The sound of clashing steel echoed through a forest, punctuated by harsh cries and a string of vicious curses. A troupe of C Rank Hunters, all women, encircled a group of orcs, who, despite their enormous size, were clearly outmatched.
The five orcish figures – larger than any human – writhed and retaliated against their attackers. Their brown, gnarled skin was slick with a sheen of sweat and blood, muscles straining in a desperate struggle for survival.
Helen, a petite woman with fiery red curls and emerald green eyes, fiercely swung her steel longsword at an orc, her features twisted with disgust, "These disguisting brutes deserve nothing less than a slow, painful end," she hissed, landing a punishing blow on her orcish adversary.