19 Dont Trust Strangers (1/2)

Ji Liu was riding on top of Xiao Su when he saw a clearing filled with blood and 4 Orc carcasses. Seeing the scene, he got down and asked Xiao Su to scout the area. He then summoned his 3 available monsters again.

'5 Orcs? That's strange.' Ji Liu was surprised because he knows that uncontracted Orcs are solitary monsters and disliked grouping up. 'Are these contracted Orcs then?'

He commanded Zhao and Mr. Krabs to dismantle the carcass while he and Xiao Cike looked for other evidence or trail of the battle that happened. He called Jinao while doing so.

”Jinao, do you know any reason why would Orcs group up aside from being contracted?” Ji Liu was using his sword to cut branches and other things blocking the way.

{Hmmn.. If there happen to be a large group of Orcs in the same area then perhaps a tournament is ongoing.}

”Would that result to them killing each other and leaving the corpse behind?”

*Chop* *Chop* *Chop*

{Nope, tournaments are pretty organized, Orcs wouldn't leave corpses as they tend to eat their defeated enemies. Why did you ask anyway?}

”Thanks, I just found 5 Orc carcasses killed with swords and arrows so it got my interest”

{Is that so? Then be careful as even I don't know why they are gathered.}

”Okay, thanks for the info.” Ji Liu ended the call.

After a while, he arrived at a dense forest area and saw a blood-soaked Elf with one of her arm lying not far off and was battling against 5 Orcs. He decided to not act rashly and observe the situation since he was wondering where the humans are if they are indeed contracted Orcs.

”Xiao Su, head to my position and look for humans around the area.” Ji Liu used the communicator to command Xiao Su, he also sent a mental signal to Zhao and Mr. Krabs to head there and prepare, but don't come too near to avoid detection.

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An Orc slashed down towards her but the Elf rolled to the left to dodge but just when she was about to stand up, another Orc was waiting and sent a horizontal slash to behead her.

The Elf responded by crouching again and gathered all her strength left to drive her sword to the Orc's throat. As the Orc fall with the sword still stuck on its throat, the Elf's legs finally gave up and she was forced into kneeling. Fatigue taking her over.

The 4 remaining Orcs backed away for a moment, looking if the Elf is just baiting and looking at the progress of the situation.