Shota's Isekai NTR Adventure

Chapter 930: Defending the crystal



As we followed the trail, there was something that seemed off.

It seemed that the closer we came to the source of the demonic energy, the more orcs that were along the way.

Even though we had already expected orcs to be there, it was an abnormal increase.

It was almost as if they had deliberately gathered in the path of the source of the demonic energy. It was almost as if they were spread out in a manner that would allow them to create walls on the path to the source of the demonic energy.

That didn't seem right since these orcs shouldn't be smart enough for something like this. Especially with how they ran as soon as they encountered the wyverns.

They were scattered like bowling pins in front of the might of the wyverns and they ran right away, with no intentions of staying in the burning camps to keep protecting this path.

The way that they just scattered right away instead of standing to the end was as if they had been ordered to stay here, rather than choosing to stay here.

It was as if there was something or someone that had told them to guard this place.

It was hard to tell what it was just based on the clues so far, but I could guess what it was. That guess was confirmed when we finally reached the source of the demonic energy.

At this point, it was so dense that it was almost impossible to miss it.

That was because there was a camp that was right above the area where the crystal was buried. At the same time, it seemed like the demonic energy was seeping right out of the ground up into the camp that was above it.

From above, we could see that the camp was filled with different variant orcs that all seemed quite powerful.

Each one seemed like they were stronger than the bosses of the camps that had been along the way.

But that wasn't the most surprising thing.

The most surprising thing was that at the center of the camp, there was an orc that was larger than the rest of the orcs sitting there. Atop this large orc's head was a crown that seemed to be made of leaves and branches.

Just a single glance was enough to tell that this should be the king of these orcs.

It seemed that they had evolved enough that there was a king that even evolved.

This was most likely the reason why the orcs had been stationed on the way to this place.

Was it because they could tell that staying in this place filled with demonic energy would make them stronger?

It seemed that was the case as the orcs were all gathered around the area where the demonic energy was the most concentrated.

It was only when they had to go out into the surrounding area to gather materials that they left this area.

When they could choose, they would always stay in the place that had the highest concentration of demonic energy.

They seemed to recognize that it did make them stronger to absorb this energy.

But I also couldn't help wondering if there was something about the crystal that naturally made the orcs want to protect it.

This wasn't the case with the other ones, but those ones didn't have the same concentration of demonic energy in them. Perhaps it was only when they reached this level that it would instill a desire to protect in the monsters that were nurtured.

It was a mystery since we had no idea what these crystals were in the first place.

"Your majesty, should we attack?"

I was pulled out of my thoughts by Klein who suddenly asked this.

After being pulled out of my thoughts, I said with a nod, "Yes, destroy them."

With that order, Klein didn't hesitate to give the order to attack.

Since there were stronger variants and this was our target in the first place, he took a different approach.

Instead of diving down and wiping them out quickly, he had the wyverns form a circle formation around the camp before shooting their flame breaths downwards.

This created a circle of flames around the camp that completely boxed the orcs in.

The orcs were gathered around the center of the camp, so it wasn't hard for us to trap them in this camp in the first place. With the way that they were gathered, it was almost as if they were asking to be trapped like this.

However, the orcs didn't seem as afraid of the flames as the other camps that we attacked. Since they were stronger variants, they had thicker hides than the other orcs that we killed.

It was just that it was impossible for them to stop all of these wyverns that were around them.

Orcs and wyverns, there was no need to compare the two.

If one flame breath wasn't enough to burn down an orc, then they would use two.

If two wasn't enough, then they would use four.

The flames that surrounded the camp were enough to make them cautious enough that they didn't scatter like cockroaches after the light was turned on. At the same time, it seemed that the Orc King was gathering them around it to protect something.

It was where the demonic energy was the most concentrated, so this was most likely where the crystal was buried.

The way that the Orc King acted was completely different from the way that the orcs acted previously.

The Orc King seemed like it was ready to lay down its life to defend this crystal.

It almost seemed like it cared more about the crystal that it did about its own life.

The other orcs though were just staying because they were being suppressed by the power of

the Orc King.

It was the king of the orcs, so it had a natural suppression on them.

That meant that it was easy for us to pick them off one by one with the flame breaths and let the encroaching flames completely surround them.