With the first batch of orcs slain Violet and Luna had secured the entrance into the valley. Now they only had to push in and take out many, many more orcs. Thats not even mentioning the undead that were spread through the village. Needless to say they had their work cut out for them.
"Ready to go further in?" Violet asked, whilst barely able to contain her own desire to dive right in.
Luna being the marginally more sensible of the two thought about waiting but threw that idea away. Their was no point holding back, they might already be aware of them or they might still have the element of surprise. Either way it was best to dive right in now before any more plans can be put in place.
"Yeah let's get going!" And like that the two companions made their way through the blood soaked entrance to the valley.
The entrance looked quite unimpressive from at the top of the cliff, but from down at the base that was not the case, the valley mouth was quite the intimidating sight from down here. Totems with skulls and tusks had been placed clearly marking this as a location under orcish controll. For Violet she was welcomed with a overwhelming and quite horrific smell from the place that made her wrinkle her nose in distaste. It seems that the orcs worked hard to dissuade any natural predators from entering this location. Saddly for them it would not work on this dragon and her companion.
As they passed through the final bed of the entrance they saw the valley open up before them, it was quite the large space providing the orcs ample space to set up defenses and traps to counter any intruders that may invade their home. And these defenses were currently being manned by no fewer than 30 orcs.
Arrayed before our two companions the small army stood ready for war behind a row of spikes and trenches. They all wielded a variety of crude weapons ranging from pointy sticks and wooden clubs to a few bows carried by the limited number of orc scouts present. As for the actual make up of the small hoard, only 8 looked to be the evolved warriors and scouts with the rest being the hatchling version. In the distance Violet was able to spot even more orcs rushing towards their position looking to back up the orcs already in position.
Not wanting to give them any more time to prepare for them Violet opened up with a salvo a void spears, she opted for this to first destroy any of the defenses that might block them but also for the shear destructive might they represented whilst still being quite quick to cast. Luna joined her efforts in this unleashing a wider spread of ice bolts aimed not at killing but spreading as much chaos as possible and inflicting plenty of damage.
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, GHAAA, RAAAWWWWW!
A cacophony of explosions and screams echoed out as the central section of their defences are utterly annihilated whilst the leading edge of the 2 sides falls back with multiple sharp icicles protruding from their chests and faces. One unfortunate hatchling even had one land in its eye.
With that initial burst of violence shattering their defenses Luna dashed straight into the hole and began her dance of death. Lashing out with impunity she ducked and weaved through the hasty and clumsy attacks that were launched towards her whilst delivering precise and leathal spear thrusts at any exposed weak point. A fresh wave of corpses collapsed under her spear and the lucky ones to survive found themselves shivering as a bone deep chill wormed through them, slowing them down and getting in the way of their brethren.
Violet stuck to her long range support for now sticking to the more basic void bolts but taking her time now to deliver swift and precise death to her foes. She stuck to the edge of combat never staying in one spot and ensuring that Luna never got too overwhelmed by shear numbers. Thats not to say she only stuck to magic, no when the chance came she would pounce in and quickly rip out a throat or hamstring a foe. Never fully engaging and focusing on hampering and killing any and all that she can.
Tha fight was quick brutal, load and completely one sided. Despite their greater numbers these basic orcs stood no chance against our girls who had bathed in orc blood for the last few days and knew their tricks like the back of their hands, or claws… regardless their was very little that the orcs could throw at them which could disrupt their slaughter.
Seeing this the steady stream of reinforcements slowed and instead gathered just outside of the combat area awaiting till they gathered a large group of over 30 before they grouped up and charged towards Luna who was holding their attention in the centre. A pile of bodies littered the ground and she had to constantly reposition else her footing would become unstable and treacherous.
Just as the newest hoard was about to clash a small dragon appeared before them in a burst of ethereal darkness that seemed to swallow all light. This caused the front row to stagger resulting in a pile up as the orcs behind them crashed into them. This was just what Violet wanted as she then unleashed her void lance. The 2m long lance of void was like a scar in the world upon which no light could exsist. And then it was fired at them no life could exsist in its path either. Focusing on the explosive aspect Violet ended that nothing it touched would be surviving this attack.
KABOOOOM!!
The Lance effortlessly passed through 4 orcs before it exploded in a devastating eruption. Any orc caught within its radius was ravaged by the void with over 10 orcs being instant killed by that one attack and a further 4 being injured. With that charge of reinforcements stimied Violet rushed into the gap she created costing her claws in the void she got to work cutting down the rest of her foes.
No further reinforcements arrived after that latest charge and it only took a few more minutes for the two. Companions to clean up the rest of their enemies and before long they stood in a bloody battlefield. They each had a number of scrapes and bruises but thanks to their impressive capabilities they were spared any significant injuries.
Around them over 60 orcs lay dead, some with simple stab or bite wounds, but plenty were half frozen or simply missing portions of their bodies thanks to violets void magics.
And now thanks to that successful clash the orcs were down to the last 60. They were almost able to taste their victory. Of course that is exactly when I beam of red energy shot into the air from the direction of the village and a unholy scream shook the very ground they stood on.
Then as the two girls fought to catch their breath the red beam dissipated and a roar unlike any they have heard from an orc before echoed out.
ROOOARRRR!
It would appear that the orcs had brought out the big guns now.