My Right Hand Is Too Strong - Chapter 78

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My Right Hand Is Too Strong Episode 78

Episode 78. Attack of the Orcs

The ground rumbles as if an earthquake has struck.

Like a battlefield filled with flying bullets, thunderous roars continuously assault my eardrums.

“They’re definitely coming toward us, right?”

Just from what I could see with the naked eye, over a hundred orcs were all charging straight at us.

“Don’t tell me the orcs here have camaraderie?”

When I had just awakened and emerged from the Tutorial Tower.

The orcs I encountered at the Gate had no such camaraderie.

That’s why I remember them trampling over their comrades’ corpses to approach me.

But could the orcs here be different?

I could almost feel the thick killing intent directed at me for slaying their kin.

Well, even this might just be my imagination.

In any case.

“There’s no escaping now, is there?”

“…Probably not.”

It was already too late to run.

I nodded to Jini, who had a tearful expression.

“Jini. You fall back and support us.”

“Yes!”

“Omen. You know what to do without me saying it, right?”

-I will protect Jini.

Tap tap tap!

Jini nodded vigorously and hurriedly retreated.

After confirming she had moved quite far back, I took a deep breath and clenched my fists.

“Elpinire. You and I will take down the orcs from the front.”

“I already knew that much.”

Elpinire pushed off the ground with her feet and took her stance.

I also pulled my fist back beside her.

“I’ll go first.”

“Alright.”

Bang!

With a sound that rang out like a gunshot, Elpinire shot forward.

Wrapped in verdant energy, she advanced straight toward the orcs.

“Kuooooo!”

An orc reached out its hand to grab Elpinire.

As if anticipating the orc’s reaction, Elpinire spun her body once in midair.

[Lord El – Secendo]

A crescent-shaped verdant slash shot toward the orc.

The sharp blade split the orc’s outstretched arm in half.

Thanks to not being caught by the orc, Elpinire swung her leg and kicked the orc’s face.

“Master!”

“Well done!”

The orc with its head gone collapsed powerlessly.

The orc that had been fine even with its arm or upper body blown off died when its head was destroyed.

The weak point is the head.

Understanding what Elpinire was trying to tell me at once, I kicked off the ground following behind her.

[Mist – Mist Flight]

Flying through the air, I strongly grabbed the head of an orc focused on Elpinire with my right hand.

“Kuo?”

The orc let out a confused cry.

Well, it would be confused since prey much smaller than itself suddenly grabbed its head.

I smiled slightly at the creature and muttered.

“The prey isn’t me, it’s you guys.”

Crack.

The orc’s hard head was easily crushed like tofu.

The orc staggered, spraying blood.

Landing on the ground, I strongly grabbed the thick ankle of that orc with my right hand and swung it.

“Hup!”

The massive body was swung around powerlessly.

It heavily pushed back the other orcs.

Orcs that had been approaching were sent flying.

Elpinire lightly stepped on the falling orc’s abdomen and leaped high into the sky.

“Master!”

Elpinire, flipped 180 degrees, called out to me.

Nodding, I extended my right hand toward Elpinire.

Mist flowing from my hand gathered beneath Elpinire’s feet as she floated in the air.

As I clenched my fist tightly, the mist solidified firmly.

Elpinire pushed off strongly with both feet against the mist beneath her as if it were a foothold and shot downward.

[Lord El – Terzo]

As if her own body had become an arrow.

Elpinire shot fiercely toward the ground.

After taking down several orcs while shooting down, she immediately stepped on the orc corpses upon landing and moved to deal with other orcs.

I watched with my mouth agape as Elpinire became a green flash rampaging among the orcs.

“Was she always that strong?”

“Squeak squeak squeak.”

She was mercilessly slaughtering the orcs.

It would be fair to say she was perfectly fulfilling her role.

Then it was time for me to do my part too.

After loosening my neck lightly, I asked the orcs that had gathered around me from all sides.

“By any chance, you guys don’t understand conversation or anything like that, do you?”

“Kuooooo…!”

“Guess not.”

That’s fine then.

Nodding lightly, I spread my right hand wide.

[Mist – Mist Blade]

Dark energy gathered around my five sharp fingernails.

I swung my arm in a large circle.

Immediately after, I lightly dusted off my hand and walked toward an orc that had been raising its fist toward me.

“Whew.”

Thud thud thud thud.

The orcs bisected by the mist blades instantly crashed to the ground.

Try to block it if you can.

The mist blades that can even pierce through magi.

After instantly dealing with the surrounding orcs, I extended my left hand toward a nearby orc.

[Thousand Transformations]

A dark thread extending from my left hand hit the back of the orc’s neck.

‘As expected, Thousand Transformations.’

‘Thousand Transformations’ isn’t a technique that can be used easily.

Not because it’s difficult or anything, but because it consumes a lot of mental energy each time it’s used.

Because of this, it has the disadvantage of not being able to use it frequently, but like this.

“Simple things don’t consume much.”

Creating lines that don’t take any particular form was something I could do easily.

Gripping the thread connected to the nape tightly, I shot toward the orc’s neck.

The orc noticed me belatedly and tried to block, but.

“Where do you think you’re going.”

Dark blades still lingered on my right hand’s fingernails.

The orc’s arm trying to block was helplessly split apart.

Without losing speed, I sent the orc’s head flying.

[Synchronization Rate 5.1%]

Swish, thud!

Stepping on the headless orc and turning my body, I reached my left hand toward the next orc.

Then.

“Ready!”

-Now all these orcs will see illusions!

Shadows that burst from the ground wrapped around the orcs.

Shadows binding their feet.

Darkness gathering around their eyes.

Like puppets with cut strings, all the orcs stopped moving at once.

Letting out a hollow laugh, I landed on the ground and surveyed all the orcs.

“They’ve all stopped.”

The moment the shadows descended, all the orcs’ movements ceased.

I lightly tapped the leg of the nearest orc with the back of my hand.

“They won’t wake up even from this.”

Turning my head, I looked at Jini.

She was jumping up and down while hugging Omen, delighted by her success.

“Impressive.”

Both Elpinire and Jini.

I had momentarily forgotten because they called me master and followed me.

The unchanging fact was that they were originally calamities meant to destroy the world.

“I shouldn’t waste the opportunity Jini created.”

I don’t think these creatures will remain bound forever.

Sharpening my nails, I raised my hand to systematically deal with the nearest orc first—

“…!”

Screeeech—

A massive resonance that briefly deafened my ears.

An enormous roar that made me momentarily lose balance and stagger filled the space.

“Ku.”

“Kuuu.”

Thud thud.

As the roar echoed, the orcs began breaking free from the illusion one by one.

Those who emerged from the illusion no longer bared their tusks at me and Elpinire.

As if it was natural, they simply moved toward a certain direction.

“Master. Should we pursue?”

“No.”

I shook my head at Elpinire’s words.

There was no need to pursue them.

[Defeat the Orcs]

[Achieved]

[Moving to the next floor]

The original objective had already been accomplished.

“We’ll die if we go.”

“⋯⋯.”

If we were to pursue those orcs.

We would die at the hands of whoever made that roar earlier.

Elpinire, who had been trembling slightly the moment she heard the roar, pressed her lips tightly together.

She too knew the truth of what I had said.

“I’m sorry, Master. Because I’m weak….”

“It’s not about you being weak or not.”

Instinct.

What just happened was in the realm of instinct.

It was simply the automatic activation of a living being’s instinct for danger when facing an overwhelming presence.

It’s not a matter of someone being weak or not.

“To think a roar without even a trace of mana could be so intimidating.”

The roar that struck my eardrums just now was a pure roar without even a trace of mana.

But that roar was far more powerful and dangerous than any attack using mana.

Smoothing down my bristled hair with my hand, I clicked my tongue and looked at the system.

[3rd Floor]

[???? ????]

What is this now.

If only it would reveal at least one character, but everything is hidden.

I opened my mouth to say something to the system, but.

[※Hidden characters will be unlocked as time passes.]

Somehow sensing it, the system displayed an additional message like a ghost.

This is also a first.

Scratching the back of my head, I turned to look at Elpinire and Jini.

“Let’s rest for a bit.”

In the current situation where everything is hidden, any action would be useless.

We have no choice but to spend time until at least enough characters are unlocked to make inferences.

So I reached for my bag….

“Huh.”

I can’t feel the bag that should be on my shoulder.

Breaking into a cold sweat, I felt around my shoulder again.

But.

“It’s gone?”

As expected, I couldn’t feel the bag.

I frantically looked around.

Around me were only orc corpses, with not even a trace of the bag visible.

This is bewildering.

It’s not here.

“Then could it be that I dropped it while falling?”

When I first arrived at the Tower of the Wilderness and fell down into the ravine.

I think I lost it then.

With a feeling of despair, I ran my hand over my face.

“I’m screwed. I can’t even get out.”

Food, clothing.

I have to survive in the empty wasteland having lost everything.

I let out a deep breath that had settled in my chest.

* * *

At least the fortunate thing is that it’s not lonely.

A little distance away from the orc corpses.

Sitting down under the shade created by a massive rock, I blankly looked up at the sky.

“Wow… it’s blazing hot, seriously.”

As if there was a reason why the ground had dried and withered, the sun in the sky was damn hot.

It feels as hot as last summer when I was working hard at the construction site.

That was well over 30 degrees, so I wonder what temperature it is now.

Anyway, this place where heat haze was rising was so dry and hot that I could feel my throat parching after just being here for a little while.

In such a place, it’s already been an hour.

I really don’t know how long it’s been since I felt such a desperate need for water.

“…”

“…”

It wasn’t just my problem alone.

Thirst was evident on the faces of Jini, who was crouching beside me, and Elpinire, who was keeping watch in all directions.

“Want to go back?”

“No.”

“I’m fine.”

This is my mistake.

I had been telling them since earlier that it was okay and they could return to the Tower.

But both of them only gave responses saying they were fine.

“I can’t go back when we don’t know when or where master might be attacked.”

“I agree with Elpinire.”

“…That feels kind of heavy.”

It’s good that they trust me, but their trust feels a little heavy.

I’ll have to do better from now on.

Clicking my tongue softly, I got up from the shade and stretched long.

“Jini. Haven’t the spirits found where water is yet?”

“…No. There’s still no contact.”

Jini had asked the spirits to find water and come back a while ago.

But even though over an hour had passed, the spirits still hadn’t responded.

In that case, I’d rather quickly move up to the next floor.

But that wasn’t so easy either.

[???? ???gi]

Even though an hour had passed, only the very last character had been unlocked.

Even the unlocked character was like that, so I have no idea how much more time will be needed.

“Let’s just move.”

They say even a worm wriggles when stepped on.

If we continued like this, we’d definitely just dry up and die.

We can’t just sit here forever like this.

Elpinire objected to my words.

“Where are you going to move to?”

“Where else. There’s only one answer.”

I turned my head to look in a certain direction.

The direction where orc footprints were deeply embedded in the ground.

“If we go that way, there should be something.”

In this barren wasteland, the only place where there might be something would be the direction the orcs headed, right?

Shrugging my shoulders lightly in response, I walked out under the scorching sun.

“Huff, huff.”

“Ugh…”

And so, the hellish march began.

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