Chapter 159: The Beastslaughterer.

Chapter 159: The Beastslaughterer.

Profile:

Name: Vulgrim Beastslaughterer

Level: 25

Race: High Ogre

Age: 62 Years

Job: Black Axe Master

Status:

Health: 13821/13821 Mana: 2845/2845

Strength: 6621 Intelligence: 1712

Vitality: 6214 Wisdom: 4561

Agility: 3559 Stamina: 10820/10820

Effects: None

Skill:

Magic skills and related:

[Mana Efficiency Lv. 5] [Mana Control Lv. 3]

Physical skills and related:

[True Unarmed Technique Lv. 4] [True Unarmed Mastery Lv. 4]

[True Axe Technique Lv. 4] [True Axe Mastery Lv. 3]

[Mana Strike Lv. 8] [Stamina Strike Lv. 10]

[All Damage Enhancement Lv. 2]

[Slaughter Blade Techniques Lv. 10]

Senses and movement skills:

[Stealth Lv. 3] [Accuracy Correction Lv. 8]

[Detection Sensor Lv. 3] [Concentration Lv. 10] [Foresight Lv. 1]

[Probability Correction Lv. 9] [Danger Perception Lv. 10]

[Enhanced Vision Lv. 5] [Enhanced Auditory Sense Lv. 5]

[Enhanced Olfactory Sense Lv. 6] [Tracking Lv. 9]

[Night Vision Lv. 10] [Presence Killer Lv. 3]

[Evasion Lv. 10] [Acrobatic Lv. 8]

[Terrain Maneuvering Lv. 7]

Resistance:

[Physical Super-Resistance Lv. 8] [Absolute Pain Tolerance]

[Mental Corruption Resistance Lv. 2] [Abnormal Status Nullification]

[Mind Protection Lv. 1] [Advance Abnormal Status Resistance Lv. 1]

[Fear Resistance Lv. 8] [Arcane Corruption Resistance Lv. 1]

[Lightning Resistance Lv. 3]

[Holy Resistance Lv. 7] [Inferno Resistance Lv. 2]

[Water Resistance Lv. 6] [Terra Resistance Lv. 1]

[Storm Resistance Lv. 1] [Tenebrous Resistance Lv. 5]

Stat growth and related:

[Health Recovery Lv. 10] [Mana Recovery Lv. 1] [Stamina Recovery Lv. 9]

[Enhanced Health Growth Lv. 7]

[Enhanced Health Capacity Lv. 5]

[Herculean Power Lv. 2]

[Indomitable Bulwark Lv. 2]

[Enhanced Wisdom Growth Lv. 4]

[Enhanced Wisdom Enforcement Lv. 4]

[Enhanced Agility Growth Lv. 3]

[Enhanced Agility Enforcement Lv. 3]

[Enhanced Stamina Growth Lv. 7]

[Enhanced Stamina Capacity Lv. 5]

Others:

[Handicraft Lv. 7] [Woodworking Lv. 6] [Identity Blocker Lv. 3]

[Dismantle Lv. 10] [Terror Aura Lv. 7] [Starvation Lv. 6]

[Instruction Lv. 5] [Commanders Aura]

Job:

[Berserker Soul] [True Axe Mastery Lv. 1] [Ravagers Regeneration]

[Berserkers Enmity] [Axe Technique Efficiency]

[Axe Technique Acceleration]

Ability List:

Unarmed abilities:

[Steadfast Stance] [Gale Steps] [Crush Fist] [Spine Breaker]

Slaughter Blade abilities:

[Carnage Axe] [Decapitate] [Limb Slash] [Mana Bisecter] [Enmity Axe]

[Blood-Scar Axe]

Titles:

[Ogre Kings Black Guard]

[Sanctified Blaze] [Shadow Armament (Full Body)] [Blessing of the Goddess of Light (Moderate)] [Various Spell Buffs] inflicted on [Young Shadowstalker Cadejo, Saori Segawa]

The plan was easy. Instead of fighting inside a cave where Hestia, our strongest member, would be at a disadvantage, we chose to lure the grimgarians out of the cave where Hestia would have the constant resource regeneration of the sun on her side and wouldnt have to worry about causing a cave-in. With how her scale-dust and attacks worked, especially her high damage options in the form of [Symphonie des Feuergottes], [Omnictus], and [Solar Beam], we had to avoid confrontations inside the cave.

Now, as this was a rescue mission, we also needed a way to enter the cave. Smoke and heat will cause the grimgarians to continuously flee outside to escape the terrible environment inside the cave, so entering from the same way was not possible. However, what if we could dig our way into the inner sanctum? I had no idea if this cave was similar to the one we used to enter Artorias or if it only had one entrance, but for sure it had to be large enough to accommodate all the grimgarians inside it.

While goblins and kobolds can fit in smaller caverns, Lucia mentioned there were orcs too. After I snuck in a [Shadow Snake] to scout out the cave, I was confident we could make our own entrance into the cave, avoiding the chaos Hestia would create as our distraction.

True to his word, Cernust was a capable digger in his dragon form. His draconic skill [Floral Overgrowth] and his beastman forms empty vessel magic skill [Floral Magic] had a way to soften up soil and rock to make room for plants to grow, which we used to dig our way through the side of the mountain. It took us nearly a whole night to dig ourselves through it, but Cernust was able to handle it.

We had Hestia stay at the entrance where she could go wild as much as she wanted to while luring out all the enemies from inside the cave, and, once it got too hot for her, she could always fly away to escape if she needed to. Meanwhile, I would lead a party through the new side entrance and rescue Lucias party members, whom I luckily managed to locate with my initial scouting. We left Severa, Lucia, and the red-haired boy with Bornelli while we ventured inside with wet cloths covering our mouths and noses from the smoke Hestia was blowing inside the cave.

We entered the prison chamber and got the three adventurers out of their cages, giving the wolfkin Wulf and arvisian Verdiena some potions to help them recover their wounds afterwards. The human, on the other hand, required professional treatment since Tasianna diluted all our moderate potions to make more minors for selling. Unfortunate.

As we were about to extract, the worst possible encounter appeared right before our exit. A high ogre, as tall as a house and wielding a massive axe, showed himself. How did he find us? I asked myself, but then I saw smoke leaving through the exit Cernust had dug for us, and immediately wondered if the ogre saw this and stayed next to the exit to ambush us. However he did it, it didnt matter now, as we had already been discovered.

Sadly for us, this guy was no joke from what his profile showed me. Sure, I was able to outmaneuver him, but he had higher stats in all other categories. This is without adding to the fact that he had a full set of armor and an axe, meaning his profile probably wasnt an accurate representation of his full power. If he also had runes, then the disparity was even worse.

We couldnt fight him, we couldnt defeat him. We needed to escape!

Run! I shouted, swinging both Wulf and Verdiena onto my shoulders. Cernust, who was carrying the human Raian, as well as Tasianna and Antonio all nodded and turned around.

Craven Carnage Axe. The ogre, dissatisfied with our choice to run, scoffed at us before raising his axe. Putting his right leg before his body, he swung his axe downwards with both hands, cleaving the ground clean.

The shockwave of the ogres attack sent the four of us crashing to a wall. Wulf and Verdiena both fell from my back as I groaned, having to refill my empty lungs. Unfortunately, I didnt have much time to recover, as both [Danger Perception] and [Foresight] told me death was looming over my head.

Without even giving a glance upwards, I stomped the ground to dodge to the side, tackling Wulf and Verdiena. A massive explosion happened once again, this time it came from behind me, sending the three of us flying away. Thankfully, I was able to react to this attack by using [Air Walk] to keep from crashing into another wall while carrying the two beastmen.

Dammit! How the hell am I supposed to get out?!

[Shadow Dash] required line-of-sight and I had to be close enough to the shadow I wanted to exit from for the spell to work. While I could see through [Shadow Snake]s eyes when I scouted the cave, I wasnt able to use it to rescue those three adventurers without being close enough that I risked being discovered by the grimgarians when leaving my shadow. And now, those limitations of [Shadow Dash] were biting me on my tail. It was a terrible problem.The debut release of this chapter happened at Ñòv€l-B1n.

Umbral Pendulum! Enfeebling Winds! I materialized two magic circles at once, one summoned a giant pendulum from the ceiling while another simply latched onto the ogres body, slowly draining his Health and sending it to me like a leech.

Feeble magics. Mana Bisecter! The ogres muscles tensed up as he faced my tenebrous element spell, and then swung his axe, now clad in a blue aura. My pendulum and his axe clashed against each other, causing a loud boom to echo through the cave. Both blades were pushing against each other, attempting to shove the other to the side; however, I could just make out the blade of my pendulum dissipating against the ogres attack.

Accelerated Growth!

Torrential Rain! Icicle Gust!

As if on command, multiple grey vines burst from the ground, entwining themselves around the ogres legs and waist, before water bullets and ice spikes showered from the ceiling, buffeting the ogres unprotected face.

Grrrurgh!!! The ogre winced as his face was slowly being frozen, but then gave out a warcry and punched my pendulum to the side. The black construct swerved to the side and crashed into the wall, slicing into it like butter.

Shit, I was really worried there, Saori, Cernust sighed in relief before smacking me on the back. Still, never did I think you were a beast too! I also didnt expect Tasianna to have fairy wings! Are you a morpher too?

[Cernust, can you keep this a secret? Well, you are keeping Hestias secret, so can I presume you will?] I asked him.

Well, I have to say that I cant keep secrets very well, since, you know, I like to party. Dragons and drakes dont take alcohol so kindly, but I cant stop loving the drunk feeling, hahahaha! Cernust laughed out loud. He was loud. But well, I dont know why a Kargryxmor is in Artorias but I cant exactly say no to a cute girl, eh? I am neither a patriot nor a big religion guy, but I can keep my mouth shut for a buncha good acquaintances.

Please, keep it a secret, Mister Cernust. We are not at the phase to reveal it to everybody yet, Tasianna sighed while massaging her temples.

Our progress through the cave was steady as Tasianna and Cernust kept blocking the flood from filling our escape tunnel, although the water quickly broke through the earth and ice through sheer pressure. Thankfully, Uno seemed to have stabilized with the dragorade and the few potions we had him drink. However, until Hestia treats him, I will keep worrying about him.

As the light of the entrance came into view and the sound of water eventually stopped, we thought we were finally out of danger. That was when we saw the outside.

Kriiiiiiiiaaaarrghhhhh!

Blood, ashes, and corpses. Those three words were enough to describe the scene outside. A giant troll with two flags attached to its back was hanging around on three earthen spikes piercing through its head, chest, and stomach. The charred bodies of goblins and kobolds were scattered everywhere on the ground. Mangled corpses of orcs, so gory I didnt even want to describe them, were lying in growing pools of their own blood.

D-Did she go crazy again?!

[Battle Frenzy (Moderate)]. One of Hestias biggest fears was being consumed by that status effect once again, where she would go berserk and destroy anything she found. Last time, we couldnt stop her when it happened, and I wasnt sure if we could do it now either.

[WHAT TOOK YOU GUYS SO LONG?!]

However, it seemed I was mistaken.

[HELP ME!!!] Standing on air with [Air Walk] was a girl in a full suit of [Panzer], although, looking at how damaged the armor was, it seemed as if whatever opposition she had to fight wasnt easy.

That was Hestia. White flames were covering her body, regenerating any damage she had, while purple flames were repairing her damaged [Panzer] armor as fast as it could. It also seemed like shed had to transform back into [Humanize (Minor)] to combat her enemies.

Taunt! As I was assessing the situation, an orc in a suit of black armor cried out into the sky with his shield held up high. Hestia screamed for a second as if she was surprised by something before roaring at the orc with pure hostility, shooting a [Lightning Bolt] at them. The orc defended against the bolt with his shield, showing no signs of damage except for his shivering arm.

Meanwhile, multiple arrows were shot from the trees into the sky where Hestia was floating. She cast a barrier of light, [Sanctuary], to protect her from the incoming volley of arrows, but large bolts of darkness broke through the barrier, cast by a troll shaman and a group of echikobold mages in green robes.

Two of those echikobolds suddenly took out a vial of blood each and ingested them. Their bodies suddenly morphed, growing not only in size but began to show the distinctive features of monsters while the kobolds screamed out in pain. Once the transformation stopped, one kobold jumped on the others arms and was immediately thrown into the sky as the rain of arrows stopped.

Hestias tail caught fire as she saw the approaching oversized kobold before piercing them with it. She frowned and clicked her tongue at the fact her tail didnt perforate the kobold but kept her cool and used [Wind Blast] to shoot herself to the ground as more arrows and spells were shot at her.

Once on the ground, the kobold punched at Hestia, which she blocked, but then it managed to grab her arm. She opened up her mouth as it did this and scorched the kobold to a charred corpse with a crimson dragon breath. As she removed the kobolds crumbling arm, another orc shouted Taunt! at her, drawing her attention towards him momentarily as another orc in black armor slammed her with his shield from the back.

As she was sent flying towards another orc, she stopped mid-flight with [Air Walk] and swung her tail at said orc, piercing through his shield and into his shoulder. Using her claws, she ripped the shield apart and disarmed the orc of his weapon, forcing the orc onto his knees with a small spark explosion in front of the orcs armored head.

[Damn, that [Taunt] penalty!] she cursed as a helmetless orc slammed his axe into Hestia, something she only managed to block at the last moment. As she crashed to the ground, the helmetless orc grabbed the armored orc and ran away from Hestia, looking worried and terrified.

Rightfully so and not a second too soon, because in the next moment, an aura of extreme heat exploded from Hestias location.

Dreadflare Aura!

Kriiiiarghhhh!!!!!!! Hestia roared as she stood back up and slapped her cheeks. A white magic circle quickly healed her up. [STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE IDIOTS AND HELP ME ALREADY! HELP ME FUCK UP THESE FUCKING TAUNT SPAMMERS!]

Taunt! A different orc knight shouted.

[FUCKING HELL! Stop using that damn ability to shout in my ears you green asshole! Ill kick your ass, mince you into ground pork, and turn you into cinders!]

Miss Saori, we need to help immediately!

[O-Oh, yes! You are right! Cernust, help us out!]

Yeah, yeah, I hear you. Fuck, I hate [Taunt] rotations. That damn loud voice ringing in your brain is just unbearable.

I had no idea what was happening, but Hestia was clearly having trouble fighting off her enemies. Regardless of what happened, it was better to suck it up and help her since we needed to leav-

Did you really think you could stop me?

Rocks and wood had broken through his armor and were now protruding from his body, there was a large gaping wound on his right shoulder, and his left arm was now missing. That was the appearance of the ogre commander. However, despite all of his wounds, the smile he had sent a chill down my spine. He pointed his axe at us.

He s-survived?!

[Hestia! Transform back into a dragon right now! RUN!]

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Bio: Hey there, AbyssRaven here. I'm just an avid Light Novel and Fantasy story reader who randomly thought of a story and began writing about it.

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