My leg heals and stops bleeding, the pain disappears, but now I am more awake than ever.
I run and throw away the most worn of my swords, pull out Scarlet Rose, use the fear in my eyes, and aim at the miserable archer.
Bang!
Half of the orc archer's head explodes.
[You have killed a 3-skull monster: +0.44]
I keep running and jumping, dodging arrows.
The orcs chase me, but the strongest orc remains inside a large house made of logs and decorated with bones of various kinds.
Since I don't see the archers taking turns shooting, I run into the forest again to face the orcs among the trees.
I hear footsteps approaching, I've already gotten far enough away. I put Scarlet Rose back in its sheath.
I inhale and exhale deeply.
"Today I will either exterminate their village or die trying."
I infuse my fear into my sword, my body, and my senses, and I run swiftly toward the orcs.
Slash! Blood!
Slash! Blood!
Cut! Blood!
Two heads roll, and my sword is embedded in an orc's forearm.
[You have killed a 2-skull monster: +0.13]
[You have killed a 3-skull monster: +0.45]
I step back, pulling my sword out of the orc's forearm.
I vomit blood. The orc's spear stabbed my stomach and it hurts a lot.
I must say he is an exceptional warrior.
The orc jumps towards me.
Bang!
I blew his head off with a Scarlet Rose bullet.
[You have killed a 3-skull monster: +0.56]
"I am a hunter; I will not let my prey escape just because I am wounded," I think, and I sheathe my sword again.
"System, put 5 points in health and 5 points in agility."
[Health: increased from 25 to 30]
[Agility: increased from 46.52 to 51.52]
"It seems the wound in my stomach is serious. It hasn't healed completely," I think to myself as I leap toward the orcs, moving a little faster and with a hellish pain in my abdomen.
Cut!
Blood!
Cut!
Blood!
Cut!
Blood!
...
[You have killed a 2-skull monster: +0.13]
[You have killed a 2-skull monster: +0.11]
[You have killed a 2-skull monster: +0.13]
[You have killed a 3-skull monster: +0.40]
[You killed a 2-skull monster: +0.15]
[You killed a 3-skull monster: +0.44]...
Blood splatters, I dodge swords, cut off arms, dodge maces, and cut off legs.
I dodge an axe, stab without restraint.
All while fighting and moving among the trees, until my sword breaks, even though I use fear to strengthen it.
The orcs' weapons are large and heavy, the problem is that they are unsuitable for me to grip properly.
But I don't have time to be capricious. I grab an orc spear and pierce the eye and skull of an orc, who falls dead in front of me.
[You have killed a 2-skull monster: +0.28]
I keep running through the trees.
"System, sell me a health pill."
I eat the larva-shaped pill and my pain subsides a little and the scratches on my body disappear.
I keep running, grab a heavy sword from the ground, instill fear in my arms, jump and make a downward cut.
Cut!
Blood!
More than cutting, the sword crushed the orc's head.
I tilt my head and a damn arrow flies right past my head.
"One second, and I'd be dead," I draw Scarlet Rose.
I run through the trees and dodge the rest of the orcs.
I carefully scan the surrounding trees and spot an Orc running and hiding among them.
I leap toward the Orc archer, and he tries to aim at me, but it's too late for him.
Bang!
The Orc's head explodes.
[You have killed a 3-skull monster: +0.43]
I hear a roar coming from the direction of the orc village.
I put Scarlet Rose back in its sheath as I continue running.
I jump and kick an ogre with a low fear level in the face, take his spear, and stab him in the head.
[You have killed a 2-skull monster: +0.12]
I keep running with the spear, infuse my fear into it, and throw it right at the body of an orc approaching with an axe.
The spear flies and finally pierces the neck of the orc, who drowns in his own blood before dying.
I sigh.
"I can't keep this up. I kill too slowly without proper weapons," I think, and then I run back to the orc village.
"All or nothing. I'm going for the Great Orc's head."
"System, sell me a fear regeneration pill."
I spend 5 fear points on a pill shaped like a fly that flutters without flying. I run and pass just under the tree where Watson is, and he drops my backpack.
I grab my backpack and the two remaining swords. I keep running.
I open my backpack and take out several Scarlet Rose bullets and put them in my pants pockets.
I throw the backpack away just before entering the village.
Only one minute of constant fear regeneration. It's a pill that becomes very useful with a revolver like Scarlet Rose. But first, I'll push my own fear to the limit and cut down as many damn orcs as I can until my swords break.
I leap toward the orcs, having grown somewhat accustomed to the rhythm of battle.
I dodge more easily than before.
Slash!
Blood!
I roll across the ground; there are still archers.
I leap toward another group of orcs.
Slash!
Blood!
[You have killed a 2-skull monster: +0.23]
[You have killed a 3-skull monster: +0.51]
[You have killed a 2-skull monster: +0.21]
[You have killed a 2-skull monster: +0.12]
[You have killed a monster with 2 skulls: +0.13]
[You have killed a monster with 2 skulls: +0.12]...
The limbs, the entrails, everything is being cut by my swords until one of them breaks.
Bang!
My sword breaks as I block the axe of a burly orc, who carries two axes and stares at me with his disfigured pig face and an angry look.