My Right Hand Is Too Strong - Chapter 87

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My Right Hand Is Too Strong Episode 87

Episode 87. Orc Temple (1)

A week together with Kargon.

During that time, not once had we headed toward the center of Verdun.

But now it’s different.

We must head toward the center.

I set down my cumbersome bag and pulled out some dry clothes to cover the sleeping Karnack.

Karnack was sleeping soundly, covered with my clothes like a blanket.

“Kargon, don’t you need to say goodbye?”

“If you save me, it won’t be the last time, so why bother with farewells?”

“That’s true.”

Kargon looked down at the sleeping Karnack for a moment, then turned around.

I followed Kargon as we quickly left the oasis.

“Master, you’ve gotten involved in another dangerous situation, haven’t you?”

“The tower demands it, so what can I do?”

“Hehe, even without the tower, you’re the type who would step forward anyway. Thanks to that, I was saved, wasn’t I?”

Following Kargon who was walking far ahead, Elpinire and Jini each made their comments.

I chuckled at Jini’s words and muttered.

“Back then, I really was just doing what the tower told me to do.”

“Really?”

“Well, to be precise, what I wanted to do and what the tower wanted were the same thing.”

“…You scared me!”

I chuckled at Jini who had puffed out her cheeks.

“Don’t worry. It’ll be the same this time.”

At first, I didn’t know what the system wanted.

Suddenly telling me to kill monsters and escape from somewhere.

Seeing it set such conditions, I thought it was an unpredictable entity.

But now, having conquered two towers, it’s a bit different.

From beginning to end, the system set conditions for one specific target.

In the Tower of Echoes, it was Elpinire, and in the Tower of Illusion, it was Jini.

And now.

In the Tower of the Wilderness, Kargon is that target.

‘I’ll complete this perfectly too.’

So that he doesn’t become a monster.

I will do everything in my power to help him.

As I was thinking this and moving forward, Kargon, who had been leading the way, suddenly stopped.

I stopped beside Kargon.

“It looks a bit different.”

Until now, it had been an empty plain.

But what I see before my eyes now, how should I describe it?

Due to the traces of long years, it doesn’t look like a building at all.

But there’s a feeling that traces of something that once existed remain.

Kargon touched the massive stone pillar rising in front and spoke.

“…From here on, it’s the Orc Lord’s territory.”

“But you’re the Orc Lord.”

Didn’t he just say that the Orc Lord was himself, tainted by madness?

The Orc Lord is right next to me, so what’s there to worry about entering the Orc Lord’s territory?

Contrary to my thoughts, Kargon’s voice was resolute.

“No. From here on, it definitely becomes dangerous.”

“Are there many orcs?”

“That’s part of it, but… inside here dwell orcs worthy of being called warriors. Each one is formidable.”

By warriors, does he mean guys like the Orc Warrior I faced in the ravine earlier?

If so, it might indeed be dangerous.

But Kargon’s expression suggested that wasn’t the end of it.

“…And the deeper I go inside, the harder it becomes to suppress the urges.”

“What?”

“That’s the biggest reason why I always try to escape from this place when I regain my senses.”

If it weren’t for that, he would have already dealt with all the orcs in the center.

The reason he didn’t wasn’t out of sympathy for his fellow kind.

“Probably one hour. That’s the limit of what I can endure.”

“One hour…”

“Even if I don’t go in, I won’t be able to last even three hours.”

One hour.

It’s a time that’s long if you consider it long, short if you consider it short.

“You won’t listen if I tell you to stay here, will you?”

“You’re stating the obvious.”

This is a matter related to himself.

As one who was once the lord of a race, he could never push that responsibility onto someone else.

Reading such determination in Kargon’s eyes, I nodded.

“Let’s go.”

With the extraordinary force that is Kargon, breaking through to the center shouldn’t be too difficult.

Kargon nodded heavily and took a step forward.

At that moment.

“Grgh…”

Writhe writhe.

His unarmored upper body began to writhe roughly.

He punched his undulating muscles to calm them down and shouted while breathing heavily.

“Hurry!”

I nodded and quickly ran forward, passing Kargon who had briefly stopped.

As I leaped lightly over fallen stone pillars and sprinted forward, at that moment.

I detected a presence behind the collapsed debris directly ahead.

“Kuo.”

“Kuu?”

“Kuik!”

Three orcs charging as if they had been waiting.

Each of them wore mineral armor and wielded stone weapons.

[Black Dragon]

My right hand transformed.

As I ran forward, I planted my right foot firmly into the ground.

With a deep mark carved into the ground, my speed decreased.

Having successfully braked, I twisted my waist.

[Mist – Rampage]

One orc made its entrance and exit simultaneously.

Immediately after, I kicked off the ground with the right foot I had planted and spun lightly to the side, extending my claws.

[Mist – Mist Blade]

The mist blade that formed on my claws spread in all directions following my rotating body.

The mist blade that easily tore through armor went on to slice through the orc’s muscles as well.

Having instantly defeated three orcs, I landed on the ground and immediately kicked off again.

“…Master. What exactly happened?”

“What do you mean?”

“Your movements have become quite extraordinary, haven’t they?”

“That old man made me this way.”

I replied lightly to the surprised Elpinire while pointing behind us.

There, Kargon, who had barely managed to suppress his curse, was following us at high speed.

“Gasp!”

Jini seemed frightened by Kargon’s appearance and swallowed nervously.

“Hooo…”

Elpinire only looked at Kargon with interested eyes.

“Anyway, it seems like this is just the beginning.”

Was what just happened merely an appetizer?

The presences detected by my mana were gradually increasing.

‘About a hundred of them.’

Just moments ago, only one was detected, but while I was responding to Elpinire, it had increased to a hundred.

It felt like dozens were increasing every second.

“Kuiiik!”

“Kuoooo!”

While passing under the collapsed stone bridge, a shadow fell over our heads.

Rolling my eyes upward, I saw dozens of Orcs throwing themselves toward this place.

Gritting my teeth, I clenched my fist.

But then.

“Conserve your strength.”

Whoosh-

With a dull sound of cutting through the air, something yellow shot over our heads.

Before I could identify what it was, the rapidly fired projectile tore apart all the Orcs that had been trying to attack from above.

“Kyaak!?”

I caught Jini, who was blown away like a piece of paper by the powerful wind pressure, and looked at what was embedded in the wall.

It was an arrow that was too large to be called an arrow and had a slightly strange balance to be called a spear.

“You must have pushed yourself quite hard in the ravine, so I’ll break through this place. Conserve your strength.”

“That’s quite thoughtful. But I don’t want to owe favors to a corpse that’s about to die.”

“Haha, even among corpses, there are different kinds. The fact that even someone like me is stronger than you hasn’t changed.”

That was true enough.

He should be unable to exert his full power while suppressing the curse, yet his strength hadn’t diminished at all.

Kargon reached toward the arrow embedded in the wall.

Then the arrow was pulled from the wall by the power of stone and naturally returned to Kargon’s hand.

He nocked the arrow on the string of the massive stone bow he was holding.

“I’ll create a straight path forward for you all.”

Creak-

The moment the silver-gleaming string was drawn, the yellow bow limb that looked like solid stone bent.

“Stone is bending…?”

“This is a special alloy. It’s the only remaining trace of what was created when the Orcs formed a civilization.”

Kargon spoke with a proud voice and drew the string even stronger.

Arms swelling as if about to burst.

Back contorted like a demon’s face.

In the midst of it all, Kargon calmly exhaled and released the string.

[Orcus – Fury]

His rage, honed to protect someone precious but never seeing light after losing everyone.

Now fired toward those he once cherished, for the sake of those he must protect.

Like suppressed emotions exploding, the fired dark red fury didn’t stop and pierced through everything blocking its path.

Everything blocking the way disappeared.

A single arrow had twisted the terrain of the entire area.

Letting out a small bitter laugh, I ran without hesitation along the path Kargon had created.

I didn’t look back.

It was natural.

“…You’re quite perceptive.”

The reason Kargon had just fired this arrow was.

It was the last gift left by him who could no longer endure.

“Sorry. I’ve been learning to read situations since I was young.”

When he had swept away the Orcs above our heads earlier.

Kargon’s body had shuddered again when he retrieved the arrow.

Though he had maintained an indifferent expression then, I noticed that his mana had momentarily wavered.

‘He said one hour.’

Far from one hour, he looked like he couldn’t even last 10 minutes.

This probably wasn’t Kargon’s fault.

The curse dwelling in his body was devouring his body faster than even he had expected.

Kargon knew this best.

So he strained himself to draw the bowstring.

He drew the bowstring with even the strength to maintain his sanity.

And the arrow that left that string now.

“There it is!”

Had reached the central area of Berdine.

I shouted while looking at the arrow that had stopped in mid-air, unable to advance further.

In front of the arrow that couldn’t move forward stood a half-collapsed temple.

Now was the opportunity, while the Orcs were too frightened by the powerful force contained in the arrow to approach.

Taking a deep breath, I bent my knees and wrapped mist around my legs.

[Mist – Mist Flight]

Shot forward at high speed.

The arrow blocked by something invisible grew closer.

When I reached near the arrow.

I thrust my right hand forward-

“Huh?”

What?

Why is there nothing here?

I had thought there must be something I couldn’t detect since the arrow was clearly blocked.

But when I actually swung my fist, it was just empty air.

Twisting my body to land on the ground, I raised my head.

There, the massive arrow was still stopped in mid-air, spinning fiercely.

“…I thought so.”

Kargon’s attack had been blocked by empty air.

This meant only one thing.

“Kargon couldn’t destroy this temple himself.”

Kargon’s attacks could never reach the temple, no matter what.

That’s why Kargon couldn’t destroy the temple.

Reaching to the side, I grasped the temple wall with my right hand.

And when I applied force to my grip, the temple crumbled pathetically easily.

Scattering the debris remaining in my hand on the ground, I quietly spoke.

“Elpinire, Jini.”

“Yes.”

“Yes.”

“Keep the Orcs from approaching the temple.”

“Got it.”

“Understood!”

If it were me instead of Kargon.

I could smash this temple to pieces.

The arrow that had been suspended in mid-air lost its power and crashed to the ground.

Perhaps because of that, the terrified Orcs were now charging toward this place.

Elpinire and Jini, who had nodded their heads, naturally scattered to the left and right.

One Elf breathing life into the withered earth with each step.

One girl blooming the essence of life from within the shadows.

Both of them began to emit mana from their entire bodies.

“Come on in, you monster bastards.”

“It’s Master’s command! Everyone, please block the charging Orcs!”

Two massive powers blooming forth.

Turning my body, I spread my arms and lightly struck the wall I had just cracked.

“I’ll finish this as quickly as possible.”

Crack.

The wall surface splitting apart.

Having easily collapsed the entrance, I smiled and walked into the crumbling temple.

[Head to the Orc’s Temple]

[Achieved]

[Moving to the next floor]

[8th Floor]

[Destroy the Orc’s Temple]

[Not Achieved]

From now on, this place is scheduled for demolition.

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