Became The Son Of The Final Boss [EN]: Chapter 66

66.

“I think it would be good to send Sylphs [air spirits] around.”

I nodded at David’s advice.

“Okay.”

As soon as we entered the western forest, I summoned the Sylphs and spread them out widely.

Riorden added.

“Even lower-level spirits can distinguish between Orcs and Elves, so they can signal…….”

I cut off Riorden and smiled.

“I can communicate with them through consciousness, so don’t worry.”

Riorden, and even David, turned to look at me.

I shrugged.

“What?”

“Are you able to communicate with lower-level spirits? I heard they can’t speak. I heard that’s only possible for higher-level spirits and above.”

I grinned at Riorden’s question.

“I can even communicate with lower-level spirits. How else would I have defeated the Supreme Sword Expert?”

Riorden nodded at my explanation.

“Indeed… Your Highness is definitely different from other spiritists.”

Using the Sylphs as scouts, the knights and I stayed together, prepared for anything.

-Orcs.

-It’s Orcs!

-Orcs!

The Sylphs warned me, each with their own voice.

My face hardened involuntarily.

“It’s Orcs.”

The knights’ gazes focused on me at my words.

David drew his sword and asked.

“Which direction are they coming from?”

I replied briefly.

“Every direction.”

Using the Breath of Wind, I summoned Undine [water spirit], Gnome [earth spirit], and Salamander [fire spirit] in succession.

I didn’t summon the intermediate spirits for now.

Bang-!

The attack began from all directions.

We were attacked by Orcs as soon as we arrived in the western forest without any warning signs, but the knights all responded without panicking.

The Orcs soon came into view.

‘This… they’re much more terrifying in person.’

It was completely different from what I had imagined Orcs to be like in the novel.

Or even from what I had seen in movies or comics.

The grotesque faces and massive bodies were intimidating, and the relentless bloodlust made my skin tingle.

Bang-! Bang-!

“Kill them all.”

I clicked my tongue at the words of an Orc with a particularly large head.

‘He speaks really well.’

The Orcs were also intelligent and knew how to use the common language of the continent.

‘I’m the one who set that up.’

I smiled bitterly and unfolded the Chains of Wind.

The Sylphs rotated, creating a massive chain.

Swish-!

An Orc was attacked by the Sylphs and collapsed.

‘Easier than I thought.’

I efficiently evaded the Orcs’ attacks using the flow of wind and earth.

“Salamander!”

A large flame rose, trapping three Orcs in a curtain of fire.

“Undine!”

A storm of water unfolded within the curtain of fire.

Mana was being rapidly consumed by the continuous attacks, but I replenished it with the Breath of Wind.

Certainly, the efficiency of the Breath of Wind had greatly increased after reaching the intermediate level.

The mana consumption of skills using lower-level spirits could be sufficiently recovered with the Breath of Wind as long as there was some leeway.

I helped the knights with Gnomes while dealing with the Orcs near me.

Having contracted with spirits of all attributes was very effective in such a chaotic battle.

Thanks to my help, the knights were also dealing with the Orcs relatively easily.

The problem was the number of Orcs.

“Your Highness, we need to move. We’re gradually being surrounded.”

David said, beheading an Orc.

I nodded.

“Where should we move to?”

Riorden said.

“We can’t find any more traces. That’s fortunate, at least. There are Orcs we can ask.”

I agreed with Riorden’s opinion.

“Don’t leave that one alive until the end.”

The Orc who was fending off the Chains of Wind with a club was the leader of this group.

Riorden shook his sword and nodded.

“Yes, Your Highness.”

I summoned the intermediate spirits.

If the battle dragged on, there could be injuries or even deaths among the knights.

We were still dealing with the Orcs without difficulty, but their numbers were increasing.

Two Sylpheres [more powerful air spirits] flew over the Orcs’ heads.

I summoned Undairon [more powerful water spirit] and Phoenix [more powerful fire spirit] as well.

The mana consumption was drastically different from before.

The mana hole [core where mana is stored] felt empty for a moment as the three intermediate attribute spirits used their skills simultaneously.

‘It might have been difficult if I didn’t have the Polisia Flower.’

Thanks to the Polisia Flower, the mana hole had doubled in size, and the amount of mana was also greater.

The amount of mana alone was comparable to that of a high-level spiritist, if not more.

The Chains of Wind unfolded by Sylphere simultaneously cut off the heads of more than ten Orcs.

The chain spread out like a rope, wrapping around the Orcs’ necks, and as Sylphere turned and retrieved it, the Orcs’ heads floated in the air.

Phoenix directly burned the Orcs with a curtain of fire.

And Undairon!

Kwaaaaaang-!

The storm of water swept away not only the Orcs but also the surrounding trees.

‘Let’s save the Flame Wind. Now is the time to use it while controlling my mana.’

The battle was unfolding with the knights.

David and Riorden fought while protecting me.

Instead of conserving their firepower for my sake, as I was vulnerable to defense, I trusted in their protection and unleashed my skills to my heart’s content.

I was in charge of mass destruction.

Our teamwork was better than I expected.

“Keep attacking! Don’t let a single one survive. And capture that one, that one, and that one.”

The leader Orc accurately pointed at me, Riorden, and David.

Even though they were being pushed back, they were still thinking of capturing us. I narrowed my brows.

Swish-!

At that moment, an arrow flew from the tree.

“Keuk!”

Some of the knights were unable to avoid the suddenly flying arrows.

The Orcs increased in number again.

* * *

Kyle was dumbfounded.

‘What the hell is that guy?’

He was trapped in what could be called the heart of the Orc legion.

The number of Orcs he had seen entering this place was countless.

Moreover, there were many Orcs guarding this cave, and it was not far from where the Orc King resided.

It was amazing that he had made it this far safely.

Frankly, Kyle himself would not have been able to approach this place secretly.

‘But this guy…….’

Dust fell from the wall behind him again.

A guy named Karen approached three times a day.

He accurately targeted the times when the Orcs’ surveillance was lax, drilled a hole, and stuck his head out. How on earth was that possible?

“Uncle, are you okay? Is the potion I gave you working well?”

What was surprising was not only that.

The potion he gave him every time was suppressing the black magic.

He was worried that the Orcs would find out, but fortunately, neither the Orc King nor the Orc Shaman had come since a few days ago.

“That potion has the effect of resisting black magic. Now, after you recover, let’s get out of here.”

Kyle asked Karen for the first time.

“Who the hell are you?”

“Me? I told you, I’m Karen.”

He couldn’t see his expression, but even from his voice alone, he could picture an innocent face.

Kyle smiled bitterly and said.

“I know your name.”

“I don’t really have anything to tell you… I just found a decent treasure map while wandering around, and I found the treasure, and what I found again was you, Uncle.”

Kyle found it hard to believe Karen’s words.

What kind of treasure would make him come to such a dangerous place?

“We have to help each other when we’re in trouble. You don’t seem like an ordinary person either… such powerful mana even while being affected by black magic.”

Kyle flinched.

Karen patted Kyle’s shoulder.

“Then let’s escape tomorrow. The surveillance Orcs probably won’t notice your condition. Maybe the Orc King or the Orc Shaman would. But those guys seem to be very busy these days.”

There were tons of things he wanted to ask, but Kyle soon couldn’t hear Karen’s voice.

He could only hear the sound of dust rising again and the hole being filled.

‘What is it?’

He hadn’t completely shaken off the black magic, but he wasn’t losing any more mana.

‘Does the guy who cast the black magic know? No. Let’s not think about it. Escaping is important now.’

Kyle very slowly operated the Mana Breathing Technique.

Mana did not immediately accumulate in the mana hole but circulated throughout his body, filling the wounds first.

‘I should have learned healing.’

Healing was a relatively simple magic.

The effect wouldn’t have been great, but it would have been faster than just recovering his body with the Mana Breathing Technique like now.

Nevertheless, Kyle did not give up.

-Don’t give up, Uncle. Let’s get out of here together.

Karen’s voice was ringing in Kyle’s ears.

* * *

The appearance of Orcs shooting arrows made the battle itself disadvantageous.

I felt like I had killed at least a hundred Orcs, but I bit my lip as I still saw so many Orcs swarming around.

‘How on earth did the Orcs get to the western forest…….’

Solving the question would come later.

Now was the time to focus solely on the battle.

Swish-!

Another knight fell.

I tried hard to appear calm.

I thought it would be a difficult quest, but seeing people die because of my choice made it hard to stay calm.

‘It’s a different kind of shock than when I killed people directly during the assassination.’

It was something that could never happen in modern times, and I was feeling with my whole body how heavy a human life was.

“Damn it.”

Rough words flowed out involuntarily, and mana moved violently.

The spirits’ skills, reacting to my emotions, became even more intense.

Kwaaaaaang-! Bang-! Bang-!

The storm of water swept around, and the Chains of Wind crushed the Orcs.

“Riorden, David! Focus on cutting down the Orcs!”

I issued an order to the two people moving around me.

“Your Highness.”

David reacted first.

“I’m fine. If we continue like this, the knights’ sacrifices will be greater… and if more knights die, our lives will be in danger.”

At my cold words, David threw himself towards a knight surrounded by Orcs.

It was a dazzlingly fast speed.

Riorden climbed up a tree.

Swoosh-!

The Orc who was aiming his bow had his neck cut off as the sword flashed.

I also focused.

‘It’s impossible to escape in this forest. I have to deal with them all somehow.’

Escape was not an option in the first place.

The forest was like a maze, and the dense trees made movement itself uncomfortable.

“Sylphere!”

It felt like the effectiveness of the skills they unfolded would be greater if I called the spirits’ names directly.

The Chains of Wind unfolded with a whoosh.

Swish-! Swish-!

Just as I was aiming at the Orcs on the trees first, arrows different from the Orcs’ arrows flew.

Swish-!

I got goosebumps at the sight of the arrows accurately hitting the Orcs’ foreheads.

‘Is this archery?’

While the Orcs were just aiming and releasing, the arrows piercing the Orcs’ heads were so accurate that they felt like art.

Even the Orcs’ blind arrows were accurately hit by other arrows, and the flow of the battle changed in an instant.

‘Who is it?’

The owner of the arrows was not visible.

The important thing was that a new force was helping us.

“Your Highness!”

I involuntarily turned my gaze at David’s urgent voice.

“Ugh, Undine!”

Undine erected a wall of water in front of my head.

Kwaaaaaang-!

If it hadn’t been for the wall of water, my head would have been pierced.

The broken arrow was not a crude Orc arrow.

I narrowed my eyes and muttered.

“Damn it, they weren’t on our side.”

The new force was mercilessly targeting not only the Orcs but also us.

They were primarily targeting the Orcs, but not only me but also the knights were not safe from the new force’s arrows.

‘Is it really an S-class quest after all?’

Feeling the meaning of the quest difficulty anew, I bit my lip.

‘I have no choice but to gamble.’

I rode the flow of wind and earth and summoned a spirit.

The high-level Wind Spirit.