120 Big Brain Little Brain Part 2 (2/2)
The orc she fought was nothing more than a stain on the ground and her partners had similar results. The male human magician that stood next to the gnome had blonde curly hair and a deep scar on his throat that made him a mute. He finished his opponent much quicker than the gnome girl. His opponent stood in front of him dead Thorns grew out of his mouth and wrapped around his body till it was completely covered.
The other guy with them never gave his opponents the chance to resist. The two orcs he fought were swarmed by a flock of crows and brought up into the sky. The birds clawed, pecked, and sliced those two orcs up till the dropped onto the floor as a meaty paste. Inside the orcs remains were their cores which he grabbed and placed inside of his bag.
That man had feathers growing on top of his head in place of hair. He also had yellow bird like eyes, a small red gem on his forehead, and a black coat that drapped around him strangely. The man look bizarre, but was most definitely a human. That man had performed many transplants on himself to make himself stronger. It is something many people have chosen to do before because there is no cost to great when studying magic.
That man looked around with his yellow eyes and then recalled all the crows that he sent out. The crows flew to him without delay and became one with the cloak that he wore restoring the sections that were once lost until that man was completely shrouded pack in the cloak.
”Linda, Jasper go collect the core's of all the orcs here. Take a few of the intact bodies of the strong ones their prices just increased because of the war. As for the ones we turned to mush see if their organs ar still any good. Then quickly rest up i'll find our next target”.
”Alright Ferrise” Linda said nonchalantly. All of them were equal partners there was no leader in the group, but none of them minded that nor did it restrict their cooperation because they hunted together before. Yet none of them were friends they worked together because they knew the other was strong. They worked together now because all of them were desperate for money.
All of them are apart of the Twilight academy were clans affiliated with Delmar City send some of their more promising candidates. None of them would fight directly in the war only help manage the wall and keep a few mortals alive while ensuring the wall received a constant supply of supplies. But that has never ment the death toll they face will be small. After every war the amount of student that perish at Twilight Academy have always been around 30%-40 at minimum.
Every academy that teaches magic and/or cultivation has never held their students hand when doing things. War is just another way to weed out the weak in the academy for them. Everyone in the world new this, so no one cared if a few hundred apprentice died. The world of swords and magic is as bloody as it can get you have to be cold hearted to survive in it.
As Linda and Jasper collected anything of value. Ferrise was searching the area threw the eyes of his crows till he spotted something of value.
”Guy's I found an orc trying to fight a rock worm by himself”.
”Did you say rock worm” Ferrise's words immediately attracted Linda and Jasper's attention. Rock worms lived deep under ground and typically didn't surface unless they were hunting something. Their bodies were strong, but above all their bodies were valuable. The rock worm core alone is worth a minimum of 500 magic crystals while entire body is worth 2-3k magic crystals.
Ferrise responded to Linda's words by saying, ”yup, just by this I can see our luck is pretty good today. The orc should be able to last 30 more minutes and since rock worms are aggressive creatures it wont give up on him even if he runs. We've got time to rest and let the orc tire himself out. Get ready guys we leave in 20 minutes”.