"Huff…Huff…Huff…" William panted heavily. He held his slim sword with his two hands and his legs wobbled.
"Uuuuuuurrrrrrkkkk!" The orc charged at William like a bull.
…Nova, give me a live report of your analysis… William said and braced himself for the orc's incoming attack.
In William's eyes, the live calculations and reading of the orc appeared with numerous numbers and lines.
「Master, the calculations are in the process and currently have a 30% chance of inaccuracy.」
As the orc's hand went up, Nova showed how high it was, the predicted amount of strength in the fist, the speed at which it might come down, the range it might follow, and where it might land.
…No problem, I know. William saw the hand and rolled in the opposite direction of the predicted path the hand might follow.
*Slash*
"Argh!" William let out a cry of pain. A gaping wound ripped his clothes and the upper layer of his flesh. The calculated speed at which the hand came down wasn't accurate.
The orc was much faster and William was a bit out of the range of the attack. He was lucky the wound was only slightly deeper than a graze.
William's roll took him to the corner of the wall and since he couldn't properly channel his force, he hit the wall with his back.
William groaned then cursed, "F*ck…"
He weakly laid where he was and panted …It would've been slightly different at least if… at least if I was in top shape. Haaa, I spent the whole night fighting, slept a little, and woke up to fight some more. I'm… I'm beat.
"Hurrhgh…" The orc grunted as it turned to look at William. Its back was slouched.
William's eyes met with the monster's. His crimson eyes were weak and dark bags were under them.
The orc knew William was done, so it didn't run like before and calmly moved like a mountain and stopped in front of William before raising its hand to deal the final blow.
William looked at the hand and scoffed, "Heh, by any chance can you please not kill me?"
William looked at the other corner of the room and saw the goblin parent shielding the child. He closed his eyes and thought …I'm glad I didn't agree to murder that goblin. Hah, I remember Allison and I also had plans to have a child. What would we have named them again…
The hand of the orc started descending.
"Giiieeeeerrrr!" The goblin screamed as it left its child, then ran and jumped on the orc's back, then climbed up like a tenacious ant and bit the orc's neck.
"Uuuuurrrrrrkkkk!" The orc let out a pained cry but the goblin didn't stop. It used its fingers to forcibly pluck out the orc's right eye!
William opened his eyes to see this …The goblin, saved me? And I'm here ready to die?! No bloody way!
The orc grabbed the goblin by the head and slammed it on the floor!
William gripped his sword and rushed to the goblin as the orc's hand was coming down to crush it …Faster! Sh*t! Please! I just need to be a little bit faster!
William felt his legs become lighter and more energized. He got to the orc at the dying moment and used the pincer attack to stab the orc's palm!
"Uurrrrrrrkkkkk!" The orc roared fiercely while William carried the goblin and ran away.
William's sword was stuck in its palm so the orc had to remove it. The amount of rage it felt couldn't be put in words.
William kept the unconscious goblin beside the child and looked at the orc with things going through its head …A pincer attack can work against the orc. Why didn't I realize this sooner? A pincer attack has more concentrated force than a slash attack. Nova, you've analyzed the position of the veins and muscles of the orc, right?
「Yes, master.」
…Great! I need you to give me visual information about the position of its veins and its heart… In William's eyes, blue veins appeared on the orc in x-ray, and on the left side of its chest was a big red pounding object.
William said as he ran under the orc's fur skirt from behind.
William saw an almost 8-inch little brother under the skirt and felt intimidated by it. That was no little brother, it was a big brother …How on earth do you carry this monster around!? You're stronger, faster, bigger, and now to my surprise, longer. And it looks like it's in its rest state. Now I have one more reason to end you.
William punched the big brother and quickly ran out.
His punch wasn't powerful enough to cause damage but the orc felt violated by that attack.
It removed the slim sword stuck in its palm and flung it away then looked for the bastard that dared to try to damage his John Thomas.
…It's blinded in one eye. That's ok for me… William ran swiftly to pick up the sword.
The orc saw the goblin was incapacitated so it looked around, only to see William about to grab the sword it had just thrown away.
"Uuuuuuurrrrrrkkkk!" It roared and charged at William, the person that stabbed its palm and punched its big brother.
William charged at the orc too and slid under its leg.
…I just need to stab its heart, but I'm not tall enough to get to his heart. I need to either make it kneel or I need to climb… William quickly stood upright and took a deep breath.
…I only have one chance. If Nova's calculation is wrong then I'm done for. Nova, show me the movement for the particular goblin skill I'm thinking about. I'm ready to take the risk… William's side had a gaping wound, his face was filled with bruises and the bones at his limb joints felt like they were about to crumble.
The orc snotted and turned around and faced William.
William stabbed his sword into the ground and took careful strides towards the orc with a calm smile on his face.
Thump! Thump!
His feat-gripped heart pumped fiercely. His eyes saw the blood circulation system of the orc and its loudly beating heart. He kept on repeating …Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it…
"Uuuuurrrrrrkkkk!" The orc charged at William!
"Now!" William turned around and then ran to the wall, following the movements of a holographic goblin, he stepped on the wall with his left foot and back flipped!
The orc's hand almost grazed his back!
He landed on the back of the orc's moving hand. The orc couldn't immediately stop its hand so it got to where William's stuck the slim sword and grabbed it!
He jumped on the orc's elbow joint and positioned the slim sword horizontally for the pincer attack but on the x-axis to be able to pass through the rib cage.
…Please! Just a bit more strength! Just a bit more speed! William summoned his remaining energy and jumped!
He screamed, "We would've named them 'Hope'!"
*Pierce*
The mushy feeling of stabbing through flesh made William feel weird but it couldn't compare to how agitated he currently was. He hung from the orc's body.
"Uuuuurrrrrrkkkk!" It screamed and slapped William away.
William hit the wall with a boom and coughed out blood. He lay on the floor, almost lifeless.
The orc's massive build trodden towards William. The sword was in its chest, which means he didn't hit a rib, but it wasn't dying.
…Sh*t. What went wrong? Did I stab the wrong place? I don't… I don't want to die… An overwhelming sense of dread came upon him.
The orc raised its fists and came down fiercely at William. The air at his felt side parted ways as the hand came down with unbridled force.
William shut his eyes.