Little Gorr ran here and there with great joy, the Arcxtala villagers were very happy when Gorr came and played with them, during his moment of happiness a male voice was heard calling Gorr.
"Come here Gorr, you've played enough, don't you want to be a tough orc knight?"
Gorr's father was seen carrying an axe in his hand, not forgetting the small axe he brought to give to Gorr, beside Gorr's father there was a small orc figure of Gorr's age. Gorr was very happy to see him and asked
"Hey Xork do you want to train too?"
"Of course you do, you want to be a strong knight."
The training began, Gorr's father taught them how to use the axe by utilizing the orc's extraordinary physique, while they were enjoying their training the sky darkened, the sound of thunder sounded very loud. From the sky the sound of the masked man laughing was heard very loudly echoing throughout the horizon. The rain of fire began, turning the entire village of Arcxtala into ashes, the peace that existed vanished in an instant. Xork was burned by the Tornado of fire and turned into ashes bit by bit.
"Help me Gorrr" Xork shouted
"No Xorrrkkk"
Xork was already burned by the ashes, the masked man reappeared with his laughter this time he used a giant fireball to attack Gorr.
"AAAAARRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH"
"Hah it was just a dream"
For a moment, Gorr felt relieved because what he saw earlier was just a dream. But soon he realized that his village had disappeared his parents might be gone and his rival and friend had been burned down, all of that was not a dream and happened before Gorr's eyes in the midst of his sadness the sound of a very ferocious carnivorous monster tigress with a fairly large size.
"Hey damn cat, I'm upset now go if you're still saying your life"
Ignoring the words of Gorr, Tigress jumped towards Gorr. He managed to dodge the attack from the monster, after being able to avoid the tigress' attack Gorr smiled and said.
"What a coincidence, I don't know how long I've been unconscious and now I'm hungry."
This time Gorr attacked the animal, Gorr's fist managed to hit the tigress's jaw, but the animal still fought back by clawing Gorr, the tigress's cut marks hit Gorr's hand. Gorr again threw his fist at the tigress, the tigress tried to bite Gorr but he quickly slammed the animal and punched its head, this made the predator unconscious, without waiting any longer Gorr picked up the Tigress and slammed it to the ground and then ended the fight by stomping on the head of the animal. Gorr was ecstatic that he had finally found food.
When Gorr was about to take his catch the wolfrung that he saw before fainting approached Gorr, Gorr quickly did a horse horse as a sign of being ready to fight, but the wolfrung was more dangerous than what Gorr thought, the animal moved so fast that Gorr's vision was unable to detect its movements.
Wolfrung attacked Gorr from his blind spot which frustrated Gorr, Gorr tried to hit while rotating his hand in the hope that the animal would be hit, but it was in vain, Wolfrung waited for Gorr to stop his attack then attacked Gorr again. This time right after Gorr received an attack he managed to catch Wolfrung's tail then slammed it here and there and threw the animal. when the fight reached its peak a voice was heard from the forest
"Wow, I didn't expect to see orcs here, is that why this forest is called Forbidden Forrest?"
Gorr looked for the source of the voice, an old human appeared from the thick forest, Gorr was astonished astonished
"(Human again, is he a friend of that man, should I attack him?)"
Gorr really wanted to attack the old man but Gorr felt no threat from the man in front of him, on the other hand the human saw and came to the tigress who had been killed by Gorr.
"Did you kill it?, Tigress will indeed attack a creature that she thinks is weakened but it seems she doesn't know that she is dealing with an orc"
"Who are you, what are humans doing in this place? I have a bad story with humans lately" Gorr frontally asked the human.
You Orcs have never been taught manners, well my name is Barsmith, I am a person who is enjoying my old age here with my pet Gourmeth. We only live here, there is no intention for us to disturb you".
Wolfrung who attacked Gorr approached Barsmith, Gorr immediately realized that the beast that suddenly attacked him belonged to the human in front of him. Angrily Gorr said
"So he's your pet, you bastard, why did he suddenly attack me?"
"Maybe because you're doing horse fighting, animals like him have strong instincts to detect threats, by the way what's your name".
Hearing Barsmith's answer Gorr was speechless and he only introduced himself, Barsmith invited Gorr to his residence to spend the night and secure himself from other animal attacks.
"Come with me to my place, you must have a lot of questions, especially since the burns on your body look new, there must be an interesting story right, anyway it's not safe to spend the night here in such conditions even though you are an Orc".
Gorr wanted to refuse the offer from the barmith but with his current condition he would not be able to protect himself, he agreed to come with Barsmith. Barsmith asked Gorr to bring the carcass of the Tigress he had killed, they all walked to Barmith's residence.
Not long after they walked there was a small hut surrounded by plants that looked beautiful around it, Gorr was amazed at what he saw, he asked how Barmith found a place with plants as beautiful as this, Barmith only replied that he was lucky. The night finally arrived the tigress that had been skinned by Gorr they burned on the campfire made by Barsmith. While enjoying their food Barmith started talking
"How old are you Gorr?"
"20 years old"
"No wonder your fighting technique is so bad, you only rely on your strength, you don't even use your fighting instincts".
Gorr could only be silent hearing the words of the barsmith, all because what was said by the barsmith was the truth, he only knew that he was strong and he used that strength without the right technique.
"But since you are still young, you can definitely improve and learn the right fighting techniques. So how can an orc like you be here especially with burns like that".
Gorr told what happened to his village, his parents and his best friend, where they were all attacked by a mysterious masked man with the power of fire that made him injured like now, when Gorr told about the necklace and teleportation, the barsmith looked surprised. After Gorr finished his story Barsmith said to Gorr
"You've been through a lot, you must feel very guilty and blame yourself for your inability to protect them."
Gorr agreed to what the barsmith said
"I know a bit about how to swing a weapon, would you like to learn from me Gorr? To find the masked man and avenge your parents."
Gorr couldn't believe the offer, he wanted to refuse but maybe this was the Light that would shine his way to the masked man, with all consideration Gorr stood up and said.
"Are you sure you want to train me? You look like a weak human."
Hearing Gorr's words, the barsmith hit Gorr so hard till he fell down.
"So, can we start training tomorrow?"
Gorr smiled and stood up, with a sharp gaze he accepted the barsmith's offer. Seeing the eyes of Gorr Barsmith thought, What extraordinary eyes.
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