Arcane Lord

At the same time, the soldiers in Jilan Town also began to take action, but unlike the usual hunting, this time they went out to capture an injured mage, but the powerful magical power still intimidated all the soldiers.

Except for Captain Gauss, who had direct contact with Rohr, the others thought of taking a perfunctory approach and had no intention of pursuing it once they left the town. They just wandered around the edges of the fields around the town.

Only Captain Gauss wanted to investigate seriously because his friend was killed. Even if his current subordinates did not agree with it, he suppressed it very forcefully with the orders of the lord and the priest.

…

Three days later, in the forest, on an inconspicuous tree.

Xia Duo stretched his body carefully. He had been having a hard time these past few days. He could only eat a few nuts from the leather tree every day, which was very detrimental to his body's recovery.

Even after three days, he has only recovered a little physical strength. As for his spell casting ability, he can cast 3-level spells, but basically he can only cast 3-level spells once a day, or multiple lower-level spells.

There is absolutely no freedom like casting spells in the main plane!

The main reason is that my body is very weak and I don’t get enough rest every day. Even if there is a magic alarm in the forest, he can't sleep peacefully, let alone how can he sleep comfortably in a tree!

Fortunately, despite the shortage of food, there is quite enough drinking water. [Water Making Technique] is the first original spell that Sha Duo has developed since he traveled to this magical world.

Regardless of whether anyone else could do this spell, at least it was like this for him. And this was already accomplished when he was still an apprentice.

In view of this experience, Sha Duo has added [Food Creation Technique] to the list of subsequent research. In addition to using dimensional bags and portable space to store food, using magic to temporarily create it is also an important supplement.

After all, portable space is limited after all.

When he was thinking about how to use the time in the projection plane after his body recovered, Xia Duo suddenly discovered that the magic alarm had been triggered. Now he was no longer on the original tree, but on another branch. Large, leafy trees make it easier to hide.

There are two creatures that just triggered the alarm, they are larger, they seem to be——

Orcs?

But why did the orcs appear in the forest?

This is not the Green Pearl Forest. When he was flying in the sky, he carefully observed the nearby terrain. There were plains from the town he left in the north to the narrow sea further north.

To the west of the plain, there are mountains far away. Of course there are mountains to the east and south, but they are more distant and blocked by rivers. How come two orcs appear in the forest here?

Looking at the direction, the two orcs came from the south. I don't know what the situation was. If it was a wave of orcs, even if he fully recovered, he would have to avoid the edge temporarily.

What's more, in such a weak situation, of course, he wouldn't be afraid if there were just one or two orcs.

Thinking like this, the dull sound of "puff" footsteps could be heard from the south, which seemed particularly harsh in this quiet forest. Xia Duo had a thought and quickly used the [Invisibility Technique] to hide his figure.

If possible, he still didn't want to conflict with the two orcs. He now needed to guide positive energy to restore himself every day. If the spell was used on the orcs, it would delay his normal recovery progress.

Soon, through the gaps in the leaves and branches, Xia Duo saw a fleeting figure of a humanoid creature. It was indeed an orc, and it was also holding a weapon-a three-foot-long wooden stick.

The orcs would not pass directly by the tree where he was now, which made Shado feel a little relieved, but just when he thought the two orcs were about to leave, they stopped.

One of the shorter orcs was sniffing around with his nose out. When he saw this, Xia Duo felt bad. Of course, he considered the smell of blood on his body.

Although he had no alternative clothes and could only wear the tattered single clothes, he still washed them carefully several times, and after picking the fruit from the leather tree, he also moved it to a different place.

For this reason, Xia Duo paid the price of being on tenterhooks all day without any magic power around him. He sniffed the clothes on his body, and there was indeed a faint smell of blood.

But from so far away, the orcs can still smell it?

However, the situation is like this, and he is already prepared. As long as the orcs find him, then he——

Naturally, he had to use the only third level [Flying Technique] to run away.

Perhaps it would be possible to kill them, but that would come at the cost of not being able to use [Flying]. If there were orcs behind, they would be dumbfounded if they tried to run away.

Seeing the short orc sniffing around, as if to smell his direction, Sha Duo suddenly saw the tall orc slap the short orc on the head, the sound was clear and loud, obviously with great force.

The short orc was stunned for a moment, and then the two orcs started fighting!

Xia Duo was stunned by this scene. At first, the two orcs only fought with fists and kicks, but soon they started to fight with each other. They let out angry roars and used wooden sticks.

The orcs were so powerful that the sticks with thick human arms whirred as they swung them. After a while, the short orc fell to the ground, groaning weakly and looking like he was about to run out of breath.

The next scene allowed Xia Duo to truly see the brutality of the orcs. He saw the tall orc forcefully tearing off a leg from the short orc.

Just chew it alive!

Even though I have heard that goblins, orcs, trolls and other creatures can eat their own kind before, this is the first time I have seen it with my own eyes!

Xia Duo felt like he was going to vomit. After the tall orc finished eating the thigh, he tore off another thigh and an arm before continuing to walk north with fresh rations.

Looking at the direction in which the orcs were leaving, Xia Duo fell into deep thought. For some reason, he suddenly thought of the orc tide. Perhaps this was the beginning of the orc tide.

Xia Duo had the idea that he could no longer stay in the forest.

…

Somewhere underground.

In a bright hall, four masked humans sat facing each other. After a while, a strong man wearing sun-patterned armor walked out of the secret room at the back.

The strong man did not hide his face. As soon as he came over, he sat in the seat vacated by the four masked men. When they couldn't ask, he took the initiative to speak:

"Everyone, I have received the revelation from my lord that the tide of orcs will come from the south!"

"This is impossible!"

One of the masked men immediately retorted, "There has never been a wave of orcs from the south. Could it be that you are mistaken?"

"There is no need to doubt the power of my Lord." The strong man was not angry, because he knew that the other party did not really doubt, but was just worried and afraid, so that he could not believe it. He continued:

"This matter must be notified to everyone. If we are not prepared in advance, Netheril may be destroyed here."