CH 8.1

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Thank you for your patience everyone. Here it is, the moment you’ve all been waiting for…

The cave was cramped.

This specific room was just shy of three meters tall and two meters wide.

For Orcs, it was a rather tight fit, but it was just right for Humans.

Perhaps this cave had even been used as a forward base for Orcish operations in the past.

Though even Bash, a veteran warrior, had no idea this cavern existed.

Considering that, it was fair to assume that it had been abandoned more than 20 years ago, before the Orc Hero joined the war.

After which the bandits found it and made it their home.

The pair that had been left behind reached Judith much quicker than expected.

As soon as Bash entered what could be called the hideout’s “lobby”, and defeated the brigands that were standing guard, Zell came out flying as fast as she could, saying,

“Mister! Come on, come on! This way! Hurry! That female knight is in big, big trouble. She’s going crazy! This is your time to shine, Mister! Time to make your dashing entrance and save that damsel! Let’s go, go, go! We’ll never make it if we don’t hurry! Oh, if you want you can take a shortcut. This wall right here. No, this one! Just break that down and we’ll be there in a jiffy!”

Houston volunteered to stay back in the lobby to bring up the rear, secure their exit route and deal with any possible reinforcements.

From Bash’s perspective, Houston was an exemplary knight.

If more bandits were to arrive, it would be unlikely he would be beaten.

And now, right in front of Bash, was the female he had been eyeing these last few days, her upper body stripped naked and exposing her bare breasts and toned waist.

Bash Jr. went into a frenzy, “Dad! Let’s do it! Now, now, now!” but the Orc Hero, using every sliver of focus and self-control he had, managed to suppress his primal instincts for the time being.

Had Houston been here, he would have surely been surprised.

An Orc of all people was able to retain his senses while in front of a halfway nude woman.

But Bash wasn’t any Orc.

He was the Orc Hero.

Of course, Judith wasn’t the alone in here

The Orc and six other bandits were also standing around, slightly dazed.

“Eh? An Orc? Do you know him Boss?”

“Help? What do you mean, help? We’ve already dealt with the knights.”

The bandits gave Bash a puzzled look but didn’t seem too alarmed.

But they seemed to be curious about the identity of the intruder who had suddenly burst through the wall and questioned the orc in the back.

“Hey, Boss, who is guy?”

For more,

None of the other bandits could understand what had happened.

They just heard a crack, after which their companion, which was mid-stab, lost his head.

Their comprehension couldn’t catch up to the reality of the situation.

They couldn’t make sense of it.

“Wha…that?”

However, some of them noticed a change.

The humongous sword that Bash had been casually holding at his side was now raised, as if he had just finished a slash.

It used to be on his right, but now was on his left.

There was no way he could have swung it in in such a tight space.

Seconds later, the walls surrounding Bash exploded with a deafening boom.

A single, deep, rough fissure had been gouged out of the stone.

As if a sword had gone through it.

“Whoa!”

The bandits shrank back.

They still couldn’t understand what had happened.

Bash had swung his weapon, cleaving through the rock and obliterating the offending bandit’s head.

That was the answer.

The falling rubble was the only clue to what Bash had just done.

But the bandits never came up with the answer.

They were just stunned by their friend’s sudden death.

While the wall was blasted apart, all they could do was cower.

Not knowing what had happened, they stopped moving.

They didn’t notice that they were within his reach.

Without saying a word, Bash unleashed a second slash, this time, from left to right.

This time, the remaining bandits’ torsos were grotesquely bisected, guts, gore and blood sent flying through the air.

They didn’t even have the opportunity to protest.

Forever ignorant of the cause of their own deaths, six people lost their lives in an instant.

“Damn…Damn it…”

The only one left standing was Boggs, who was familiar with the way Bash fought.

He was the only one who knew that it didn’t matter whether Bash had space to swing his sword.

He was the only one who’s eyes could even follow the slash that had killed the first bandit.

He was the only that understood Bash’s range and could successfully move out of the way.

“Why, why are you here…!”

Boggs yelled as he ran out the room’s entrance.

Bash immediately tried to follow him but stopped dead in his tracks when Zell flew up to his ear and whispered something.

The Orc then slowly turned towards Judith.

He was sniffing and snorting.

Of course he would be – there was a half-naked woman in front of him, tied up and vulnerable.

“…Hiiiiii.”

Judith’s throat was swollen and sore from her crying.

All she could do was hiss. She had no more strength.

The only people left in this room were Judith and Bash.

A bare-chested woman and an Orc with a boner.

Well, that wasn’t exactly right. There was also a Faerie here, silently glowing next to the Orc’s head.

That Faerie.

Apparently, she wasn’t with the bandits.

But Judith couldn’t be sure that she was on her side either.

No, the only side Zell was on was Bash’s.

Right now, she’s whispering something into his ear.

Seeing this, the knight believed that they might be plotting something, that the Faerie was saying, “Hey, this is your chance! Let’s rape her now!”

Perhaps this pair had planned this the whole way through.

Judith’s situation was so dire and her mind state in such disarray that she felt that everything was a conspiracy.

Bash slowly reached out to Judith.

“No… stop it…eh?”

For more,

Bash was trying to faithfully carry out Houston’s order to “Kill all the bandits”.

While the Knight Commander wasn’t his King, it remained that he was his current commander.

And Orcs always obeyed their leader’s commands.

“So, that’s why you’re…”

Judith, however, interpreted Bash’s actions differently.

She understood Bash’s loyalty. His chivalry.

And as such, she had an inkling of an idea as to why he was here, in Human lands.

Why he came to a foreign country, why he put up with all the abuse, why he accompanied the knights into the forest, why he didn’t abandon a single, stupid, childish knight that ran off on her own, why he was going to leave a half-naked woman behind to pursue his enemy…

…Why he was chasing after an Orc!

Now that she knew, Judith could no longer interfere with his actions

“Hm? Yeah?”

“No, it’s nothing. I understand… I’ll pray for your good fortune.”

“Yosh!”

And with those last words driving him forward, Bash headed out.

BOOM BITCHES!

Whew, hope it was worth the wait. It sure was for me!