Chapter 358: The Orc Tide is Coming

At the same time, the soldiers of Jilan Town also began to take action. However, unlike their usual hunting, this time they went out to capture an injured Mage, yet that powerful Magic still intimidated the group of soldiers.

Except for Captain Gaosi, who had direct contact with Luoer, the others intended to just go through the motions. Once they left the town, they had no intention of investigating at all, merely wandering around the edges of the fields surrounding the town.

Only Captain Gaosi, because a friend had been killed, wanted to investigate seriously. Even though his subordinates did not quite agree, he used the orders of the Lord and the Priest to suppress them with great force.

……

Three days later, in the forest, on an inconspicuous large tree.

Xia Duo carefully stretched his body. His days these past few days had not been easy; he could only eat a few kernels from the Fange tree to stave off hunger every day, which was very detrimental to his physical recovery.

Even after three days, he had only recovered a little stamina. As for Spellcasting ability, he was able to cast a 3rd Circle Spell, but basically, he could only cast one 3rd Circle Spell per day, or multiple lower-level Spells.

It was completely unlike the free state of casting Spells as he pleased when in the Main Plane!

The main reason was that his body was very weak, and his daily rest was insufficient. In the forest, even with the existence of a Magic Alarm, he could not sleep soundly, and besides, how could one sleep comfortably in a tree!

What he was more fortunate about was that despite the food shortage, drinking water was quite abundant. 【Create Water】 was the first original Spell Xia Duo had researched since transmigrating to this world of Magic.

Regardless of whether anyone else knew this Spell, at least for him, it was so. And this, he had already accomplished when he was still an Apprentice.

In view of this experience, Xia Duo had already added 【Create Food】 to his follow-up research list. Besides using a Dimensional Bag or Personal Space to store food, using Magic to temporarily create it was also an important supplement.

After all, Personal Space was limited in the end.

Just as he was thinking about how to utilize this time in the Projection Plane after his body recovered, Xia Duo suddenly discovered that the Magic Alarm had been triggered. He was no longer on the original Fange tree, but had changed to another lush, leafy tree, as it was easier to hide there.

There were two creatures that had just triggered the alarm. They were relatively large, and it seemed they were—

Orcs?

But how could Orcs appear in the forest?

This was not the Green Pearl Forest. When he was flying in the sky earlier, he had specifically observed the nearby terrain. The small town he had left in the north, all the way to the Narrow Sea further north, was all plains.

To the west of the plains, there were mountain ranges far away. To the east and south, there were of course mountains, but they were even more distant and separated by rivers. How could two Orcs appear in the forest here?

Judging by the direction, those two Orcs had come from the south. He did not know what the situation was, but if it were an Orc Tide, even if he were fully recovered, he would have to avoid the brunt of it.

Not to mention in his current weak state. Of course, if it were only one or two Orcs, he would not be afraid.

Thinking this, the dull "thud-thud" sound of footsteps had already come from the south, appearing exceptionally harsh in this quiet forest. Xia Duo's mind stirred, and he quickly cast 【Invisibility】 to conceal his figure.

If possible, he still did not want to have a conflict with these two Orcs. He needed to use Guidance to restore his Positive Energy every day now; if he used his Dharma Power on the Orcs, it would delay his normal recovery progress.

Soon, through the gaps in the leaves and branches, Xia Duo had already seen the fleeting figures of humanoid creatures. They were indeed Orcs, and they were even carrying weapons—three-foot-long wooden clubs.

The Orcs would not pass directly by the tree he was currently in, which made Xia Duo breathe a slight sigh of relief. However, just as he thought these two Orcs were about to leave, they stopped.

One of the shorter Orcs was stretching its nose and sniffing around randomly. Upon seeing this, Xia Duo felt things were not good. He had, of course, considered the smell of blood on his body.

Although he had no replacement clothing and could only wear this tattered undergarment, he had carefully washed it several times, and after picking the fruit from that Fange tree, he had even changed locations.

For this, Xia Duo had paid the price of being on tenterhooks for an entire day without Dharma Power to rely on. He sniffed his clothes; there was indeed a faint scent of blood remaining.

But from so far away, could the Orcs still smell it?

However, such was the situation, and he had already made preparations. As long as the Orcs discovered him, then he—

Would naturally have to cast his only 3rd Circle 【Flight】 to run away.

Perhaps killing them was also possible, but that would come at the cost of being unable to use 【Flight】. If there were more Orcs behind them, wouldn't he be dumbfounded if he wanted to run later?

Watching that short Orc sniffing around, seemingly about to sniff in his direction, Xia Duo suddenly saw the tall Orc slap the short Orc on the head. The sound was crisp and loud, clearly using great force.

It stunned the short Orc all at once, and then the two Orcs actually started fighting just like that!

This scene left Xia Duo completely dumbfounded. At first, the two Orcs were only using fists and feet, but soon they got carried away, emitting angry roars from their mouths, and the wooden clubs were brought into play as well.

Orcs had great strength; the wooden clubs, as thick as a human arm, were swung by them with a whistling sound. Before long, the short Orc had already fallen to the ground, groaning weakly, looking as if it were about to breathe its last.

And the scene that followed made Xia Duo truly witness the brutality of the Orcs. He saw the tall Orc forcibly tear a leg off the short Orc.

And just like that, it began to tear and chew it raw!

Even though he had heard before that creatures like Goblins, Orcs, and Trolls would eat their own kind, this was the first time he had seen it with his own eyes!

Xia Duo felt he was about to vomit. After the tall Orc finished eating that leg, it tore off another leg and an arm, and only then did it continue walking north with its fresh rations.

Watching the direction in which the Orc left, Xia Duo fell into deep thought. For some reason, he suddenly thought of the Orc Tide; perhaps this was the beginning of the Orc Tide.

He could not stay in the forest. This thought arose in Xia Duo's mind.

……

Somewhere underground.

Inside a bright hall, four masked humans sat facing each other in pairs. Before long, a burly man wearing armor with a Sun Emblem walked out from a secret chamber in the back.

This burly man did not cover his face. Once he arrived, he sat in the seat left empty for him by the four masked people. Before they could ask, he took the initiative to speak:

"Everyone, I have received the revelation from my Lord: the Orc Tide will originate from the south!"

"That is impossible!"

One of the masked people immediately retorted, "There has never been an Orc Tide coming from the south. Could it be that you have made a mistake?"

"Do not doubt the great power of my Lord." The burly man was not angry, because he knew the other party was not truly doubting, but rather worried and fearful to the point of not daring to believe. He continued:

"This matter must be notified to everyone. If we do not prepare in advance, perhaps Netheril will be destroyed by this."