Orc Hero Story: Discovery Chronicles - Chapter 60.1

Orc Hero Story

The woman found in the dragon’s lair looked at Bash and Zell with suspicion, her body trembling and shaking.

“Poor thing, she’s completely terrified…”

“That seems to be the case…”

It happened all the time on the battlefield. It was especially common among new recruits who had been lucky enough to survive a fierce battle. Amidst the screams, blood, and chaos, the guy to your right suddenly died engulfed in flames, the one to your left with an arrow piercing his eye socket, the one in front split in half, and the one behind was already gone by the time you realized it. You no longer knew what was happening. You ran and hid, trembling and praying not to be found, but you were so terrified that you couldn’t move an inch.

Even brave and insensitive orcs sometimes experienced that. Of course, if something like that happened to an orc, they would be laughed at for being cowardly.

Bash didn’t have that experience. But one of his fellow warriors did. He had seen a warrior cry and scream that he didn’t want to fight anymore. At first, Bash, along with the others who were with him, felt indignant, saying, “What a cowardly thing for an orc warrior.”

But Bash had lived long enough on the battlefield. So he learned a few things along the way. They returned to the battlefield. They were not the kind of people who were allowed to leave the fight just because they had cried themselves to sleep, but they chose to fight the enemy again, instead of being executed deep in the village. And on the battlefield they returned to, they fought bravely and died. Not to die trembling and begging for their lives, but to die fighting bravely.

Therefore, Bash had no intention of laughing or ridiculing the demon woman before him. After a while, this woman would return to her former self and fight bravely again. All the orcs who had fought in the past knew this. That’s why, even if they laughed at a frightened guy and considered them cowardly, they didn’t kill them on the spot for being a disgrace to the orcs. It happened all the time. Really. And the opponent was a dragon. It would be more unusual if this didn’t happen.

It was more important to get this frightened woman to do something about it. That’s why he was here.

“Mister, this is your chance! No matter how demon this woman may be, you can’t ignore her in a situation like this! You have to act like a gentleman.”

“You’re right!”

They whispered to each other.

Bash approached the woman. The more he looked at her, the more beautiful she was. The same applied to her face and body, but her manners… well, the presence emanating from her whole being was something that set her apart from the women he had seen until now. It was an indescribable presence. She had a different kind of elegance. Her magical power as well. If he had to venture a guess, he would say that this woman had something that could be called an aura. Even Bash felt a chill, as if an icicle had been driven into his back. Something inside Bash screamed that it would be great if he could get his hands on this woman.

Is she a demon woman…?

He had seen many demon women in his life, but when he thought about acquiring one, he hadn’t been this nervous. But there was no need to be shy. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was in front of him.

He was worried about the dragon that escaped, but the pursuit failed when it entered this cave and wasn’t there. It had fled. It was better to take the woman in front of him than to chase more dragons, wander aimlessly through the mountains, and then be ambushed from the sky by a fully recovered dragon. The right choice was to first make this woman fall in love with him and then escape from the cave. He didn’t defeat the dragon, but that wasn’t his goal.

“H-Help, help me…”

“I will make sure to kill that dragon,” Bash said to the demon woman, who pleaded for help and assistance, as if to reassure her. When dealing with a frightened person, you had to first tell them that you were going to destroy the enemy in such a reliable manner. If the veterans were encouraged, the younger ones would be encouraged too. “I have killed a dragon before. A dragon with red scales.”

The woman swallowed nervously.

“Don’t worry. You won’t have to suffer anymore.” Bash stared into the woman’s eyes. What lesson number was this? Women loved to look into a man’s passionate eyes. The lesson Bash had learned the other day was still fresh in his mind.

The woman looked into Bash’s eyes and saw her own palpitations gradually decrease.

“Hm!”

And then, out of the corner of his eye, Bash suddenly spotted something moving. It was a spider. A striped spider with hair all over its body. Although they were in the snowy mountains, it was quite warm inside the cave. And if a dragon inhabited the cave, it was not surprising that there were creatures that fed on its excrement and waste. Of course, Bash didn’t have such knowledge of creatures. What he did know was that most hairy and striped spiders were venomous. Spider venom was strong. Even for orcs, who were highly resistant to it, it could cause abdominal pain for a couple of days. It was said that demons were resistant to poison, but if she was as weakened as she appeared, a bite could be fatal.

“Hmph!” Therefore, Bash immediately struck the spider with his sword. The spider died with a single blow, and its purple bodily fluids splattered all around.

“Pii!”

He heard some kind of strange sound, but now he felt that it was safe. The woman’s body trembled as he looked at her, still pondering.