Chapter 276 - Chaos of Nature
Why aren't they using skills?
I'd never fought Orcs before but I'd fought something close. Both Goblins and Hobgoblins were sent against us occasionally during the monthly waves. Or, bi-monthly now that we upgraded our pylon. The distance of time lengthened for some reason we still weren't sure about.
Goblins used skills. Hobgoblins used skills, but for some reason, these Orcs weren't.
Is it the Blight? Did getting infected take away the ability to use skills?
But that didn't make any sense. I could feel the mana moving in their bodies. It was disgusting, horrendous, distasteful mana that had been corrupted by the Blight, but it was still mana.
It moved through their bodies like any other kind of mana, but it just wasn't being used for skills.
I didn't get long to think about it before I was entrenched in battle. Our usual strategy of facing hordes was employed. Those willing stood in front of the wall to blunt the impact while everyone else held it.
I was in my usual position at the Vanguard and that meant I was the first person the wave broke against, which always made my job the hardest. But there was nowhere else I wanted to be.
The Orcs were at the peak of E-grade, only one level away from D-grade. Their fighting strength was significantly lower than that due to not using skills, but their numbers more than made up for it.
It didn't take long until I was drenched in brackish blood. The dark red, nearly black blood certainly didn't look healthy. It gave off a feeling of dread as well. The feeling reminded me of the unnaturalness that the Demons gave off but on an entirely new level.
This wasn't just unnaturalness, this was anathema.
After the first few went down to my hammer, their blood coated my weapon and my armor. It stuck to it and coagulated quickly from the cold, but not before eating away at it.