Deep within the jungle, a hidden spot had been prepared in advance by the subhuman village.
More than half of the village's populace was gathered here, primarily comprised of the young and able-bodied, including nearly all of the village's hunters, representing the bulk of the village's combat strength.
"Our village... is destroyed."
The words fell heavily from a hunter, revealing the expression of a half-orc.
His dog-like, brown-yellow head and the dull yellow eyes betrayed a weakness never shown by orcs.
Despite the orc bloodline flowing through their veins, many half-orcs had been significantly influenced and assimilated by humans by now.
Weakness, selfishness, scheming.
It's no wonder that the prototype for Code 1 was designed with such trials, where only the true inheritors of the orc bloodline could prevail.
Jelia was one; Roronora was half.
He inherited the orc's resilience but not their wisdom and sharpness.
