After a few seconds, the corpse of the massive pig could be seen lying on the floor and a green glow on their bodies as each of them leveled up.
"Nice, Lord Viktor would have been proud" H'tia said as she placed her leg on the massive corpse.
"Who's that, ma'am?" One of the high orcs asked
"Don't worry, you won't know him, at least not yet" H'tia replied
She was in charge of helping the newer High orcs, level up. It was her duty as the strongest of the territory but since she was doing that, she decided to make it her duty to hunt for enough food for the territory.
Despite the magical nature of the castle's kitchen which was capable of magically replenishing itself. The provided food was only enough for one person and that was her ladyship.
As for the other members of the territory, they all had to hunt and gather for their food… or at least that was the way it was supposed to be but the Aenon forest was dangerous for High orcs who only had access to useless in-born memories.
However, her ladyship didn't do things that way, she instead insisted on sharing the limited food in the castle despite the fact that High Orcs were naturally gatherers and were more than capable of taking care of themselves.
"Alright, carry it, we're heading back home" H'tia commanded after ensuring that the creature was dead.
"Yes ma'am" They answered before carrying a group amongst them picked up the massive pig and began to head home.
The group walked while carrying the heavy monster until they came in front of what looked like a massive fortress in the forest, they stood before its walls that stood at a height of more than 10 meters.
A wall that the only creatures in the forest that had a chance of seeing the top was a troll but even, it would need an extra boost. The gates that stood tall and mighty while somehow striking fear into the hearts of the opponents.
However, for them, the sight of the gate brought absolute relief to them as they looked above the wall to see a set of Automatons standing guard and watching over them.
They had completely left the danger zone and were now truly back home. They had entered the safety zone around the territory where they knew that they were absolutely safe.
The Automatons on the walls ensured that. Their strength and power were beyond measure to the extent that even after her training with all the demon goblins and lord Viktor, H'tia didn't feel even a little bit confident on putting a dent on their immaculate armor.
The Automatons were just that good though they didn't help with anything else other than protecting her ladyship. Anything else had to be a direct order from her if not, they would ignore and continue their default function.
"Do you require any help?" One of the automatons asked as it jumped down from the wall in an effortless manner
"Not really but thanks anyway" H'tia answered as she waved the Automaton off
Without any hesitation, the automaton immediately jumped back to the top of the wall with ease as though he was just climbing a set of stairs.
"Show off" H'tia complained as she ordered the rest to enter the now-opened gate.
It was true that she knew that Automaton was simply asking since it saw that they needed the help not because it wanted to show off its power but she couldn't help but feel like that.
After weeks of leaving with these soulless beings, she had long since understood that anything of sentiment or emotion should never be run by them.
They would respond to you like any normal sentient being but they would never feel emotions, it was just a given fact.
"You guys are back, thank god, i almost thought some sort of monster caught up with you guys" A familiar worried voice was heard as a smile instantly appeared on H'tia's face
There were few people in the territory that could make her smile and Lady Alex was at the top of that list.
Her presence alone seemed to change everything she was feeling at that moment for the better. It was as though she could manipulate emotions or something.
"My Lady" All the returning High Orcs greeted
"As you were, Oh and H'tia come help me pick a dress… we're going to the capital again" Her ladyship said in a clearly excited tone
"Really?" H'tia asked surprised in a surprisingly high-pitched tone
"Hmm?" Alex looked at her summon in a suspicious manner as she retreated back into her castle while H'tia herself, immediately held her mouth in shame.
Both of them were surprised by her sudden and excited reaction to the news but all Alex did was stare at her a bit suspiciously before dragging her into the castle.
"I don't even want to know... Anyway, how was today's hunt?" Alex said as they finally entered her bedroom as she started going through the options that materialized within it.
"We managed to take down a War pig without any casualties so it went well, oh and i think one of the newbies is suited to be an engineer rather than a fighter" H'tia replied
"Why do you think so?"
"Well, many of us, High Orcs love to solve things with brute force but she was thinking, also if possible, can you make a request to see if the new guns can work with a warrior's aoura or if they can make one like that" H'tia said remembering the newbie's statement.
"Aoura?... What's that?" Alex asked as she paused what she was doing
Despite ruling a territory that was filled with warriors, this was the first time she was hearing of such a thing. Well, she also never attended any of their training sections and spent her time practicing her shooting or some other related skill.
"Aoura is mana but just modified to a warrior's needs" H'tia answered without hesitation knowing the type of person she served.
Aoura in truth was actually mana just unlike how it was used by most oof the world, warriors or muscle idiots like the high orcs and various other people who have no talent in magic can learn certain techniques to use mana to strength their physical bodies beyond normal human standards.
Compared to magic users, the output isn't world shattering nor is it as versatile as magic but it was just as powerful. According to what she had read from the Mystical library back at the library, the difference between both types' blurs.
Top notch aoura users will be able to extend their aoura beyond their body to modify their environment thus performing a feat that is almost equal to magic.
"Can i learn that too, i think being a lord has a lot of talent related perks" Alex replied now interested
If she was to say, this sounded a bit like the standard mana and aura users that appeared a lot in many fantasy books, she wasn't much of a fan but even she had once come across something like that.
One strengthened the spirit and allowed one perform feats that could only be done by God while the other strengthens the body beyond measure to essentially make the person a god on earth.
Both means had their perks and disadvantages, one of the major ones being that, Aoura users were physically superior to magic users at the early stages and magic users could display more destructive capabilities than them no matter at what stage.
As for her wanting to learn it, it was simple. She may not have done much of any research but from what she had seen and heard from the chat, practically every lord tested mana positive.
Her guess was simple and it was simply that as a lord, she should be capable of using this new system even while being a magic user… well not exactly a magic user.
She had yet to learn more about magic from the transmitters but she was capable of manipulating and channeling her mana in any way she wanted.
Those were the basic requirement to become capable of using the new model guns, the royal engineers had come up with. They were simply guns that through some mystical means replaces regular ammo with mana.
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Name: Arcane Sniper rifle
Rank: Disaster
Description:
A contraption created by the royal engineers of the Deus Kingdom enchanted with an array to create an [Arcane Bullet]. It is a weapon capable of killing all below the Monarch rank.
Abilities:
* Arcane Bullet: A bullet made entirely of mana, capable of piercing the skin of those at the disaster rank.
* Mana Lock: the gun is designed to be spiritually locked with a single user. Like a blood contract, this lock can never be broken nor can the gun be used by another.
Cost of shot: 400 spirit
User: Governor [Alex]
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The gun required it users to support the pre-existing mana stone with mana to be used which meant that she had to learn how to not only feel her mana but also how to manipulate it as well.