The Story of Hero Among Heroes ~The Founding Chronicles of Arestia - Chapter 166

Translator: Raizu

Editor: Shirayuki

Chapter 166 – Eastern Expedition Part 2 ~ The Ability of the Orc King ~

What’s going on?

Overlooking the battlefield, the King of Dormadia Dormages’s head was confused.

An unidentified army had been attacking his demon armies from earlier. What’s more, in the front of [that] helpless human race, they scatter his proud demon beast units one after another.

He overlooks the battlefield again. In his eyes, he still steadily saw his demon beasts being reduced in number by a mysterious corps. Look at the situation… band judge.

Obviously this corps is a foreign army. That’s more than a Byzeld monster.

And I feel it. There are monsters lurking in this corps that are comparable to those monsters.

This calm judgment is what made him, a demon beast, gain power into a King.

Dormages told the demon who was waiting nearby.

[I’ll retreat. Go make the others buy time while I run away.]

Yes.

It was an intuitive decision. And he later realized that his intuition was not wrong.

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Dormages entrusted the attacking enemy to his army and turned his back away from the battlefield with a few elites.

And he sits in a [tank] that he usually rides on.

Dormages is a giant so there is no horse that can ride him. Therefore, he rides in a four-wheeled car pulled by a demon beast.

The car had a strange shape with a blade pointed so that it could respond to attacks from multiple directions.

It was when Dormages was sitting in his proud tank and about to leave…

There is one figure in front of him and it emerged slowly.

[…who are you?]

Dormages saw the shadow and intuitively judged him to be an enemy. He touched the handle of the barbarian sword that was lying on his waist and asked him while growling.

However, the shadow did not answer it and only muttered to himself.

[So is this a hit, huh. I feel bad for my Master, but… I’m lucky.]

When Dormages squinted, it saw a warrior in eastern armor straddling a horse holding a spear that he had never seen.

[Who are you…?]

[Hmm… do you understand words? Orc.]

Ignoring Dormages’ question and opening his mouth, the warrior… Shu slowly got off the horse and released the magical power in his body.

Seeing that, Dormages distorted his face.

[However, it doesn’t look like just a normal orc… its extraordinary magical power… ever since the guy I saw in the north, I think?]

Who was the northern guy? Dormages didn’t ask further. He couldn’t afford it now.

Dormages was impatient.

He noticed by looking at the amount of magical power.

The man who appeared in front of him was like any human that he saw never before.

[Monster.]

That’s what he thought.

Meanwhile, Shu, on the other hand, was also surprised to feel the sign of a strong power from this demon beast called Dormages. A man who sold the soul that fought with Ares and Batu to the devil passed through his mind.

In front of you is a demon beast and it is different from Amga.

The figure is a huge orc. His skin color is purplish and it wears only one waist cloth. It wore a strange necklace that connects skulls of various races on the neck.

However, this orc has the same magical power as the terrifying magical power that Amga, who was ruining the northern land back then..

[It’s going to be a fun fight!]

As soon as Shu jumped off the horse, he charged Dormages at a terrifying speed.

[Fugyaaaaaa!!]

However, even though it has a giant body, Dormages managed to jump off from the tank with agile movements to avoid the attack. Then, when it noticed the second attack that was coming from the sword that was sitting on his waist, he flicked Shu.

However, when Shu jumped back from the impact, he held the cross-shaped spear again and launched a follow-up attack at a terrifying speed. Dormages got ready with his sword, but…

Gakin!

His sword broke from the root when he heard a dull sound.

Shu took a breath here. He is not so immature that he rushed to take advantage of a great opportunity. It was at that time when the beast weakened its prey and calmly stabbed it during the hunting.

Dormages jumped backwards with terrifying leg strength and took a distance.

[Tsk!]

Shu clicked his tongue and tried to attack again. However, at that moment…

[Shit! You bastard!]

Dormages threw the handle of a sword which lost its blade at Shu.

Shu parried it with a spear. But…

At that chance, Shu and Dormages had a silent moment.

And Dormages didn’t miss that moment.

[Dirty scumbag! I’ll make you regret it!]

As soon as he shouted, Dormages jumped into the tank and snatched his big sword from it and pulled it out.

A black and distorted blade and a terrifying pattern that seems to be drawn with blood; It was obvious to everyone that it was clearly not an ordinary weapon.

[Goooooooooo!!]

The moment when the sword was pulled out, Dormages’s eyes turned crazy red and his breathing became rough as he gave a big roar.

[Mu? Is that… a cursed weapon?]

Shu wondered. As he was wondering, at that moment:

[Gaaaaaaa!]

With that strange scream, Dormages jumped at Shu at a terrifying speed that couldn’t be compared to before.

[Wha!?]

Surprised, Shu flew backwards and avoided it. However, Dormages also attacked in succession with the second and third slashes.

[Tch!]

When Shu managed to avoid them well, he made a sharp thrust in return. But again, Dormages easily avoided it and fired the next slash.

Offense and defense.

Shu thought inside his heart.

(As expected from a demon beast that has become the king of a nation… This is more than I imagined…)

[Gaaaaaaaaa!!!]

Dormages shouted at the surprised Shu and swung the big sword around.

From all over his body, hiss terrifying magical power steadily increased and from his shoulders, black magical power, which could be called miasma, overflowed.

(…What’s with this guy? Did he improve his power one step further?)

After seeing the situation, Shu began to increase the fighting spirit in his body in parallel with his magical power.

He decided that he couldn’t fight on an equal footing at the moment so he decided to take it seriously.

Murakumo-Style Combat Technique [The boundary of the God of War].

Also known as [Magical Fighting Spirit].

It is a rough technique that combines magical power and fighting spirit to dramatically improve one’s physical ability.

Wearing that magical aura, Shu’s body began to shine in silver.

(I made a mistake. It seems that this fight won’t end quickly. You have to do it seriously!)

Shu thrust the Jumonji spear to the ground and pulled out his beloved sword [Raikiri].

And I put magical power and fighting spirit into the blade.

Murakumo-Style Mysterious Art [Dragon Roar].

Shu had mastered this technique completely through training in the Margrave territory.

I dared to unleash my greatest skill here.

[Be prepared, Orc! Secret technique [Dragon Roar]]

[Gumomo!?]

A dragon made of the fighting spirit and magical power released by Shu dash towards Dormages. But Dormages took it head-on with its big sword.

Dormages was blown far behind. However, he put a lot of effort into his legs and took the Dragon Roar head-on. He was thrown back and was breathing wildly… but he was standing on two legs even after the Dragon Roar ended.

[Im…possible…]

Shu was surprised when his greatest skill failed.

Dormages looked around his surroundings.

And there he noticed for the first time about the current situation.

The army of the demons under his control was defeated by the army of this unknown human race and their numbers were greatly reduced.

And then…

Although Dormages had received the [Dragon’s Roar], the opponent in front of him was a strong man that he has never faced before. And he still can afford to continue the fight.

He became quite impatient.

(This mysterious man… I don’t think it’s over after his big move earlier. I think he can still afford to continue.)

On the other hand…

I can still fight. However, while dealing with this guy, the combat situation is becoming disadvantageous every moment.

(It’s unavoidable. Let’s retreat from here.)

The choice to retreat. He made a calm judgment despite being a demon beast.

Dormages made a loud voice that echoed on the battlefield. Upon hearing the voice, the demons stopped moving uniformly and then began to retreat without hesitation.

Dormages also glanced at Shu and flew away at a terrifying speed.

[Shu-sama! The group of demon beasts is retreating!]

A soldier on the side of Shu, who was watching over the battle as if he had been entranced with it, made a suggestion. But Shu shook his head at his word.

[No… we’re not unharmed. Let us retreat at once. We’ve achieved our goal.]

With that said, he also ordered the entire army to retreat.

Following the instructions, the Margrave Army quietly began preparing to retreat.

The first event in this eastern continent was the retreat of the Dormadia Army.

The invasion of the Margrave Army caused the Dormadia Empire to experience its first defeat since its founding.