Dungeon of Pride, Laplace

[Wild Swing] the orc general activated another of its skills as it swung its club. It was no longer trying to recruit Simon and was instead using all of its power to crush the latter. It had been completely angered by the demon's actions.

[Wild Swing] was a continuous skill that made the user swing their weapon in a random and wild fashion. Although it reduced the accuracy of the blows connecting, each swing kept on getting stronger and stronger until the duration of the skill expires.

Additionally, it also drains a lot of the stamina of the user.

BANG… BANG… BANG… it was like a storm of attacks, each and every swing from the orc general devastated the land and displaced a large amount of soil.

The [Wild Swing] skill might be powerful; however, it was also full of flaws. Most of the time, dodging that club was easy, while other times Simon simply deflected it using his sword.

Unlike the snobbish orc who only knew how to utilise its immense strength, his movements were refined and his sword attacks were deadly. He was using his enemy's momentum and power to increase the speed of his sword slashes.

Simon had already learned the [Sword Mastery] but it was just a normal basic tier skill. He had seen people who had evolved this skill and knew how powerful they were when they utilised it. Right now, his understanding and mastery over the sword was yet to reach that degree.

Simon understood that there was no reason for him to make it a melee battle especially considering that his opponent was a melee fighter. He can win more easily if he uses his magic which was also his most powerful forte to attack from a distance and wears his enemy out.

However, adopting that tactic won't help him grow strong. Simon was not a human with a mage class but a demon noble blessed with a good overall stats.

A Demon Viscount's stats were far more higher than what the likes of Diluvian High orcs could even achieve thorough level up. Thus not utilising his physical powers even while having more than 3100 points in strength would simply be a waste of his potential.

CLANG…

A sword and a club clashed numerous times, due to the orc general's strength stat being greater than his Simon was pushed back a little during the confrontation. Nonetheless, he was able to endure through the duration of the [Wild Swing] while suffering minor damages.

Simon drank an elixir of healing to get his HP back to the top and glanced at the orc general who was out of breath. Clearly, the after-effects of using [Wild Swing] skill had caught up to it.

"[High-Speed Flight" he unfurled his wings and swiftly rushed towards the orc general. This was his turn to mount the pressure and force to orc to use his other skills.

Brandishing his sword, Simon flapped his wings and rushed towards his opponent with an overhead swing. Most often than not, such a big movement was easily dodgeable; however, the orc general was exhausted now.

Thus it wouldn't be able to dodge the attack. When it saw the demon rushing towards it, it instead used its club to defend itself.

CLANG… the weapons collided for the umpteenth time. At this moment, Simon displayed a smile. Right after his overhead swing was blocked, he shifted his balance and using the slight gap when his enemy's attention was focused on his sword, he delivered a kick right onto its abdomen.

BANG… the orc general was pushed a few steps back and held its stomach in pain. This was the first time after becoming the orc general that it was pushed back in a head-on battle. It glared at Simon in anger and roared.

[Orc General's Roar] it's roar was so powerful that the very air started shaking and everything around it in a few meters was pushed back. It was not only that, the roar also had the added effects of intimidating its enemies and reducing their power making them slower and dull to react.

Simon who was exposed to that skill, was not an exception. He felt his senses dull and his power go down a little. However, that was when a pop-up prompted in front of him and a wicked smile crept up to his face.

The orc general realising that its roar was effective, used another of its skill [Bile] to temporarily offset the exhaustion from the [Wild Swing].

[Bile] a skill that allows the user to accumulate a certain amount of frustration and anger which then gets converted into agility temporarily. It's a racial skill that only a certain number of races can acquire.

The orc general already had an edge over Simon in strength stat but after activating the [Bile] skill, its agility which was lacking far behind compared to its other stats, increased drastically. All the frustration and anger that it had been suppressing, now erupted out of his body and shrouded it in a layer of red aura.

Thud… thud… thud… the orc general unlike its bulky build, ran like an athlete that was quick on its feet and quickly approached Simon. It brandished its club which now glowed red due to simultaneously activating [Brutal Swing] skill to further enhance its attack a notch and swung it towards Simon in a full swing.

If it connected, it would no doubt be a devastating attack and Simon would be blown hihg up in the sky.

Normally, it would be impossible for someone else to avoid this attack after getting their senses and speed slowed down by the roar. However, Simon was different. The moment the [Orc General's Roar] affected him, his fragment of pride acted up and forcefully removed the debuff.

[You have been affected by the Orc General's Roar. All your senses and power will be reduced for a short period of time].

DING…

The Fragment of Pride interfered and forcefully removed the effect. That is to say, Simon wasn't slowed down by the roar. Before the club could smash him out of the park in a homerun, Simon flapped his wings and effortlessly dodged the attack.

BOOOM… the club connected to nothing; however, just the force behind that attack was enough to sweep through the dozens of meters of path in front of it like a shockwave.

"GUGA?" the orc general exclaimed in surprise but the next second it swiftly stepped back and dodged the sword that dug itself deeply into the place it was in just a second ago.

"So it dodged that huh? It is much faster than before.. is it because of a skill" Simon calmly analysed while under the effects of the pride. He arched his hand and the sword immediately flew back to him... [Dominator's Control].

After opening a distance between each other, an orc and a demon glared at each other, each observing and learning the attack pattern of the other.

BANG… the orc general was the first to move, since it was under the duration of the skill [Bile], it had to keep on pressuring the demon before the skill ends.

From their clash earlier, it learnt that it cannot underestimate the demon and thus went all out against it in its battle. The bulky body of the orc jumped to a height of more than ten meters and reached the flying Simon.

A movement that was impossible for a normal orc.

Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh…

Simon conjured a few flame spears that flew towards his enemy to try and slow them down. [Brutal Swing] however, it seemed that just a swing from that heavy club was enough to snuff out his flames spears.

After dissipating the attacks of the demon, the orc using the momentum of its jump, clashed against the sword of the demon and managed to push the latter onto the ground. After that, it chained its attacks with numerous swings.

[Club Mastery] a skill that allows him to effortlessly wield a club as big as him. Sparks generated wildly whenever their weapons collided, the earth would tremble and huge shockwaves would devastate everywhere.

Seeing that he was being pushed onto a backfoot, Simon activated his augmenting skills to further buff his strength and revealed a thrilled expression. His demonic side that sought this kind of stimulating battle, where his enemy was no less weak than him, was excited at this moment.

It was like everything had disappeared in this world as Simon kept on immersing himself in the battle. Unknown to him, he reached a special state that only a handful of people could reach.

In this state, Simon found himself improving at a fast rate, his movements started becoming more clear and his attacks profound. The sword in his handing was starting to feel like an extension of himself and moved in the exact same way as he wanted it to.

"GUGA?!" the huge club of the orc general that was powered by [Bile] and [Brutal Swing] was easily fended off by the demon. What's more, the atmosphere around the demon seemed to be somehow different than just a while ago.

Berimal was starting to get overwhelmed by the demon whose attacks were getting shaper and polished by the second. What's more, its attacks on the other hand were starting to get weaker due to the duration of the skill that was about to wear off.

The orc general was distracted by the sudden rise in the power of his enemy and was thus a second to react. at what came next