Chapter 7 (2/2)
“It’s not over yet”
“Well, I wasn’t planning on finishi+ng yet either”
Luke gripped his sword again, however, this ti accidental unsheathing
“Come at me You’ll be bruised but you won’t bleed”
Kurotan roared in rage and juain
Hal’s body was too weak for the Great Warrior Orc to display his skills
Pukang!
The vertical axe strike was blocked by the sheathed sword in Luke’s hands Kurotan atteth to push down, but the sheathed sword refused to budge even a bit
“Keuuuwak!”
Kurotan th that he had used to suckle frohtly and threw off the axe
Kurotan nose planted into the ground as a result of the skilled counter
“I don’t think there’s a need to fight anymore”
“It’s not over yet!”
His body had changed, but the fighting will of an Orc remained
Kurotan snorted with a bloody face (froed Luke effortlessly blocked Kurotan’s attacks
Puk Puuhk
Because the sheathed sword dug into every gap in his defenses, Kurotan soon became a lump of bruises
“As expected, you can’t display your battle proith a changed body”
Noan Orc was bound to lose An Orc’s arer than a human’s
The difference in arht stationed at Fort Potellan had to overcome, and it was no different for Luke
‘The characteristic flexibility and explosiveness of Orcs are coone’
Thankfully, the battle honed reflexes and a sense for danger seemed to remain Kurotan instinctively twisted his body to avoid critical strikes whenever Luke’s sheathed sword swung past his defenses
All in all, however, his new body was ile Kurotan eventually fell as a bloody, bruised heap of flesh
Chulkuk
Luke stared down at Kurotan after securing the sheath to his belt Kurotan was heaving deeply, seely in disbelief
“Th-This is impossible…”
“Looks like I have no use for your axe”
Luke stared at Kurotan with cold eyes Kurotan’s face turned nervous at the sight
Orcs did not take useless prisoners Kurotan couldn’t help but anxiously ask
“You have no use forto kill me?”
“I’ht now”
Luke clicked his tongue after staring at Kurotan as stretched out on the ground
“You’re very lucky”
“What do you mean?”
“Because even ast humans, I value my promises very much…”
Luke srab it and unsteadily pulled himself up
“I have already pro, and I will keep that promise It doesn’t matter whether you are useful to me or not…”
Kurotan’s face brightened up immediately
“Th-Thank you”
“But! The hierarchy of this relationshi+p should be cleared up?”
Luke’s smile turned even wider as he looked at Kurotan
“Do you ader than you now?”
Kurotan sed loudly Should he once again have the body of an Orc Great Warrior, Luke would not last a second
But he was currently in a fragile human body The body of the Orc Great Warrior was probably rotting away by now
“I ader than the current me”
“Good So according to Orc laws, you will follow my orders to the letter from now on?”
“As you wish I shall follow your orders to the letter”
“Then here is my first order”
Luke once again extended his hand towards Kurotan
“I shall take care of the divine object from now on Give it here”
Kurotan i his head furiously
“I can’t do that The divine object houses the souls of hundreds of my tribe’s warriors It must be taken care of carefully”
“I will take care of it carefully”
“It will be safer for me to…”
Kurotan didn’t finish his sentence He realized that Luke was stronger than the current him
Even though he realized this, Kurotan continued to hesitate It was still hard for hi the souls of his felloarriors Luke’s face turned serious
“To be honest, I will not let you use the divine object as you wish anyways”
Luke pointed to Kurotan
“Even Hal’s body which you took over has bothered o back to, but you stole his body and his soul has ascended How resentful must he feel?”
“It is the law of Orcs to kill and take”
“Those are the laws you follohen you were an Orc, but you are a human now You must follow the laws of humans from now on”
Luke esture
“From now on, you can only use the divine object with my permission”
“Permission?”
“Yes From e human bodies as you please”
“Th-Then, what should I do with all the souls of the warrior?”
“I shall choose the bodies that the Latilla Tribe warriors will inherit from now on”
“…”
“I will only allow you to take the bodies of cri”
Kurotan continued to hesitate despite Luke’s explanations Luke’s eyes became fierce at Kurotan’s continued attitude
“Did you not say that you would follow me to the end? Was it all just a lie?”
Kurotan finally seemed to come to a decision at those words, and he offered up the divine object
“I will follow you to the end We do not lie”
“Good”
Luke looked at the divine object in his hands On the outside, it was an old, broken sword, but it held the sleeping souls of hundreds of Orc warriors inside
‘No one would believe this story’
Luke glanced at Kurotan after he tucked away the sword into his bosom
“The word ‘divine object’ may cause problems should other people overhear us, so let’s call this ‘Spirit Sword’ from now on”
“Spirit Sword?”
“Since it carries souls, it makes sense”
“All right”
“Good Let’s finish the rest of my errands in the city and then leave foruntil we finish, and follow me”
“As you wish”
“If someone tries to talk to you, do this”
Luke rolled his hand into a fist and put it in front of his hts carrying out a period of silent training Kurotan followed the gesture and nodded