A few days later,
Killian was counting his gains after the battle. The chaos essences he got from the pervious battle is not low. Killing stronger enemies give him more essences.
Although the essences he got was not much, he can now able to make more chaos fiends in his pocket factory. Killian was quite satisfied with this since there will be more to come. After all, countless battles are happening all over the nine kingdoms.
At that moment the demi-human commander came. He looks extremely respectful towards Killian. It was a complete opposite when Killian first met him.
Its reasonable since he saw Killian's abilities. Killing Rasner and his three hundred wolf riders singlehandedly is something unheard of. Killian is sure to become one of the strongest person in the nine kingdoms.
"Great hero, have you been well?"
The commander smiled and respectfully said. The achievement Killian had done can be considered the most outstanding among the whole kingdom. Addressing him as a hero of demi-human kingdom is not much.
"Enough with the peasantries. Get over to business."
Killian had sick of praises over the past few days. If not for they still have their uses, he would had already killed them.
The commander bow and report.
"The reinforcement army is here and there is an order from the main army for you. They asked you to return to the capital."
"Alright. I'll get going then."
Killian waved at the commander and left. He was waiting for Carnoal to call him back. He was staying here to guard the resource point.
There are other kingdom that came to pressure the resource point in the past few days but there were not many soldiers or famous generals like the orc kingdom.
Since the news of Rasner dying here was spreading, the other kingdoms were wary and did not send large armies.
Now that the reinforcements had arrived, he can finally go back. He doesn't need to guard this place anymore. He also doesn't have anything to do here.
There will be no big invasions in the near future. The other kingdoms won't do anything big before they know the whole situation about what happened here.
The other kingdoms will only send small attack waves to probe the information. It is unlikely they will send pillars like Rasner. The reinforcements can take care of the small attack waves themselves.
Killian left not waiting for the commander to say anything. When he left his room, he saw a group of soldiers waiting for him.
"Greetings great hero. We are here to escort you back to the capital."
The soldiers bow and said. Killian nodded and proceed to the way back. Although the dark portal or shadow travel is faster, he doesn't need to rush. Its not too bad to take slowly and perverse some mana.
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In the orc kingdom,
"Rasner is dead?"
A terrifying voice sounded.
"Ye...yes, my king. According to the ones who escaped, both Rasner and all of the wolf riders had killed by just one demi-human."
The orc messenger was shaking in fear. Everytime there's a bad new, it was the messengers that has to suffer first.
"What! they were killed by a single enemy? Did the demi-human king personally come?"
The orc king asked. His voice is dark and terrifying. His body is five times of a normal human.
His giant body sat on the giant throne that is decorated with bones that are from different kinds of animals and different races.
Under him, there are six smaller thrones with orc pillars sitting on each throne. One of the throne is vacant. It was the throne of the wolf champion, Rasner.
"No, my king. He is a new face. He is not even one of the demi-human pillars we know of."
"You are saying Ranser was defeated by a nameless person! Prepare the army. I will make sure the damn demi-humans pay the price."
The orc king angrily slammed his fist to the throne. The ground shook together with a loud sound.
The surrounding orcs trembled in fear. The orc king is one of the strongest king in the nine kingdoms. His strength is said to be only inferior to the ogre king and the troll king.
"My king, please calm down. Now is not a good time to start an all out war with the demi-human kingdom."
An old looking orc said. Everyone turned their heads to him. The old looking orc who spoke was the 'Orc Shaman', Mulnark. He is one of the pillars of the orc kingdom and acted as a advisor for the orc king.
Although his strength is rather weak compared to the other pillars in the orc kingdom, he is a wise strategist that took care of war strategies and plans for the orc kingdom. Even the orc king acknowledge his intelligence.
"Give me a reason why I shouldn't murder those half animals!"
"The troll kingdom is currently pressuring us. If we start a war with the demi-human kingdom, the troll kingdom will definitely take this chance to start a war with us. By then we will have to fight an all out war with two kingdoms.
The demi-human kingdom is not a problem but the troll kingdom is far more stronger than us. Now that we lost one of our pillars and many wolf riders, I suggest that we should lay low for a while."
In the past few years, the orc kingdom had becoming stronger and stronger. They had been very ambitious and tried to climb to the ranks of the strongest.
The troll kingdom noticed that and started to put pressure on them. As one of the strongest kingdom, the troll kingdom doesn't want another kingdom joining their ranks.
"I also agreed with Mulnark. If we have to fight both the demi-human kingdom and the troll kingdom, the chances of winning is extremely low."
Another pillar agreed. It was the 'Orc Warlord', Anguher. He is the strongest pillar of the orc kingdom. His strength is only second to the orc king himself in the orc kingdom.
The orc kingdom has a total of six pillars. The 'Wolf Champion' Rasner is second strongest pillar among them. However when it comes to usefulness, Rasner may be at the top, even more than Anguher.
Because Rasner is a 'Wolf Champion'. Taming wolves and training the wolf riders were Rasner's speciality. The production of the trump cards of the orc kingdom, the wolf riders depends on Rasner. He is irreplaceable pillar of the orc kingdom.
The orc kingdom would normally never send Rasner to outside missions. However the target is too easy, Rasner wanted this chance to train the wolf riders. Since it was a sure victory, the orc king permitted it.
Because no one from the demi-human kingdom except the demi-human king can defeat Rasner in battle. The orc king has no problem sending him.
Even if the demi-human king himself came, Rasner and the wolf riders can simply escape. Wolf riders have outstanding mobility and the chance of them dying is close to zero.
However Killian's interference had foiled their plans. The result they received was the annihilation of Rasner and wolf riders. The orc kingdom suffered a huge loss. They had lost about a fifth of their wolf riders and the most valuable pillar.
It will be more difficult to produce more wolf riders in the future. The losses are too severe.
"Very well. We will wait for now. Train more warriors and strengthen the army. When the time comes, we will claim the title of the strongest."
The orc king was furious of Rasner's death. However he is not a fool. He can see the big picture. Although there are small battles happening everywhere, an all out war is completely different.
They will fight until one is completely destroyed. Countless soldiers will die every seconds. Even if it was the demi-human kingdom alone, although they can win, they will also have to pay a certain price.
The orc king decided to lay low and patiently strengthen his army.