Chapter 28: Chapter 28 – The Power of Emotions

“Goblins to the right!” Astrid failed to stop her forward momentum. Her shoulder slammed into the wall.

“Shit…” Astrid gazed at another orc down the hall. It felt like her blood was about to freeze as they locked eyes. Shaking her head, she blasted the nearby goblins back.

The wide hall changed into a narrow corridor with multiple rooms on either side. Gloria dashed to the door. She didn’t seem to have much hope of it opening, as she used too much force. The door swung open and clattered against the doorstop.

The duo heard a sudden heavy stomping and the clanging of metal armour. Goblin screeches followed. Gloria sprinted to the window. She was about to punch it when Astrid threw a chair; it hurtled past her head. Shattering the window into broken fragments.

Gloria was the first to jump through. Astrid followed closely behind just as the sound of clanging metal charged entered behind her.

“Into the alleyway!” Bert shouted behind them. His large body thudded against the ground as he leapt out from the window.

Glancing back, the orc smashed through the thick brick walls of the bank.

Astrid spun around and dashed into the dark alleyway. As Bert’s heavily armoured body bolted in, Astrid [Crashed] the building’s roof above. Sending debris crashing down and striking the rapidly approaching orc. Dust swept through the alleyway.

“It’s still alive.” Astrid warned at the still movement matter.

“Of course it is.” Bert snapped.

With a shout, the orc hurtled through the dust cloud.

Gloria flashed to the side of the barreling orc, twin daggers pierced towards its unarmoured throat like a blood-thirsty pit viper. The orc raised its arms in anticipation, but the attack didn’t come. Instead, Gloria disappeared from the spot. Her dagger slashed into his leg, but its high constitution negated most of the damage. The blade only sliced through the skin–stopping above the thick layers of muscle.

A cracking roar rumbled out of its throat. Gloria was rooted to the spot as blood seeped from her eardrums. The orc displayed a beastly smirk. It was about to turn towards Gloria when a boulder cracked against its skull.

One after the other, boulders tore through the air, clashing against the orc's face. With one arm held up like a shield, it spun around. The monster's arm swung round like a steel mace towards Gloria’s slender body.

Astrid’s eyes widened, she clumped together a mass of matter as she [Crashed] it. However, it merely slowed down the fist.

With a flash of light around Gloria’s wrist, she dropped one of her daggers onto the floor and ducked underneath the attack. She rolled and leapt forward with the other dagger, lunging it into its ribs. The orcs' tattoos glowed, however, it was noticeably different to the other taller orc. There were less of them, and they were dull. But it didn’t matter. Within the blink of an eye, it latched its sizable hand around Gloria’s throat.

Bert rapidly approached and swept his axe into the orc's chest. The orc's leg snapped to the side, sending Bert back. His axe cleaved into the side of the walls, regaining his balance as he recklessly charged forwards again.

Astrid gazed at the enormous orc. Then she glanced at the dagger Gloria had dropped. Astrid’s mind connected to the dagger. With all of her strength, she flicked it upwards. Followed by rapidly forming matter–she crashed it–blasting the dagger upward. With a wet tear, the sharp blade penetrated the underside of its throat. Dark liquid cascaded out from the gap in between the blade and skin.

Gloria pried her dagger free from its shoulder and slashed it across its throat.

“Gloria, get over here!” Astrid shouted as she pulled down the rest of the building.

Gloria was quick to act. Her body exuded a purple haze as she reappeared behind Frank, freeing her from the orcs grasp. The orc spun around. Blood descended from the wound like a funnel. Shoulder first, the orc charged at Bert at a blinding speed.

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Astrid’s eyes widened. Without reserve, she pumped her psychic mana forward. Repeated Crashes exploded the air like artillery. A pain imprinted itself onto her eye as she kept on casting Crash. The orc wasn’t able to defend itself. It tried using its own arms as a shield, but it was no use. The matter formed behind it and continued to explode.

Bert held up his axe. His body glowed with a red hue. Sweeping down, the orc's skull cracked.

The monster halted. With a thud, it fell to its knees. Astrid formed more matter around the orc's eyes… and then stopped.

She sensed goblins arriving. With another explosion, Astrid felled the roof of the building on the other side. Cutting them off from the oncoming green men. Gloria joined her with strained breathing. Blood trickled down from her nose.

“You have blood on you.” Astrid said.

“So do you.” Gloria caressed her neck, the orc had left a dark red imprint around her throat. “Next time it's your turn to get injured.”

With a scoff, Astrid looked at her System messages.

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