The bard fantasized again.

Chapter 199 Revenge (15,000 words, please subscribe and vote)

To be honest, Barbaya didn't understand why Tang Qi was here.

In her mind, she would never see him again in her life—

He would run away, fleeing desperately to the distance.

This is the judgment one should have after realizing that there is an entire orc tribe behind her.

Only an army can fight against an army.

This is also why the human wielding the scimitar, a man of exceptional skill, dared not engage in a prolonged battle with the orc.

But who could have imagined that in just three months, he would have the opportunity to take revenge on him?

This foolish human actually dared to turn back and seek revenge against her?

Stop being funny.

Even if he assembles a team, so what?
A knight with a broken sword, a one-eyed dwarf, a wolf cub, a kobold, a pseudo-dragon...

And then there's the poet who took his lute to the battlefield.

Is there anyone left who is normal?
Such an oddly shaped group would probably be laughed at if placed on the Southern Great Wall.

Perhaps he has something to rely on—no, he must have some treasure that would make him dare to return with such a bunch of worthless scoundrels.

"But with so many soldiers under my command, they could spit you to death!"

As a prophet, she seemed to have foreseen today's outcome.

"Chop them up, it'll be extra for dinner tonight!"

"Hoo, ha!"

"Hoo, ha!"

"Hoo, ha!"

The orcs' synchronized war cries were their battle horns.

Over a hundred orcs surged into the stables. Shyvana, forcing herself to stand, called out to the orcs beside her:

"Stop fucking! I haven't lost yet, the fight isn't over!"

Although it might seem like she was being overly concerned with saving face, that was the only order she could give—

Are we really going to just stand by and watch these orcs crush this reckless squad?

She never understood why Tang Qi had such confidence.
Didn't they also escape their pursuit by fleeing from those beastmen?
It was through that lizard—

Wait, a lizard?
That was definitely not an ordinary lizard!

Even the troublesome Earth Dragon, which roams the vast desert, cannot display its power.

But he only has one lizard, how can he use it to withstand the power of an army?

Her shouts did indeed stop a few orcs.

These people don't really believe that Shyvana hasn't lost yet.

I just felt that she was more suited to lead the tribe forward.

During the time she was away, all sorts of strange things happened in the tribe.

Barbaya's eccentricities didn't just appear overnight.

But most orcs didn't care about these things.

They just wanted to vent the violence in their hearts—a desire that had been suppressed in their chests ever since they left the Great Desert and failed to plunder effectively.

Regardless of who or how many people are in front of me, as long as I can vent my anger and return to the conquests and massacres beyond the Great Wall in the south, even for a moment, it's fine.

They longed to see the blood from the axe blade severing the other's arm, to see the fear they felt before their death.

But Tang Qi, who inspired his teammates with his singing, showed absolutely no fear.

He used up all his incentives at once, inspiring everyone except Kulu and Anbi.

In this situation that resembled a battlefield, he had no urge to wield a lute and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the orcs.

They are a team, so you just need to trust your teammates:
"Iu!"

He patted the sleeping little dragon in the hood and, with the help of the [Concentric Ring], summoned it to release its dragon breath.

The jet-black bead was clearly visible beneath its sharp fangs.

The invisible air distorts with the singularity, and light is also deflected in the force field.

A blurry and trembling vision obscured the space in front of the little dragon, turning the roaring beastmen that surged forward into a chaotic mass of green.

"Roar!!!"

An invisible storm swept across the blood-red soil, stirring up the sand and gravel beneath the earth as it reached the orcs who were the first to arrive.

Some had their skin scraped by sharp stones, but many more stumbled and fell backward, tripping and obstructing others from moving forward.

At the same time, Kuru summoned the [Cloud Mist Spell], obscuring the vision of a large number of orcs, causing some unsuspecting orcs to bypass the cloud mist and rush towards them.

All of this, to some extent, slowed down the advance of a large number of orcs.

However, six unaffected orcs withstood the pressure and swung their hand axes at him.

The moment the rubble steps forward, it rams the tower shield forward:
"[Shield Charge]!"

Still feeling weak, he only managed to knock a few orcs off balance.

But he wasn't exactly the team's main attacker to begin with—

A golden cloak suddenly appeared behind Chenxi. With the enhancements of [Swift Radiance] and [Peerless Warrior], along with the agility brought by the power plate armor, she moved like a golden lightning bolt, even though she was wearing plate armor.

She even conserved her strength, using only the broken sword to slit the throats of two of them.

"boom!"

The broken sword wasn't sharp enough to draw blood from their necks.

But she smashed it with brute force.

A large amount of blood gushed out with the throbbing of her throat. As the two orcs fell, several sharp axes followed and swung down at her.

Chenxi wasn't very skilled with the shield. She used the mocking smiley face on her one-handed shield to block the attack. After a few muffled thuds, two short axes still swept past the shield and landed solidly on her plate armor like chopping wood.

But after a clanging spark and a few noticeable scratches on his shoulder armor, his head was smashed open by her spinning broken sword.

This did not immediately resolve the orcish situation, allowing them to regroup and launch another attack.

"Perhaps a better sword would solve the problem faster."

Tang Qi muttered to himself, pointing to Barbaya atop the distant tower, and using the [Vicious Words] skill to hurl insults through song.
"Stop pretending to be deaf up there, get down here and let me poke two more holes in you!"

He never questioned Chenxi's abilities.

Not to mention facing a group of orcs who only rely on brute force to charge into battle.

If there were a few spellcasters here who would occasionally use spells like [Human Immobilization Spell] to forcibly restrain Dawn's actions, he might be more cautious in his actions.

But the only spellcaster in this tribe is the old goblin standing atop the tower.

Tang Qi had already experienced her abilities as a third-ring sorcerer.

Therefore, there is no pressure when it comes to cursing.

As long as one can hear the cursing or even see his insulting actions, it's hard not to be affected by this magic trick.

Barbaya originally didn't intend to take it to heart—

She admitted that their composed response had prevented the adventure team from being overwhelmed by the orcs for the time being.

But it's clearly only a matter of time.

A large number of orcs have already detoured and will soon surround them from behind...

Ok?
The lizard actually blew up the clouds while sending the orc flying, thus obscuring the view.

Where does it get such a big mouth?
She realized that the unassuming lizard was actually the key to changing the course of the battle.

Then he began to chant filthy, obscene words, which sounded like flies buzzing around.

Two invisible repulsive forces roared through the air, leaving straight tracks only as they pierced through the clouds, about to strike Iwu squarely on the forehead.

But suddenly, a bright light flashed in the center of the tower shield, which was covered in shattered stones. The straight repulsive force seemed to curve, striking his [Arrow Absorption Shield] squarely.

An orc had just thrust his spear into the tower shield when he was struck in the spine by the repulsive force that pulled him there. His eyes rolled back, and he fainted.

Shattered Stone followed up with a spiked mace, smashing it down on the head of another orc.

"Are you simply being foolish, or are you taking this opportunity to eliminate your enemies?"

The insults rang out again, and Barbaya's mind went blank.

She finally realized that some emotions were swirling in her mind, but she couldn't resist the shock to her soul.

This gave her an urge to tear that rotten mouth to shreds.

The two repulsive forces coalesced once more, and the invisible spear pointed directly at Tang Qi's brow.

But this didn't even alert Tang Qi, and the two repulsive forces veered off course while she was in a daze.

"If you don't need your eyes, you can donate them. I can aim better when I pee than you do!"

"Enough! Enough! You damned earthworm!"

Two consecutive defeats finally ignited Barbaya's anger.

She knew it was the effect of magic, but she had no way to get rid of this irritation—

It's the enhanced 'taunt' effect of 【Adding Harsh Words】 that's at play.

"He didn't have this ability before!"

She realized that if she lost her focus, the foul-mouthed human crouching behind the dwarf would hurl insults at her, assaulting her very soul.

That will only make you more inaccurate, creating a vicious cycle!

Tang Qi's methods were far more sophisticated than she had imagined.

She finally gave up the idea of ​​torturing him to death.

All I wanted was for him to become dinner in my belly, roasted by the blazing flames!

He took a stinking black ball out of his pocket—

That was the droppings of yellow bats, but it was also an excellent casting material for the [Fireball] spell.

This is an area-of-effect spell that does not require aiming.

There is never a chance of failure.

She once used this spell to destroy an entire, well-established mercenary group:

"Then burn it! Burn everything to ashes, and see what kind of nonsense you can spout from that charred mouth of yours!"

Amidst the chanting accompanied by numerous teeth-grinding sounds, a blazing sun-like light suddenly flashed from the dark mass of excrement.

It was exceptionally hot, burning away its dark outer layer, and was no less intense than the sunlight overhead. Barbaya sneered, using the evil light emanating from the necklace on her chest to place the bright spot of light above Tang Qi's head—

It will explode with a deafening roar, and the resulting heat wave will incinerate everything within a seven-meter radius, whether inanimate or alive.

This will naturally affect the orcs surrounding them.

They will be dissatisfied with this.

They might even die from it.

But what does it matter?
She clutched the necklace that gleamed with an evil light at her chest, stroking its patterns—a scale etched with inverted triangles:
"Your souls will flow into the River Styx in the Nine Hells, where they will be reborn in a new and endless new life!"

She didn't believe anyone could stop this blazing 'sun'.

Perhaps there exists something in this world that can block the scorching sun.

But it's definitely not that foul-mouthed human.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have fled in such a sorry state three months ago!
A blazing point of light traced a bright arc in the air, accompanied by the scorching smell of sulfur, before exploding with a deafening roar above Tang Qi's head!

The waves of sound were like the roars of giant beasts, mixed with the howls of orcs. After the violent boom, she felt a sense of peace in her ears.

Dust and sand kicked up by the flames filled the arena, and as the land was burned to a scorched brown, Barbaya almost couldn't help but laugh.

But as the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, a dazzling radiance, interwoven with azure and purplish hues, faintly pierced through the pervasive smoke and also pierced Barbaya's eyes:

"What is that? How can it not even get dusty!?"

In her shock and anger, Tang Qi retrieved the flail snail's shell back into his dimensional bag.

Looking around, they saw that a large number of orcs were terrified by the sea of ​​fire.

They were clearly close to surrounding the enemy.

It only takes a few breaths.

Why would the prophet want to injure his own people?
Tang Qi knew that these orcs couldn't understand the deeper meaning of 'taunt'—

The person being mocked will gradually become blinded until they can no longer see anything else.

All that remained were the enemies she perceived as enemies.

He quickly called out to Ambition, who was hiding in the haystack:
"Head towards that tower!"

Illuminated by the Swift Radiance, they swiftly traversed the beastmen who had been scattered by the sea of ​​fire.

"Screw you, she really did unleash a Fireball, just like you said!?"

"What spellcaster would be foolish enough to waste their third ring of healing to cast another spell after preparing a fireball?"

Tang Qi mustered all his strength and sprinted forward.
"Now that we know she has the Fireball spell, all we need to do is guide her to cast it!"

This is undoubtedly an advantage gained from information asymmetry.

Even if Barbaya racked her brains, she could never have come up with this.

In just three months, Tang Qi will transform from an unknown nobody being chased by orcs into a bard who obtains the [Anti-Magic Shell], opens the Dragon Treasury, and causes a sensation throughout Dragongold City.

"Slugs, stop them! Stop them!"

Barbaya angrily commanded the clumsy half-orc ogre—

He had actually been following in the footsteps of the orcs all along.

However, the previous cloud spell and breath attack caused him to fall repeatedly, and his obese body and slow movements actually protected him from the fireball spell.

"stop!"

He repeated Barbaya's command, raised the charred fire poker, and was about to smash it down on the dawn rushing to the front.

"Give it to her!"

Tang Qi gave a simple command, and everyone immediately dispersed to both sides.

The heavy club slammed down on the broken sword of dawn, and with the impact, the large amount of heat energy accumulated in the coke suddenly roared!

"rumble--"

The impact and heat from the explosion, along with the force of the crashing weight, would also drive her into the earth's core.

It can withstand intense heat and flames, yet it cannot even leave scorch marks on her pristine plate armor!

The fire resistance granted by the plate armor made Dawn completely unafraid of the explosive heatwave.

A golden light flowed from between her fingers, enveloping the broken sword and extending its gilded edge—

"【Supreme Saint Slash】!"

Her soul roared at the same time, the golden crescent moon disappeared over the pitch-black club, pierced into his oily skin, and cleaved along the stitched scar of the slug, tearing open the healed flesh.

Blood drenched the armor plates in the morning light, finally defiling its purity.

But Dawn, still propelled by momentum, swung her blade, its gleam undiminished, and plunged it into the slug's shoulder, then, following the new wound inflicted by Shyvana, ripped open his belly once more.
"【Supreme Saint Slash】!"

The slug cried out, this time even tears streaming down its face.

"Is she still human!?"

Having witnessed everything, Barbaya quickly straddled the yellow bat beside her.

Right now, she didn't want to dwell on where Tang Qi had found such a group of legendary heroes.

Escape! Escape to the distance at all costs!
That was the only thought she could process!

Her movements were so obvious that even without Tang Qi's prompting, Kuru had already dispelled the Cloud Mist spell, raised her wand, and was consuming the spell stored within it.

Three bright red darts flew towards the hovering yellow bat, which was flying higher up.

Amidst the continuous tremors, the bat's thin, fleshy wings were blasted with three holes by the [Magic Missile].

But this is not the limit of the magic wand in Kuru's hands.

After consuming two more charges, the light dart transformed into a shooting star, striking Barbaya's mount. Unable to maintain its balance with its wings any longer, it crashed onto the dirt road leading to the forest.

"Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!"

As Tang Qi and the others drew closer, Baba, who had fallen to the ground and suffered broken limbs, frantically raised her necklace.

A dark, malevolent light flickered within, and she could only use her last spell slot.

His pupils contracted slightly, suddenly turning completely black.

He spread his withered hands and sprinkled a handful of fine black soil in Tang Qi's direction, splashing it on their cheeks.

Amidst the buzzing and clamoring, the powder seemed to transform into tiny ants and flies, as if trying to bite their skin and burrow into their pores.

Amidst the murmurs, the [Fear Spell] will awaken Tang Qi's deepest, most terrifying memories—

"boom!"

Tang Qi raised the lute he was holding, which had been protected by Stella, and struck it hard on Barbaya's head.

The deafening roar of the bombardment could be heard clearly even hundreds of meters away, forcing all the orcs to turn their heads in unison.

"Don't you ever learn your lesson?"

Tang Qi watched as Babaya was smashed to the ground, dizzy and disoriented, blood flowing from both ears due to the violent explosion. He didn't know if she could hear anything.

But none of this will be a reason for him to stop—

"boom!"

"Did the fear spell work on me last time?"

"boom!"

"You were yelling really loudly just now, weren't you?"

"boom!"

"Where's your magic burst? Why aren't you using it? Are you unwilling?"

"boom!"

"Are you still running?"

"boom!"

"You don't really think I'm afraid of you, do you? I came all the way back just for you."

"boom!"

"This blow was for Black Snake."

"boom!"

"This beating was for Catherine."

"boom!"

"This blow is for—never mind, I just want to beat you up."

Covering Ambition's eyes with the rubble to prevent the little girl from seeing any bloody scenes, I couldn't help but remind her:
"Hey, I know you two have a deep grudge, but her head's already blown off, what are you still smashing it for..."

"Huh? I don't know."

Tang Qi then turned his head.

Looking at his tightly closed eyes, Shattered Stone couldn't help but curse:

"Who takes revenge with their eyes closed?!"

"Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll throw up..."

Tang Qi felt he couldn't blame himself.

Who knew that the lute, which was injured by the thunder, had such a powerful force?
"Get the hell out of here, and don't you dare spit on me!"

In stark contrast to the commotion on this side was the silence of the orcs.

[Roar] The tribe's prophet, a third-ring spellcaster who is extraordinary in their eyes, Barbaya who has stood firm through generations of chieftains.

He died right under their noses, at the hands of a human?

Shyvana could only stabilize herself with her giant axe.

Looking at the slug lying on the ground, gradually losing its breath, and at the nearly twenty orc soldiers lying on the ground, some dead and some wounded.

Finally, she looked at Barbaya lying on the ground, dying in almost the same way as the old man—

She felt this must be a gift from the gods.

I just don't want that 'god' to be a foul-mouthed poet.

She sighed:

"You old geezer..."

[Roar] What has all the power our tribe has pursued for so many years amount to?

(End of this chapter)