Chapter 148: Chapter 148 Orc.

In the heart of a tranquil forest where the air was cool and filled with the scent of green leaves that were captured by their nose. The warm sunlight that filtered through the dense canopy cast a soft shadow on the forest ground, making it a good place for small animals to hide their tiny bodies.

The three of them proceed to explore the forest, accompanied by the rustling sound of the grass that stepped. They try to lighten their step without making any sound. However, with their untrained habit, it seems impossible to erase their foot trace.

The atmosphere in the forest itself, after exploring it for almost an hour, was thick with a sense of peace where no living being except them walked in the dense forest.

Soma, Hina and Xiao Lian keep their vigilance to the max, even knowing that they still haven't met a single living being beside them. As the three of them continued their journey, a rustling from the shrubs before them alerted their tensed body stopping in their tracks.

As the rustling of the shrubs intensified, the trio tensed their facial face, preparing their battle stance to intercept the intruder. A black silhouette jumped off from the shrubs, which made the three of them knit their brows and saw a white fur that was coating the beast with its thick four legs, cute red round eyes and a protruded horn on its forehead.

"Horned rabbit?".

Hina let a slip of her tongue, making the rabbit turn its attention to the three and their stalemate. The rabbit has a slightly larger size compared to the animal Soma knows of. It seemed the rabbit recognized the three humans before him as an enemy, which made the rabbit turn hostile.

The red eyes of the rabbit began to glow in ominous light while tensing the rear legs where its strength was superior.

"Ice Lance".

Xiao Lian, with a flat tone, extended her right hand forward while casting the spell she had already prepared beforehand. A glimpse of glittering mist started to gather around her before it condensed into the body of water. Not finished with the transformation, the clump of water starts to take shape and stretches into a lance before its temperature drops to zero, solidifying the atom.

It radiates a chilling aura around its layer before it travels in a straight line and strikes the rabbit's forehead, killing it in place.

The rabbit jolted its body while letting out its last shrieking, then dropped down and lay still on the ground.

[You gained Exp!]

"That's easy".

Hina saw Xiao Lian, who loosened their tensed muscle sighs. Meanwhile, Soma, who has a superior sense than the other two, heard a faint rumbling that came from below his feet, which made his body tense.

"Prepare for an ambush!".

Soma raised his tone, making the girls jolted as they ready their weapons, preparing their battle stance. As the source of the rumbling approached, Soma knit his brows, wondering what kind of waves they would be dealing with. He clenched his hands until the gauntlets leaked a creaking sound, stiffening the two girls' faces.

"It's here".

"...".

The two girls seem caught the rumbling sound as their bodies tensed. Then, after the sound from the rumbling was close enough. The shrubs in front of them start to rustle, giving the perfect music for the battle that will come, and then spamming a white horned rabbit with its red eyes gleaming in dangerous light approaches their place with ferocity.

"Let's fight them".

Soma dashed forward and approached the rabbit that led in front with its gleaming red eyes. He thrust his fist forward and blew the rabbit's head to bloody mist in the air. However, Soma did not stop until there, with fluid movemenys he began to connect his next move with another, killing the unfortunate rabbit with a single swing of his limbs.

He swept his right hand to the side, deflecting the rabbit that came from his side, breaking its bones before proceeding to the other victims.

Hina and Xiao Lian also began to make their moves by diving into the swarm of white fur that kept appearing like waves.

[You gained Exp!]

[You gained Exp!]

[You gained Exp!]

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The translucent window appeared before their eyes, blocking their sight in battle, but with the current enemy they fought, they could manage it with no problem.

The battle leaned heavily into the trio's sides. The other rabbits that were driven by fury start to turn their tail and flee from the scene, making the three of them catch their breath after massacring a lot of rabbits.

"Fuu, that was exhausting".

"The amount was crazy. How many did I kill?".

"...I Level up".

Below them, the green grass that acts as a blanket for the soil is turned red by the blood from the hundredth rabbit that has been slaughtered by three people while making the surrounding air turn tangy, like the smell of iron.

The two girls, using their sleeves, wiped out the sweat that started to accumulate in their bodies after the battle. Accidentally, the cool breeze that passed by brought their odor to the atmosphere, and it also faintly entered Soma's nose. Who shook his head to get rid of the dirty thought he got.

Probably because the air was so pure and fresh that it could carry a faint smell and spread through the atmosphere, which made him dumbfounded.

"Should we collect this rabbit or..?".

"Guaaaa!".

A sudden warcry that reverberated in the forest tensed the three individual faces. The cry that was carried by the wind felt so much closer as multiple presences also started to gather toward their place.

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The two girls, who also heard the commotion, ready their battle stance while surrounded by the tangy and mixed sweet odor from their bodies. Heavy footsteps approach their place before its appearance, which, once blocked by a tree, reveals itself under the glow of the sun.

The monster stood two meters tall with its green skin, bulky muscles on its hands and bloated belly while wearing a dirty rag to cover its crotch. The monster also carried a thick club in hand that had some crud carved into it. Soma knitted his brows while the girls behind him stiffened their faces in disgust at the monster that appeared before them.

"Orcs, huh".

""..."".

Orcs is a D-rank monster that had a pig face but walked bipedal like humans naturally. They were one rank higher than goblins. Orcs are the race that had the same or maybe higher fertility rate because of their nature and kidnapping women to become their breeding slaves.

The two Orcs that appear before them also keep their sight of the girls behind Soma while licking their lips, showing their protruded tusks and wet snouts, gazing at the two girls with lust.

Hina and Xiao Lian's bodies shuddered. Their hair stood to no end. They knitted their brows for the sheer disgust, for they know the monster's nature.

"Gaaa, oink".

"Oink".

The two orcs began to dash forward, which made the two girls' faces pale at the sight of two Orcs lusting for them.

"Ignoring me, huh".

Soma intercepted their advance while kicking the orc, who ran in front, receiving a huge jolt around its bloated belly, blasting him from the place before slamming upon a tree that held his body in place. The other Orc, Soma, approached him while stepping on the Orcs' shin, letting out a cracking noise, making the orc's face contorted, then losing his balance.

Soma approached the orc's face while retracting his fist back, clenched it tightly.

"...One".

Soma thrust his clenched fist and traveled in a straight line. It carried a lot of force that made the orc's face turn pale because of his wild instinct kicking in. However, it was too late. Upon making contact with Soma's fist, the orc's head cracked before the sheer force from the punch turned the Orc head into a splash of blue fountain mixed with a bit of flesh dancing in the air.

"Oink?".

"Two".

While leaning on the tree, the other orc, who was still trying to understand what happened, felt a sudden jolt from his right cheek before it separated from its lower jaw, spurting blue liquid.

[You gained Exp!]

[Curse resistance Skill Evolved into advanced skill]

[Curses resistance 7]

[Curse Slow growth had been erased from the status]

[You Level up!]

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