Chapter 225: “Just rest, Master…” (1/2)
Moments ago, back at the campsite…
The snapping of twigs albeit wasn't the loudest, still did its job as both tents started showing movements. A second later both Sarah and Naybeah rushed out with slightly disheveled hair and clothes, their weapons in hand.
Jumping out of their tents, they were expecting some sort of disturbance, but instead of that, there was nothing. The only sight was the faltering campfire, that since it wasn't fed any fresh material started to show signs of decaying, dying down.
”What the? Looking around and failing to spot the boy that was supposed to guard them, Sarah raised her eyebrows in confusion. ”Where's Aiden?”
However, in the next instant, before even Naybeah could answer, they heard a loud low-pitched roar coming from a bit further away.
Looking at each other, they nodded, as if understanding each other without the need for words and rushed towards the source of the sound.
It didn't take them long before they managed to cross through the thick vegetation that served as a sort of natural barrier between their resting spot and the outside dangers and saw the brutal encounter playing out between their very eyes. They saw as Aiden's figure vanished, only to reappear behind the charging orcs and strike at the both of them, only to miss and separate the two.
Then they gasped when they saw Aiden launching himself against the one on the right and outright destroy it with one single stroke, extracting the Orc's heart in the process.
”Woah… I knew it! My chosen mate is just too awesome!” The blonde amazon excitedly exclaimed witnessing the sight. Turning her attention to the stunned and shocked purple-haired girl on her left, she poked her as she asked. ”Did you see that Sarah? Wasn't that just too cool?!”
”Y-yeah… He is… strong…” Sarah muttered, still finding it hard to process such incredible power coming from such a boy. Even though she witnessed it multiple times by now, it was still such a shocking sight to behold… Seeing a weak, frail-looking being toss around huge, bulky, ferocious creatures with ease as if they were only a sack of meat and bones and not incredibly dangerous monsters! It was just too hard to come to terms with this new reality.
”Look! The other one is getting back into action!” Naybeah's shout broke Sarah's trailing thoughts and snapped her back to reality. Following the direction the amazon was pointing at, she turned to look at the second orc just at the moment when his eyes turned bloodshot seeing his friend die in the span of seconds, falling lifelessly to the ground.
Releasing an even louder, fiercer cry towards the sky, the orc launched himself towards Aiden who still had his back turned towards the approaching enemy.
However, once again, before they had any time to react and warn Aiden, the situation changed abruptly. Aiden's figure disappeared, vanishing with the trail of wind, only to reappear behind the charging orc, who, due to the confusing change of events halted his rapid approach and instead grabbed the hilt of his crude weapon tighter and turned to focus on his instincts and senses instead.
As he expected, the goblin-formed Aiden reappeared behind him and struck with his right fist. Immediately, the orc jumped forward turning clockwise mid-air whilst he swung his weapon with both hands to counter-attack.
Knowing his attack would be evaded, Aiden's figure flashed, causing the axe to swing through the air, carrying his momentum forward and causing the orc to slightly spin farther than he wanted. As the orc was in the midst of regaining his footing, Aiden reappeared again, this time at the orc's right side with a wide grin on his face.
”[Goblin] Bye!” With a farewell as his last word, he thrust his fist.
The orc had no time to swing his weapon to parry the incoming blow, so he did the next best thing, and threw his weapon away whilst he threw himself backward, hoping to evade the deadly blow again.
Unfortunately for him, Aiden guided a large amount of his [Soul Power] with the [Mystic Martial Arts] innate into his entire arm, causing it to travel at a speed that would be impossible normally. Leaving behind several afterimages in its wake, the rapidly approaching fist caused distortions in the fabric of space causing the attack to turn fuzzy and blurry to the spectators on the side.
The Orc only had time to release his hold on his weapon when the small fist collided with his side. The massive force released a loud blustering shockwave. The small fist, acting like a knife against hot butter, traversed through the mass of skin, meat and bones with ease, separating the entire body to a separate lower and upper half.
The orc died so fast, his mind couldn't even register the cause of his death. His lower half falling to the ground with an audible thud, the upper half was blown away, carried by the massive bluster further away.
The powerful blow caused a sizable explosion as well, throwing a sizable amount of blood and gore to all directions, smearing the Aiden's clothes with the orc's gooey, thick, black, seared innards.
Just barely escaping being covered with the orcish smudge, Sarah and Naybeah left their spot and rushed towards Aiden with worry and excitement on their faces.
”Are you okay Aiden?” Sarah was the first to ask, with a worried tone. Although they saw the sequence of events play out, they still couldn't keep their cool.
”You were awesome! You have to show me how you did that last punch!” Naybeah on the other hand, was incredibly excited, rushing towards Aiden with a heated gaze. Arriving, she immediately grabbed the boy's dark-green head and pulled it into her generous embrace. ”I loved what you did sooo, so much! Those hits! Gosh, you are so incredible!”