Chapter 24: Return

Alex's party arrived at the Lord's Manor, as he could feel his strength gradually leaving him and his body began to feel like it was filled with Lead.

'I have to dismiss them as soon as possible, before one of them notices and decides to challenge me for the position of chief...After all, not all Orcs knew what Honor is.' Alex made some plans as they followed him into the main Hall.

"welcome back, My Chief."

The one that greeted Alex the moment he entered the Hall was Dabok.

But…

He did not look happy.

Dabok, who always smiled widely and tended to drop dry jokes at Alex, had an ugly expression.

It was even stiffened from how serious he looked.

Something is fishy.

Alex looked at the Nervous little Goblin and the haughty looking Kobold that was not far from Dabok and realized something fishy had happened.

"Is there something wrong?"He finally asked as Dabok returned to glaring at the Kobold, he looked like he was restraining himself from crushing it.

"It's…" he tried to speak but was cut off by the Kobold

"Hmph!...Little Chief, I Demand you show some respect!, why aren't you bowing." Although it sounded tough but Alex noticed it's shaky legs. This display made Alex frown as the Hall became tense, so he decided to look at it's status.

'Ah...it's the 2nd order blacksmith, but still...what as it been learning from the humans.!'

Alex thought for a brief moment and proceeded to the throne, He was dead tired.

"three serfs and materials have been given to you, still I'm yet to see one product but you want me to bow to you?."

Alex's face hardened, as his eyes glowed red.'something is really wrong with this Kobold'.

"yes" The kobold said curtly while putting up strong front.

'Haaa I don't have time for this' Alex let out a sighed inexplicably while signalling Urim with his eyes.

KPAaa!!! [sfx: Slap]

the Kobold fell to the ground as Alex's eyes became cold, even though the side effects of the Savage title skill was slowly kicking in, the aura boost was still there.

"Where do you think you are?!! you want me! to bow? Me!!!do you even know who you're talking to?!"

"was your head kicked by a donkey, Torrelsav!! what is this thing!?" Alex shouted at the Kobold before sending a question to the berserker Orc.

"He used to be the slave warden's pet, and lt also used that as leverage to act against the rest of us...".

Hearing this, Alex felt raged for some reason, maybe it was still the de-buff to his intelligence still active but he turned to the Kobold that seemed to be searching for something on the ground.

"Look at me!!...look...LOOK AT ME!!"

Immediately, Urim raised it's face by it's ears, forcing his eyes to fall on Alex.

The latter looked at him with a frown, "Do I look like this warden? and to think, I had plans for you...".

"Look here, if by tomorrow, I don't get the batch of short swords we talked about, hehe...get him out of my sight..." He ordered while rubbing his temple, one of the orcs pulled the Kobold out of the hall.

Once they left, a deafening silence filled the Hall as Urim silently returned to his side. Alex had his eyes closed as he tried to calm down.

"Have someone watch him tonight."

"yes"

Once that was acknowledged by Lovan, Alex brought his attention back to Dabok who seemed to be lost in thought.

He asked calmly this time, "Any movement, from the three tribes around us?"

'I have to be careful with that skill'.

"No" was all the elderly orc said.

"Fine...have the Goblins begin to gather more wood and stones. the one's mining should remain at the entrance and not venture to deep again...aside from that, you all can leave for now."

"""Yes, My chief"""" They all said, as Alex had corrected them on the whole 'Yes chieftain' way addressing him.

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The moment they all left, Alex pushed himself into the inner chambers and fell to the ground.

"F*Ck!! can't feel my legs, what is this?!" before falling into heavy sleep.

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Towards midday the Next day, about twenty short swords lay in front of the lords manor as Alex inspected them.

[Coyorn short sword]

Attack: 5-11

Durability: 100/100

Condition: Good

[Summary: A common short sword, it was made by the blacksmith Coyorn.]

It wasn't much but it was fine by him, after all his goal was for the goblins working under Coyorn, He wanted them to learn the skills, so they can evolve into blacksmiths. That way, if the Kobold doesn't change, he'll just kill him.

"share it to the Goblin warriors, the rest would get theirs later" He finally said before thinking, 'I best start practicing with the Heart Mantra'.

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Cilldean kingdom,

Ruler: Queen Hawise Salman

Government: monarchy

Culture: Humans

Population: 49,273,554

Capital city: Rubia

Sun God's temple.

Davis fairchild had just finished his training and was moving through the passage after the main hall, he began to wonder whether this quiet air tinctured with the scent of incense , candles and the the thick smell of these musty prayer books, metal polish and flowers had held any meaning for him so far. Everything seemed to hold the promise of discovery, of a scene already set, a task inevitable, inescapable.

The brightly lit passage with it's floor of encaustic tiles and its white-painted walls ran the whole west end of the church. He entered the first room on the left. Next to it with a connecting door was a small room that was about ten feet by eight.

This was were the knights and paladins picked up missions, so he came to find a 'suitable' quest for his monthly quest. even though Bishop Rodney said he was exempted for now, He felt he should do something anyway, no matter how little, to ease his mind.

"hmm"

"Did you hear? Kagol is pestering lady Jader again" Some junior Knights from the Academy began discussing, they had come to the Church as it was a norm for aspiring knights to hang out in the west side of the church from time to time.

"Him again...I thought he was after lady rose before?"

"yes but He seems to have changed targets and is trying to embrace the Clearheart's fat thighs through the 'Fairchild' house. you know, with...Da..." the junior knight's voice trailed off as he spotted Davis.

"Tsk..." The latter clicked his tongue and soon headed out.

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Black Moon village,

Towards the End of the day,

"Hah…this is refreshing…" Alex said, stretching his body as a rythimic cra ka ka sound rang out from his body. He had just finished practicing the first level of the 'Heart Sutra', permanently boosting his power rating by 1000.

[Name:Torug BlackMoon(Alex Radwell)]

Race: Great Orc

Level: 14(Order of the First circle)

Power rating: 4130+1000(5130)

Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Titles: Savage, Orhani(Unknown Soul)]

when he was done admiring the boost in his status page, he began to think...

'it's time to focus on internal affairs and build the governing system of the territory. if not, how can I boldly invade the surrounding villages at such a time' Anytime Alex thought about the situation with the mine, he felt like his waist had been grabbed from behind as he was trying to move forward. so with that thought, he went outside the Lord's Manor and as expected, Urim was standing there.

"Urim"

"Yes, Brother." Urim responded curiously.

"Tell everyone to prepare for war and they should to prepare for future attacks...Call the others for me."

Urim answered immediately, barely hiding his excitement, "YES!".