Became The Son Of The Final Boss [EN]: Chapter 104

104.

The Orcs were different than usual.

Was it because the king was directly participating in the battle?

Unlike their usual behavior of recklessly charging towards the walls, the Orcs’ movements were different today.

They properly formed ranks outside the archers’ range and set up siege weapons.

I narrowed my eyes and said,

“The Orcs are definitely different from yesterday.”

Kyle replied,

“It seems to be because the Orc King has arrived.”

Yesterday, the Orc King was present but did not participate in the battle. The Orc shamans participated in the battle, but I neutralized their power by contracting with Climb.

Today could be said to be the day when both sides clashed with their maximum forces.

Gooooooo-!

Clouds began to gather in the sky.

It was the Orc shamans’ magic.

The Orc shamans’ magic, which could even control the weather, was definitely an amazing ability.

Kwaaaang-! Kwang-!

A thunderstorm began with lightning.

“This is bad.”

Marquis Mike’s voice was serious.

“If we can’t stop the Orc shamans, the walls will collapse. The walls were severely damaged yesterday as well. We urgently reinforced them, but if lightning and the Orcs’ siege weapons continue to strike the walls today, they might not hold.”

If the walls collapsed, it would be a disaster.

The reason the Western Allied Forces had been able to withstand the overwhelming number of Orcs until now was thanks to the strong walls.

I nodded.

“I will somehow stop the Orc shamans’ magic.”

The absence of a mage was a truly painful moment.

The West had no magic towers, and wandering mages rarely visited the area.

From the beginning, mages themselves were far fewer in number than knights, and most mages belonged to magic towers. The magic towers in the East and Central regions were the largest and most famous, and they were deployed in the Pieron Kingdom battle.

‘In future wars, I must definitely match the classes [ensure a balanced distribution of unit types].’

Originally, in most wars, the Empire matched classes for battle, but the war in the West was completely unexpected by the Imperial Palace.

‘I must stop the Orc shamans in place of the missing mages.’

The Orc shamans would never reveal themselves on the battlefield. Even the Orc King had stepped into the battle, but the Orc shamans would surely concentrate only on their magic from the safest place.

‘Magic has an incredibly long range, unlike spells.’

Some spells had no range at all. When I originally set up the spells, I set them up with shallow knowledge, so the ability of spells themselves was somewhat of a cheat.

‘Writing carelessly is all coming back to bite me [a common idiom meaning past actions are now causing problems].’

Regretting it now was useless.

Kwang-! Kwang-!

Lightning was not directly striking the walls yet, but it was gradually getting stronger.

The wind and rain also gradually thickened, turning into a downpour.

I made a somewhat reckless decision.

“Marquis.”

“Yes, Commander.”

“Today, I will focus solely on killing the Orc shamans. The defense may be somewhat weakened, and above all, I may be completely defenseless.”

Marquis Mike’s eyes narrowed.

“You mean…”

“I plan to infiltrate the superior wind spirit into the Orc base. The farther the distance from the spirit, the greater the mana consumption, and concentration is also required, unlike when it is nearby.”

“I understand. Do not worry.”

I nodded and said to Sylphen.

‘First, go to where the Orc legion’s base is. If you find the Orc shamans, attack them without delay.’

Sylphen nodded.

Soon, he jumped off the wall and disappeared at a terrifying speed, befitting a wind spirit.

I called Climb.

‘Today, I’m thinking of burying the Orcs not near the walls, but from a little farther away.’

-Understood.

Climb also went down below the wall and hid in the ground.

And in the meantime, the Orc King was advancing with the Orcs, now visible enough to be quite close.

Indeed, the Orc King’s presence was great.

Kyle cautiously stepped forward.

“Your Highness.”

“Unless the Orc King comes directly near the walls, Kyle, focus on defending.”

“Yes.”

Kyle felt a sense of rivalry towards the Orc King, but he had a mission to kill as many other warrior Orcs as possible.

When the Orc King gestured, the Orcs began to surge forward all at once.

The red-eyed Orcs ran madly with their respective weapons, as if they had nothing to fear.

Climb revealed himself, and the mana in the mana hall quickly drained away.

The Earth’s Roar shook the center of the Orc ranks.

Kwaaaang-! Kwang-! Kwang-!

In an instant, over a hundred Orcs were buried, but the other Orcs paid no attention.

Marquis Mike’s voice was heard.

“Archers, prepare!”

Like yesterday, a desperate battle began in the downpour.

Kyle went around the walls, scattering Aura Blades in places that were being pushed back.

I also unfolded a water barrier with Undine, blocking the lightning as much as possible, and at the appropriate moment, I supplied mana so that Climb could use Earth’s Roar.

The Orc King stood in one place, commanding the Orcs.

Until yesterday, the Orcs had been rushing in haphazardly, but today they showed tactical movements according to the Orc King’s command.

They launched a more intense attack on the gate they were pushing, or used siege weapons in a timely manner to inflict great damage on the soldiers on the walls.

The Orc shamans, who were separated from the Orc King, also felt like they were being commanded by the Orc King.

The magic that caused rainstorms and lightning was over, but other spells were also unfolded very appropriately to match the attacks of the warrior Orcs.

A huge fireball fell from the sky towards the west gate.

Kwaaaang-! Kwang-!

“Marquis, the west gate has been breached!”

At the soldier’s report, I called Ignis.

‘Tell Kyle to go to the west gate right now!’

Ignis flew away like an arrow.

I conveyed the content to Marquis Mike verbally.

“Kyle will go west.”

Marquis Mike nodded.

“Yes.”

It was then.

Just as we were starting to be pushed back, Sylphen’s voice was heard.

-Master, I have found the shamans.

I bit my lip.

‘Wipe them out immediately.’

* * *

Hamilton and his subordinates were carefully observing the Orc camp.

“They are in the middle of a battle. The Orc King is out too.”

Hamilton’s subordinates nodded at his words.

The place where the Orcs were encamped was a point that connected a wide open field with a mountain leading to the outskirts of the western forest.

The Orcs took their place on the wide plain at the foot of the mountain and went out to attack Mike’s Marquisate whenever the time came.

“The distance from the Marquis’s castle is quite far, but they are no different from humans. Usually, they need to be this far away to rest when they need to.”

Hamilton finished speaking and signaled to his subordinates.

He hoped the war would end today, but Hamilton predicted it would be difficult.

“Baron, over there.”

One of the subordinates pointed to the center of the Orc legion’s base. Black smoke was rising vertically.

‘It’s not smoke. It’s probably the power of magic.’

Hamilton and his subordinates had the same thought.

“That’s where the Orc shamans are.”

“I guess so. The battle won’t be easy. The Orc King has gone to battle, and the Orc shamans are using magic here, far away from the walls.”

“Baron, it’s a superior wind spirit.”

Hamilton’s gaze focused.

Kwaaaang-! Kwang-! Kwang-!

A huge explosion was heard from where the Orc shamans were.

Before they knew it, the superior fire spirit Ignis had also flown in and was sweeping through the center of the Orc base like a storm.

Kwaaaang-! Kwang-! Kwang-!

Flames surged, and the wind embraced the flames, burning everything away.

“Is there anything we can do?”

Hamilton nodded at his subordinate’s words.

“Execute the operation as planned. After all, the Orc shamans were guys we couldn’t handle anyway.”

Even targeting only the Orc King did not guarantee success.

The nature of assassination was to eliminate a single target, and it was difficult to kill a large group at once.

“By the way, His Highness is truly a great spiritist. The distance from the castle to here is considerable, yet he commands two superior spirits like that.”

Hamilton also agreed with his subordinate’s words.

“Yes. I was very surprised too.”

When it came to outstanding spiritists, Hamilton naturally thought of His Majesty the Emperor first.

He had heard rumors about various spiritists, but he had never actually seen them, and stories about wandering spiritists had also stopped abruptly at some point.

That’s how rare spiritists were, and strong spiritists were even harder to find.

‘Indeed, is he His Majesty’s son?’

Hamilton said to his subordinates.

“Infiltrate through the prepared route.”

At that moment, Sylphen and Ignis disappeared.

It was an unnatural sight.

Hamilton groaned at the sight of the two spirits disappearing as if being sucked into somewhere.

“It seems they were reverse summoned [forced to return]. I don’t know if His Highness is okay. If a superior spirit is reverse summoned, it will put a great strain on the spiritist.”

Ren said. He was a subordinate who had learned to read and write in secret from the supervisor, even though he was born as a slave in the mine.

“Ren, do you think all the Orc shamans are dead?”

Baron Hamilton was also the subordinate with whom he discussed the operation the most.

“Probably not all of them are dead. Judging from the influence of the magic, there seems to be a very powerful Orc shaman, and the number of Orc shamans must have been considerable as well.”

One of the subordinates interjected.

“Ren, but the two superior spirits unleashed attacks of tremendous power, right? They were just focusing on magic and were suddenly attacked, so wouldn’t they have been annihilated?”

Ren shook his head.

“First of all, there’s no guarantee that all the Orc shamans were gathered there, and although the attack was strong, the reason they were reverse summoned was because they were countered by magic.”

Hamilton’s eyes narrowed.

“Magic?”

“Yes. I don’t know exactly what kind of magic it was. But clearly, some of the black smoke clung to the two spirits. At that moment, they were reverse summoned. It’s clear that they were reverse summoned because of that, not because His Highness sent them back.”

“Hmm.”

Hamilton paused for a moment in thought.

“Re-examine the route once more and infiltrate around sunset.”

Ren also agreed.

“It’s not a bad idea to infiltrate after some more time has passed, after the Orc shamans have become more sensitive and even the king has returned.”

Hamilton checked the position of the sun.

It was almost sunset.

“Infiltrate when it gets dark. Ren, take a few people and check the route once more.”

“Yes, Baron. Fortunately, His Highness has left us something to do as well.”

Ren got up with a joke, taking a few subordinates with him.

Watching Ren disappear, Hamilton gave orders to the remaining subordinates.

“Check one last time. Tonight, we will cut off the Orc King’s head and return to the castle at dawn.”

The subordinates each added a word.

“It’s been a while. This feeling!”

“Orc King, I’m a little more nervous than when I cut off the Sword Master’s head, right?”

“Then get out of here [stop joking around and focus].”

Baron Hamilton did not scold the subordinates who were relieving their tension with jokes.

He was grateful to these people who always took on difficult missions with him.

Only he had received a title and become a nobleman, but these were comrades who would be with him for life.

Gooooooo-!

Dark clouds covered the sun, and the rainstorm appeared in the blink of an eye.

Black smoke appeared once again in the Orc base.

“B, Baron!”

The smiles disappeared from the subordinates’ faces.

The black smoke was flying menacingly towards the route that Ren had gone to check.