Dungeon of Pride, Laplace

With a supersonic speed, the tail smashed onto the place where the orc general was. Just before the tail was a few inches away from him, Berigard uttered some peculiar words

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BOOOOMM'¦ dozens of meters of land was displaced and the power behind the attack made the ground tremble for a good long while. A crater dozens of meters deep was created from the point of impact and tiny debris fell everywhere like rain.

The Diluvian High orcs were stunned, not because of the might behind the attack but because their orc general did not move from his spot and had taken the attack head-on. Did he think that he could take the attack and come out unscathed? Such were the thoughts of the high orcs as they looked inside the crater with their wide-open eyes.

Even with the Diluvian High Orc's defence, it was impossible to take on the attack and come out without any damage not to mention the likes of them would be instantly killed if that attack of the LIghtning Draconic Serpent connected. The mere thought of it made their bodies shiver.

All the high orcs watched with horror at the aftermath of the last attack and the silhouette of the orc general that was not surfacing from the crater.

The ones that did not have a hint of doubt on their faces were the two orc commanders as they intensely observed the Lightning Draconic Serpent looking for any openings it may show. Their orders were clear and precise, they had enough faith for their general that they were completely unfazed by the last attack.

"Hehe, it seems that this one had overestimated you. Did you think that the likes of you is capable enough to endure my attack?" the Lightning Draconic Serpent bellowed in delight. From his perspective, it was a foolish move for the puny orc to contend with it in the first place.

Not to mention the orc general's foolish ambition of subjugating it. The laughter of the Lightning Draconic Serpent rang across the land and pounded heavily at the hearts of the High Orcs who were starting to lose hope after their general was done in by that.

Although they were cowering, none of them retreated and held their ground that was because their two commanders haven't given them a single order.

"Hmm! What's going on?" The Lightning Draconic Serpent pulled its tail back and looked at the crater it had created in confusion. Its draconic eyes narrowed as it searched for the presence of the figure that should have been squashed at the bottom of it.

However, to its surprise there was no one inside, the crater was completely empty, the corpse of the orc general was nowhere to be seen.

"How is that possible? I remember seeing my attack connecting. There is no way that puny orc could have dodged it in time" The Lightning Draconic Serpent became confused and looked all around it in search of the figure that should have been inside the crater.

Nevertheless, the moment it detected the abnormality, it was already too late.

Thick amounts of mana convulsed up in the air and formed into a huge mountain hundreds of meters in size. Berigard's figure could be seen high up in the sky holding his wooden staff and pouring an unimaginable amount of mana into it.

The force of the magic created in return was so great that the mana around the surroundings visibly took on a yellowish hue. that in itself was enough to tell how enormous the mana pool of the orc general was.

"It is too early for you to celebrate your victory Lightning Draconic Serpent. [Tremor Magic Mastery]:- [Falling Meteor]".

A pressure like that of a heavy mountain descended onto the ground. The moment the huge mountain of a rock took form, it immediately succumbed to gravity and started falling towards the Lightning Draconic Serpent who was right below it.

The momentum and velocity at which it was falling gave goosebumps to anyone watching the scene. Noticing the unusual behaviour of their enemy that was unlike any victor, the Diluvian High Orcs started connecting the dots and immediately understood that the fight was still far from over.

As if to answer their doubts, the voice of the orc general reverberated across the place. Looking all around, they spotted their mighty orc general levitating high up in the sky. However, they did not have the presence of mind to question how their general had reached there as their gobsmacked eyes stared at the gigantic mountain that was similarly floating behind him.

The mountain was gigantic and nobody knew when it appeared there. It cast a huge shadow on the Lightning Draconic Serpent and before anybody could even catch their breath, it dropped from that height bringing down a devastating might along with it.

"NOW'¦ attack its flank" The two orc commanders shouted at the top of their lungs snapping the daze looking orcs from their stupor. The command that they were given might be suicidal when it was possible that they themselves might get caught up in the area of the attack and die.

But even then these Diluvian High Orcs obeyed their orders and charged at the Lightning Draconic Serpent leaving all of their fear behind. The two orc commanders also took their weapons out and joined the fray along with their army.

The High Orcs roared and immediately surrounded the Lightning Draconic Serpent not allowing it to move away from the spot. Clubs and axes came targeting its eyes and underbelly that had much weaker defence and far fewer scales making it the Lighting Draconic Serpent only weak spots.

CLANG'¦ CLANG'¦ SLASH'¦ while it defending against the attacks that came targeting its eyes, some of the weapons thrown managed to cut its soft underbelly from which blood sprayed out like a fountain.

ROOOAARR'¦ BANG'¦ Twisting and coiling its slithery body in anger, it managed to push back many of the orcs injuring them heavily in the process. These pesky orcs were truly getting on its nerves as they kept him from getting away every time.

TREMBLE'¦ the mountain like meteor cast a huge shadow on the Lightning Draconic Serpent as it kept creeping nearer. Perceiving the danger of the meteor and realising that the orcs would do anything to prevent it from moving away, the Lightning Draconic Serpent decided not to run and face the attack instead.

The vertical pupils of its eyes glowed with a tinge of blue and subsequently, its entire body started erupting with lightning.

RUMBLE'¦ It opened its jaws wide and started condensing a high voltage lightning breath one again.

ZZzSsTt'¦ the [Lightning Breath] kept on getting brighter and before long a beam of blue lightning was spat out that swiftly flew towards the descending meteor.

The air vibrated even before the attacks met and the atmosphere trembled in front of their might. BANG'¦ the temporary silence was drowned out by the deafening sounds of the attacks clashing against each other.

The shockwave generated was so terrible that the surrounding orcs were immediately swept off the ground and thrown hundreds of meters back.

The attacks ate away at each other with none able to gain an edge over the other.

ROAAAARRR'¦ the deadlock lasted for a while before the Lightning Draconic Serpent used its [Frenzy] and [Dragon Blood] skill each of which further boosted its power and strengthened the breath even further.

RUMBLE'¦ the pressure of the [Lightning Breath] started building even further and started pushing the meteor back. CRACK'¦ small cracks started running the surface of the meteor before falling apart.

Little by little, the meteor started breaking and its debris falling from the sky like rain. Due to the downwards velocity of the meteor and clashing against a high voltage lightning breath, the debris that fell down were lightning charged and heated to the extreme.

One could imagine what happened next as these thousands of debris that broke out of the meteor fell onto the forest below. The scene that unfolded after was truly hellish, as far as the eye could see the hail of rocks bombarded everywhere.

Those orcs that were unfortunate enough to be near the proximity of these debris, were instantly blown into smithereens. Those that survived the impact, were badly scorched and on the brink of death.

Their numbers which had already been cut down short, was slashed even further after this attack. The army consisting of hundreds of level 300+ Diluvian High Orcs which could easily destroy multiple cities in a few hours, amounted to nothing but impediment when against opponent hundreds of levels above.

The strength gap between them was truly gigantic that even their high numbers couldn't make up for.

The meteor that was hundreds of meters huge in only a few minutes, was reduced to half the size. CRACK'¦ at this point, the [Lightning Breath] had started to gain even more edge and managed to turn the situation in its favour.

Berigard who was manipulating the meteor from high up in the sky, started to frown increasingly as the size of the meteor was slowly being broken down. The surprise attack he had put so much effort and mana into, was failing to accomplish its job and breaking apart in front of his eyes.

He had not underestimated his enemy the Lightning Draconic Serpent and had even put enough precaution to attack when its guard was down the most. Nonetheless, even after all of that his attack was blocked and losing out in a frontal fight.

There was no doubt in his mind, if the situation developed as it is now, the meteor would be completely broken apart.