章 41: Chapter 40: Preparation 2

Mako twitched his brow and stared in disbelief at the Bronze bracelet that gave out a hollow grey light in front of him. It seemed that he couldn't believe his eyes, but ignoring it wouldn't change the fact. The truth was so clear that no excuses came to his mind.

He needs more?

'Just how much will you eat?!!!'

Although, Mako sacrificed his village and the laboni village just to earn himself the title of champion for an unknown God, He only got half the abilities he was promised but what left Mako anxious, was that the mysterious God still wished for more and along side a part of his soul. If he does this, he was promised the power that would leave others with unprecedented fear.

In fact he could feel it, the more massacre he performed the closer he felt he was to the third circle of evolution.

The Necromancer began to tremble with excitement as he imagined himself stronger and how his master would react if he sacrificed that village of high leveled goblins and Orc.

But He was annoyed by how slow his un-dead soldiers were, Now they numbered five hundred and sixty four. which he felt was inadequate to destroy that village unless he could get his hands on higher leveled bodies.

And that was when he thought of Nazu, Mako was a Banished member of one of the five largest clans in the Orc Country of Degr, the 'Grey-back' clan. This family was one that leading clans with their powerful reserve of great warriors, consisting of mainly Berserker s like the Great Orc King. However, Mako believed in something else and that was the use of ones intellect than brawn.

The Greybacks frowned upon this welp's cowardly acts during battles and to top it off, Mako had no strengths as a young Orc.

The Clan basked in glory for a long time and ignored this disgrace until Mako found this bronze bracelet. He began experimenting until he heard the voice from the same item, In an attempt to test more theories, He found out that it was linked to necromancy which was frowned upon in the whole of Luegad but He didn't care, in fact he began to wonder what was so wrong that everyone chose to ignore this form of power. He continued this way until he evolved for the second time but was found out by the Clan head. Filled with fear, He attempted to kill his patriarch but failed miserably.

Due to his actions impressing their Clans guest who had been covered in a Grey robe, He was spared but also Banished with a mission. And that was for him to take ownership of the Black moon lake's region with his own strength.

He was sent here to establish some achievements in order to rise abruptly to a towering position in the 'Grey-back' clan and be accepted by the mysterious Guest. However, this wonderful dream seemed to be drifting further away from him when he arrived. After he took over an Orc clan with his necromancy and instilled fear in them, He led them to attack the neighboring villages as he took in the Orcs and killed the rest, but all that came to an end when he met Nazu.

A powerful Female Chieftain warrior, She almost defeated him at the expense of her men, so she chose to call a truce at the end.

Mako had hastily agreed as he knew he didn't have the abilities to counter hers completely, so he bid his time, as he continued to secretly build up his strengths. But then he found something fascinating, Her bloodline after her second evolution was actually an ancient Orc bloodline that was connected to the guardian of the Legend of the Laboni territory, the one the forest still feared till this day.

He began trying to find ways to conquer her but she wasn't easy. If he could just get a hold of her body, then he'll hold his first powerful corpse.

Due to the sensitivity of the Nazu's Bloodline identity, He chose to act cautiously.

In a country where strength were used as a basis in status, Mako's abilities wouldn't be underestimated if he had her under his control. In a Similar way, getting the creatures of that village would be great.

Suddenly, he thought about Torrelsav and Urim's battle, he couldn't help licking his lips.

In the conflict a few days ago, it showed that he was the typical low EQ and high IQ, having no consideration for the feelings of others, He abruptly chose to cancel his years of planning, all in a fit of rage.

Not to mention, he left Country of Orcs for years for this matter so he was feeling anxious.

When it comes to waiting for the right time, patience is a must but he obviously lacks this.

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After organizing the newly evolved, He immediately invited Dabok, Lovan and Torrelsav to the manor. Now the only important figures that hadn't evolved was Dabok and Lovan, but Alex wasn't worried as he was almost certain that after this battle, everybody should at least evolve if things go well.

The three came in with Dabok and Lovan looking the same, Torrelsav braided the sides of his hair, giving him a more piercing look in his eyes, This made Alex smile.

Everyone seemed rather restless, including Alex as he felt Uneasy. Although, He thinks this is more of a problem of character. Orcs and Goblins are known to prefer striking to waiting.

"Yesterday, I thought of having the everyone do a mock battle, yourselves included." Alex spoke firmly without room for argument, even the ending of his words sounded rather menacing but that was just because of the nature of his new evolution.

He then proceeded to explain,

With the five of them in the Hall, Each of them are to take five goblins with three hobgoblins under them, totaling to 8 warriors under each of their lead. Torrelsav's daughters would be exempted as he had a different fighting style for those two.

Everyone are to be first equipped with wooden weapons, No use of skills as he wants to improve their motor skills and use of dexterity, The two half-lings would lead the excess Hobgoblins into combat.

In order to differentiate the groups, He had them decide on what to mark their tattoo-less arm with, while his group was to be left colorless.

He then led all the warriors to an open space on the south of the village, Then after confirming that everyone was ready, He decided that Torrelsav and Urim would be the ones starting. The two parties readily agreed with Urim being particularly excited, He was a head taller than Torrelsav after his evolution, perhaps that boosted his confidence.

With all the preparation in place, Alex gave the signal to start.

"Start!"

At that, Urim's team who had painted their faces with mud gathered into a circular formation as they ran.

For a 'Guardian' Orc, He seemed to prefer striking than defending but that formation hey used in charging got Alex laughing hard as they charged madly. What was weird, was that Torrelsav used the same formation but remained motionless.

'A berserker that prioritized defense over madly attacking and a guardian who charged madly instead of protecting' Alex thought as he didn't know if he should be amused or worried but he chose to see how it played out.

"For the Chief!!!" Urim roared, making Alex cringe a bit.

Spurred by the prospect of pleasing their chief, Urim lead his horde and charged toward his foe with more vigor.

BAM!! Thud!! and...

Both parties tumbled over each other rather comically with only Urim barely escaping as he looked at his 'squad' strangely, Alex had his face turn black as he saw this, His eyes twitched as Lovan even had his jaws unhinged. The hobgoblins still behaved like Goblins and ended up messing up the whole situation.

"This...!!"

Alex suddenly had a bad premonition as he turned to look at his other Hobgoblin 'Warriors'.