Buhara''s victory came as a great relief to the citizens of Tramak-Tor.


    They had never really seen a Battle-Mage in action before and never knew that an Orc could fight with methods beside their raw physical strength and power.


    Since Orcs were born with excellent natural strength, most Orcs spent their entire lives polishing just that one natural talent.


    The goal was to grow stronger and to develop one''s muscles to be one''s greatest strength, however, this approach naturally had its limitations.


    Not everyone could keep getting stronger without hitting their gic strength ceiling sooner orter, and with every other Orc around being also solely focused on strength, one lost the advantage of being powerful in battle, since everyone else was powerful too.


    Being less dexterous and less intelligent than other species like humans, elves, demons and vampires, the orcs never truly explored the route of bing mages, which was why Buhara was a trailzer within hismunity.


    His performance of taking down the venomous snake today through abination of magic and raw strength was witnessed by a majority of the residents of Tramak-Tor, and amongst them were small orc children who felt inspired from this event.


    "Mother, mother! I want to be like that orc there when I grow up! He''s so strong and so amazing! So much better than dad–"


    "Mmmphh, I know son….. I wish he was your dad…. Just look at those wide shoulders that he possesses~ I bet he can wrestle me with them all night~"


    "Huh? Mom, why are you drooling?"


    Buhara''s performance impressed the kids and made thedies wet in their privates.


    Many singledies from the vige of Tramak-Tor tried to unt their busty figure at the Victorious Hero, trying to catch his attention, however, Buhara was not the kind to easily waver.


    Soaking in the view without any shame, he checked out every pair of breasts that were put forward on disy for him, however, did not give recognition to any.


    Like a true stud, he yed hard to get, as after defeating the snake, he went up to meet the vige chief of Tramak-Tor and ignored all the distractions.


    "You… Buhara, son of Chief Ohara, you are our vige''s savior" Chief Chinwik said, as he expressed his gratitude towards Buhara for defeating the snake.


    "Please, let us host a grand banquet tonight in your honor, but first please excuse us, for we need to draw some water from thatke–" Chief Chinwik said, as Buhara stopped him dead in his tracks.


    "Chief Chinwik, although Buhara epts your gratitude, I am afraid Buhara can''t let you draw water from thatke yet.


    As although the snake is dead, the water within is still poisonous–


    Before using it, you must cleanse the water, for which you need to call upon either a pdin or a healer" Buhara said, as only then did Chief Chinwik realize that although Buhara had defeated the snake, the contamination that it had already caused was not going to disappear overnight.


    "B-But my vigers need water today. We haven''t had anything to drink in days–" Chief Chinwikined, as he helplessly pointed towards his own parched throat.


    "You can borrow the water from Toruk-Torke for today, but you must detoxify your ownke by tomorrow.


    Pay a healer if your vige doesn''t have one, or send a climber belonging to your vige to the tower to buy a few vials of detoxification potion from the alchemy shop…." Buhara suggested wisely, as Chief Chinwik immediately epted his proposal.


    "If it''s like this, then we won''t need to fight the neighboring vige for their water!" Chief Chinwik said in joy, as the vigers all cheered in unison behind him.


    Just like that, Buhara solved the water crisis for Tramak-Tor vige and also solved the border tensions that the Goruk-Tor vige was having with them.


    As he returned to Goruk-Tor, recounting his tale of valor to his father Chief Ohara, his father began crying tears of pride and joy at how sensible and mature his son had be.


    Overnight, Buhara became the hero of not only Tramak-Tor vige but also of Goruk-Tor vige, with people of both viges holding him in high regard.


    Naturally, one of the benefits of being hailed as the hero was that women from both viges started to throw themselves at Buhara, however, the only woman that Buhara had eyes for was his childhood crush Sohara, who he finally decided to seek out today.


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    At the same evening, as Sohara was washing clothes outside her hut, Buhara shyly approached her, with a procession of giggling teenagers following him from a distance.


    From the blush on Sohara''s face, it was evident that she had heard about Buhara''s approach before actually seeing him, however, she pretended to be engrossed in her work and did not look-up to face Buhara up-till he called for her.


    "Hey, Sohara, I''m back…" said Buhara, rubbing his nose, as only then did Sohara look up.


    "Oh? If it isn''t Buhara the hero…." Said Sohara, her tone being one of sarcasm mixed with awe.


    "Buhara is no hero…. But Buhara is an Orc eligible for marriage" said Buhara, as he did not waste time beating around the bush and cut straight to the chase.


    Loud Giggles could be heard in the background, as naughty kids found this entire situation to be very funny, however, both Buhara and Sohara did not pay them any attention.


    "Oh? I''m sure many girls in the vige will be dying to marry the Hero Buhara…. Why tell this to me?" Asked Sohara, as she stood up and faced Buhara face to face.


    In no way was Sohara the most beautiful orc in the vige, nor was she the strongest. However, it was her unique temperament which had charmed Buhara since he was a child and now that he was of age, he still hadn''t been as attracted to another woman as he had been to Sohara.


    "Yes, there are many who wish to marry Buhara, however, Buhara only wishes to marry you.


    In this past year, Buhara has missed you a lot and if you will take me as your mate, Buhara will like to miss you for life" said Buhara, as he officially proposed Sohara for marriage.