My Parasite Skill System - Chapter 97
“If we can’t collect the head, we’re leaving. Good day.”
And they just turned their back onto me.
The first to do that was that adventurer who’d talked to me the most.
All the while we were talking, he never missed an occasion to let his teeth shine, adding in numerous smiles and thumbs-ups as he discussed things with me.
But I can see that now since he couldn’t collect the head, he’d pretty much any interest in talking with me.
He decided to leave first. His heels turned around themselves, and just decided to walk their way out, “Let’s go friends, we’ll have to go and see elsewhere.”
With him was still his easygoing friend. And he didn’t take long to follow.
After he’d waved at me with two fingers, bowed his head a little, and broke into a smile–he’d also turned.
I found that quite a shame for them. After all, I never said I wouldn’t let them collect the head, huh.
But anyhow, they’d leave at this point. And so, I was left alone with my business.
Peering back over to my shoulder, I thought of going back to talking with Old … “Though, no.”
And thought better of it.
Old Sipping had just told me that himself.
I had to get back to it, after all, right?
Meeting back up with the old man and my family could just wait…
Once again, all five of them, as they’d come and met with me, were now departing, their backs turned for me to see.
And getting back to ‘it,’ it was then.
When I say ‘turned for me to see,’ it wasn’t quite entirely true.
Like a snake, first sneaking, then wrapping itself onto its prey; my hand did wrap itself around the handle of my sheathed sword.
The snake was to be tightened onto the sword’s handle.
Fiercely, effectively.
Bending my back onward a few inches, I regulated my breathing–<Quick Pace>.
My feet blasted off of the green earth.
I was sent flying in the air.
There wasn’t even time to be flying, though.
The distance between me, and the human group of prey was just too shallow.
And then, <Chain Attack>.
We’ll see, Old. We’ll see whether that’s not sufficient or not.
❮Quest: 3/30 enemies dealt with.❯
–The snake around my sword went hissing: three consecutive slashes of my sword.
As I just mentioned, their backs weren’t just then turned on me for me to ‘see.’
But rather, I believe they mostly turned on me for me to just … well…
Slash!
❮Quest: 4/30 enemies dealt with.❯
Slash!
❮Quest: 6/30 enemies dealt with.❯
Slash!
❮Quest: 8/30 enemies dealt with.❯
Three thick darkened slashes went rushing at them–and it was over already.
They mostly turned on me for me to just about do ‘that.’
They were walking on together as a group, this made it convenient for me to slay them all.
No cries or shouts or whatever was to be heard. It was simply too rapid.
And giving yet another slash in the air, I wiped the blade off of its drink.
“Collect your head this, collect your head that.
“I’ll collect YOUR heads, heh,” I scoffed at them.
They’d all fallen to the ground. From this point on, I didn’t pay them too much mind.
Our business was concluded.
And, no, in case you might be wondering. It was just a joke. I wouldn’t really collect their heads, hm.
But anyway, moving on to the next, <Quick Pace> appeared again.
I darted up and left them all behind.
I was located on the edges of the battlefield.
There, there wasn’t much of any fight.
The frontline had been pushed up to the orcs’ side.
It seems to me they are losing. The humans are stronger.
The frontline’s being pushed and pushed again. All the while I was being busy with the previous humans of just a few moments ago, it’s been pushed even further away.
And there, at the frontline, there was much fighting taking place.
Incidentally, due to the old man still willing to see myself in action (supposedly, I don’t even know for sure, to be honest), and my quest, that’s where I’d be headed to.
I used my ‘Quick Pace’ skill some more times, and I got to the frontline already.
Many, many times, actually. I used it a lot. I got used to usually moving around using it.
I could only be running if I wanted … but it was quicker that way.
I dashed and dashed and dashed.
My head was tilted forward, dashing, and from what we would call the rear, I think, I followed along the battlefield, finally getting to the frontline.
It took me no more than three minutes or so. And if I recall correctly, this was my first time using <Quick Pace> so many times in a row.
My breathing was ragged … only a little bit.
I was fine.
But I still needed to catch up my breath, somehow.
I’d just arrived at the frontline. But I was still located on the edge of itself. So I was good. Taking the time to place my hands upon my knees, as I was catching my breath, my chest went up and down repeatedly.
“Old had called it an ‘assessment,’ huh,” I pointed to myself, still huffing a little bit. “Let’s just rather call it ‘playing,’ while we’re at it,” I continued with, still huffing.
And deciding to shut my mouth–or rather, not just talk and get down to catching my breathing–I just rested … and thought about occupied myself thinking about stuff.
What’s even that? Maybe I used up too much mana? I don’t know. I’m sure huffing like mad, though.
And I stopped thinking, at once … having nothing better to do.
But I was bored after not even two seconds, probably, so I did something else:
Looking before myself, and getting a good hold of the scenery.
A big orc of easily 7ft shouted, “Oaaaarhhhh!” clenching both his fists (he must’ve just lost his weapon), dashed, and rushed onward.
Headed towards one group of three humans, driven by what I think to be an erupted rage, he just showed off his brute strength.
With an enormous shoulder brought up before himself, he busted the three humans, just as if they were one building standing in his way.
They were demolished, they hadn’t seen that coming.
But they were fine, somehow.
Another group of humans, soldiers this time, with spears and shields circled him around–and at once, “Hah!”
They stabbed him on every side.
The orc shouted more, but with very less strength and … life, to put it bluntly.
Missing to just hit the head of one of the three busted humans that had been unfortunate enough to find himself just under the big beast, the orc just breathed out and died, falling onto his prey.
–Oh, but it wasn’t over: one female orc had just come, too.
It was the first time I saw one orc female, by the way. And, “Blehh…”
How ugly she is compared to … really, any female I had seen beforehand would outdo her in a clash of beauty.
In a clash of strength, though?
Tightly seizing her long sword with both hands, she came swinging it around the four shielded soldiers … and they just died … probably?
I didn’t know, and I didn’t pay attention anymore.
I was just astounded, for a brief second.
Even for myself, it was hard to believe that I was just next to ‘this.’
“So … this is war …. huh?”