Chapter 155: Chapter 155 Severe situation.

In the face of the incoming reinforcemt, the faces of Leon Eri, Eiji, and the studts turned ash in despair. Some of them start to wail, while others begin to pray upon the gods. Ev though the god was the one that threw them here, they are awakers with abilities, but all of them lack something important in becoming true awakers.

It was an experice facing a monster, a resolve to kill it, and a will to become stronger to protect oneself or others. They have of that.

It was starkly differt with Eri and Eiji, who had already accidtally expericed a gate, and Leon, despite being helped by the people his parts asked. The currt situation was so dire that no one, not ev Eri, who stood gallantly earlier, could do anything about it.

The situation on the battlefield changes tirely upon the appearance of the Orc that holds a greatsword on his back with a ferocious face.

Watching the studts with frighted faces. The orc leader began to take a step forward which made the studts stumble on their feet and flopped their butt on the g. He spread his mouth, distorting his ugly face further, making the human contort their face in disgust, but they threw their gaze away, not daring to laugh at his face, afraid that they would be killed.

"Noff.".

"Oink".

The Orc leader began to instruct his fellow m to tie up the human, which they brought a vine from some plant that was pretty elastic and used to tie their hunted prey. But luck stumbled upon them wh they found humans that rarely come to this place, knocking on their door. The night will be a festive night for the orcs because they obtain not only food but also wom to breed.

All the studts who were being approached by the orc shuddered as the hair a their bodies stood up. But in the face of their impding death, they just let themselves be tied.

"Kyaa!".

"Oink, he, he".

With a shrill laughter from the orc, one of the female studts shuddered before her soul left her body, and her body wt limp. The other studt nearby could do nothing as she just watched as she was being carried to the orc's shoulder.

"Noff!!".

After all of the studts are tied, the orc leader threats the studts to follow their steps, making their future look bleak.

The fire of life had vanished in their eyes as the studts didn't have any other resistance to fight back and just forced their bodies to move, following the orcs.

Leon, Eri, and Eiji, who still retain their will, knitted their brows and racked their brains, trying to find a solution to this situation they were in. Eri nestled herself into Eiji and, with a soft whisper, said,

"...Eiji".

"...Hm?".

"...Can you use your magic?".

"...I'm afraid not".

"Hey, blonde boy!".

"...Yes?".

"Can you use mag..".

"Noff!!".

Eri muted her mouth upon the threating growl that escaped the leader Orc. His ferocious eyes stared through Eri, making her body shudder in disgust before she threw her gaze forward. The orc leader snorted for the last time, th imprinted the image of Eri's face on his mind before walking away from the place with a smirk that gave her goosebumps.

Eiji, who was in a difficult situation, looked toward his surings, filled with gre scery, trying to find some way or clue as to how to save himself and Eri. But, his mind refuses to work anymore because of the mtal fatigue after using magic. The only thing he could rely on now was his blessed luck for someone to come and save them from this predicamt.

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After tering the passage that was used by the orc that Soma killed, the three of them lighted their steps and heighted their sses so that they would not be careless and get caught by the orcs.

The passageway was pretty narrow from their perspective after witnessing a massive and vast room earlier. The three take a turn to the right, following Soma in front. Soma didn't have any basis as to why he chose the right patch. He hoped this approach bore some fruit, like the same thing he did in the trial gate with Hina.

"..Sush".

Soma raised his hand while his ears caught the footsteps heading from the other passage. As he slowly took a peak, he witnessed two orcs walking leisurely side by side while conversing in their own language.

He turned his back to the girls and raised both his index and middle finger while making a gesture toward the other passage.

"There are two of them ahead".

The girls nod in understanding, and the footsteps from the other passageway become much more appart. And Soma tses his body, but wh he tries to take action.

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A flickering tail of fire and the flowing mist of water began to gerate a him before it was thrown toward the approaching orcs. Sёarch* The Nôvel(F)ire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Receiving an ambush, the two orcs form were being thrown away, as Hina and Xiao Lian, closing the distance, the two girls utilized their respective weapon in hands. At the same breath, in a single fluid motion Hina drew the gre katana in hand, meanwhile Xiao Lian thrust his spear forward like two tities as one. They managed to sever and pierce the orcs neck at once.

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"Fuu, Well done".

"You, too".

Hina and Xiao Lian exchange looks with silt understanding of their currt problems. They don't want to experice something like that again, so the two of them grit their teeth and raise their weapon to break their own fear.

Soma, who felt something as if being left out, chuckled, watching them interact like a soul frid already despite always throwing banter at each other. He gradually approached the girl's side before issuing his next move.

"Let's continue!".

"Okay".

"Hm".

Thus, the three began their exploration. Th, in less than an hour, Soma, who stood in three junctions that led to his front, back, and left, stopped his advance as he faintly traced the cool breeze that brushed past his cheeks, making his tsed body loos for a second. He shook his head and informed the other two that he found a piece of good news.

"We are close to the exit".

"...How did you know that?".

"...Red-hair, you didn't realize it?".

"What?".

"Shuus!".

Soma, who heard faint footsteps nearing their location, stiffed his face and instructed the girls to settle down their banter. He hid his body behind the shadow of the junction and used half of his face to look toward the left passage connected with another one where the source of the wind came from.

He saw an orc with a slightly bigger body bringing a huge broadsword on his back, th one other regular orc behind him holding something like a vine from plant roots used as a rope. But, after the orc passed, his eyes shrunk dangerously as he saw a studt wearing the same uniform as him walking with a gaze down and hunched back, being tied onto the vine, dragging the other studts with him.

Their eyes were devoid of light, which indicated they had gone through something horrdous.

"..What?!".

Soma quickly hid his body while covering his mouth, unconsciously letting him escape his shock upon witnessing Leon, Eri, and Eiji also being captured.

"Soma, what happed?".

Xiao Lian, curious about what happed, slowly shifted her gaze toward the passage and oped her eyes wide, seeing the other studt being dragged while having no further strgth to resist.

"What is it? Wha?!".

""Shuush"".

"Oink?".

Soma and Xiao Lian simultaneously blocked Hina's mouth before the situation turned into a nightmare after they noticed that the orc who saw the commotion turned his head away and left the place as the last line of the formation.

"How was it?".

Xiao Lian gtly peeked her eyes and saw nothing in sight before she raised her thumbs. Slowly, the two of them released the hands that held Hina's mouth before sighing in relief. Soma leaned his body toward the passage wall while in thought. "I'm glad we could escape. Also, why did the orc earlier not smell Hina and Xiao Lian sct.

Is it because the place restricts their sse of smell, or were they too happy to find that much prey?... Should I help them?".

"...Um, I'm Sorry".

"It's okay".

Soma began to knit his brows as he contemplating about the choice he should take. But earlier, Soma saw one of his frid there beind dragged away, so he shook his head as he began to work his brain, trying to search for a solution to this grave situation. After he thought about an idea, Soma shifted his gaze to Hina and spoke.

"Hina, you still had that scroll, right?"