<h4>Chapter 373 – D-Day 10 (2)</h4>
There was only one reason why his subordinates would start getting rowdy in this foreign dimension.
<i>‘N-No!’</i>
<i>“Chwik!”</i>
The ck Orc Commander grabbed the ive, threw it to the ground, and rushed out of his tent.
<i>Chwak!</i>
<i>“Chwiiiik!”</i>
He rushed out the moment he heard themotion, but the campground was already stained with the blue blood of the one hundred orcs who were in in that short period.
<i>‘T-That guy is?!’</i>
The ck Orc Commander clearly recognized the human in front of him. It was the human who leisurely watched from afar when his orcs attacked the city, and it was only when the giant monster appeared that the human finally went into action.
[E-Enough!]
<i>“Chwiiik!”</i>
The ck Orc Commander screamed and ran toward the human. He knew that the fate of the orcs rested on his hands.
***
“Hmm?”
Han-Yeol possessed the skill to instantly kill eighty thousand orcs, no, two hundred thousand orcs, without much trouble. However, the reason he went through the trouble of killing them one by one was to lure the boss monster out and obtain as much information as he possibly could from it.
His n worked as the ck Orc Commander appeared once amotion was stirred up in their camp. Ironically, the boss monster’s next action was something he totally did not expect andpletely caught him off guard.
‘<i>What the...?’</i>
<i>Bam! Thud!</i>
Han-Yeol thought the ck Orc Commander was going to attack him after seeing how it rushed at him. However, the boss monster crashed into the ground in front of Han-Yeol, and it knelt in front of him.
The way the ck Orc Commander crashed into the ground looked quite painful, but that seemed to be the least of its worries as it looked at Han-Yeol with determination to survive burning in its eyes.
[P-Please spare us!]
“Huh?”
It was not only the ck Orc Commander’s actions, but even its words were theplete opposite of what Han-Yeol expected.
<i>Bam!</i>
The ck Orc Commander mmed its head on the ground so hard it caused a slight tremor.
“...”
Han-Yeol was rendered speechless by the ck Orc Commander’s unexpected behavior.
“What did you say just now? Can you repeat what you said?” he asked.
It was also bizarre that the orc was speaking Japanese, but that was not what was important right now.
[P-Please spare us! <i>Chwik!</i> We will do anything you tell us to do...! S-So please, don’t kill us!]
“Are you begging for your lives right now...?” Han-Yeol asked again, just in case, as he found this difficult to believe.
[Y-Yes! I am begging! Please!]
“Haha...”
Han-Yeol doubted his ears and was skeptical even after confirming it with the ck Orc Commander.
<i>‘A monster is begging for its life...?’</i>
This was a strange phenomenon he had never witnessed in his entire life as a Hunter and also during the twenty years he lived as Harkan.
<i>‘The ck Orc Commander is actually groveling at my feet...?’</i>
But that was not the end of the surprise as the ck Orcs followed theirmander’s lead, throwing aside their weapons and kneeling on the ground with their heads down, one after the other.
“<i>Chwiiik!”</i>
[Please spare us!]
<i>“Chwiik!”</i>
Han-Yeol grimaced and furrowed his brow at the spectacle unfolding in front of him. He grumbled inwardly, <i>‘Damn it... My head hurts... Why do these kinds of things keep happening to me?’</i>
If there were a God of Fate in this world, then he would have loved nothing more than to curse him straight to his face right now.
[...]
<i>Gulp!</i>
The ck Orc Commander instinctively knew just how powerful Han-Yeol was, and he felt his heart drop whenever Han-Yeol grimaced and grumbled under his breath. The poor boss monster felt he made two round trips to the afterlife whenever he saw the human furrowing his brows.
The boss monster knew he could not defeat the human in front of him, even if he still had his two-hundred-thousand-strong orc horde, and that the human was capable of annihting their entire horde all alone.
Han-Yeol called out, “Hey, orc.”
[Y-Yes!]
The ck Orc Commander instantly looked up and responded the moment Han-Yeol called him.
<i>‘Ugh... He’s so ugly...’</i> Han-Yeol grumbled inwardly.
Orcs were bound to be ugly as they resembled a disfigured wild boar.
“You will be enved without being able to betray me if you answer ‘yes’ to my question. Choose wisely if you want to die or live as my ve for the rest of your life. Do you wish to choose life and be my ve?”
As soon as Han-Yeol said those words...
<i>Ding!</i>
[You have used the Oath of Loyalty on the ck Orc Commander!]
[You will obtain ownership of the ck Orc Horde if the ck Orc Commander epts!]
Han-Yeol was going to obtain the entire horde if the ck Orc Commander epted, and this was due to the racial trait of the orcs.
[T-That is...]
This was the same process Camelot went through to be Han-Yeol’s ve.
“Now, choose. Will you die here or be my ve for the rest of your life?” Han-Yeol asked with his arms crossed while staring down at the orcmander.
<i>‘Well, it doesn’t matter what he chooses,’</i> he thought.
No, he secretly hoped the ck Orc Commander was going to refuse his offer and die like a true warrior. Letting these orcs that numbered nearly eighty thousand go to waste, as they could serve as much-needed experience points before his uing round two against Craspio. Not only that, he could foresee how big of a hassle having such arge horde under hismand was going to be in the future.
Unfortunately, Han-Yeol tended to be quite unlucky in these kinds of situations.
[I-I... I will submit myself to you and be your ve! No! It is an honor to be your ve!]
“<i>Chwiiiik!”</i>
Ironically, the ck Orc Commander appeared to be happy to be Han-Yeol’s ve for some odd reason.
<i>Ding!</i>
[You have epted the ck Orc Commander as your ve.]
[You have obtained control over the ck Orc Horde.]
[Number of ck Orcs: 80,122]
[ck Orc Thrower: 1,188]
[ck Orc Infantry: 70,070]
[ck Orc Porter: 8,475]
[Current Supply: 7% (D-1)]
<i>Ding!</i>
[The rank of Oath of Loyalty has increased from (E) to (D).]
The skill he used leveled up, too, despite only being used for the second time.
Han-Yeol suspected this was due to his obtaining more than eighty thousand ves at once through the skill.
‘<i>Hmm... Is this a good thing or a bad thing...?’ </i>he wondered.
Getting more ves was definitely a good thing, but he could not help but think otherwise.
<i>Growl...</i>
[We are hungry!]
<i>“Chwik! Chwik!”</i>
<i>‘Ugh... My head...’</i>
He got another migraine from thinking about how he was going to feed this many starving orcs.
<i>“Chwik!”</i>
<i>“Chwik!”</i>
<i>“Chwik!”</i>
Thus, that was how Han-Yeol obtained eighty thousand orcs as his ves.
“Hmm...”
<i>p! p! p!</i>
<i>“Kyu?”</i>
“Han-Yeol?”
“Han-Yeol-nim?”
He was pondering what to do next when Mavros, Tayarana, Mariam, and Tia approached him. The rest of the Bastro Warriors were currently stationed around Nagoya to stand watch in case of any threats.
“Oh, hi,” Han-Yeol nonchntly greeted them.
“Just what on earth is this...?” Mariam muttered in sheer disbelief as she looked around them.
She was able to dominate and tame monsters as she awakened with the ability to do so, but she never heard of Han-Yeol obtaining such a skill before. She knew about his ability to summon demons and hatch monster pets, but dominating monsters was something he was not supposed to be doing.
<i>‘H-Hold on... No way...!’</i>
“H-Han-Yeol-nim?!” Mariam eximed with a flustered look.
“Yes, Mariam?” Han-Yeol tilted his head in confusion and responded.
“D-Don’t tell me... Did you obtain Telepathy skills?”
<i>Flinch!</i>
“Hmm?”
Han-Yeol tried to react as calmly as he could, but he could not help but flinch deep inside as he nned to keep the fact he could use Telepathy a secret for as long as possible.
<i>‘How did she know?’</i>
Still, he decided to feign ignorance for now.
<i>‘Even if I get caught, I should—‘</i>
“H-Hmm? Why are you saying that all of a sudden?”
“Then how were you able to force so many orcs into your ves?!”
“Ah...”
<i>‘Phew... I guess she doesn’t suspect it yet.’</i> Han-Yeol let out a sigh of relief inwardly.
The only reason Mariam suspected him of being able to use telepathic skills was solely due to him dominating so many orcs, and there was no reason for him to hide how he did it if that was what she wanted to know.
“Ah, they wanted to be my subordinates.”
“Huh?”
“Huh?”
<i>“Kyu?”</i>
What he said ended up confusing the trio even more.
It was then that Tayarana stepped in and said, “Han-Yeol.”
“Hmm?”
“Tell me in detail.”
“What details?”
“How did you turn them into your subordinates?”
“They asked me first. I’m telling the truth.”
<i>Kwachik!</i>
A vein bulged on Tayarana’s forehead.
Both Tayarana and Mariam refused to believe what he was saying, even if he was telling the truth, as it sounded like utter nonsense.
Fortunately, Han-Yeol was quick to catch on that the two women were unhappy with his response. He developed an instinct to tell whether they were happy or not, thanks to the numerous times he was rebuked and nagged by them.
“So what happened was...”
He decided to tell them what they wanted to hear before the lovely duo started nagging again.
***
Han-Yeol exined for thirty minutes the entire exchange he had with the ck Orc Commander and even went further to exin how he was able to obtain them as his ves.
“...That’s what happened.”
“Ah, so it was all thanks to your skill?” Mariam summarized.
<i>Snap!</i>
Han-Yeol snapped his fingers and eximed, “Ah! Yes, that’s exactly it!”
“Haa... Han-Yeol-nim...” Mariam sighed as if she was done with him.
“Hahaha...” Han-Yeol awkwardlyughed and scratched the back of his head.
<i>“Ch-Chwiiik...”</i>
The ck Orcs were suffering the entire time Han-Yeol was struggling to appease the two women. Their short, thick legs were starting to cramp as they had not budged an inch from the ground ever since they bowed down. However, none of them dared to stand up as Han-Yeol did notmand them to do so yet.
“Huh? What are you guys doing?” Han-Yeol tilted his head in confusion and asked.
It was only after he noticed them that he gave them the permission to stand up.
<i>Thud!</i>
<i>“Chwiiik...!”</i>
Some of the orcs could no longer feel their legs and ended up on their butts after trying to stand up.
Han-Yeol could note up with any use for the ck Orcs, but he did not allow them toze around doing nothing. He found it extremely wasteful to let eighty thousandborers he could order around for free do nothing.
He eventually tasked them with cleaning up Nagoya City and assisting in the evacuation of the civilians to the east of the city.
“<i>Chwik!”</i>
[What are you doing?! Move faster!]
[You slowpokes!]
<i>[Hiiik!]</i>
They did not attack the civilians since Han-Yeol forbade them from doing so, but that did not mean they were going to hide their viciousness. These ck Orcs might look like meek kittens in front of Han-Yeol, but they were wild, vicious monsters to their core.
Some of the civilians took their sweet time to evacuate, and a few ‘inspirational’ roars from the ck Orcs ‘motivated’ them to run as if their life depended on it.
<i>‘Oh? This isn’t bad at all.’</i>
Han-Yeol was impressed by the ck Orcs’ ability to ‘motivate’ some of the civilianszing around to evacuate faster, which was the reason he did not step in despite the rough manner the orcs were handling the civilians.
He did not care whatever happened to the civilians as long as the orcs did not attack them, as all he cared about was evacuating them alive, which was also the only task he was entrusted with.
Han-Yeol left the civilians to the ck Orcs and walked over to where Craspio was sealed. He looked up at the colossal monster and observed it.
It was then that somebody appeared in front of him and saluted.
<i>Chwak!</i>