Chapter 157: The Orcs Attack - III (2/2)

Mothflower, or specifically the scale-like pollen of the mothflower plant, was usually harroup of ic reaction and an extreme case of nausea when they were exposed to the pollen of a eneral teroblins and orcs, to name a few And while reatly, they all shared soenetic detail, and in most cases appearances and weaknesses

Goblinoids were a strange group of creatures that typically defied the usual expectations of biology The race was not as genetically restricted as most other races were, and they had the ability to breed with almost any other mammal and have the end result not autoamation of cells

Some researchers believed that the orcs were awith an ogre The end result was a creature larger and stronger than the strongest hobgoblin, yet sh this theory was yet to be observed in nature, and Merlin hadn't heard any further updates about it since

A key detail that usually cauoblins or not was that orcs didn't have the signature tar-like blood that the goblin and hobgoblin species shared Rather their blood was similar to other huroup continued their travel through the orc infested forest, they fortunately didn't find theroup had made their way towards the fourth location e ar around aburnt slabs of meat that seemed to be various wild animals that could be found in the forest

Around one of the many caer than all the others The black veins under the orc's skin made themselves visible, even froet, but there ay too e in recklessly

"Well, that's a very large group of orcs" Merlin re to have to cause a diversion, we need to drag as many of them out of the camp as we can, or at least separate theht answered

"Don't you think we should bring soroup that he orking with "We're heavily outnu in would be a stupid idea"

"Don't you have that powder?" The knight asked, "Can't you just use that powder stuff you have on the entire cah for even a quarter of that camp" Merlin retorted "And we aren't even entirely sure that whatever the Despoina cult did to that thing, didn't make it immune to the flower So it's barely a last resort, definitely not soht quickly stopped talking, and Callisto proposed that they should probably find at least another group to help roups checking other camps nearby, if we just wait here or check around, it's likely that we'll find a group or two in a few ht interjected

"That's better than nothing" Callisto remarked "Lead us to the closest caroups of our plan and run away if you're spotted Don't do anything until we return"

The knight, Callisto and Merlinthe knight's guidance They heard the sounds of fighting as they got closer to where the next caroup picked up the pace, and after hly twelve knights fighting against seven orcs They see their own, but besides the twelve ere standing, there were severalaround the battlefield, all of which ounded, although the severity varied greatly

The trio charged towards the orcs, Merlin slipped into invisibility once more and made his way behind an orc as just about to deal the finishi+ng blow against a knight, only to find that its heart and a lung had been pierced

Merlin and Callisto ripped through the horde of orcs to the best of their abilities, with the knights barely serving as decoys as they ed to take three orcs down in total

Merlin and hts watched as Callisto held the last orc in a headlock The creature was struggling with all its th clearly outered expression plastered on her face, snap the orc's neck with ease, before throwing its liround

Merlin's attention briefly panned over to his strea up until this point, and he made it just in time to catch one co Merlin to shake his head in disappointment

"Merlin, do you have any hts ounded

"Yeah, I'll deal with this" Merlin said, pulling out theat the rest of the knights "Gather up the wounded, point hts first"

Merlin had to use four of his eleven brewed potions on the ed to deal with the rest of them with just the raw herbs and water Unfortunately there were several deaths that not even he could stop with his current capabilities, but roup had survived