Chapter 263:

Chapter 263:

“Chase him!”

The captain in charge of security shouted in shock.

However, instead of pursuing Isaac, the orcs hesitated. Most of the shamans had died, making reincarnation difficult.

Isaac’s prediction was correct: if a shaman died, the orcs would feel the fear of death.

The captain roared at the hesitant orcs.

“The general shaman was killed within the camp! Do you think Shaman Kirmas will spare you when he reincarnates?”

Only then did the orcs, startled, start chasing Isaac.

It wasn’t just the common soldiers who could reincarnate; shamans could too, and their spiritual powers grew stronger with each reincarnation. They didn’t know when Kirmas would reincarnate, but if he held them accountable, they could end up as souls, unable to reincarnate, destined to carry burdens.Follow the latest novels at novelhall.com

“Where did such a madman come from...?”

The captain nervously bit his nails as he examined the shaman’s corpse.

He knew there was a dragon. But he hadn’t expected it to land precisely in the middle of the camp and target the general shaman.

No one could have predicted such a scenario. Only Isaac could pull off something like this.

“A mess.”

Clip-clop, clip-clop.

Hoofbeats sounded from behind the captain. There was only one group permitted to ride horses within the camp. Not fellow orcs, but warriors born with the souls of orcs inside horse bodies, known as the chosen warriors.

Orcs called these warriors, who were born as paladins of the Olkan Code, the Khan’s guards or “Keshik.”

Isaac would have called them orc-centaurs, but the orcs had no such concept.

“Atlan Keshik.”

Seeing the enormous figure with a horse’s body and an orc’s upper torso, the captain nervously stepped back.

“General Shaman Kirmas was killed? He wasn’t someone who would die so easily.”

The Keshik moved only on the Khan’s orders and were exempt from the military hierarchy. Even the lowest soldier didn’t need to treat the Keshik as a superior.

Yet, the captain couldn’t tell the Keshik to just go away.

Though the Keshik moved only by the Khan’s orders, they acted as executioners or overseers. If the commanding officer showed incompetence or signs of rebellion, the Keshik would immediately behead them.

Having the Khan’s overseer witness this chaos meant the captain’s head could be forfeit. But the captain didn’t foolishly attack the Keshik.

Atlan circled the scene, paying particular attention to Kirmas’s body.

“What is this? Did he stab his own neck?”

“Yes, Atlan Keshik. That’s what the report said.”

“I was inspecting the chaos at Major Koral’s front, then came here... Had I known such an interesting event would happen, I would have stayed at the rear.”

Atlan bared his teeth in a grin and stared in a particular direction.

It was the direction Isaac had fled.

“I’ll pursue him. You tend to your duties. It seems the death of Major Koral has thrown the captains into disarray. With Shaman Kirmas gone, it’ll become even more chaotic.”

Startled by Atlan’s words, the captain rushed off. To avoid blame, he needed to coordinate with the other captains. While the Holy Grail Knight’s attack was a disaster from the sky, he had to stake his life on managing the aftermath.

Once the captain left, Atlan drew two curved swords from his back and started pursuing Isaac.

‘He’s a dangerous one.’

The Codex of Light wielded the mightiest warriors among the settlers. Atlan had expected strong adversaries, but he hadn’t anticipated meeting one so early. Isaac’s daring move to assassinate a shaman from the sky indicated a deep understanding of the Olkan Code.

This man was dangerous.

Atlan’s instincts as the Khan’s elite whispered that this man could threaten the Khan and the entire raid. He needed to be eliminated swiftly.

***

Isaac fled towards the dense forest behind the orc camp. Since Kirmas’s location was near the rearmost area, Isaac couldn’t break through the heavy frontline forces towards Soer. He had to make a wide detour or return riding Nel.

But the trail of slaughter and destruction left by Isaac became a clear path. Soon, orc soldiers riding for their lives entered the forest in pursuit.

‘To hit her with a single arrow in this forest?’

It was an extraordinary ability.

Isaac immediately dashed in the direction the arrow had come from. In an instant, an arrowhead zoomed towards him as a tree trunk exploded. But Isaac, in a state of extreme focus, deflected the arrow. At the same time, he pinpointed the enemy’s location and used Kaldwin’s acceleration ability to charge.

Boom, boom! Kicking off two trees, Isaac soon spotted an orc—no, a centaur-like creature, half-orc, half-horse.

‘Keshik!’

The opponent was just as surprised. He threw aside his bow and drew his curved sword.

Bang! The centaur, Atlan, skidded back, leaving deep tracks as he moved. Isaac, who had intended to cleave him in two, ground his teeth. The sword wasn’t ordinary, nor was the strength.

“Who are you? I didn’t know the Codex of Light had such a paladin.”

“And who are you? I didn’t expect anyone to block me.”

“Atlan.”

“Isaac.”

They rudely introduced themselves, both taken aback. Atlan already knew Isaac’s name through the whispers of the dead, and Isaac recognized Atlan’s identity, leading to their mutual surprise.

‘Why is the Khan’s chosen here?’

***

“We must pursue immediately!”

“Are you insane? We should wait for Shaman Kirmas to appoint a new commander!”

“What’s there to hesitate against that pile of rubble? Centurion Katawal nearly took the city alone!”

“That was before the Codex of Light arrived!”

Meanwhile, the orc cavalry was in utter confusion.

The captains, who were supposed to follow Major Koral’s command, were in disarray due to the sudden death of their commander. Although a successor was appointed, he lacked support among the other captains.

“If your strategy is to wait until a new major is chosen, why are you the new commander? You should take the role and lead!”

The captain supposed to take command had tried to be cautious but was berated and marginalized.

Among orcs, such ‘weak and defensive’ strategies were not welcomed. Moreover, the enemy was a city they had already ravaged numerous times.

Eventually, the captains forcefully decided to charge towards Soer, not long after Major Koral’s death. They hadn’t yet learned of Kirmas’s death.

Though they understood Major Koral’s desire to flatten the city, they had waited too long.

And that wait brought them not the thrill of conquest, but utter humiliation.

They had to wash away this disgrace.

The only way to cleanse this humiliation was to turn Soer into a heap of rubble and bathe it in the blood of its inhabitants.

“Charge!”

With a thunderous roar, the cavalry stormed towards Soer, kicking up immense dust. The destructive force within seemed like a rising storm.

Their judgment was correct.

By the time Major Koral had shattered the city walls, they possessed enough power to seize Soer. This fact didn’t change despite Major Koral’s absence. Had it been an ordinary city, the forthcoming events would have been an all-out slaughter by the Olkan Code.

Had Isaac not perfectly prepared for the Olkan Code’s assault.

“Kill them all!”

As the first cavalryman crossed the stone hill, the captains felt something was terribly wrong.

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