you the skulls of the Orc Lords as a gift.”

“Are you still following that barbaric tradition?”

“Hey! You punk, what’s barbaric about it!! You’re a Gerungtu just like me!”

Taking the skulls of enemy commanders as decorations was one of the old traditions that Kwan had abolished.

This tradition, which had been highly effective at lowering enemy morale, disappeared with just one word from Kwan.

“What would you do with them? Beheading is sufficient.”

Since then, the Gerungtu no longer committed the barbaric act of extracting skulls after defeating enemies.

“Anyway, be careful, you fool! I’m just worried about you, and you’re making a fuss.”

That’s how Gerungtu are.

At first glance, they might seem ignorant and barbaric, but in truth, they have warmer hearts than anyone and deeply care for their families and kin.

“You should be the one not getting hurt after learning new techniques from me. If you don’t want to see tears in Princess Grace’s—no, my sister-in-law’s eyes.”

Whoosh—

For some reason, being called Valt’s sister-in-law made Grace blush deeply as she signaled the start of the battle.

“I’m counting on you, Lilith.”

Tap—

Lilith uses the same floor magic she used with Valt to move to a spot overlooking the orc encampment.

And just as Valt’s group was approaching the encampment.

“””UWAAAAAAAA!!!””””

The sound of the expedition force’s advance echoes from afar.

They had begun their advance precisely at the agreed time.

The orcs had already sent out regular orcs to intercept the reconnaissance team.

The Orc Lords, Generals, and mages only raised their heavy bottoms and headed toward the battlefield after all the regular orcs had been deployed.

“KUWOOOOOOOO!! CHWEEEEK!!”

The tremendous battle cry of two Orc Lords signaling the attack.

At that exact chaotic moment.

Lilith, with her white hair fluttering, targets the enemy mages from the air and unleashes her magic.

From Lilith’s perspective, as an Arch Wizard facing Master-class opponents, none of the orc mages here exceed 5th circle.

“I’ll kill you all! Blood Spear Fall!”

As if space itself is wounded and bleeding, countless blood spears fill the air.

A perfect surprise attack, completely concealing her presence with Invisibility and Hide Mana Force magic!

In truth, even if a human had been in the orc formation, they wouldn’t have expected such a powerful direct ambush on their rear units.

“KWEEEEEK!!”

The attention of the Orc Lords and Generals below focuses on Lilith, who has severely injured most of the orc mages with a single attack.

Just as they were about to shoot their javelins at Lilith.

“HAAAAAAAH!! Rock Tornado!!”

TUWHAAAAAK!!

Valt’s Rock Tornado magic activates.

TUDUDUDUDUDUDUDU—

A massive stone whirlwind rushes into the orc formation, and the Generals who can’t withstand the pressure begin to be pushed back instantly.

There was a reason Valt chose this magic.

The powerful Orc Lords would certainly withstand this magic, but the Generals would clearly be swept away.

A brief moment was all they needed. The strategy was for Grace and Ruktan to jump in and lure out the Orc Lords during that situation.

“KWEEEEEK!!”

Some of the mages that Lilith hadn’t finished off were also swept up by Valt’s magic and launched into the sky, while only the Orc Generals were barely withstanding Valt’s magic, moving along with the whirlwind.

“Now’s the time, darling! Let’s go!”

KUUNG!!

Ruktan charges at the Orc Lord first, kicking off from the ground. With luck, he might be able to finish off the Orc Lord with the initial strike.

But that was too ambitious.

Due to Lilith’s barrage of magic and Valt’s spell, the place was in utter chaos. In such a situation, using a powerful technique to kill the Orc Lord might involve someone else.

This place was a forest surrounded by trees. Ruktan found the Orc Lord that had wounded his pride by escaping him before. The one with the wound on its chest.

“There you are!! Khahaha, this time I’ll kill you for sure!! KHAAAAAP!”

As Ruktan swings his Tunkaio horizontally with Aura around it, the Tunkaio, holding Aura for the first time, begins to resonate with a tremendous pressure.

Tunkaio is a miraculous weapon. Literally a weapon so extraordinary in its strength.

Among the many weapons that the Gerungtu, who couldn’t use Aura, had searched for across the continent, this was the one that suited them best.

To properly use these miraculous items that had existed since ancient times, Aura was naturally required.

Its original name is the Resonance Axe, an ancient weapon designed not to match the enemy’s natural frequency for annihilation, but to create vibrations to enhance its own destructive power.

Ruktan almost loses his grip on the axe due to Tunkaio’s tremendous vibration.

“Kut!?”

Losing one’s weapon would be a huge disadvantage.

Ruktan had no choice but to retrieve some of the Aura going into the axe, reducing its power slightly.

JEOOOONG!

“KWEEEEEK!!”

KUNG!

TUKUNG!

TUNG!

TUDUNG!

TUNG!

Nevertheless, the incredible ability of the Tunkaio displays its power, blasting the Orc Lord away with tree roots and all.

“…? What is this…?”

Dumbfounded, Ruktan stares blankly at where the Orc Lord he had sent flying had gone.

“What are you doing, Ruktan! Run!”

“Y-Yes!! Be careful, darling!”

At Grace’s cry, Ruktan finally comes to his senses and rushes in the direction where the Orc Lord had been sent flying.

“HAP!”

The same light flash that she had shown in her duel with Valt erupts from Grace’s spear.

TUKWANG!!

Grace succeeds in pushing back the Orc Lord again.

“Tch, my family’s spear technique would weep. An instant kill is out of the question.”

Grace’s technique is powerful. But the Orc Lord is simply too sturdy.

While its strength is at the Master level, the Orc Lord’s toughness surpasses even that.

“Valt!! I leave it to you!!”

Grace shouts to Valt as she jumps off a tree to follow the Orc Lord, and Valt was already preparing another spell as his tornado magic was ending.

“Yes! Leave it to me!”

Many were injured by Valt’s magic, but being such sturdy creatures, they had endured quite well. There were still over 50 Orc Generals remaining.

Dozens were unfortunate orcs who had taken direct hits from both Lilith and Valt’s magic.

“Area attacks are my specialty, and thanks to the tornado, they’re all nicely gathered!”

Valt had made this tornado to pull everything in. Even with the same spell, such applications were possible.

Toward the spot where 50 Orc Generals were neatly gathered, Valt deploys his second spell.

“Earth Magic! Giant!! Stamp!!”

A massive rock formation in the shape of a foot appears in the air.

If there were truly a giant made of stone, its foot would look just like this.

Valt had devised a compromise at the limit of what he could use, inspired by meteor magic and avalanche magic.

He realized that using all magic indiscriminately was inefficient when casting such massive spells.

Selection and focus.

Blindly throwing in all magic might increase power, but it was beyond Valt’s mana capacity.

After days of contemplation…

The result of that thinking was this Giant Stamp magic.

“KUWOOO? CHWEEK!? CHWEEEEK!!!”

Though it couldn’t compare to the power of meteors and avalanches, Valt’s stamp magic boasted tremendous power.

This time, he focused on the characteristics of physical magic.

Physical magic, where mana is automatically infused when physical force is great, was incredibly efficient.

“HUUUAAP!!”

KUOOOOOOO—

The giant stone footprint crashes down from the sky, and the Orc Generals huddled together, except for a few on the outside, take a direct hit from the magic.

KWAAAANG!

PUSSSSSSS—

The giant’s foot falls directly, trampling the orcs, and the sight is visible even to the expedition force in the distance.

[UWAAAAA!! The Prince of Destruction is crushing the enemy!! Shout!! Prince of Destruction!!]

“””UOOOOOOOOO!!!! PRINCE OF DESTRUCTION!!”””

An automatic morale boost effect from Valt’s massive magic.

Honestly, neither Grace nor Valt had anticipated this.

It was Lisa who was using sound-amplifying magic to inspire the troops.

[The giant summoning magic of the Prince of Destruction has struck the enemy!! Expedition members! The orcs are now nothing but a disorganized rabble! Charge!!]

“””CHAAAARGE!!”””

Grace’s adjutant, watching from the side, was dumbfounded.

“Haha… Lady Lisa… you have a talent for command…”

Lisa scratches her head shyly and says:

“Hehe, is this really commanding? It’s just cheering, just cheering.”

As Lisa had expected, the buff worked on the regular orcs, but no debuff was applied to allies.

Buffs can be applied in advance, but debuffs must be applied at the start of battle.

But even those buffs have time limits, so they’ll disappear after a while.

[The enemy mages have all been annihilated!! The enemies will weaken as time passes! Focus on defense now, gather strength, and when the enemies weaken, crush them at once!!]

“””CRUSH THEM!!”””

The expedition members were truly obedient.

‘See, I told you using Gerungtu would lead to an easy victory.’

Lisa, who later took charge of battle command and military education for the Valentine family, was known to always say:

“So!! What’s the point of having alliances?! Just use Gerungtu!! They can handle pretty much anything!”