After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

I didn't expect it to come back to me in this situation.

With a complicated expression, he placed his hand on the hilt of the holy sword and gripped it gently.

Then--

"……Um?"

He unconsciously revealed a puzzled expression, his eyes began to roll, and even his face began to turn pale.

Such an abnormal state naturally attracted Christina's attention.

She hurriedly asked:

"Master, what's wrong? Is there a problem?"

"No, there isn't."

Aize shook his head, put down the holy sword, wrapped it with cloth again, and threw it aside.

Then he put on a relaxed expression, shook his head and said with a smile:

"Isn't this a symbol of bravery? Since I'm no longer a brave man, why should I still use it? I'm so uncomfortable. Besides, the Holy Sword isn't as useful in my hands as it is in the hands of Uriel or Leah. There's not much difference."

"……Okay, I get it now."

Chris blinked blankly.

Without saying anything more, he nodded.

At this moment, Uriel, who was also fully armed, came over from the side.

"Aize, I just saw on the city wall that the orcs are ready for the ceremony."

"So fast... Haha, it seems that the chief is a little too anxious. But it doesn't matter, we are already prepared."

He gave a mocking smile.

Then he turned around, faced the soldiers and knights who had completed their preparations, clapped his hands, and climbed onto the nearest pile of debris to the side, making sure that he could be seen by everyone.

Then he spoke loudly.

"Alright everyone, I'm glad to see you all here. We paid a huge price for the siege over the past few days, but we did stop the orcs' advance. Whether you're here or not, whether you've sacrificed or will sacrifice, you all do a great job!"

"But now, the situation is different! We will not continue to hide in this city. We will cross the wall and, together with the incoming friendly forces, launch an attack on the orc army - that's right, their attack has ended, and it's our turn next!"

"These fools came charging in with such force, yet they couldn't even cross the first city they ran into. But we are different! Tonight's attack will completely and effectively defeat them! Let's teach these idiots, who have nothing but muscle, what a true attack is!"

Swah——

With a crisp metallic sound, Aize's sword was unsheathed and raised high, pointing straight to the night sky.

"Let's go! To the battlefield!"

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The orc camp outside the city was brightly lit.

The orcs swiftly moved away the debris, cleared out a large oval-shaped open space, and then filled the area with torches to create a simple arena.

Outside the arena, there was a black mass of orcs.

But it was unusually quiet.

On the inside of the arena, there were only two figures, facing each other at a distance.

It was also unusually quiet.

For the orcs, the challenge for the position of warchief is already of great significance, and this time it is also accompanied by the factor of determining future strategy, which can be said to be of utmost importance.

Of course no one dared to talk too much.

Tal Sarago, the challenged, crossed his arms, breathed heavily, and looked at the challenger in front of him with a ferocious look that could almost kill people.

The challenger, Scarface Chieftain—actually Alicia in disguise—is a bit more casual.

He was even a little absent-minded, constantly looking at the growing crowd gathering nearby.

This made Tal Sarago even angrier.

"You're actually looking around during my match? You're quite the daredevil!"

Tal Sarago, who had already taken off his armor, rubbed his hands and said so.

"The last challenger was two years ago. I twisted its head off, put its brains in the bowl, and used its skull as a bowl. Do you think you'll be any different?"

As it spoke, it licked its lips, gnashing its teeth until they were about to break:

"No! It won't be the same! If you dare to stop me from taking revenge, you'll be worse off than that idiot! Go ahead!"

As he spoke, he clenched his fists and pushed hard against the ground with his feet. The muscles all over his body crackled as if they were about to explode, and even the temperature around him seemed to rise.

"Huh, stop talking nonsense and come on!"

Alicia exhaled and raised her fist in her orcish form.

Trained as an assassin, she is not good at close combat.

After all, when it comes to assassination, fists are a pretty inefficient weapon.

It's not even as useful as tentacles.

But it doesn’t matter. According to Aize’s plan, he doesn’t need to win at all.

If you can withstand two blows, you win.

"go to hell!!!"

Tal Sarago roared and rushed forward with his huge fist raised.

The huge body, which was over three meters long, caused the ground to shake just by charging forward, and even stirred up a violent wind-pressure-like airflow that swept towards the surroundings.

And Alicia wasn't afraid.

He controlled the unfamiliar body, raised his fist and charged forward.

boom!!!!!

Loud noise.

It wasn't an explosion, but the sound of fists colliding, like thunder.

"Well--"

The impact was so violent that it was beyond imagination. It made Alicia's bones tremble and her vision blurred instantly.

If it were his normal body, he would have lost the ability to move by now.

But now, she doesn't.

He gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and punched the opponent in front of him who was half a body taller than him without hesitation.

The two began to fight each other without any skills, but with strength.

The orcs who had been silent just now had their most fundamental violent genes aroused, and began to cheer, boo and whistle.

However, neither the cheering nor the fighting lasted long.

boom!!!

boom!!!!!!

After another fierce punch, a real explosion occurred along with the explosive roar.

Dozens - or even more huge fireballs, cut through the darkness, with sharp and terrifying sounds of breaking through the air, and almost at the same time smashed into the group of onlookers orcs.

Each one has the destructive power of a small meteorite.

The earth-shaking explosion and the flames that dyed the entire night sky red instantly spread to countless orcs.

The cheers suddenly turned into wails and cries for help, and the orcs, who were in a mess, fell into chaos in an instant.

Chapter 156 No Way Out

Violence is the nature of orcs, even for the chieftain.

Tal Sarago, who had just started to get excited, was completely immersed in the fistfight. His attention was so focused that he didn't even notice what was happening around him at first.

It wasn't until the blast blew hot air and some of the orcs' broken limbs into its face that it realized what seemed to have happened.

"What is this...?"

Its raised fist hovered in the air as it stared blankly at the sea of fire around it.

"Magic attack!? How is that possible!?"

The place where they compete is in the center of their camp.

The location of this camp was specially considered.

This ensures that while the orc army is surrounding Tafia, it can still remain outside the range of most human military attack techniques, so that they will not be suddenly blown into the sky while they are sleeping at night.

In the past few days, no matter how fierce the battle was, not a single spell hit the camp.

So what is going on now?

Moreover, even if we ignore the range, where does this insane power come from?

The defenders of Tafia consisted of only a small group of combat magicians.

Even with the remaining troops of Brian, the number of magicians was still seriously insufficient, which was why he had been able to successfully attack the city in the past few days.

But now, this vast sea of fire and the ground full of craters, is it possible for a small group of magicians to create this?

This is almost as destructive as the combined firepower of an entire combat magic corps. Even the great witch Villian, who is also one of the thirteen leaders, does not have such instantaneous explosive power.

So what exactly is this——

"Great Chief!!! We are under attack! Other human armies are coming from both sides!!"

On the other side of the wall of fire, an unknown orc was shouting like this.

"What did you say? You're already here!?"

Tal Sarago's eyes widened.

Even the nearest knight group, according to intelligence, will not arrive until after dawn.

I should have enough time to arrange everything.

Why--

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh——Damn the Brave Aize!!!”

The tall orc roared angrily.

It must be the brave Aize who used some method to report false information to the Demon King, and then passed it to himself through the Demon King to make him numb and careless.

They said they would arrive after daybreak, but in fact they had already been in position to ambush him.

No, that's not right.

Looking at the tragic explosions around him, an even more terrifying thought came to Sarago's mind.

Is it really only the Knights who came to Tafia?

Although the Holy War Knights are very good at killing people, they are not equipped with combat magicians, so it is impossible for them to launch such terrifying magical attacks.

It's definitely not just the Knights who are coming. There might also be the Kingdom's nobles and the Empire's regular army. They've already surrounded me while I wasn't paying attention and are planning to attack me from the center!

——This can explain the current situation.

And if that's the case, then it was a scam from the very beginning.

Even the story about that damn Duke Brian colluding with him was fake, it was all just a way to trick him.

He actually planned to this extent, and I was completely fooled.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it, damn ...

After thinking about it randomly, Tal Sarago's anger reached its peak.

Of course, this is not the case.

So far, only two knight groups have arrived. Aize did use intelligence manipulation to make the demons misjudge the time of their arrival, but that was all.