Chapter 47: Qiu Nuoya vs. The Orc

Qiu Nuoya was just as surprised.

It actually worked!

He found himself staring blankly at his own hand for a moment. But this was not the time to stand around thinking.

He could figure everything out later.

"Everyone, let’s get out of here!"

"R... Right! We have to escape!"

One of the women tried to stand but immediately stumbled and collapsed to the ground.

"That’s right... Lady Sherria injured her leg..."

The woman who called herself Sherria was injured.

If Qiu Nuoya were a strong adult man, he would have carried her and escaped.

Unfortunately, Qiu Nuoya’s body was smaller than anyone else present.

The other women also looked physically weak.

They might be able to support her, but there was no way they could carry her while escaping quickly.

"If only I still had enough magic power, an injury like this would be nothing. Ah, that’s right. You’re a mage, aren’t you? Do you have any items that can restore magic power?"

Qiu Nuoya weakly shook his head.

He had truly come here without preparing anything.

Once again, he regretted his carelessness.

But magic power, recovery...

Holy magic!

"I might be able to heal that injury!"

"Huh?"

"I’ve never tried it before, but the church told me that I have an aptitude for holy magic!"

The woman looked at him and about to say something. However, her words were drowned out by loud cries.

"Uwaaaah!"

"Ahhhhh!"

"We’re being crushed!!"

"Mochi!?"

Qiu Nuoya quickly turned around and standing there was a huge figure.

It was something enormous and standing proudly on two legs.

"Why is an orc here...?"

The woman named Sherria muttered in disbelief.

An orc?

That thing?

Qiu Nuoya was certain that he had never seen that name on the monster distribution map for this area.

Its body was enormous.

A monster this large should have had difficulty hiding near human settlements.

The city was home to skilled adventurers, including Viktor and the others.

There was no way such a large monster could have gone unnoticed.

"Mochi, help..."

The orc was stepping on Mochi and tearing the slime apart.

A slime would not die as long as its core remained intact.

However, Mochi’s body was being ripped apart carelessly and pieces of it splattered in every direction.

Mochi’s body rapidly became smaller

.

This was bad.

At this rate, Mochi’s core would be crushed!

"Wind Cutter!"

Qiu Nuoya instinctively launched a Wind Cutter toward the Orc.

The blade of wind scraped across the Orc’s outer skin, but it did not seem to cause any serious damage.

However, the attack itself must have irritated it.

The Orc silently turned its sharp gaze toward him.

The Orc’s appearance was like a much larger version of a Goblin, but unlike Goblins, it was clearly not something that could be defeated easily.

It was probably the one that had created this cage as well.

The Orc threw the completely demoralized Mochi onto the ground.

Mochi spread out with a wet splat, but after a moment, it quietly started crawling away.

Seeing that it was still alive, Qiu Nuoya felt relieved for the moment.

However, even with Mochi safe, their situation had not changed.

They were still in an absolutely hopeless position.

"Everyone, wait for an opening and run that way!"

"But..."

Ah.

That’s right.

He still had not healed the woman’s injured leg.

Holy magic.

He had never been injured before, so he had never tried using it.

But he should be able to use it.

Probably.

It would be fine!

Besides, there was no time to think about it now.

"Heal!"

A radius of about two meters around Qiu Nuoya began glowing brightly.

The women looked at him in surprise.

The Orc seemed unused to the light and narrowed its eyes while letting out a low growl.

When the glow disappeared, Sherrialooked even more shocked.

"This is impossible... It’s healed..."

She stared at her healed leg in disbelief.

Still, as long as it was healed, that was what mattered.

"Quickly, run!"

"Aero!"

Wind Cutter is a just low level spell and it had barely affected the Orc.

However, Aero seemed to have some effect.

The Orc immediately let out a furious roar.

The entire cave trembled from the sound.

The echo inside the large cavern made Qiu Nuoya feel like his head was splitting apart.

Was this also a type of attack?

Qiu Nuoya shook his head and glared at the Orc.

The Aero had affected the Orc, but it had not dealt a fatal blow.

If only he knew its weakness.

At that moment, Qiu Nuoya suddenly realized something.

This was exactly when he should use his Appraisal skill.

He focused his mind and silently said, Appraisal.

Just like before, a window appeared over the Orc

...

[ Orc ]

[ Attribute ]: Earth

[ Weakness ]: Fire

[ Description ]: A higher species of Goblin. Low intelligence and extremely cruel. Prefers to eat human flesh.

...

Its weakness was fire!

That was enough information.

Qiu Nuoya immediately closed the appraisal window.

"Fireball!"

The ball of flame struck the Orc directly.

The Orc let out another roar.

Seriously, this thing was way too loud!

The Orc was not very agile.

Its huge body probably made its movements slower.

If he got caught, escaping would be difficult.

But as long as he maintained his distance, he had the advantage because he could attack from afar.

The Orc’s roar still made his head ache, but Qiu Nuoya thought that maybe he could actually handle this.

At least, he thought that until he was suddenly struck in the back.

"...Ah..."

Qiu Nuoya was struck in the back.

He quickly turned around, only to see several goblins still there, screeching and making a terrible racket.

You guys were still here...?

He had thought Mochi had already defeated all of them.

Because the Orc’s roar was still echoing painfully in his head, Qiu Nuoya had failed to notice the goblins approaching.

Now, he had no way to respond to their surprise attack.

On top of that, close combat was not his strength.