Chapter 63: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
Soon, the orc officer tracked down Celia and Aurora, who were lurking and shooting arrows from the shadows, thanks to the flying projectiles revealing their position.
Those arrows gave them away.
Meanwhile, Airael had also pinpointed their location.
Having such powerful reinforcements hiding nearby, Airael was curious to find out who they were.
As soon as she spotted them, Airael furrowed her brow slightly.
Too familiar!
Not to mention the cloaks they wore looked almost identical to hers.
Every movement they made was very familiar to Airael.
After all, they had spent hundreds of years together.
Could it really be them?
Though she was pretty much convinced, Airael hesitated to fully believe it without seeing their real faces beneath the cloaks.
The world is a big place, and coincidences do happen.
What if they were not them but just someone who looked exactly like them?
Moreover, she didn’t think Celia and Aurora should be here.
Despite being discovered, Celia and Aurora didn’t stop their actions.
They continued drawing their bows, seeking opportunities to take down the orcs.
Having found new targets, they let their arrows fly.
The arrows sliced through the air, finding the weak points of their targets.
The orcs that got hit fell to the ground, clueless about what had just happened.
“Roar——!”
The orc officer watched this scene with anger boiling inside him.
Airael, however, had a smile on her face.
Whether they were Celia and Aurora or not, their actions brought her immense joy.
By now, several orcs had already fallen to their arrows.
If they continued this way, the orcs wouldn’t last much longer.
So, as the orc officer was about to send someone to deal with them, Airael immediately intervened.
“Fireball Technique!”
She first cast a fireball spell that landed right on the orc officer’s face.
Then she shouted to Powell, “Baron, hold them off! Don’t let those orcs escape the battlefield!”
Though Powell had been focused on the fight, he instinctively obeyed Airael’s order without fully grasping the situation.
Charging forward with the knights who had been with him, he quickly dispatched the orcs in front of him and attacked the others.
The orc officer, who had been caught off guard by Airael’s fireball, was in a bit of a mess but wasn’t seriously harmed.
He was now covered in scorch marks.
With an angry glare, he fixed his eyes on Airael.
Airael responded with a smile.
Then, she unleashed another fireball spell at him.
As the fireball sped toward him, the orc officer swung his axe to deflect it, sending it crashing to the ground in a burst of flames.
At that moment, Powell came crashing in with his men.
They engaged him and the group of orcs he had painstakingly gathered from the chaos.
This plunged that group of orcs back into the throes of battle.
Noticing the commotion beside him, the orc officer tore his gaze away from Airael.
Seeing the situation in front of him, he roared again in fury: “Roar——!”
His eyes were locked intensely on Powell.
He could tell that Powell held an impressive status and had significant strength.
Many orcs had already fallen at the hands of him and the humans beside him.
Meeting the officer’s angry gaze, Powell glanced back and shouted with fury, “Damn orcs! You shall all die here today! Humanity will prevail!”
His face was filled with provocation.
Powell was genuinely furious with these orcs.
This small town was his territory, and now it was invaded by orcs, causing him significant losses.
His action successfully provoked the orc officer.
Of course, the orc officer realized that if he wanted to deal with those two sneaky humans, he first had to eliminate this troublesome one in front of him.
As for the human mage, she clearly seemed to be running low on power.
Therefore, she posed little threat for now and could be ignored.
With the crisis averted, Celia and Aurora continued their stealthy attacks on the orcs.
However, the orcs were now aware that there were hidden archers, making them more cautious.
While Celia and Aurora could still find suitable opportunities to attack, it was much harder than before.
Despite that, Celia and Aurora didn’t give up and continued their arrow shooting.
The orcs had to remain wary of their presence, which meant they would have to split their focus during combat.
As a result, they couldn’t concentrate entirely, and their full strength couldn’t be unleashed.
Thus, their contribution to the battle remained significant, even if not as apparent.
Airael observed this, feeling relieved.
With this, the overall situation was leaning in their favor.
Next, Airael glanced at Celia and Aurora one last time before shifting her attention to the battlefield where Axi and Sko fought.
Under Sko’s relentless assault, Axi dared not engage him directly too much.
Sko’s brutal strength was just too overwhelming.
Axi could only muster occasional counterattacks through indirect means.
These counterattacks had little effect.
Therefore, he remained pressed under Sko’s onslaught, looking quite miserable.
At this moment, Axi had lost his previous glamor; his armor was dust-covered, and his unprotected face bore several small cuts.
These minor injuries were from his close escapes from Sko’s attacks.
So, he wasn’t in too much danger.
Seeing this situation, Airael felt relieved for him too.
But alas, Axi was suffering.
For a moment, Airael felt some sympathy for him.
But with great power comes great responsibility.
At this moment, he was the only one among them who could withstand Sko and engage him without taking defeat.
If anyone else were in his place, they wouldn’t last long and would likely become an easy target for Sko.
Some might not even last a single strike.
And Sko had his sights set firmly on Axi.
He wouldn’t rest until Axi was dead.
It was as if there were a deep-seated hatred between them.
Airael didn’t quite understand it.
But the reality was what it was, and she didn’t want to say much.
After observing the overall situation, Airael withdrew her gaze and focused on recovering from her earlier exertions.
