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Bold is for attacks


Cryer's POV

"An orc lord is an interesting beast in a way." I explained to Rimuru "They empower all other orcs under them, turning them into a crushing ravenous wave that tramples forward devouring all in their path. In other words they are a nearly unstoppable force once they get going."

"They're that dangerous?" they asked.

"They have an ability that gives them abilities from the things they devour, it allows their power to grow in an exponential fashion." I told them "If they are crushed before they gain much momentum it's fine, but once they get a few victories under their belts they become nearly impossible to stop, thankfully only a few have ever been documented, but disposing of them is historically difficult and full of casualties."

The Dryads of the forest had asked Rimuru to defeat the Orc lord and they were mostly pressured into accepting.

"This is a whole army, taking them down will be tough." Rimuru said "Good thing we sent Souei to talk to the lizardmen."

"I'm just curious where this powerful Orc Lord came from, the named Lizardman too, it's very strange." I hummed "Someone is playing at something and this forest is at the center."

"Will you be helping us out." The slime asked.

"Well I've been living in this forest too, only fair I lend my magic and help you out." I said making a glowing ball of light balance on my finger "Fighting in the swamps will make it easier for me as well, I won't have to worry as much about starting a inferno and burning down the forest."

"Thanks for caring." Rimuru sighed.


LATER
About a week later it was time to start moving to the swamp to confront the Orc army marching through the forest, by the time we arrived though the Lizardmen had already been forced to engage…or perhaps attacked on their own.

"Your robes are rather elegant." Shuna said.

"Oh these." I walked with robes that were a mix of blue, green and white, the sleeves were a bit baggy and floated around my elbows when pushed up "They're actually rather old, I haven't worn them in years."

"They suit you, elegant, mysterious yet they invoke power." Shuna said in her own white robes "We'll be counting on you on the battlefield."

"Likewise, you're a skilled healer so I'll be sure to look to you if it goes poorly." I told her.

Along the way we briefly made camp and found a few of the Lizardmen that needed help, but soon when I saw the swamp it was clear how much destruction the orc army had brought with them.

"I guess we should make a move." I jumped down and landed "Leave the bulk to me."
I held my hands together in a triangle shape.

"Fire Magic: Incinerating Cannon!"

A gust of flame concentrated between my hands before blasting out and boring through a line of orcs, their bodies bursting into flames.

"There's still a lot of them." I said slipping around one and using magnetic control magic to maneuver the chains around my wrists to bind and break him "I can use something with a bit more kick too it."

I held both hands up and traced a star pattern around in front of me, a circle of light appearing above the main orc army.

"Space Magic: Photon Ray!"

The light from the circle shot down and dragged around the battlefield slicing through bodies with light while leaving cuts in the ground as well.

"Huh?" I looked up and saw the orcs that weren't killed by my attack simply got up and devoured the ones felled by it to continue.

"Hehehe." I laughed "Of course, you just won't stay down will you, fine!"

I smiled and moved my right hand slapping down and feeling a chill.

"Frozen Waste!"

A sheet of ice spread out and turned the swamp into a tundra, frozen orcs encased in ice before me, with them stunned I shook my left hand and flipped before slapping it down.

"Earth Make: Shatter Quake!"

The ground before me rumbled and shook, the ice cracking and shattering into hundreds of small shards.

"How interesting, I never expected to be able to break so many." I smirked.

I then sighed and looked around, so many dead bodies, so much destruction.

"Haaa…" I sat down a bit "How boring."

I could sense the power of the Orc Lord, but frankly killing it didn't interest me, my interest in beating up on Orcs was sated. What briefly interested me was when a Majin showed up claiming to be the one responsible for this Orc Lord in his attempt to make a Demon Lord only to be killed by the Orc himself. Though Rimuru was able to stop the evolution of the Orc Lord into a Demon Lord, my interest was piqued.


LATER
"Some random wannabe doesn't come up with a plan like that on his own." I said sitting by the river side holding a crystal ball "This reeks of Clayman…maybe I should call her and just ask."

I thought about using the communication crystal to call a certain someone but I knew she'd be less than thrilled to hear from me at the moment so it was best to ignore it.

I stopped and sighed "Just what is going on around here?"


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