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Chapter 7 - Attack of the Orcs

As the sun rises in the morning there are 15 orcs all together in front of the village. They are all equipped with leather armor or a mix of leather and steal. They all have either an axe attached to their side or an short sword. All of them have a buckler attached to their left arm except Haulkfur who has two axes on his side. Gudok starts to speak with them "Its a days travel so we need to set out now so we can have enough time to rest before attacking at night. RECRUITS if you fall behind or cant keep up don't bother returning to training camp after. You will not be fit to be warriors!!! Now everyone grab a bag it will have your rations inside and the vials for the blood the shaman needs."

After the orcs grabbed their bags they set out following Gudok across the plains south ward towards a forest. After awhile the orc recruits started talking whilst running through the forest "This will be easy we are just fighting against some easy ass goblins. I wish we could of fought against stronger opponent like kobolds or orcs."

"Yah this will be easy if we are just fighting against goblins."

"Shut up you two. You young'uns know nothing. You know Fullan the chieftain's advisor he lost his eye to an elderly goblin when he was only a little older than yall. He would have lost his life if the elder wasn't already on his last breath. Don't underestimate goblins they are the craftiest and smartest of hundreds of races and they can get strong too. Once their was a Goblin champion who after years of no one being able to kill him evolved his class and acquired the title Gobleak the undefeated. He terrorized the north for years before the strongest orc warrioress to ever exist Bolar came along and defeated him. He was her first opponent to her rise to legend hood. Plus every once in a while a Goblin King will emerge forming his kingdom and causing chaos across the lands. Remember this if goblins are so weak why do we always have to cull their number and why are they still around today?"

"Good point Haulkfur" Gudok replied hearing the conversation "You recruits need to be very aware of your surroundings when we finally inter the goblin's home."

"GULP. Yes sir." the orc who originally brought the conversation said.

When the sun was directly above their heads Gudok ordered everyone to take a break and eat some of their rations. They would stay here till the about an hour before the sun set before heading out again. Once said time arrived the group set out again heading towards the goblins.

Eventually Gudok stopped and told Haulkfur that he would go ahead kill the guards before coming back to get them so they could enter the cave as quietly as possible.

Through the forest Gudok made his way traveling with the shadows while an orange sky started to get darker. He eventually made his way to where the goblins were. Upon arriving he slowly made his way behind them crawling on top of the cave entrance. He slowed down his breath laid still blending into the wind then dropped down right on top of the goblin. He instantly slit its throat making sure to cut the vocal cords. Then in that same instant he threw a knife out of his sheath sending it right into the back of the head of the other goblin killing both in a single instant. He then hid the bodies in some bushes before quickly returning to grab the the orcs.

When Gudok returned he informed the orcs to be as quite as possible once they reached the entrance to the cave. Gudok went first with Haulkfur by his side while the recruits were in the middle and the three orc guardsmen were in the back covering them. As they traveled through the cave there were torchers periodically lighting up the way. As they were walking Gudok suddenly tapped Haulkfur shoulder pointing towards a dark spot on the wall. Haulkfur instantly knew that this was a alternate route that goblins were no doubt waiting to ambush from. Gudok then pointed to the recruits right before Haulkfur was going to charge for it 'Damn that Gudok is vicious he wants to test the recruits with this trap.' Haulkfur quickly changed his attuited and continued to walk forward like he had seen nothing.

None of the recruits noticed anything and blindly followed Gudok. The three guardsmen held back a bit and like clock work twelve goblins sprang out of the crack and attacked the recruits.

"AHHH attack!!!" yelled an orc recruit getting swarmed and stabbed by three goblins.

"Form up get together! Remember your training!!" Haulkfur yelled.

Three recruits already lay dead on the ground with the others with cut and stabs all over but eventually they form up and push back. They used their superior strength to bash the goblins and over power them. After minutes of hacking and slashing six recruits remain with blood all over themselves and their weapons.

"Blergh" an orc throws up on the ground collapsing on his knees.

"Congratulations recruits you just survived your first battle. Now go back and rest outside we will finish the rest." Haulkfur said picking the orc up. "Lindrick good work your in charge of the recruits rest and recoup I am promoting you to leader of the recruits."

Lindrick smiled and lead the orcs outside.

After the recruits were out of eyesight gudok started moving forward again with Haulkfur by his side. When they came to the end of the tunnel it opened to a big space with a dome like top. Inside their was about 10 goblins and a huge goblin as tall as an orc protecting 20 odd goblins either to old to fight or to young to fight.

"CHARGEEE!!! the orc champion shouted barreling towards Haulkfur.

"Come on you bastard!" Haulkfur roared running out to meet the challenge.

The other orcs rushed towards the 10 or so goblins while Gudok started to circle around the goblin champion looking for a time to strike.

The Orc champion's sword came crashing down on Haulkfur. Haulkfur's muscles bulged and his eyes started to turn red. He put his axes in a cross shape and deflected the blade and went for an side chop to the abdomen but quickly retreated when the goblin tried to kick him. While the orc champion tried to kick Haulkfur Gudok attacked from behind with a dagger going for the goblins other leg however just before he strikes his sense go wild and he pulls back at the last moment before a fire ball crashes where he would of been searing his leg.

"FUCK, there's a shaman. Haulkfur I'll distract him you finish the goblin champion and come help me." Gudok shouted before sprinting towards the shaman who was hiding in-between the old goblins.

Haulkfur hearing this charged to meet the goblin champion. He threw his axe right before he got the goblin hitting him in the should the goblin champion stumbled back wards Haulkfur then followed up by using his other axe to chop of the goblins arm. The goblin champion then headbutted Haulkfur before kicking him back wards. The goblin champion yelling then charged at Haulkfur but was stabbed in the back before he could reach him by one of the orc guardsmen.

Gudok charging at the shaman quickly took the pill that the shaman gave him and charged at the goblin shaman. The pill made Gudok at least 20% faster letting him Doge balls of fire much easier. Gudok then throws one of his knives catching the shaman off guard and stopping him from sending another spell his way. Gudok then speeds up and stabs the goblin in the throat killing him.

"That's why the shaman was so weak he is sick." Gudok said while looking at the black spots all of the shaman. "Thank the Gods. If he was in prime condition he would of done a lot more damage then some minor burns."

Gudok then got up and started to slaughter the remaining goblins young and old. After everything was over he commanded the orcs to take out some vials and collect blood from all the goblins. Finally after searching through the cave and only finding some coins and rusty weapons gathered the orcs and started to head back to the village as the sun rose from the sky.