Unusual world 120 Big Brain Little Brain Part 2

As smoke from extinguished flames raised into the air the once glorious sound of an intense battle died down the sound of huffing and grunting. It came from the remnant force of the orc group that got slaughtered. The four of them looked at the three mages across from them with hatred in their eyes and a bit of fear. The orcs hated those three mages because of what they clearly did to their group and they feared them because they knew those mages were going to be their executioners. The time to talk had long since passed and retreat was an impossibility because surrounding them on all sides was hundreds of red eye watcher crows. The crows sat on broken tree branches and flew in circles above them.

Like every normal living thing the orcs had a fear of death, but they wouldn't cower before it. Knowing death was coming they met it the best way they knew how. With their hand tightly clamped around their enemy's throat and a weapon in the other as they charge forwarded blindly as one.

"Kill them dead". One orc fiercely shouted.

That orcs inspiring words received a powerful warrior shout from all the others that did not effect their opponent's moral in the least since they had no reason to fear dead men walking.

Once the orcs charged at them the three mages took action. A female gnome that was 4 feet tall rushed an orc that was the furthest right of the group. She wore a tightly fitted ranger style outfit that had many pouches wrapped around her waist. As she charged the orc her small size didn't impede here movements. Her legs kicked up a dust storm that clung to her body forming a sturdy rock armor.

The orc she targeted proved to be a stubborn one that walked the path of a body refiner. Once he saw the female gnome rushing him he expanded his body till he was 8 feet tall. With his growth came an extra set of black bone arms that ripped out of his body. The bone arms were black from the orcs blood that dripped onto the floor.

The gnome met her opponent without fear of his transformation. Their fist clashed resulting in the ground cracking and forming new dents everywhere they went. The orcs wanted to restrain the gnome's movements by grabbing hold of her tightly with two oh his arms while he assaulted her with the others, but the gnome proved to be a slippery woman. The rock armor she wore didn't slow her down she instead moved faster then before.

She used magic to soften, bend, and shift the ground beneath her feet. She skated effortlessly on the ground as if it were ice weaving through the orcs attacks as she landed heavy blowes on him. The orc was flustered he wasn't sure what to do next he already used the strongest technique he possessed, but was still reduced to applying constant buffs to himself to endure the enemy's attacks.

The female gnome never intended to give the orc any more chances to resist. She skated circles around the orc until she finally found the perfect chance to maker move. Disgruntled by the gnome's movements the orc decided to slame his armes onto the ground to disrupt her movements.

The powerful slam created a shock wave that ripped outward and proved to be the key in ending that orcs life. The female gnome seized the opportunity when the orc couldn't change his movements and cast two earth spike spells that jabbed directly into both the orc's feet.

The orc let out a pain filled scream as he looked at the two blood spikes in his feet. But the gnome wasn't done she placed her hand on the floor creating a sand trap that such the orc into the ground quickly till only his head was poking out. Though the orc was restrained the female gnome showed no mercy. She mobilized her magic creating a stone platform which she stood on that hovered the orcs head before she brought it down like the hammer of god.

The orc she fought was nothing more than a stain on the ground and her partners had similar results. The male human magician that stood next to the gnome had blonde curly hair and a deep scar on his throat that made him a mute. He finished his opponent much quicker than the gnome girl. His opponent stood in front of him dead Thorns grew out of his mouth and wrapped around his body till it was completely covered.

The other guy with them never gave his opponents the chance to resist. The two orcs he fought were swarmed by a flock of crows and brought up into the sky. The birds clawed, pecked, and sliced those two orcs up till the dropped onto the floor as a meaty paste. Inside the orcs remains were their cores which he grabbed and placed inside of his bag.

That man had feathers growing on top of his head in place of hair. He also had yellow bird like eyes, a small red gem on his forehead, and a black coat that drapped around him strangely. The man look bizarre, but was most definitely a human. That man had performed many transplants on himself to make himself stronger. It is something many people have chosen to do before because there is no cost to great when studying magic.

That man looked around with his yellow eyes and then recalled all the crows that he sent out. The crows flew to him without delay and became one with the cloak that he wore restoring the sections that were once lost until that man was completely shrouded pack in the cloak.

"Linda, Jasper go collect the core's of all the orcs here. Take a few of the intact bodies of the strong ones their prices just increased because of the war. As for the ones we turned to mush see if their organs ar still any good. Then quickly rest up i'll find our next target".

"Alright Ferrise" Linda said nonchalantly. All of them were equal partners there was no leader in the group, but none of them minded that nor did it restrict their cooperation because they hunted together before. Yet none of them were friends they worked together because they knew the other was strong. They worked together now because all of them were desperate for money.

All of them are apart of the Twilight academy were clans affiliated with Delmar City send some of their more promising candidates. None of them would fight directly in the war only help manage the wall and keep a few mortals alive while ensuring the wall received a constant supply of supplies. But that has never ment the death toll they face will be small. After every war the amount of student that perish at Twilight Academy have always been around 30%-40 at minimum.

Every academy that teaches magic and/or cultivation has never held their students hand when doing things. War is just another way to weed out the weak in the academy for them. Everyone in the world new this, so no one cared if a few hundred apprentice died. The world of swords and magic is as bloody as it can get you have to be cold hearted to survive in it.

As Linda and Jasper collected anything of value. Ferrise was searching the area threw the eyes of his crows till he spotted something of value.

"Guy's I found an orc trying to fight a rock worm by himself".

"Did you say rock worm" Ferrise's words immediately attracted Linda and Jasper's attention. Rock worms lived deep under ground and typically didn't surface unless they were hunting something. Their bodies were strong, but above all their bodies were valuable. The rock worm core alone is worth a minimum of 500 magic crystals while entire body is worth 2-3k magic crystals.

Ferrise responded to Linda's words by saying, "yup, just by this I can see our luck is pretty good today. The orc should be able to last 30 more minutes and since rock worms are aggressive creatures it wont give up on him even if he runs. We've got time to rest and let the orc tire himself out. Get ready guys we leave in 20 minutes".

Chapter end