The four gathered in the center of the corpse. All of them leveled up after the swift clear of this furred lycaons.
Daniel went from level 5 to level 7, expending the level up rewards to enhance his endurance and stamina since he is prone to attack if left unguarded as well as to not depend on the group's protection.
I don't know if there will be a time that I would be alone again. Might as well be prepared for it.
Eleanor jumped from level 7 to level 8, leveling up her "Dark Regeneration" skill for a better use as she also had enough magic and mana stats to support a front engagement in fight.
Noire and Xavier on the other hand, had farmed more experiences since they engaged with the lycaon group more. Noire's level leaped from 10 to level 12 in instance since the lycaons gave more experience than the orgres being level 5. She spent all leveling rewards to upgrade her "Blood Augmentation" to masteral level and the "Blood Consumption" to level 1. (From level 0.)
Xavier on the other hand, having double experienced with 2.5 ratio received more experience enough for level 11 to jump to level 13. Having no passive or skills to upgrade, he spent all leveling rewards to make his spiritual stats to level 2.5, one more level and it would jump to level 3.
This will help if I copy either Noire or Eleanor's class since they use more mana in close combat.
"Let's hit the 10s mark for the both of you, I also wanted to hit the 15s mark so that we can drive those soldiers off with ease." With that, the group continued traveling East.
Far away from them, the red marked Lycaon Alpha, sat on a ruined house with body covered in blood as he engaged the group earlier. He saw the group left then after they made enough distance, the alpha leaped out of the house and ran towards his dead pack.
He stared at the blood bath of his pack in silence, his furry face absorbing what flow from his eyes.
Monsters are sentient beings too!
...
The sun was about to set, and the group managed to gather enough supplies from their way. The supplies would last for atleast three days, so they would have no problems for food for the rest of those days. They settled near the subway station of the southeast part of the district.
They also encountered another pack of lycaons on their way but the pack had no evolved lycaon for an Alpha, thus the pack only had 10 members which the rest killed, 5 each. Enough experience for Daniel and Eleanor to level up again to 8 and 9 respectively.
After dinner, Xavier and Noire decided to stay at night while the other two slept their rest for the night. The couple didn't stay in the settled house to guard, since the two can defend their selves and that the house is properly intact with only one entrance being guarded by the senses of the sleeping two.
Noire and Xavier went out and scouted the nearby Southeast Subway Station. It was just another 1km away from their temporary settlement and the night moon is illuminating the ground, making the two see the state of the Station.
There isn't something new, the subway station is also a den for another group of orges. But this station had less orges since the Northeast Station orge den had fused with the nearby Northwest Station, almost doubling their numbers if weren't for the two efforts to farm them.
Under the moonlight, the two used the shadows to travel swiftly and silently, enough distance to not get noticed by a much more larger orge without shield, but a massive and long sword.
The two managed to get passed them and arrived at the building, above of the actual station. There, large quantity of orges gathered while surrounding a not so big nor not so small orge mage, adorned in mage coat and skull staff.
He was the commander of this den, having sitting in a pile hill of human corpse as throne, he was being protected. But the two quietly arrived to his side without being noticed since the orges only used human torches as light and their are not so bright under the influence of the dark.
At the time the orge mage noticed the two in his presence, a sharp blade is already pointed on his neck while four long spear of crimson blood floated in the air, also pointing at the head of this orge mage.
The other orges guarding the orge mage noticed their presence and immediately draws their weapon out and was ready to strike when the orge mage shouted in hoarse voice.
"STOP!" With that, all other orges back away as they saw the pointed crimson spears and blade at their commander.
"Drop you weapons, you fools!" The mage orge ordered and the other orges contemplated to drop their weapon or rush in. But after seeing the slowly approaching spears of blood, they simultaneously dropped their weapon on ground, be it shield, sword, or bows.
"What do you want, humans!" Sensing that the two ambusher weren't gonna kill him in the meantime, he asked.
"Heh, great." Xavier lightly laughed. "Let's get to the point. An army of human soldiers will slowly eradicate the kinds of you in less than a week. I want you to fuse with the Northeast side of orge den to defend against them."
"Hmm... Your request is east, but what would be our gain from it?"
"Sparing your life is enough reward for you. Choose your word wisely as this blood spears is fast as we can think."
I don't know what they're planning and their motives for it, they would not gain any benefits from this transactions!
Too late, I need to agree to them. Might as well fuse my army with the said den to defend againts their kind... This is a good opportunity!
"Alright, Human. I will fuse my army with the Northeast den... If you can stall time for us in the meantime."
"That wouldn't not be a problem. The soldiers are currently gathering some supplies and searching. They would take atleast two days to arrived at the Northeast den, use the underground tunnel to your advantages."
"Human, you can't understand us. If we can use the underground tunnel, then we weren't talking right now."
"What do you mean?"
"The underground is connected to our one way out portal from another world, other than here. We can't go back there since both sides of each tunnel is blocked by portals. They would take atleast 10 days to finally fade and gone."
I see, so they are from another world. Not just spawned here... Let's see if we can dig deeper.
"Portals?"
"Yes, portals are connected to our world. As for our hunt for humans here in your world, is a merely a task for us from the orge king back in our world."
"Hmm... Then if we are successful in driving the humans off this district. Give me a chance to talk to your king, I would like a friendly contract to him." Xavier smiled.
"Then do what we need and the two of you should not betray us or kill our kind. If this request is fulfilled, then when the time comes that we can contact the king, I'll let you know." The orge mage didn't contemplate with this decisions.
Having a human as an ally to fight their own kind is a must!
Seeing his satisfaction, thought the same comment in their mind:
What a fucking idiot.
...
The army of Hesta arrived at the reclaimed section of the district 10, the northwest side. Having made her appearance there with her army gave morale to the soldiers busy reclaiming the land.
"It's the Crusader army."
"That's Hesta Estra, the newly appointed 4th commander of the our Righties group."
"They're on their way to destroy the den lingering in the east!"
Various appreciation echoed in the air as they passed the temporary made base. They are headed towards the East while avoiding the sight of flying wyverns thus they slowly traveled on land and foot. In addition to that are the traveling packs of Lycaons.
It was midnight that they stopped travelling with the constant appearance of Lycaon packs. They temporarily settled just at he border of Northeast and Southeast portion of the district. The battalion is divided into two, the one is resting and the other would guard the night for half of it life.
They settled in empty buildings, majority are opens since their are destroyed but was guarded by the night shifted soldiers.
Hesta stay awake the first half of the night, she sat in the rooftop at the center of the settlement. Approaching her is the old man Gallard, holding a silver sword at hand. Hesta was the commander of the battalion while Gallard is the 2nd in command, he just simply stay awake to chat with this beautiful lady.
As he was about to start a conversation with Hesta, he and the latter lady suddenly hear some screams in the silent night. It was not only one, there are increasingly number of screams until one soldier in guard saw what is happening.
The orges are already in their vicinity, entered the buildings and killed the other soldier sleeping.
The orges had ambushed them!