Chapter 95: Being Extra Petty (1/2)
Although his fight with the trolls had originally been done with the condition of them submitting to him if he won. The fight had still ended a little too sudden for the trolls to understand what had happened. It was hard for them to believe that someone had taken the full brunt of their attacks head-on and still came out unscathed.
The red troll especially, had not been able to accept his defeat and had almost ran wild demanding a rematch so Tyler was forced to sent Albert to beat some sense into them. After that, the two unique trolls had been quiet the entire time they've been here. It was a bit of a surprise for Tyler to see them being so active here.
He didn't remember handing out any assignments to the ogres and beastmen recently so they were free to do whatever they wanted in their spare time. Which meant technically, there was nothing here for him to be mad about as he had also permitted the settlement to freely move around the castle, with the exception of his chambers and the throne room.
However, he still felt annoyed seeing this group being so carefree while he had almost been turned into an undead. Perhaps what he felt was a side effect from being corrupted so many times. but even he did not understand why that simple annoyance rose to anger so quickly.
”And this is?”
At his words, the room froze for a good minute as everyone stared at each other in apprehension and slight confusion. It took a while for Azar to gather himself and approach him to explain.
”Apologies my Lord, we had planned to inform you earlier but the red troll was recklessly trying to stir trouble so I decided to put an end to that.”
”Red Troll.” Tyler's gaze was shifted to the Berserker Troll and the massive body of the troll flinched. Even after receiving a beating from Albert, the guy must've still been bitter about his loss. Perhaps this was the general trait of a Berserker Troll after all the name did not sound like that of a calm and rational species.
Tyler sighed in exasperation but immediately used Placate to calm his rising nerves which seemed to return the flow of air inside the hall to normal. He still felt a bit annoyed but he was able to move past it and focus on the reason he came here.
He was interested in finding out more about the two unique trolls species especially their evolution paths but even with their high intellect for trolls, there was no way they would be able to tell him anything about that.
He had just planned to observe them for a while to make sure they were willing to obey him before finding something for them to do in the castle. Although he had wanted them to lead him to the moron of a Lich that had sent them here, that would have to wait until he was ready. Right now he needed to focus on himself and also the supplies for the castle.
Returning his attention to Azar he nodded and sighed. ”I see... Well since y'all want to fight so badly, there's no need to be so reserved.” A devilish smile crept across Tyler's face as everyone in the room including Albert who stood beside him, took a step back.
”There's also no need to fight each other, you can't go all out... I'll provide your opponents.”
As those words left his mouth the shadows in the room moved around weirdly as three beautiful female figures clad in raven black rogue's outfit appeared in the hall around them, weapons drawn.
”I just created these three and I had wanted to see how they fare against the trolls but since y'all are eager for a fight, why don't you join in.”
Azar's brows furrowed, it wasn't that he didn't care for a fight, if anything he welcomed it. However, the aura these shadow creatures exuded seemed strange. It felt unnatural and unstable but they were by no means weaker than him.
Most of the ogres and beastmen in the room were apprehensive about fighting these creatures and that included the Battle troll. However, Rekaz the berserker troll refused to be intimidated and was even eager to accept the challenge which made the smile on Tyler's face grow even wider.
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Tyler stood by the side with Albert as he watched the two unique trolls and the ogres and beastmen prepare to fight his new undead trio. Frankly speaking there wasn't much he would gain from this fight. He already knew the skills of his undead and he didn't plan on pushing the group too far.
So there was no real reason to do this and he knew that. Basically, he was just being petty but he needed the satisfaction of making this bunch of slackers actually sweat a bit to make up for him almost being corrupted. It may also be the corruption talking but who cares, he was bored anyway.
The battle was bound to be interesting as the fighters did not match well with each other. His undead were rogues and two of them even wielded crossbows which put them at a disadvantage against so many warriors and the few mages.
'I suppose this will be a good test on how intelligent the shadow rogues are.' It would be a good thing if the undead he planned to use for the gathering of information were smart enough to survive being in a predicament like this even though they were clearly stronger than everyone they were up against, based on tier only.
”Begin!”
Albert commanded after everyone had gotten into position but before Rekaz could even activate his charge, the three shadow rogues disappeared. Azar tried to locate them with his eyes when he suddenly felt something move behind him.
Azar swiftly turned around while swinging the blade of his Hamaxe at the space behind him. However, the opponent wasn't there and his eyes narrowed when he saw the blackish-green haired shadow rogue appear before two of their only five rangers and immediately knocked them out with some kind of black aura.
A sudden bolt of realization struck him as he hadn't expected this from the undead, but it appeared that they were going after the ranged fighters first. ”Protect the Rangers!” Azar yelled as Kazko immediately understood the situation and lunged at the shadow rogue using his skill. °Roaring Boost°
With the flash of red, his figure was flung forward like a projectile shot out of a slingshot as he swung the new blade he received at the shadow rogue. However, she must have used a skill as the shadows around her moved and her body had instantly melded with it and his attack struck nothing but air.
several arrows were suddenly fired at the remaining three rangers from the side. The rangers had tried to defend themselves or get out of the way but the strike was too sudden and had struck all their vitals.