The wild orc herd and the alpha.

The wretched rat did not expect to be the prey of a man eager to try his "new" arm.

It was beaten to death by different members of the family...

Viktor felt pretty good about using his arm.

He managed to get back to using his heavy axe constantly as a main weapon, rather than as an adjunct.

After killing this monster different monsters followed, luckily, until now, they had found the separate monsters. And now they were ready for big herds...

The family would knock them out, and the soldiers would take some last hits.

Of course, the family also wanted experience, but for now it was necessary for the soldiers to be more useful than just bait.

Besides, they were still gaining experience in difficult fights, as they could not afford to disable the beasts in more important fights.

Viktor when returning to their temporary shelter (some packless orcs' huts) told his mother about the sensations in his arm, and she healed him easily...

Viktor expected that at least until level 45 they would not be able to heal him completely, but his mother surprised him, his new class and abilities are powerful.

Then they discussed their plans for the next few days...

The family planned to stay in this area for a few days, to level up, and little by little they were exploring this same area.

On the sixth day in the dungeon, they were eating some rat meat (which was repulsive), while constantly watching their surroundings, already accustomed to surprise attacks.

A terrifying roar echoed from one of the distant mountains...

Everyone knew something like this was going to happen, Emma had predicted such an encounter.

They ran to hide in some bushes, and Emma's light magic covered even their scents, avoiding detection...

Soon, many desperate beasts were running, from everywhere, like migrating birds. They were fleeing, fleeing from a group of orcs.

A group of orcs, at first glance, wild orcs with a much more terrifying appearance than the one that previously tormented them in battle, were hunting rats.

Even the matriarch rat, a powerful level 30 rat that led this territory, ran in desperation.

Leading this group of orcs, there was one that was definitely the most terrifying of them. This was an orc with scales and an elongated head, smaller than the others. But its magical power was bestial.

Soon, it began to eat the matriarch. The rats most loyal to the matriarch, ran in desperation, even with their low intelligence, they knew they could do nothing against this group.

Viktor felt desperate to see that this monster was indeed, the head of the dungeon. But not because of its actual power...

No, but because this monster was absorbing the matriarch's mana, becoming more powerful, similar to what the system was doing for them.

Was that an effect of the polemos? Also, what was this monster supposed to be? And why was it so different from other wild orcs?

This orc was certainly a wild orc, with its hump, and behavior, but this one, unlike others, seemed more mana-based than physical.

Its claws did not even seem as terrifying as those of the other savages, but the mana in its blows was terrible.

Its claws looked more like those of a lizard than the claws of a lion.

Even without Viktor's vision, one could see with the naked eye the expenditure of mana in each blow, which generated a wave of a particular color, differentiated from the wind by its strange bluish color.

The terrifying situation developed without the group getting hurt, since Emma's barrier helped enormously in this kind of situation.

They saw different fights forming around the group of orcs. Different small and large groups of monsters fought, both to escape faster and to take advantage of the food they could get from the fights...

The family could get a great idea out of it...

In addition, Viktor, who was already planning to take advantage of the battle the wild orcs fought, also thought about how they should prepare for the battle against this terrifying group.

***

On the other hand, outside...

Months ago, the world was changing, more and more, Viktor and the family were aware of most of the changes, announced publicly and information that was partially private, that is, that only people who worked for "important" organizations and had a certain rank, could access.

But of course, the family, even though as part of the organization known as the Monster Hunters Association, was able to access privileged information, they still did not have impressive rank.

Many things were hidden because of the terror that these would cause...

The Amazon jungle had changed, being now the territory of the elves, "friendly", this was known by the family since it was not a problem to reveal a little hope …

Many things were also much more private, but little by little it became easier to get information...

Everest, conquered by the dragons...

The Himalayan system, partly conquered by yetis...Partly by all sorts of species.

And the wars against the monsters that were brewing.

Also, the various hopes of mankind, which previously remained hidden, were revealed.

The engineer, from the north of Korea, King Charles of England now known as the magic swordsman.

And then there are also those organizations that were not known to be positive or negative... Perhaps, the biggest one is the Pachino family, better known as the Pachino Mafia.

This is a very well known organization in the criminal world of Colombia, previously known for running drug trafficking. Now it is the biggest power in South America.

Recently, the leader of the now known as New Korea, Kim Chon Goo, who unified Korea, with various threats to the former South Korean leader, decided to reveal to the various organizations and people with some power some of the information of the "engineer".

Before, only the level of the best in the world was known, but some people now also revealed new hopes.

Even the common people found out about different things that the family didn't know about right now, such as expeditions to explore certain sectors or to reconquer them.