Chapter 156: The Orcs Attack - II (1/2)

Merlin sprinted towards the orcs as his body faded froht, he looked behind hiers were surprised at seeing hi for a second while trying to register what happened, but they quickly regained their coht as well

His attention was quickly brought back to the front as he heard a pained grunt, it seeroup about the orc attack was being overpowered by one of the orcs, and his co to fend off the other two armoured orcs, so they couldn't lend him any assistance

An arro past Merlin's head and buried itself into the orc's hand as it was about to swing down its axe on the knight This surprised the orc for just long enough for the knight to stumble out of the orc's ilanced at the orc's status bar, and he couldn't help but sigh when he saw that the orc was level thirteen, a little more than twice his own level

'Well, at least they aren't as fast as hobgoblins' He reassured hioblin he briefly struggled against while clearing out the goblin caiant axe, I'll be fine'

Merlin circled behind the orc that had just been attacked by the arrow, he saw a broad back that was protected by the breastplate that the

Heavy armour was typically an issue for dexterous assassin builds, as their prih several attacks in a short period of tiside any additional status effects such as poison or bleed

This was often countered by full plate armour, as there wasn't usually any vulnerable skin to attack, and the daggers were too light to deal any substantial bludgeoning dae

All of the orcs had their ar severely dented hel a shi+eld

Fortunately, armour wasn't an issue for Merlin, courtesy of a dead assassin While still cloaked, he readied his Ghostsaw blade and while chanting the skill name for heavy strike under his breath, he pounced at the orc as now ht once more

「Skill ⟪Heavy Strike⟫ Activated, your next attack will do an extra 35 daer effect」

The blade phased through the orc's breastplate as if it weren't even there, and Merlin quickly felt a sh the orc's flesh as if it were butter

As his blade touched the orc, the ghostly veil that was surrounding his body quickly vanished, and at that er invisible

The orc suddenly let out a pained roar which startled the rangers and the knight, and had partially grabbed the attention of the other two orcs

It seeh the use of heavy strike and backstab worked wonders together, as he did quite a significant ae, what seemed to have also helped was that he effectively punctured the orc's heart, and the passive fro even further

The orc swung around desperately while swinging its axe, but as Merlin was already faraphed enough for hie the strike with ease

Now that he was face to face with the orc, he took the initiative to dealto recover its balance after the wild attack

Merlin thrust his dagger towards the orc's chest, but the , as it focused all its power into preparing the next sith its axe

Much to the orc's surprise, the dagger phased right through the breastplate, piercing one of its lungs Merlin received a notification that his passive had triggered

「Passive skill ⟪Rending Strike⟫ has triggered, target is now suffering fro」

The orc spat out ahis white hair to once again be partially stained by blood

"Why is it always the hair?" He quipped while ripping his dagger out of the orc's chest

Merlin dodged another wide sith the heavy axe before dealing several attacks in rapid succession