Chapter 317: March (1/2)
A booming shout bellowed through the orc's camp. The thunderous roar was merely a single word, a simple command exclaimed by a lean, slender, young, dark-green-skinned figure.
He didn't look imposing, he was wearing torn, shredded clothes. His upper body was virtually barren, free for everyone to gawk at. Small cuts and bruises could still be seen, although they have healed a lot since his last fight against the Guardian Spirit.
An invisible pressure was being released from the depth of his body, rings of energy waves rippled, expanded as they traversed through the air, reaching all ends of the settlement.
A simple command, that no one would normally believe that such stubborn, warrior race like these gathered orcs would listen to.
Yet, what happened next would have shocked everyone. The naysayers, the non-believers would have gasped with wide eyes in utter disbelief and shock at the incredulous, unbelievable sight that followed next.
Upon his single command, one by one the rows of lined up orc warriors in the opposing army, fell down to their knees on the ground, prostrating, kowtowing to this singular, youthful existence. Behind him, his servants the strange, evolved creatures also went to one knee, closing their eyes and turning their attention towards the ground.
In unison, they shouted. Even the ex-goblins used the same orcish language that the others as if it was a practiced ploy.
”[Orc] WE SERVE THE YOUNG MASTER! OUR WHOLE EXISTENCE, BODY AND SOUL BELONG TO HIM!”
After their exclamation, they followed up with a simple shout, a short exclamation that rocked the hearts of all living creatures in the vicinity.
”[Orc] LONG LIVE THE YOUNG MASTER! LONG LIVE OUR LORD!”
The orcs continued to fall down to their knees one by one, without much resistance. The clinging of metal rang as they all dropped their weapons, kowtowing on the ground towards this singular existence, without any resistance.
Quickly, one by one the prostrating orcs joined the chorus, shouting their new lord's name.
”[Orc] LONG LIVE THE YOUNG MASTER! LONG LIVE OUR LORD!”
After the frontline squads, the lined up ranged specialists also fell down, just as easily as their battle-hungry brethren.
Moments later they also joined the ever-growing chorus, their unified voice thundered through their settlement.
Behind their closed visors, the orc officers, the leaders of the current army were greatly flabbergasted at the sight.
However, before they could have uttered any commands to the last line of defense, the elites, they too fell to the mental command.
The elites, one after another dropped their weapons, joining their lower-class brethren, changing their allegiance, and swearing up to this mysterious figure standing proudly in front of them.
Finally, the line, even the officers were pulled into the fold. The mental command combined with the strange aura that surrounded them was too much for their feeble minds.
”[Orc] LONG LIVE THE YOUNG MASTER! LONG LIVE OUR LORD!”
Just like that, the once proud and feared orc army of the famed Horde has been subjugated. Before they had a chance, the threat that lurked at the edges of human civilization was thwarted by a single being, a young man.
With a simple word of his, the more than a thousand-strong army of battle-hungry, bulky humanoid creatures have prostrated on the ground, awaiting their next command.
Aiden was looking calm as his glowing golden eyes slowly scanned through the large army of newly joined members of his family. Although it didn't show outwardly, he was actually quite surprised that he was successful on the first try. He wasn't sure if his little experiment would bear fruit so easily.
He merely wanted to try the power of his newly formed aura that he created through the fusion of his two existing ones, the still quite mysterious lording domain he got from his newest form and the very first one, which was filled with the mystical, higher-tiered [Soul Power], the one that came from his innate skill, the [Dragon's Wrath] ability.
While the fact that he somehow made the two totally different types of auras into one was a mystery in itself, he wanted to test it out and learn what it was capable of. Now, looking over the prostrating creatures, he wasn't totally certain what to do, he hadn't planned this far ahead.
However, his mind was running in overdrive, he quickly came to a decision.