The inside of the base looked incredibly bleak, scrap metal and some steel beams were all that could be seen inside the first part of the base. The cement ground was cracked in some places due to the orcs simply plunging the beams in order to allow them to hold the scrap metal ceiling.
Reign and the others walked further into the base, their goal for this fight wasn't to kill all the orcs, Magokur had about 100 orcs under his command, they were all orcs that came from his world, they had lived together with other races and didn't really care for complete domination like the chieftain and the other orcs did.
Magokur's plan for this fight was simple, Reign and the others were going to take the fastest path towards the chieftain, the base was divided into 7 areas excluding the entrance area and they needed to go through 3 of them to reach the chieftain. Magokur's men were the ones in charge of taking control of the other areas, even though their numbers were a lot lower compared to the other orcs, they had the element of surprise on their side.
None of the orcs, not even the chieftain would have thought that one of their own was going to betray them, especially after believing he was dead. Magokur was going to fight against the chieftain's advisor, it seemed he had quite a bone to pick with him and he wanted to deal with him personally.
The chieftain's advisor was a shaman, contrary to Raal however, he focused more on earth and healing magic, his fighting power was lower compared to other bosses as he was more of a support type. If Magokur was able to capitalize on the shaman not knowing about him, he might be able to kill the latter without him even knowing what had happened.
Fighting against the chieftain and a shaman would have been a headache for Reign and the others, they remembered the time they fought against Groll and his goblin shaman, even though the goblin was weak, it was protected by Groll and they had to be creative when fighting in order to kill it as soon as possible.
An orc shaman would have many more skills that could save his life and the battle would be incredibly hard and long, that was also one of the reasons the chieftain decided to stay, fighting his enemies with the shaman and his orcs was the best battlefield for him.
As Reign and the others moved further in the base they actually came across some traps, floors from which spikes would emerge in order to impale them, walls that had arrows that would shoot at you when a thin wire was cut or destroyed, and more.
None of the traps mattered to Reign and the others at this point, Tank's shield was able to block all of them without straining him much and they simply strolled through the trap-ridden part of the base. What followed was something they had anticipated earlier, over a hundred hobgoblins were standing at the end of a large corridor. The corridor was about 200 meters long, the ceiling was a full 6 meters high while over 15 people could pass through it. The whole purpose of this corridor was so that the orcs and other monsters could quickly pass through if there was ever a need for a quick mobilization, of course, it was also useful for defending, like today.
The hobgoblins were weak, there were no hobgoblins here that were above level 30, even if there were however the result would still stay the same. The crazed bunch charged at Reign at the others with bloodlust in their eyes, it was obvious that the orcs had done something to them before the battle, just by looking at the state they were in, it was obvious that they would fight until their last breath.
Reign and the others met their charge, Greenie's hammer smashed the hobgoblins apart while occasionally making some of them fly off and hit the wall or ceiling. Blood, guts, and flesh were quickly present in the corridor as the hobgoblins were getting massacred, thanks to Tank's skill none of them could even get close to Reign and the others, all the blood and flesh were also kept outside of the dome so that they wouldn't get covered in it.
The battle lasted for only 2 minutes, the hobgoblins were completely outmatched and nothing they did was enough to break through the dome, some of them even used skills but it was still not enough. As Reign and the others passed through the small hill of corpses, Tank undid the dome. They all continued through the corridor, walking calmly as if they were simply out on a stroll, completely unaware of the danger that was above them.
Or so did the orc assassins believe.
Even if Magokur hadn't given them the information about the assassins, Reign, Wolf, and Shadow would have noticed them by themselves. The assassins had good stealth skills, their breathing was even and there was no way for anything or anyone to hear it, even if the assassin was standing right behind someone, the chances of the person noticing either the sound of the breath that tickled the back of his neck were incredibly slim.
Compared to the cougar they had fought against on the mountain, however, they were simply too below it. Reign was able to feel their mana, it was only a small part, like a candle that was almost extinguished, but it was enough to let him know that there were enemies on the dark ceiling. Shadow had incredible eyesight in the dark thanks to his ability, hiding in the shadows or darkness in order to ambush him was useless while Wolf simply felt that there was a threat thanks to his sixth sense, compared to Reign and Shadow his mana detection or eyesight were not that good.
They told Tank to undo his dome simply because they wanted to bait the assassins into attacking them, if they passed through the area with Tank's dome still on the assassins would probably not attack and simply follow after them. If they had a fight after that it could potentially become dangerous as noticing the assassins during a battle was many times harder compared to right now.
An unknown threat was always more dangerous compared to a known one. And just like Reign and the others thought, the assassins took the bait and attacked them. There were 20 of them, according to Magokur's info, there were supposed to be 15, it seems like the chieftain was busy during this time and trained more of them. It was useless however, an assassin's strength was attacking their enemies while they were unaware, once the target knew he was being targeted, the chance of killing him goes down. If the target however knew where you were exactly and waited for you to attack it, then the assassin had completely failed his mission and would probably die.
The second the assassins attacked was when Reign and the others responded, Tank's shield lit up as the dome was back around them, such a quick reaction confused the assassins, but there were other, more important matters they had to attend to right now as they were being attacked.
Reign had immediately used his lightning spear and lightning roar, the Shiverspine impaled an enemy through the chest before getting embedded into the wall while his lightning roar managed to hit another assassin in the shoulder. The shoulder now had a hole in it while lightning flickered around him, the assassin was still alive but he was shocked, perhaps the fall would kill him right now.
Shadow used his ability and manipulated the shadow's on the ceiling, he was using both his [ Shadow Bind ], and [ Shadow Spikes ] skills at the same time, some assassins were caught by the shadows while others were impaled by the spikes. Wolf on the other hand simply attacked the assassins with his [ Flame Slash ] skill, the assassins that survived the cut would burst into flames as they fell down to the ground.
Beast used his bow as he sent arrow after arrow towards the assassins while Laura bombarded them with her demonic energy. Greenie had put his hammer away as he kicked towards the ceiling a couple of times, his [ Crescent Kick ] sent blade light after blade light towards the assassins as the ones that managed to get hit would get cut through completely.
It was a complete failure for the assassins, not only did they not manage to hurt any of them, but all of them got killed in a matter of seconds, at one second the assassins were excited and happy that their prey was so nonchalant about walking through the corridor, but the very next second they realized that it was all a ploy in order to bait them.
Reign took his Shiverspine back as they continued further, Magokur and his forces should have started their attack as well.
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