"Grun-Thar! Look at the size of that Scale Lizard! How can it grow up to Tarzul's size?" a few younger orcs said as they followed the two orc warriors straight to Cullen Azog's house. Due to their insatiable curiosity, a few of the orc craftsmen went ahead to touch the scales without permission.
One of them was shocked the moment a deep cut appeared on his palm.
"Grun-Thar! What a sharp scale! My hand is bleeding right now!" the orc craftsman quickly pressed his wound and returned to his place while the others were laughing at him.
None of the orcs dared to approach the creature anymore after that. Walking unobstructed to their chieftain's place, the two orc warriors quickly made their way into the basement level.
**Knock - Knock - Knock**
The door to Cullen Azog's workshop was knocked. After they got his permission to come in, the two orc warriors excitedly speak.
"Chieftain! Look at this mutated Scale Lizard corpse! It was much bigger than the usual abomination soldier we killed all the time." said the Orc Warrior beside Yzak.
Even Cullen Azog was shocked by the sheer size of this Scale Champion in front of him. Just like the others, Cullen Azog felt that this corpse here does not lose to Tarzul's figure at all.
'There's actually a mutant of this size? How big can these abomination soldiers grow?' he asked himself. Furthermore, there was a hint of an indescribable link between him and the Scale Champion the moment his eyes landed on this monstrous vile spawn.
'What is this feeling?' Cullen Azog felt that his Exalt Force is getting restless. Getting off his chair and walked over to the corpse on the ground, Cullen Azog's hand hovered above the massive body with scales all over from head to toe.
"Over here... This is where the feeling is much stronger than everywhere else.' Cullen Azog's hand stopped in the middle of the Scale Champion's cranium.
"Crack open the skull and checked out what is inside for me," Cullen Azog said as he pointed his finger on the middle of the Scale Champion's head. Without any question asked, the two orc warriors immediately obeyed his order.
The blade immediately went towards the Scale Champion's skull. But the result didn't end up as they expected. The sword about the length of an orc's arm was broken on impact.
"Grun? The sword broke!" Yzak stares at his own sword. A feeling of sorrow overwhelms him in this instant. To him, this sword was regarded as more important than his own life.
But to Cullen Azog, something else came into his mind as he stares at his palm. Adjusting the state of his mind and trying to harness the Exalt Force within his body, this chieftain chopped his hand at the creature's skull.
*ZUP!*
A crack appeared. Even Cullen Azog himself was surprised by the fact Exalt Force can be used this way.
"Chieftain is mighty! What will the others think if they know that our leader is capable of cutting the skull that not even a sword can cut?" the other orc warrior said.
"Leave my room for now. I want Tarzul to the frontline. Yzak, you'll stay in the village until I made you some new weapon. What do you like?" Cullen Azog said with a smile on his face.
"I... I can get a new sword?" Yzak kneeled in front of Cullen Azog when he heard that he'll be given a new sword. This word is like a surprise to him.
"I would love to have a shorter but stronger sword." Yzak immediately requested.
"Good. Now leave my room. I don't want anyone to disturb me except when it's time to eat." Cullen Azog pointed his hand on the door and ordered them to leave.
"Grun-Thar!" the two orc warriors quickly acknowledge his order and left.
"This is not a coincidence... There must be some link in between this Exalt Force, and something is making us fight. I must find out what's the connection between this." Cullen Azog tossed the head into the Allforge and once again placed his hand on the part supposed to be the control panel.
The Allforge trembled the moment he concentrated and tried to inject the Exalt Force into the Allforge itself.
Bolts of lightning are immediately harnessed by the Allforge that works without an explanation. There is no explanation or common sense of what was happening inside the Allforge.
*Bzzt! - Bzzt!*
A surge of lightning can be seen coming out from Cullen Azog's eyes as he continues to operate the Allforge on his own. As the Exalt Force in him circulated all over his body, more and more understanding about this power started to come into his mind.
'Psychic Force... Natural... Limitless possibility... That's Exalt.' Cullen Azog shook his head as he undergoes an epiphany brought by pushing his Exalt Force into its limit. The strain and connection were suddenly cut off after he exhausted his mental strength.
At the same time he removes his hand, the Allforge opened.
Only a piece of shining stone about the size of an eyeball remained inside of the Allforge.
"Chieftain, it's time to eat," Yzak said behind the door.
"Bring them in." Cullen Azog answered.
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"Is the chieftain still inside his room?" Elder Roas asked.
"Yes. Chieftain is still studying the Allforge in his room, along with the corpse of the creature." Yzak immediately replied.
"The next time you bring food to him, let him know that there are some changes in the frontline. Tell him to not take too long studying those things inside his room." Elder Roas turned around and left after he finished instructing Yzak on what to do.
"Yzak... Come in," Cullen Azog's word came from behind the door not long after Elder Roas has left. Pushing the door open and entered without a hint of disobedience, Yzak came before Cullen Azog and kneeled before him like a pious believer of the chieftain.
"Let me reward you as the first Orc that successfully brought me back some precious material." Cullen Azog proceeds with putting on some metal pieces on Yzak's arm. In an instant, a surge of Exalt Force started to visibly appear all around his body.