Ogre Hunting!

We were enjoying our time as we walked towards the hill, but as we went closer, there the number of monsters decreased like they were trying to run away from something.

"Sir, <Chosen>, look at this."

I went towards the guard and was shocked by what I saw. Giant footsteps on the ground were a lot of them, and they seemed to be made by something individually.

"So, there's more than one ogre?"

It was then the <quest> updated. It was ominous, and something that I alone could never hope to prevent.

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[System <Quest> Prelude to Armageddon!]

Description: For Centuries Alcor, the town of the beginning has stood, but now it faces its doom as a horde of ogres is heading in its direction, you're tasked with killing as many ogres as possible before it reaches Alcor.

Time Limit: 1 Week

<Quest> Tracker: Ogres 0/500

Penalty: Alcor will soon be erased from the map.

Reward: Unique Item, 100 gold, Title(s).

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As the name states, it's a <quest> given by the system itself and not by any NPCs or beings of <Eden>. It's pretty famous and is sought after by many players since it means your character will have an enormous influence on what'll happen in the world, and the rewards are no joke.

Here, there are only been 100 unique items in the entire server, and 20 of them came from system <quests>, but what bothers me is the name of the <quest> 'Prelude to Armageddon' then the update is already taking place, and it's only a matter of time until <Eden> finally disappears.

"Sir, <Chosen>. I think we should head back and report the captain of the walls on our findings."

I shook my head and took out my sword as I felt a faint rumble on the earth.

"You should go. I'll try to hold them off, as best as I can."

The guard gulped as he felt the rumbling. He readied his spear and looked back at me. Then an ogre came out of the woodworks and swung down his club at me. I swerved to the side and jumped onto the giant club, and cut its wrist, making it let go of the club.

"UWOOGH!!"

"WAAAGH!!"

"Go, run!"

I shouted at the guard, who was petrified of the shouts of the ogres. He turned his back with tears in his eyes as he ran back to Alcor.

The ogre, who cried out in pain, swung his fist at me, and I jumped over it, landing on the ground. I propelled myself from the ground and sliced at the Achilles' heel of the ogre.

"Tch, too hollow."

The ogre hide was too tough, so I enforced my legs and arms with mana, together with my sword. The ogre turned around and tried to grab me, but I jumped and went for his eyes, cutting both of them rendering him blind. I stood on its head and drove my sword deep into his skull, and its body crashed onto the floor.

[You've leveled up!]

[+1 to Strength, +2 to Agility, +1 to Magic Power!]

[You've leveled up!]

[+1 to Strength, +2 to Agility, +1 to Magic Power!]

[You've leveled up!]

[+1 to Strength, +2 to Agility, +1 to Magic Power!]

[You've leveled up!]

[+1 to Strength, +2 to Agility, +1 to Magic Power!]

[Ogres Killed: 1/500]

"UWOOGH!"

Then another ogre came charging in, bumping into the dead ogre. I used my breathing technique to reduce to consumption of mana and stamina, then as I charge into the new ogre, another one charged in while swinging its giant club wildly.

I narrowly dodged the wild swings of the giant club, and the other ogre tried to grab me, but I ducked and sliced the ogre's hand off with one clean stroke. It screamed in agony as it held its wrist.

"WAAGH!!"

The wild ogre jumped in the air and tried to body slam me, but I moved out of the way and climbed onto the injured ogre as he tried to grab me, but I stabbed my sword through its throat turning the blade and slashing it through the windpipe, and it crashed on the ground.

[You've leveled up!]

[+1 to Strength, +2 to Agility, +1 to Magic Power!]

[You've leveled up!]

[+1 to Strength, +2 to Agility, +1 to Magic Power!]

[You've leveled up!]

[+1 to Strength, +2 to Agility, +1 to Magic Power!]

[You've leveled up!]

[+1 to Strength, +2 to Agility, +1 to Magic Power!]

[Ogres Killed: 2/500

Like the berserker, the ogres aren't that fast, but their durability and strength are in the extreme, so trying to cut it with the [Intermediate Sword] infused with mana requires more effort, and mana to cut it.

Though the more there are, the more difficult this'll be. Speaking of the devil, the earth rumbled again, and roars of at least 10+ ogres reverberated in the air. The one ogre who tried to body slam me got up and tried to attack me with its giant club. I jumped to the side and saw the other ogres were about to reach me.

I ran away from the ogres and they started chasing me. I ran towards the hill, at the foot of the hill is an open place, unlike the forest, where there are many obstacles in the way and things that an ogre could easily use as a weapon a wide place where there are a lot of places to run in the best place to fight against them.

"<Status>! 20 to strength, 10 to intelligence, and 10 to magic power!"

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[Status]

Race: Demi-God, Human

Parent Deity: The Unknown

Name: Clarent

Age: 26

Level: 17

Class: 'Alcorian Disciple Swordsman'

Titles: Saviour of a Tribe (Rare)

HP: 679/679 MP: 148/172

Stats: (Str): 67 (+20) (Agi): 65 (+25) (Vit): 42 (+25) (Int): 37 (+15) (Magic Power): 45(+15)

Skills: Sword Mastery (Advanced), First Aid (Intermediate), Digging (Beginner), Sharpening (Beginner), Observation (Advanced), Repairing (Intermediate), Cleaning (Intermediate), Magic Resistance (Advanced).

Class Skills: Alcorian Sword Style (Intermediate), Alcorian Breathing Technique (Intermediate), Alcorian Mana Control (Intermediate).

Racial Traits: Divine Blood.

Unallocated Points: 0

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After arriving at the foot of the hill, I turned back and readied my sword. The roars could be heard, and there seem to be more of them. As they broke through the trees of the forest, I could see them.

"F*cking hell."

Over a hundred ogres emerged from the forest, as my [Divine Blood] attracted most of them, and the sounds of their roars and from my previous battle alerted them. They all stood in line as if to intimidate me, but I shouted out.

"Come at me, you uncultured swine!"

With my shout, they started charging at me. I stood my ground and waited for them to reach me, and once they did, the leader of the charge raised his giant club and slammed it down on my head, but as the leader of the charge attacked, I dashed straight under it.

The ogres became confused, but then they felt pain in their legs, and groins as I hack away at them. There are a few weaknesses an ogre has, its size, its intelligence, and most of all, its temper, one of them found out what I was doing, and started stomping the ground, and this was followed by all of them, making some of them stomp on some ogre's feet.

As they stomped the ground, I climbed onto one ogre and slashed its head away from its body,

[You've leveled up!]

[+1 to Strength, +2 to Agility, +1 to Magic Power!]

[You've leveled up!]

[+1 to Strength, +2 to Agility, +1 to Magic Power!]

[You've leveled up!]

[+1 to Strength, +2 to Agility, +1 to Magic Power!]

[You've leveled up!]

[+1 to Strength, +2 to Agility, +1 to Magic Power!]

[Ogres Killed: 3/500]

The other ogres started attacking me with their clubs, but I just went below again and jumped towards the other ogre, cutting its neck.

[You've leveled up!]

[+1 to Strength, +2 to Agility, +1 to Magic Power!]

[You've leveled up!]

[+1 to Strength, +2 to Agility, +1 to Magic Power!]

[You've leveled up!]

[+1 to Strength, +2 to Agility, +1 to Magic Power!]

[Ogres Killed: 4/500]

Although the ogres are dumb, they're still able to adapt. Some ogres started giving space, as to not hinder each other's movements. This proved useful, as some of them can now move much more freely,

"WAAAAGH!!"

Three of them swung their giant club at me, and I dodged the three attacks, but behind me, an ogre tried to grab me. I slashed the fingers and ran up its arm, then cut off its head.

[You've leveled up!]

[+1 to Strength, +2 to Agility, +1 to Magic Power!]

[You've leveled up!]

[+1 to Strength, +2 to Agility, +1 to Magic Power!]

[You've leveled up!]

[+1 to Strength, +2 to Agility, +1 to Magic Power!]

[Ogres Killed: 5/500]

The amount of stats I'm receiving from leveling up is astounding. My speed just keeps increasing, making it hard for the ogres to keep up, but one of their hits could kill me in one shot, so I still need to be careful.

"Come at me, you b*stards!"

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[You've leveled up 15 times!]

[The skill 'Alcorian Swords Style' leveled up (Advanced)]

[The skill 'Alcorian Breathing Technique' leveled up (Advanced)]

[The skill 'Alcorian Mana Control' leveled up (Advanced)]

Hours have passed, and it doesn't look good on my end. There were still hundreds of them remaining.

[Ogres Killed: 30/500]

I've killed 30 of them, but there are still more. The longer the battle went, it became increasingly harder to dodge them, and my leveling up would slow down substantially.

[Ogres Killed: 31/500]

I almost depleted my stamina and mana. Once either of them runs out, then this battle is a lost cause and I would die. I've already allocated half of my earned stat points to Vitality and the rest to agility and intelligence, but it was not enough.

It was then; that I slipped on an ogre's blood, and to my side was a giant club approaching me...

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[Status]

Race: Demi-God, Human

Parent Deity: The Unknown

Name: Clarent

Age: 26

Level: 42

Class: 'Alcorian Disciple Swordsman'

Titles: Saviour of a Tribe (Rare)

HP: 1,210/1,210 MP: 21/630

Stats: (Str): 85 (+20) (Agi): 146 (+25) (Vit): 105 (+25) (Int): 98 (+15) (Magic Power): 70(+15)

Skills: Sword Mastery (Advanced), First Aid (Intermediate), Digging (Beginner), Sharpening (Beginner), Observation (Advanced), Repairing (Intermediate), Cleaning (Intermediate), Magic Resistance (Advanced).

Class Skills: Alcorian Sword Style (Advanced), Alcorian Breathing Technique (Advanced), Alcorian Mana Control (Advanced).

Racial Traits: Divine Blood.

Unallocated Points: 0

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