Chapter 19: Chapter 18: Low-Tier Dungeon 47 (2/2)

I deftly dodged an arrow shot from the right by the orc archer. While the archer was floundering at his missed attack, I swung my left fist at him and struck his temple.

Even the weak orc archer fell to one hit.

The orc's body bounced off my fist and spun once, before rolling onto the floor wo meters away.

I could easily see the orcs' attacks. It was extremely refreshing to feel my body move where and how I wanted it to.

I had never experienced hand-to-hand combat like this before.

After failing with my kitchen knife and learning Fire Bolt with the money I borrowed from the Sunbin Guild, I never went back to close combat.

Of course, there were melee monsters that got too close that I couldn't avoid. I died without being able to counterattack, so I couldn't really call that close combat.

”This is pretty nice.”

My fists were covered in orc blood by now, but I didn't feel grossed out or anything. I was reveling in the adrenaline that I hadn't felt in a long time.

”That's right. Come on.”

The remaining three orcs didn't miss a beat and continued their charge. I closed the distance between us and slipped into the middle of them.

During the year before the world changed, I didn't waste a single day of boxing and Hapkido training.

I felt my physical force rise as my 1225 STR, VIT, and all my training combined.

As soon as I slipped into the triangle of orcs, I planted my fists into their faces. Bone crunched and broke.

An orc grunt got pushed back and crumpled to the floor, without even a reaction. At that moment, the orc soldier swung a sword that looked like a sorry excuse for metal skewer at my back.

I couldn't see the attack but I could feel it clearly. I ducked my head and felt the sword swing pass my head.

I already knew that with my high DEF, the metal skewer would just bounce off me and wouldn't even leave as much as a scratch. But to be hit by a weak orc on the first floor wouldn't do well for my pride.

I grinned.

Thinking these thoughts in the middle of a fight didn't make sense, but I smiled regardless. The fact that I had wandering thoughts meant that I was confident that I had this fight in the bag.

As soon as I ducked, I spun around 180 degrees and swung an uppercut at the orc who was unbalanced by his attack.

I hit the orc soldier in the head so hard it practically came off his neck and his body flew back over a meter away.

At that moment, the remaining orc grunt swung his fist at the side of my head. I tilted my head to the other side to dodge and grabbed the orc's arm as it swung past my soldier and judo-flipped him over my head.

The orc's arm audibly cracked as his body came crashing down.

As the orc floundered in pain, I kicked his head to finish him off.

With one kick, the orc grunt's body slid across the floor over two meters away.

I finished all five of the orcs with one hit each. The whole fight didn't even take a minute. I stood in place and looked down at my hands.

”I'm… strong now!”