Just when he thought that he would meet his end, a hand pulled him out of the pit. "Are you alright, my lord?"

    Jared turned his gaze and realized that it was Ronan, the captain of Alverton''s town guards.

    "W-Why did you come back?" He muttered with difficulty.@@@@

    Ronan grinned at him. "We can''t let you die here, my lord."

    "Go and bring Lord Jared away from here! We will buy you some time!" Shouted a Knight who came with Jared.

    Hearing this, Jared wanted to say something, but he couldn''t utter a word as he spat a mouthful of blood.

    Cough!

    "Please take care, my lord! Let''s drink and feast in the afterlife!" The Knight shouted his last words while laughing heroically.

    "Noo!!"

    Jared stumbled when he pushed Ronan away.

    "Don''t waste their sacrifice, my lord! You must survive!" Ronan grabbed him and carried him to his horse.

    Hiya!

    Ronan squeezed his legs and urged his horse to leave while holding Jared firmly to prevent the latter from falling off.

    Jared watched his subordinates attack the Orc General. That was the last thing he saw before he lost consciousness.

    After they left, the Orc General released its fury on the humans who took away its prey.

    "Cowardly humans! Die!"

    Whoosh!

    With one swing of its battle axe, it slashed two warriors in half, killing them on the spot!

    Seeing this, the Knight who came to rescue Jared was flustered. He stabbed the monster''s body with his spear, but it hardly did much damage.

    The Orc General glared at the Knight and grabbed him, lifting him into the air. It then opened its huge mouth and crushed the Knight''s body with its sharp teeth.

    "Ahhh!!!"

    The Knight didn''t die immediately. He screamed while trying to pull out his body from the monster''s mouth, but with another bite, his body was ruthlessly torn apart!

    Blood splashed all over its mouth, giving it a more cruel image.

    The Orc General casually threw the lower half of the Knight''s body into its mouth, swallowing everything in one large gulp.

    At this moment, Ronan lifted his war hammer and smashed the head of an orc warrior like watermelon.

    Splat!

    Blood and brain juices splattered all over his face and his armor.

    With him at the forefront, they decimated dozens of orc warriors, leaving a trail of blood and corpses in their wake.

    However, their ferocious charge soon came to an end when their exhaustion began to take over.

    One cavalryman after another died after being surrounded by a group of furious orc warriors.

    The situation quickly turned around with their stamina running low. Even Ronan was now gasping for breath as he forced his way out of the encirclement together with the remaining cavalry riders.

    "Brothers, let''s feast in Aru''s kingdom!" A middle-aged Knight who had an axe deeply embedded into his chest shouted as he rushed forward, giving Ronan and the others enough room to maneuver using his body as a shield.

    Seeing his selfless sacrifice, Ronan and the remaining warriors felt a wave of sorrow and grief.

    Ronan applied more mana to his arms, momentarily giving him strength despite his exhaustion.

    With a wave of his war hammer, multiple heads burst, exploding like hammered pumpkins.

    More orc warriors blocked his path, forcing him to fight a large number of enemies simultaneously.

    "I won''t die so easily!"

    Ronan''s mount had already fallen at some point and his left arm had been cut off.

    Suddenly, a towering figure came into their view.

    It was the Orc General that defeated the Elite Knight, Jared Paxley.

    Ronan smiled bitterly at the sight of this massive beast.

    It looks like this will be my end.

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    He mentally prepared himself.

    However, something unexpected happened in the next moment.

    A figure appeared in front of the Orc General.

    It was an unfamiliar warrior holding a giant two-handed heavy sword.

    With a casual swing of his massive weapon, he struck the Orc General, leaving a deep wound that opened up its chest!