A figure with 4 legs was moving towards Duglu Langmachi at incredible speed with unbelievable agility, cutting and dodging through the crowd of orcs.
It was Runa.
She broke through the orcs, spraying a trail of blood behind her, and stood near the two kings' battlefield. She stared at Duglu with her dilated pupils.
~HIIIISSS~
She hissed in anger, with her four limbs planted on the ground, tail erect with hairs raised as she kept making threatening hissing sounds, an inborn intimidation technique of cats.
Her eyes were fixed on the Orc King just like a drawn arrow aimed at its target, just waiting to be loosed and pierce. She was stalking towards him slowly, not a single sound of her steps caught the ears of the audience, her hairs stood as she readied herself to attack Duglu.
Silently, she pounced on Duglu. Her speed was twice that of Daan's, but her strength was many times weaker. She reached Duglu in an instant.
Duglu was standing calmly without making a sound, grinning at Runa without moving an inch. She cried as she thrust her little curved claws at Duglu's eyes.
The claws stopped a few inches away from the Orc King's eyes.
Runa gritted her teeth and asked. "Why didn't you move? Are you disrespecting me?"
Duglu leaned forward using his grip on the hammer and replied. "I disrespect those who have a chance at earning my respect."
Duglu looked at Daan with a side-eye. "Only one person in your beast tribe has earned that honour."
Duglu turned back his eyes on Runa. "As for you, you have not earned my attention much less disrespect.
As for your first question for why I didn't move, it's because of two reasons.
First, you are not a threat to me and secondly, there is a judge here as well who will not let anyone meddle in our fight.
Isn't that right?" Duglu tilted his head towards his left while Runa moved her head to her right.
Between them, was standing a handsome man, holding Runa by her elbow with his left hand. It was none other than Akash Tagar.
"Please, let me go!" Runa cried.
Akash looked at her. "Don't disturb this battle, you can go and kill all the orcs there, however, do not interfere with this battle until it's over."
Duglu twitched his brows.
Runa tried her best to get out of Akash's grip but she wasn't aware of the fact that even thousands of her could not budge Akash off. She stopped her useless struggle and sobbed. "He will... die, please let me help him."
Akash looked at Daan. "It's his battle, not yours. If he wins, he will not be the king of only the beastfolk, but this entire planet, including the orcs, let him prove himself in front of everyone. You don't even know the importance of this battle, do you how much is at stake here? If you are dying to fight the Orc King, then wait until he finishes off Daan, then you can challenge him and take your revenge."
An explosion occurred and dust erupted from one side of the beastfolk, everyone turned their heads in that direction. From the dust, two objects were thrown into the sky and fell near Akash Tagar and the others on the main field.
When they looked closely, they were not two objects but rather one orc torn into two by nothing but brute strength.
~MOOOOONHH~
A loud grunting voice was heard from there. A giant figure with big, thick, pointy horns came outside. Its skin was greyish black but covered by midnight black hair, this monster stretched its arm and grabbed an orc by its skull.
"Die, you miserable piece of shit!" He exerted pressure and the skull crumbled, brain matter scattered all over the place.
Another female orc came forward and hit that monster's back with a cudgel. He grunted in pain, grabbed the orc's cudgel, and kicked her in her chest.
The orc was sent flying, she coughed blood as she landed on the ground with an explosive cracking sound. Her back and chest bones broke as she took her last breath and died.
That monster was a minotaur, he looked at the field where the kings were fighting and said. "Uncle Daan, Runa, it's me, Sohrab. I have awakened to my bestial instincts as well."
Runa's eyes widened as she remembered how Sohrab was just a weak 1.6 meters-tall minotaur with small horns and a feminine voice.
Yet the current Sohrab was 3 meters-tall and had a wide body with a grunting voice.
"Sohrab..." Runa looked at Sohrab
Akash shook Runa's elbow a little and she came back to her senses. He freed her from his grip and spoke.
"It's not just a fight between Daan and Orc King, this will determine future of the beastpeople. I came here because Daan asked me to help.
So let me do my work and if you interfere again, I will not be as forgiving as I am now."
Daan, who was recovering, removed his hands from his knees and stood tall, as his wobbly legs stopped shaking. "It's my fight Runa, as the tribe leader, I order all of beastpeople to not interfere in this fight and if I die here, then follow our saviour who has already helped us in unlocking our hidden potential"
Duglu didn't hear anything from Daan. All his attention was on Sohrab, a new possible threat. He wouldn't be afraid of him on normally but now he was exhausted and injured.
Daan saw this opportunity and ran towards Duglu who retaliated by swinging his hammer, unleashing great gusts of wind.