Chapter 234: [Day 252] – “Guests” (1/2)
∼ Day 252 ∼
By the council area at the outskirts of the settlement, I stood alone, watching as the precession of monsters came my way. There were a few familiar faces, but most were strangers. And those strangers specifically, were decently strong in their own right, yet I did worry about them at all. They were strong for what they were, but nothing more.
It was Ruela and Frenn, the two warchiefs who had welcomed in a friendship between all three of our clans with open arms. They were leading the group along with another figure who clearly had taken the lead. One huge female orc with an equally as large massive bow strapped her back, one that looked more like the bow-equivalent of an artillery ballista in size alone.
What really caught my attention was the fact that the bow was clearly made of bone, the very same bone that the Warlord Tol'zeroth's cleaver had been made of. From what I knew, the signifier of a Warlord in the lowlands was not just the power they wielded, but the keepsakes that certified their titles - weapons made of an ancient beast that had apparently fallen in the lowlands.
Greyish brown of skin, with distinctively tribal markings running the length of her tall body, from bottom to her long locks of braided hair that bordered on being dreadlocks. She looked very much the image of what you would imagine the archer of a tribe of savage jungle orcs would look like. She looked ferocious, yet the poise in her step bled through to reveal her status to be of high status. The highest of statuses.
This was without a doubt, Warlord Mordrenn.
-Codex!-
[Codex - Mordrenn Ael Vorraive]
Name: ”Mordrenn Ael Vorraive”
Race: Bale Orc
Sex: Female
Rank: C
Level: 2/100
Health: 1854/1854
Stamina: 663/698
Mana: 252/252
[Attributes]
STR - 256
VIT - 168
AGI - 223
DEX - 321
INT - ???
CHR - ???
WILL - ???
MAG - 152
[Trait, Titles, and Skills].
Skills - ???
Traits - ???
Titles - ???
[Resistances]
Phy. Resistance - 34
Mag. Resistance - 45
Men. Resistance - ???
Ruler of the western lowlands, and lord over all the warchiefs who reside within her territory. She didn't even put up any defenses to my divination, a clear sign of either peaceful intentions or those of intimidation. But in comparison to Tol'zeroth, she wasn't all the powerful, so I was leaning towards the former. Sure, she'd be able to go toe-to-toe with the tyrant, but it was obvious who would come out on top. No wonder she had been losing the war. Yet, I had to give credit where credit was due, since she had still been putting up quite the fight, and the war hadn't been foreseen to end within the decade, probably continuing multiple years beyond that if they fought to the last man.
I had my answer as to how she had been able to beat back the other warlord by simply looking at the others figures following along. Each one almost as powerful as her, she obviously drew strength from allies rather than personal might. In stark contrast to Tol'zeroth. His followers hadn't even been close to his own ability, and none of them was even a match for a single one of Mordrenn's followers present here. Or at least, that was from what my brief gauging of each individual told me.
As they closed the distance, silence filled the space between us until Frenn's large form came suddenly rushing in my direction.
”Bwah! You're alive!” She bellowed, swooping me up into a crushing bear hug.
Of course, she couldn't actually hurt me, but she definitely put nearly all of her considerable orcish strength into this embrace. It reminded me all too much of one other bonehead.
”Ruela, Frenn,” I laughed as I was placed down. ”It's good to see you both whole. Or at least, it seems like Frenn you're healing well.”
I looked the large orcish woman up and down, noting several new scars and wounds that had yet to fully mend.
”We wouldn't kick the bucket so easily,” Ruela said, with a smile, the reddish tint of her skin an obvious indication of my blood having done work to change her physique and power.
-Codex!-
[Codex - Ruela]
Name: ”Ruela”
Race: Blood Orc ”Bloodthrall”
Sex: Female