Orc Warrior

Before entering the ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠first gate that I've died through dozens of times, I checked my status window.

But even without checking, I could feel that I had become stronger—the bones tingling with power. Still, it was better to confirm.

'Amazing.'

The death-related achievements had gifted me with overwhelmingly powerful stats. Just this once, if all stats +10, it was equivalent to raising my level by 20 at once for my case.

My body felt lighter and harder, and the sense through Magi had become quite sharp.

Swish swish─.

Although the technique level hadn't changed, just the change in stats made it seem like a well-honed aura was flowing from my whole body.

“You……”

Oliver's panic left me no room for consideration.

Now.

It was the time to realize that I was emitting sharper sharpness than ever, not just adapting to the stat increase.

Instead, if I missed this moment ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠and faced another death, I felt that I would be worse than now.

'To maintain this sensation, there can be no more defeats against the orc.'

Clop, clop─.

I gripped the two familiar daggers and said,

“Open.”

“……!”

Oliver, sensing something, opened the prison door holding the orc warrior without further interference.

Clang! Creak!

The door opened, and three seconds later, the orc's roar followed.

—Grrrrr!

A bit different.

The confidence in the orc's roar had decreased, and vigilance had strengthened.

Chak─!

I crossed my hands to take a stance and nodded.

“As expected, you are a splendid warrior.”

Even if you didn't regress like me, the attitude of not being arrogant and being cautious after realizing the stat increase was something the orc should learn from me.

Also, I wondered if he thought this way in such situations, and why people in high positions look down on those inferior to them.

“Smaller.”

It wasn't that I was getting bigger.

When one's power strengthens, the opponent appears smaller by that much. Until the previous round, the orc must have seen me as an insurmountable huge mountain, but now it was different.

From the beginning, I could see the top of the orc.

Of course, I couldn't immediately stab my dagger there just because I saw it.

For me, who had been desperately swinging daggers blindly at targets invisible in the blizzard until now, this was more than enough.

“Come at me.”

This time, I'll kill you without dying.

—Grrrrr!

The orc warrior's left foot leap was usually to extend the right hand long to restrict my action and grab me.

I've seen it many times, been grabbed many times.

Chut!

In my eyes, the orc's movement was 'already' drawn as if seeing the future. Cutting straight the picture of firm experience and belief gained by risking my life.

Pop!

I intended to cut the right wrist halfway in an instant, but the wound was just a flesh cut with blood dripping.

—Kwaaah!

Despite the first attack being disadvantageous, the orc warrior didn't retreat. Instead, he roared more viciously and rushed at me. It was also the fundamental reason I hadn't been able to easily deal with the orc until now.

He kept pressing with toughness without knowing what it was. With that beast-like aggression, I always had no choice but to take it.

But now it was different.

'Now it's possible.'

I felt that feeling.

With this light body, I believed any movement would follow.

“Huuu……”

I had to time the falling huge fist above my head precisely. Failure would be instant fatal.

The orc warrior's punch could crack the ground.

One had to feel with the body that getting hit by such a punch meant going to the grave, not just a simple saying.

'Not yet!'

The orc's sharp killing aura spewing without rest.

Due to the fear engraved on my body from repeated deaths towards the orc, my body twitched, urging movement, but I bit my lip bloody to suppress those instincts.

And at the moment the fist arrived right in front of my pupil.

'Now!'

Kiieeing─!

Spot─!

I instantly jumped, kicking the ground, and landed on the orc's fist.

Kuung, Kwadddduk!

Thanks to that, the orc warrior who had been hammering the innocent floor with his fist had his eyes wide ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠open. It was a moment he had experienced once. Then, he had barely snatched one eye, and tasted the pain of being torn apart by the orc who grabbed him.

But this time, I cut both eyes at the same time!

—Gwaek!

Before the orc warrior could skillfully wave his arms, I shot like lightning in that instant and passed by the orc, cutting both eyes.

—Grrrrr!

The pain of having eyes cut was too much for even the seasoned orc warrior, so he knelt on one knee and wrapped his face halfway with trembling hands.

'Continuous opportunity!'

I wanted to clench my fists and shout if it wasn't for this situation, wondering if I had ever pressed the orc this much.

Kuung, kuung, kuung!

Du-gung, du-gung, du-gung!

My heart was beating madly like it had broken. I was excited like an idiot with the victory that barely came after dying dozens of times.

Yes, even though I knew I was excited, I couldn't stop it.

I couldn't stop it.

I couldn't stop the human desire to pour out all the accumulated resentment and despair at once.

'Taken both eyes, wounded the right wrist.'

In that instant less than a second, I had calculated everything and entrusted my body to the flow, wanting to take the orc's life with smoke-like movement.

—Frssu……

'I won!'

Even though I had rushed from the orc's right side, seeing that he couldn't react, I was confident in the victory.

But.

“……!”

—Guruk!

When I faced the orc's right eye, which had suddenly flashed and then turned red, my heart dropped to the bottom.

The orc, without hesitation, slapped my stomach with his limp right hand.

—Pwaaah! Uddddduk!

The sound of the fist digging deep and breaking bones echoed in my ears.

“Kk, kuhuh…….”

I, who had perfectly allowed the counterattack, scraped the ground and barely stood up and thought.

'It was shallow.'

The left eye I had cut with the right hand was completely lost vision, but the right eyeball was still stubbornly maintaining its life.

Moreover, the orc already knew that I was aiming for the right side.

'Damn, I should have expected that.'

I got too excited and thought too simply.

The opponent was not just a tool for quest clear, but a living being desperately fighting to not die.

The price was heavy.

“Kool!”

A huge amount of blood flowed endlessly from my mouth. Arms and legs were still fine, but I wasn't ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠thinking of moving like before.

—Gurru……

Relying on the almost extinguished thread-like vision and the good left hand, the orc warrior was slowly approaching me.

'If I run away, I can't win.'

I instinctively realized.

If I pulled time a little longer here, my life would end sooner, and I wouldn't have the power to kill the orc.

“Huu.”

I gathered all my strength to breathe and stood in place, raising my dagger. Judging that the orc, who didn't know me well, had to finish it now, he was approaching without any hesitation.

From the bold footsteps, I felt the orc's unwavering confidence.

“Come.”

Did he understand my words?

—Grrrrr!

The orc who was walking roared again and rushed at me. It was an attack with the will to definitely cut off my life.

And for me, to return what I suffered from the orc, even if just to survive.

'Kill!'

I squeezed all the Magi in my body and kicked the ground.

Spot─.

In an instant, the colors entering my vision changed, and my body had already passed the orc and fallen to the floor.

But……

—Twung, thud.

I smiled faintly at the sound of something heavy falling and rolling on the ground from behind.

I won. I survived.

I woke up faster than I thought.

Just like my life was tough as if the lie that I had died easily nearly a hundred times was true. After opening my eyes, eating the potion Oliver gave me, the broken bones recovered quickly.

“Oppa, heuuaaa, oppa……”

“It's okay, don't cry, Lin. Seeing you cry is much harder than fighting that orc.”

“Yeah, sorry.”

Although I thought the reward was a bit stingy compared to the difficulty, I could protect the warmth of my sister who was genuinely worried about me, so it was more than enough.

[Siscon…….]

“Congratulations on clearing all the gates. The feast is prepared, so follow me.”

The voice saying congratulations was perfectly calm.

Moreover, before organizing my mind, I saw Oliver trying to lead me to the feast, so I told Karina.

Now, there was a more urgent matter than the feast.

'First, get out of the tower.'

[Yes, understood.]

“Huu……”

Even though I had come and gone to the modern world during this time, I hadn't been able to take proper rest because I was always fighting the orc in my head.

Although I had leveled up and eaten potion so my body was back to normal.

My mental fatigue was piled up a lot.

Also, the 'sexual desire' I hadn't known before was the same.

“……”

For a moment, I stared at Song Yura's contact on my smartphone, then decided to check the status window first.

This level of stats made me think that even if I took a few bullets, I wouldn't die.

With this, if I quit my part-time job right away, I could move to properly get my back support.

Although I'm still a baby chick inside the Estever family of the Tutorial Tower, I wasn't particularly strange to call me the strongest in the world here.

More than that……

“Hah, if you want to meet me, just meet me.”

I didn't want to deceive my own heart.

As I repeated deaths after the fierce battle with the orc, I wanted to find Song Yura to calm the excitement like stress and fear.

It was just that I didn't have the time.

Since I came out of the Tutorial Tower a bit early, I could meet her enough before my part-time job and have sex.

'I can't call that woman to this house without going crazy.'

I quickly sent a message to Song Yura.

She replied quickly. I smiled faintly at the message, and Song Yura was nearby.