Chapter 54

There were three paths to get to York Town from the border gate where Karuta and Eltuan crossed. Obviously, Karuta chose the fastest route, which was the royal road. He was dying to fight against the mysterious opponent that Vincent spoke of.

In the end, if the triplets of the Shadow Brotherhood chose the fastest path out of the Pendragon Kingdom, then it was their inevitable fate to encounter Karuta on their way. Of course, it was extremely unlucky for them to have run into the orc warrior at this very moment, just as they were executing their plan.

“What? This orc…”

The brother holding Elsia at his side muttered quietly. It wasn’t their first time dealing with an orc warrior. Orcs were several times more powerful than humans, possessed reflexes and agilities similar to a beast, and could even exude Orc Fear to intimidate opponents. Such attributes made them tricky to deal with, but all orcs possessed a rather simple, hot-blooded personality. As such, it wasn’t extremely difficult to kill them.

However, the monstrous figure standing in their way was different from any other orcs they had faced thus far. The orc’s...