As the two companions severed their victory they realised a couple of important facts. First they had grown in strength quite considerably compared to what they were like when they first arrived in this area, it was quite incredible how just a few short days of granted very intense combat and almost dying a couple of times can make you that much stronger!
Second they learnt that for whatever reason the orcs didn't seem all to inclined to grow stronger. That or they have been lucky and only encountered some of the weaker hunting parties that the orcs have sent out. Violet didn't quite this that was likely though and thought more along the lines that they were just weak and relied on high numbers to take down anyone stronger which is why they left in larger hunting parties.
This was quite possible given what they had seen so far of them. Luna wasn't quite convinced and believed that their had to be much stronger opponents or else how would they have managed to defeat her clan. Violet pointed out that the orcs only attacked after her clan had been badly damaged by figting off the beast tide that followed the Storm Titan to which Luna begrudgingly accepted as reasonable.
Still regardless of what exactly the answer is they still had a job to do. So they went back on the hunt, not wanting to stay in the same area as where they last hunted they circled around in the hopes of finding another group for they to attack.
This didn't seem to take too long and before long they ran into a smaller group, only 3 orcs were present this time. 2 warriors and a singular scout. They took on a similar approach as before. Violet blasted the head off the scout with a void lance and then they each took on one of the warriors in mele. As it was still violets weakest way of fighting she wanted to try and refine how she fought.
She focused on quick hit and run tactics aiming for the orcs legs to cripple it. She would pounce forwards to deliver a void infused claw strike behind its knee before teleporting away and repeating until she managed to fell the giant to its knees at which point she would void step to its back and tear through its spine with either claw or jaw.
Luna similarly worked on refining her combat style. Focusing more on redirecting and dodging her opponents attacks than being forced to block. She tried to not counter attack and simply worked on getting her timing down and trying to quickly level up her evasive footwork, martial arts and spear proficiency skills. She hoped that by limiting her use of mana she could advance her basic skills to become to true core of her strength.
But once Violet managed to kill her opponent she did quickly finish off her foe with a quick multi strike, a quick slash removed one of its hands before she stabbed twice into its chest piercing its heart on the last blow and felling the warrior.
[Your group has defeated Orc Scout/Warrior lvl 22~25 x3 experience awarded]
Not getting a level from that fight was anoying but understandable given their strength compared to the orcs.
They repeated this kind of engagement twice more on that day managing to kill a further 7 orcs, two orcs by them selves and then a hunting party of 5 to finish off the day. They did manage to both level again so they felt it was a good point to end the day on. Retreating to a spot they had found they ended the night on a high eager to get back to it the next day.
The two companions repeated this feat the next day managing to kill a total of 14 orcs that day before the sun set netting them both 2 levels. The next day much the same a further 13 kills but only a single level each and come the next day they began to notice something odd.
As usual the two were lurking in the shadows observing a hunting party but it looked nothing like what they were used to. Instead of being a smaller group of between 2-5 this was a much larger group of around 12 orcs. Except the strange thing about this group was that they could only spot a singular warrior and scout. The remaining 10 orcs seemed… lesser? They were still almost 5 and a half feet tall but even compared to the scout they looked weaker. Compared to the warrior they looked like children. That sparked a though in Violet which she swiftly sent to Luna. "How fast are new orcs made? How many eggs can be lain a day?"
This completely caught Luna off guard and she nearly choked and gave up their cover. Glaring at her dragon companion Luna did eventually reply. "I don't think they come from eggs Violet. As for how fast they reproduce, well I have no idea but if they can get 10 new ones in short order than this might just be a touch harder than we though.
"They aren't born from eggs? But how are they born then? Did yku come from an egg?" Violet asked in clear confusion.
"No I was not born from an egg! And I don't know how orcs are born but I don't really want to find out."
"Then how were you born if not from an egg?" Was Violet's innocent question. To which Luna could only splutter as she tried to come up with an answer but felt her cheeks flush and simply refused to answer.
"Doesn't matter, are we fighting or not?" Slightly confused Violet never the less agreed to go fight and so they struck, deciding to take out the warrior and scout first 2 void spears were formed and fired off whilst Luna unleashed a barrage of ice bolts at the rest of the orcs. Blood bone and viscera erupted from the battle ground as the two slaughtered their way through the party with surprising ease.
Whilst they had gotten quite efficient at killing orcs the ease at which they defeated these ones was odd.
[Your group has defeated Orc Scout/Warrior lvl 24-25 x2 exp rewarded]
[Your group has defeated Orc Hatchling lvl 10-14 x10 exp rewarded]
"Ha it said hatchling! I knew they came from eggs!" Was all Violet decided to say about that matter causing Luna to shake her head in exasperated defeat.
[Status]
Name - Violet
Species - Young Dragon of the Void
Speciality - Void
Class - Novice Void Wielder
Level - 25->29/40
HP - 380
Mana - 600
Agility - 41->46
Strength - 36->42
Constitution - 34->38
Intelligence - 55->60
Wisdom - 45->49
Skills / abilities
Stealth lvl 7->9
Pounce lvl 7->10
Tail Whip lvl 6->7
Void Manipulation lvl 9->11
Void Bolt lvl 11->14
Void Spear lvl 10->12
Dragon Aura lvl 8->9
Void Lance lvl 6->8
Companion bond with Luna lvl 7->8
Void Shield lvl 7->8
Void Step lvl 6->8
Void Claw lvl 5->8
Telepathy lvl 1
Mana Reinforcement lvl 4->6
Pain tolerance lvl 3->4