Chapter 860 Four Pillars: A Show of Power
Listening to the First Forger's speech to those that would join him on what looked to be humanity's final campaign, Valyr felt his blood boil in anticipation, sensing his intent to fight stir within him.
Yet, as he was watching the entire memory unfold from a bystander's perspective, the young man had no avenue to release this intent.
In the end, as the massive army the First Forger commanded shouted in unison as a response to the man's words, Valyr clenched his fists together in solidarity, feeling as if he were a part of the army as well.
Watching everything unfold from the side, a faint smile briefly appeared on Vaughn's lips as he watched Valyr's actions.
Though, as the young man was fully captivated by the show of force that was happening below them, the man's smile was ultimately left unnoticed, its meaning left unknown.
After the First Forger riled up the emotions of the ones who would be joining him in the fight, he and many others did one last check to see if they were ready to wage war against the orcs.
Fortunately, the process only took a few minutes at most, prompting the massive army the First Forger had gathered to set off in the direction of the orcs' territory sometime later.
Witnessing this event from afar, the young man took in everything that was happening and committed it to memory, slowly filling in the gaps in his mind regarding the First Forger's memories.
At some point during the army's expedition, Vaughn did a few gestures with his hands, speeding up the journey of the army from their perspective.
Then again, even without Vaughn's intervention, the young man felt like the army was already moving at a considerably fast speed already.
From the auras the people making up the army were radiating, Valyr surmised that the weakest among them were around the peak of Rank 4 in terms of strength.
As for the average strength of the army, the young man was certain that it was around the late stages or the peak of Rank 5 after comparing it to the First Forger's aura.
Not only that, but Valyr also felt that a decent amount of them had also brought up their comprehended concepts to the Force level, prompting the young man to think that was the greatest show of force he'd seen in his current life thus far. Follow the latest novels at novelhall.com
Though, as he continued to watch the army move through Veldanyr, the young man began noticing a few peculiarities here and there.
For one, even though Vaughn had mentioned that the level of technology while the memory was happening was around the Late Middle Ages, the armor the people wore seemed to come from an age that was far more advanced than that.
'It kind of resembles modern military armor in a way,' thought Valyr after rummaging through his memories for a bit, tilting his head in slight confusion.
Aside from that, a decently sized faction of the army had brought along firearms, which did not really raise any alarms within the young man's mind.
But as he looked closer at these firearms, Valyr soon noticed that only a few among them used a firing mechanism that reflected the age of technology at the time.
"Our slaves." The orc looked at the man with a malevolent grin.
In response, the First Forger inwardly let out a faint sigh before shrugging his shoulders. "Well, I'd like to see you try."
"[The Will of Humanity]."
Whoosh!
Before Gro'gezar'akh and the orcs behind him could react, a domain spanning over a hundred meters in radius unfolded with the First Forger acting as the center.
In mere seconds, the humans within the domain gained a massive boost to their stats, causing their strengths to rise to levels that made some of the orcs shudder in fear.
As the center of this domain, the First Forger was also affected by this domain, his aura ascending to levels that allowed it to begin overwhelming the aura Gro'gezar'akh was releasing.
Of course, the man did not stop there, activating all of the stat boosting skills under his arsenal in order for his strength to reach unprecedented heights.
For a brief moment, the First Forger radiated an aura that mentally brought all of the orcs to their knees, save for Gro'gezar'akh who still tried his hardest to endure the pressure the man's aura now brought upon him.
Yet, even he was forced to succumb as a fist that seemingly came from a god appeared above the entire orc army.
"[The Might of Humanity]."
Swoosh!
With thousands of humans near the First Forger at that very moment, what was originally a ferocious attack had immediately turned into an attack that seemed to threaten the rigidity of the planet itself.
Powered with the bolstered strength the man commanded, the fist soon met the ground the orcs stood upon, leading to a level of destruction that rivaled even the worst bouts of destruction Valyr had seen thus far.
Bang!
In less than an instant, over half of the force the orcs had gathered for this event were wiped out of existence by the fist.
As for those that near the vicinity of where the fist landed, their injuries varied from lethal to severe as their bodies were sent flying into the air for tens to hundreds of meters.
Surprisingly, there were still those that remained standing after the First Forger's show of power, with Gro'gezar'akh being one of them.
But with how helpless the orcs were against a single move made by the sole human before them, it was then that Gro'gezar'akh knew...
A new era was about to begin whether they wanted it or not.