Chapter 100: Fooling the Ogres (2/2)

Acting like a leader, I didn't respond to most of them and walked calmly while Jayna was following behind me.

I went and checked on Jagu first and upon seeing my face, he first got startled but with Jayna behind me, he settled down and tried to probe my disguise.

”Not only the disguise is perfect, you even move like him. Is that part of the disguise too?”

Jagu inquired. He also circled around me as if trying to find a flaw in this disguise.

”No. That was Daisuke acting like him. The Ogres couldn't even tell that he was already the fake Shaman.”

Jayna giggled under her disguise as she recounted the Ogre's reaction.

After reminding Jagu of what to do later, we left the room and started traversing the path to the other side of the lair.

Yumiko and the twins were surely holed up inside the Prison Room to prevent any Ogre from harming the remaining captives.

As we passed by the Altar, the Ogres who were busy tending to whatever they were doing stupidly call out to me. I ignored most of them and only gestured slightly, but every move of the shaman was taken in great interest by them.

How simple are these Ogres, really?

When we arrived at the Prison Room, I had Jayna enter first so as to not startle them with my appearance.

And also, I have to deal with the flock of Ogres first. Some of them were even chewing on a Ruin Dweller's leg while exclaiming something towards me.

”Where's Daisuke?”

I heard Yumiko asking Jayna when she entered.

”Outside.”

I turned back and saw them peeking out from the room.

I nodded at them and Yumiko seemingly understood what I wanted them to do. She pulled them back and started working inside there.

With that, the need to enter the room was removed. Yumiko is there to supervise. There's no need for me to worry.

After I shook off the Ogres flocking towards me, I walked around the lair to check the other rooms while observing the Ogre's behaviour.

There were those with a child who kept pointing at their kid, there were those who were flaunting their scars as if that's an honor and lastly, there were those offering me different parts of the Ruin Dwellers as a meal.

Err... In short, they're really this simple that they didn't even notice that I'm not their original Shaman anymore.

Having decided that, I then made my way to the barricade and gestured on the guy manning it, removing him from his post.

Though I only tried, he seemingly understood that I was telling him to get lost. He scurried away cheerfully as if he was freed from a difficult task.

After I opened the barricade, just enough for us to easily pass through it later, I looked back and saw them having confused expressions. However, they didn't do anything and just watched me.

I then moved away from that entrance and no Ogre even thought of closing the barricade again.

It's maybe because of their ignorance and low intelligence or maybe that was because of the influence of the Shaman. Everything he did was the law and it's probably the absolute. Only him had that room and no one even dared to enter the Energy Stone room.

With this, I confirmed how stupid these Ogres were. There's really only the Shaman as their Pillar and the most intelligent among them, other than that, they're simple creatures.

I just have to stall for a little time and act like their respected leader until Jayna finished disguising those captives. She has the Energy Stones in her necklaces. Using that can also replenish her used Spirit Energy.

As long as there's no other unexpected thing that will pop out, we're done here.

But yeah, there's also that saying on Earth. Murphy's Law, anything that can go wrong will go wrong.

What can go wrong anyway?

Ah…

Suddenly a group of Ogres came crawling back from the narrow pathway. Behind them were a number of Ruin Dwellers.

Without relying on their tunneling abilities, they're smashing the running Ogres to the ground.

I really jinxed it, eh?

I looked around and saw that the Ogres were staring at me, waiting for my orders.

I raised my arm and howled like an idiot while pointing to the Ruin Dwellers

Seeing what I did, the Ogres copied me and also howled their lungs out and raised their clubs as they charged towards the incoming enemies.

Those at the front faced the approaching Ruin Dwellers, with their clubs raised, they did their most used and idiotic pskill, Club Throw.

”Daisuke, what happened?”

Yumiko suddenly appeared at my side. I knew it was her because of the voice and the unique mark Jayna left on her Ogre skin.

”As you can see. Murphy's Law was evoked.”

I smiled wryly beneath my disguise.

”Really… Those Ruin Dwellers suddenly became this crazy. Did something happen to them?”

It's not wrong for her to think of that. They wouldn't become this crazy without any reason.

”If there's something, those Ruin Dwellers we caught earlier...”

That's the only possibility I could think of. I better check with Jagu.

”I see. That's a possibility. I thought they're less intelligent than these Ogres.”

Yumiko nodded while voicing out her thoughts.

”Either way, I can command these Ogres. They will be slaughtering each other so this is ideal for us. Go back first and finish the task. Leave these to me.”

After telling her that, I also moved forward which made those other hesitating Ogres follow behind me.

They needed their morale at this moment. When they became too disoriented. That will be my chance to go and steal that pole.