Doomsday Pillars

Clank!! Clank!!

Those green-skinned creatures with twice the size of an ordinary human’s body began to frenziedly attack as though they were hungry animals going berserk at the sight of prey.

Even the five Grog siblings, who had large builds, looked no different than little children when they were compared to the orcs. But with their Tier 1 shields and weapons as well as their physical levels, which were quite high, they were adequately confident to fight one-on-one.

Clank! Clank!

These five siblings had spent the last two weeks training their weapon martial arts. The eldest brother, who was a professional baseball player, chose a club weapon, while his four younger brothers all chose machetes as their weapons of choice. It was because machetes were weapons that were very effective to kill monsters.

GRRRAAAH!!

A fierce five-to-five battle happened on the left side of their formation. Even so, in less than two minutes, the five Grog brothers began to lose their confidence one by one, just like they did before.

Every swing to attack, every hit, and every kick from each and every one of these orcs felt so hard. The orcs were much stronger than they expected. This fact was proven directly with their attacks, and this was pressuring them.

The clubs and machetes battled intensely. Unfortunately, every one of those attacks made their arms tremble and their fingers ache tremendously.

"What kind of monsters are they!"

"How are their attacks so fierce!"

It was unexpected how every orc they were fighting against was not much weaker than the hobgoblin that they previously fought on the previous floor, which caused tremendous casualties.

Aaaarghhhh!!

Rob pushed back the orc he was fighting against with the pushing force of his body.

"Damn! How are the others!!"

On the left side of the formation, apart from the five orcs, the Grog brothers were fighting against, there were two other orcs that managed to penetrate their formation. At this moment, the two orcs were surrounded by the tens of other soldiers.

Because of how limited their physical prowess was, every attack from the orcs made those who had to receive the blow vomit blood because of how lethal it was. If not immediately blocked by other fighters, those with lower physical prowess of around the lower levels of the Earth Realm or even Mortal Realm wouldn’t be able to take it.

Even being in the same realm with these five Grog brothers wouldn’t be enough to barely be on par with these orcs. If they wanted to be at least almost on par with them, they would have to be in the possession of artifact weapons.

CLANK!! SCREEECH—

On the other side, the right side of the formation, which was led by Captain Marcus, it was even more pathetic. They were just a bunch of soldiers who had just taken a step on the Earth Realm. The majority of them were still at the first level of the Earth Realm. The high-caliber weaponry that they were relying on was useless against them and even enraged these orcs even more.

Even though only five orcs were attacking the right wing, it was only their first clash and more than a dozen soldiers were already heavily injured. There were some among them who were even dying.

Captain Marcus felt helpless facing the situation in front of him. One of the incoming orcs charged towards him.

Claankk!!

An extremely heavy machete attack came from above and clashed with the Tier 1 ax he obtained.

Even so, just that one attack was so heavy that Captain Marcus was forced to fall into a kneel...

Aarghhhh!!

The orc swung his machete yet again to put an end to his prey’s insignificant life, while Captain Marcus, who was forced to a kneeling position by the orc’s previous attack, could only wait for his demise to come as he couldn’t feel any strength from his limbs.

Pa!! Pa!!

Splaatt!! Rrarrrgh!!

Captain Marcus saw two objects pierce the body of the orc that was about to end him...

He looked towards the back and paid attention to the fighter who saved his life. He was one of the fighters from Winter’s group. Winter’s team saved him.

The soldier was Flea. He was a sharp shooter who was currently fighting with an automatic crossbow.

The orc became more furious and forcefully pulled the two arrows that pierced its body, pulling them out like it was just pulling out needles that were out of place.

Even that Tier 1 automatic crossbow wasn’t nearly enough to kill one orc.

The orc became even more furious and wanted to entirely finish the prey in front of it. It was already getting itself ready to launch its next attack on Marcus. However, another arrow sliced through the air and shot towards the orc.

Pa!

This time, the arrow pierced right at the orc’s right eye and went through its brain. Blood sprayed and the giant monster fell, immediately losing its life.

"Retreat! Retreat!" Flea shouted with a loud, decisive voice.

Captain Marcus immediately crawled back in retreat, trying to run away while ordering his soldiers, who were already in turmoil, to slowly retreat.

Apart from Flea, two other fighters followed suit in assisting the right wing. Zee followed suit with his giant ax, while Red followed suit with his long spear. Both of those weapons were Tier 2 weapons which James had brought from the outside.

Clankk!! Pa!! Crackkk!!

Zee evaded one of the ax swings and did a spinning move, utilizing the weight of his ax to create a powerful spinning attack.

SSWISSHHH!! SPLAATT!

It was one of the ax combat skill that Zee had previously learned from the knowledge library when he received the weapon from James yesterday.

The Tier 2 ax began to show its destructiveness as it was beginning to be utilized correctly. Only by swinging the ax while pivoting its weight correctly, the prowess of this Tier 2 weapon was maximized. The spinning attack was so powerful that it managed to pierce the orc’s stomach quite deeply. And when Zee pulled the ax back, the orc’s blood and stomach matters splattered out. The orc’s lifeless body fell right after.

Red also followed suit with an incredible spear dance. The piercing move, the sweeping move, and the spinning move made him successfully hold back and sweep the other three orcs. Red saw one of the three orcs lose its balance. He saw an opportunity and instantly took out a spear throw attack, throwing the head of his spear in the direction of the orc.

Splaatt!

The spear successfully pierced through the orc’s neck. Red immediately ran to take back his spear and prepared himself to fight the other orcs in no time.

Red and Zee’s attacks managed to beat off the monsters that were going after the retreating soldiers.

From the formation rear, President McCord could clearly see how the situation drastically changed in less than 10 minutes. Only twenty of these orcs could already wreak havoc and cause chaos to this formation of trained soldiers.

Elizabeth saw that from the left and right side of the formation, over 30 soldiers of the United States already had to be brought out of the gate.

Even James, who was already mentally prepared to face difficult challenges, was surprised. Even though James himself was the fighter with the highest level there, he was not confident that he could fight one-on-one with those monsters. He was different from these fighters who were currently battling, who were already experienced with countless battles. He noticed that even Zee and Red, who were plenty experienced, could easily die if they were to lower their guard even for a second.

It seemed that Alex’s warning regarding how the 11th floor would be more difficult than they expected was something that had more meaning than he thought. The 11th floor was not a place for ordinary fighters to fight in. James estimated that only a fighter with a level of at least level 15 of the Earth Realm would be able to match these orcs’ strength and wildness. If they hadn’t reached that level, they would need to rely on an artifact weapon, fighting experience, or special skills.

James paid attention and noticed that only the bunch of special forces at the center of the formation fulfilled these criteria.

Fifty fighters were a combination of the Delta Force and Navy SEAL, who already had numerous experiences on the battlefield. They were experts in martial arts even before the apocalypse arrived. After the arrival of the Doomsday Pillars which upgraded their bodies into reaching the Earth Realm, fighting on the 10th floor, and having an artifact weapon, it was obvious that fighters like them would be prepared to fight on the 11th floor.

However, especially with the presence of fighters like Winter and Nathanael, everything became considerably easier.

With his speed, Nathanael could face three orcs at once. Every swing of his Tier 3 ax dealt fatal damage to the approaching orcs.

Splaat!!

[Wind slash]

A swing of wind attack from the ax could cut an orc’s leg, causing the orc to fall and become immobilized.

Hiaaaaa!!!

Splatt!!

Nathanael stabbed his ax to the head of that orc which could no longer stand up.

Swoossshh swoossshh!!

The other two orcs’ attacks forced Nathanael to evade, but he was already satisfied that he was able to kill one of them.

Different from the situation of the left wing, four other orcs were being surrounded by Delta fighters. These elite fighters were able to work together well. Those four orcs were easily cornered and killed as they were surrounded.

Meanwhile, the leader of the orcs, which was wearing iron armor, was currently fighting one-on-one against Winter.

This man, who was an ex-member of the Delta Force, now looked completely different. The Tier 2 shortsword that James brought for him was on his right hand and a Tier 1 shield was on his left.

Over ten clashes were exchanged, but the winner was still unclear.

Suddenly, a loud sound of a trumpet could be heard.

HONKKKKK!!!

The armored orc promptly laughed out loud with glee. From the direction of the end of the hall, loud sounds of thumping footsteps and shouts were closing in.

This time, there were two other groups of orcs. A total of 40 orcs were rushing to them.