Ch. 11 An Orc

( Yuto Pov )

I hid behind a wall as I felt a huge presence from a far. 

I didn't know what it was, but I could tell it was strong. It's heavy footsteps as it dragged something behind it as it moved. 

I was on the seventh floor as I hunted for purple moths and needle rabbits, and I came across a purple papilio. 

Its wings were said to be used as a potion to heal wounds, and that's why I wanted to hunt it, especially for the mission as well. 

[ Defeat 1 Purple papilio ] 

[ Purple Papilio defeated 1/1 ] 

[ Reward: D grade Healing Potion Recipe ] 

That reminds me of another potion recipe I had. But I'll find it later. 

Right now, I needed to escape. That damned purple papilio led me here to the tenth floor. 

After fighting hordes of goblins and kobolds on the eighth and ninth floor, I was able to kill it and grab its wing and crystal. 

Using the shadows and wall of the dungeon, I moved around the orcs. 

They smelled horrible, and the sounds they make sound like pig noise when they snort. 

As I felt the orcs footsteps fade into the distance, I moved to where I remembered the exit to the ninth floor was. 

Using the trees and shrubs as well, I managed to unlock a new skill. 

[ Ding! Through repetitive action, you've unlocked as new skill ] 

[ Sneak lvl 1 ] 

The skill was self-explanatory. 

Using this newfound skill, I hid behind a tree as an orc blocked the exit. 

' Tsk, now of all time.' 

I could wait it out and let him pass or use this chance to kill it.... and the idea of killing an orc was getting my blood pumping. 

An orc was a nightmare to level 2 adventurers as a punch from that would make them unable to fight anymore.

I lowered my posture as I kept my sword sheathed and grabbed a throwing knife as I held it in a reverse grip. 

[ Throwing knife ] [ lvl 3 ]

[ Durability: 30/30 ] 

I had a better grip on the knife thanks to the leather wrappings I wrapped around the handle. 

I sneaked behind the orc as I got closer. 

With my enhanced hearing, I could hear its heartbeat. 

I used Transparent View to get a view of its insides and weakness. 

Its hide was thick, and it had large muscles. It stood at 3 meters high. 

I doubted myself if I could really kill this thing with one hit. 

But I steeled my resolve as I this was in my way to the exit.

Its eye was a weak point, but it was too high, so I would need to throw a knife at it. 

But there was a weak point. Behind its knee, the hide wasn't as thick as the rest of its body. 

' They resemble humans but just uglier and taller, so they have some weak points as a human.' I thought as I cut the Orcs knee as it fell to one knee. 

It swung its arm behind as I ducked and stabbed the knife into its eye. 

" Screeeeee!!!" It squealed like a pig as I continued to bother it. 

Cut by cut as I dodged its arm.

I felt the wind pressure as I dodged its attacks, and when it tried to get back up, I kicked its injured knee before continuing to circle around it, cutting it with two knives. 

I felt faster and more agile as I used two knives. 

' How nostalgic... reminds me of my killing days...'

I showered in its blood as I sped up, and the orc began to lose blood as it began to squeal.

Don't get hit. Don't get hit. 

I repeated to myself as I dodged its large arms. 

[ Orc ]

[ Health: 35/225 ]

' Just a bit more!!' I thought as I rushed between its arm swings and closed the distance as I stabbed its other eye. 

" Scrreeeaaaa!!!!" It squealed. 

It started swinging its arms frantically as I stepped back. 

The orc covered in cuts and stabs, especially the neck where the hide was the most dense but was covered entirely of cuts. 

I threw the knife at its neck as it plunged deep. 

The hide was weakened already, so the blade had no trouble. 

Then poof! The body was absorbed by the dungoen as I picked its crystal and its hide. 

The hide smelled disgusting, but it was a crafting material, so I threw it into the inventory along with the crystal. 

My arms felt tired from all the stabbing and swinging as I tried to cut through its thick hide. 

I should get better knives or a daggers at least. 

' It's best no one knows I killed an orc. The guild already has information on my skills and stats. It's best to slow the information of killing an orc for now.' I thought as my ears picked up sounds from afar. 

It was a horde of orcs approaching my location. 

" Must've heard you squealed." I spoke aloud as I turned to the exit and made my escape. 

I didn't want to push my luck anymore than I already have, but my hands still itched for a fight. 

Especially with knives in hand as it reminds me of my last life. 

My old fighting style and tactics. 

And that's what I did. I hunted in the in dungeons. 

I used sneak and my knives as I picked goblins and koblolds one by one, and their groups first noticed before it was too late. 

Their screams muffled as I covered their mouths or snout. 

And their were times they tried to bite my hands, but I stabbed a knife through their jaws before dragging them.