The surprise attack was a success.
8 of the Orcs fell in the pitfalls, and their surprised shouts woke up the rest of them.
But even then, they were in chaos and were unable to take proper actions.
Searching for their weapons, they panicked as they looked at their fallen comrades.
Jumping out of the bushes, I closed in towards the nearest Orc.
While surprised, it was able to swing its punch towards the sudden intruder but even faster than that, the iron knife cut at its underarm.
“Tch.”
[Too blunt.]
Seriously.
I did expect this but I could only click my tongue when the blade couldn’t cut through.
But, the ORc that busy looking at me, fell inside the pitfall created by Miss Francesca.
A dull could have not reacted when a pitfall suddenly appeared underneath it.
5 remaining.
Without minding their fallen comrades, two Orcs came towards me with their weapons.
“funn”
Moving to the area between those 2 Orcs, I kicked the knee of one of the Orcs.
Orcs had small legs. That’s because it would be impossible to carry their overlarge body with normal human like legs.
This made them unable to make tight turns and lessened their reflexes.
Though it looked like I was trapped between two Orcs, they didn’t even face towards me right now.
I kicked once again. With more strength this time.
This time, with a dull sound, the Orc’s knee bent to an impossible direction and broke.
It’s thanks to my enhanced leg strength given by the cheat. If I were to kick seriously, I could blow away even a giant.
With that leg strength, the Orc’s one knee was snapped.
Unable to understand what had happened, the Orc stopped moving.
Finally, the other Orc turned towards me and raised its weapon.
“Renji-san!”
I ignored Miss Francesca’s voice.
Avoiding the incoming blow with a paper-thin distance, the other fallen Orc’s head was crushed instead by that blow.
If it’s impossible with my iron knife then all I have to do is use a different stronger attack.
The dull Orcs were good for that.
4 remaining. Also, the Orc that had attacked me just now fell down due to the gravity.
Right underneath me, the pig raised its hands high trying to crawl out of the hole.
It’s fingers reached the tip of the hole but it simply didn’t have the arm strength in it to carry itself out of there.
“3 remaining.”
Those 3 were running towards me from the other side.
I stepped back due to their intensity and ran while dodging the nearby pitfall.
I’m not trying to escape though.
“Pitfall!!”(renji)
A pitfall was created in front of my path. Jumping over it, I heard groans from behind me.
As I looked back, Orcs that had been chasing after me were reduced to 2.
We can do this. A slight sense of hope was born in my chest.
But, the 2 Orcs who judged Miss Francesca to be more of a threat than me began running in my opposite direction.
I quickly stopped and began to chase after the Orcs that were ignoring me.
Since they were slow, I quickly caught up and kicked their back with my full strength.
And just like that, another one fell into a pitfall.
[What a ridiculous fighting style…….only one of them has actually died, you know?]
“If I can fight safely then it doesn’t matter.”
Last one—-just as my eyes caught towards the remaining one, the black Orc entered my view.
Since water was dripping from its body, it was probably bathing till now.
It really does live leisurely. But, it also proved that it really was intelligent. An Orc that bathes is too weird after all.
Maybe it returned in panic, its breath was ragged.
“Miss Francesca!”
“Yes!”
A pitfall appeared underneath it.
But it dodged it by jumping back a second earlier.
——It’s not just intelligent but also quick, eh?
And, the remaining normal Orc headed towards Miss Francesca without hesitation.
“Run! Calm down and—-“(renji)
[Dodge, Renji!!]
While I was trying to speak to Miss Francesca, I was startled.
Above the black Orc, a lump of rock was floating.
I know what that is.
“An Orc is using magic!?!”(renji)
As I hurriedly jumped, a rock the size of a human fell down on the place I was standing earlier.