Victory Brought by Ants

While Leiluo was stringing Saiyba along, Saxi arrived with a small squad of orc warriors.

"Chieftain, what's going on?" Seeing how strange the situation was, Saxi hurried over, helped Leiluo up, and asked.

"Oh, so you were stalling for time all along." Seeing that this small squad of orcs was Leiluo's subordinates, Saiyba looked as though he had suddenly understood.

"I didn't expect you to be a chieftain. But do you really think these ants you waited for can help you leave alive from the hands of the mighty Lord Saiyba?" Saiyba thought he had seen through Leiluo's "scheme." He looked smug, but even more contemptuous.

"Idiot." Looking at the affected expressions on Saiyba's two heads, Leiluo felt sick.

As Leiluo muttered inwardly, Saiyba raised his hand and hurled a Fireball at Saxi, who was supporting Leiluo.

"Damn it!" Leiluo, who had been secretly watching Saiyba all along, quickly shoved Saxi away and took the fireball head-on with the face of his axe. Although the Holy Light's absurd recovery ability had restored much of his injuries, the fireball still made both his hands tremble violently.

"Even if I were fully recovered, beating this blue fatty would still be difficult." Feeling the force transmitted through his axe, Leiluo thought to himself. "Saxi, take ten men and chop down the pillars with chains beside the Behemoth. The other ten, smash him with your weapons."

After giving the order, Leiluo raised his axe and charged forward. Saiyba's fireballs could now only hinder his movements; they could no longer blast him away as they had at the beginning.

Hearing the chieftain's order, Saxi froze for a moment before leading his men toward the Behemoth. The remaining ten orcs also raised their weapons and smashed them at Saiyba.

Seeing Leiluo send men to rescue the Behemoth, Saiyba began to panic. The Behemoth was clearly about to give out. If these orcs freed it now, all his efforts would be wasted.

With that thought, Saiyba prepared to attack the orcs rushing toward the Behemoth with Fireballs. But how could Leiluo, now close to him, give him time to cast? With a sudden stride, he swung his battle axe down.

Seeing Leiluo attack, Saiyba had no choice but to abandon his spell and block with the staff in his hand.

Calling it a staff was generous. It was merely an iron rod about the size of a spiked club, just without the spikes. Saiyba only called it a staff to show that he was different from ordinary Ogres; it had no spell-enhancing power at all.

While Leiluo and Saiyba traded blows, Saxi and the others were at their wits' end.

"Leader Saxi, one swing of the axe didn't even leave a mark on this pillar!" An orc put all his strength into chopping the pillar, only to find it completely useless.

"That shouldn't be possible. Since the chieftain told us to chop these pillars, our strength should be enough to deal with them." Saxi thought for a moment. "Keep chopping. Let me see if it works."

Thus, the ten warriors resumed hacking away with clanging blows. Seeing that their attacks could not sever the pillars, Saxi grew anxious. Just as he turned to ask his chieftain, a low roar came from behind him. Looking back, Saxi saw that the Behemoth, which had been sprawled on the ground in a listless state, had stood up. The green light on its chains had also dimmed considerably.

This discovery thrilled Saxi. He shouted, "Keep chopping! It's working!" Then he lowered his head and continued hacking at the pillars.

Leiluo and Saiyba also heard the Behemoth's roar. Leiluo was delighted, while Saiyba was furious.

With a powerful blow, Saiyba knocked Leiluo's battle axe aside. Raising both hands high, he roared, "You ants dare ruin Lord Saiyba's plan? Chain Lightning!"

Then, a bolt of lightning struck toward Saxi and the others.

Saxi heard Saiyba's furious roar as well, but with only Silver Tier strength, how could he evade Chain Lightning cast by a Heroic Rank mage? Despairing, Saxi could only close his eyes and wait for death.

But at that moment, Leiluo threw his battle axe at the lightning with all his strength. Then everyone watched as the lightning chased after the axe and flew off into the distance.

The orcs who saw this felt as though their mouths, large enough to hold even a durian, had dropped to the ground.

Saiyba, who had dropped to one knee after casting Chain Lightning, roared even more furiously, "What magic did you use? Why did my Chain Lightning—why did it—" Well, Saiyba did not know how else to describe it. His Chain Lightning had run off with Leiluo's battle axe?

Shaking his head inwardly and lamenting everyone's ignorance, Leiluo thought, What a bunch of bumpkins. Even children know iron conducts electricity. Would I just make that up?!

Leiluo did not answer. He simply picked up a spiked club from beside an Ogre corpse and charged back into battle with Saiyba. Seeing their chieftain fight again, the orcs each returned to their assigned tasks and began the work arranged at the start.

Only Saxi still stood there with his eyes closed, muttering, "Ancestral Spirit, I died in battle. You must let me return to your embrace."

An orc beside him could not stand it any longer and stepped over to pat him on the shoulder. The instant Saxi opened his eyes, he said, "So the Ancestral Spirit pats your shoulder when you return to its embrace."

This incident became a stain Saxi could never erase.

Saxi and the others resumed destroying the sealing pillars, and the Behemoth's roars grew louder and louder. Though Saiyba was somewhat weakened after casting Chain Lightning, he still had Leiluo pinned down. If the ten orc warriors nearby had not occasionally thrown weapons at him, Leiluo might have been beaten flat long ago.

Finally, thanks to Leiluo's stubborn stalling, the chains sealing the Behemoth lost their green glow. With no energy left, the sealing pillars were chopped down one by one by Saxi and the others.

The Behemoth broke free of its chains, roared toward the sky, and charged wildly at Saiyba.

Saiyba had just struck Leiluo's arm with his club, adding another wound, when he heard the roar and looked back. Shocked and enraged, he watched the plan he had completed only after sacrificing more than twenty Ogres—a plan on the verge of success—collapse just like that.

After shooting Leiluo a vicious glare, Saiyba decisively chose to retreat. As he ran, he shouted at Leiluo, "Damn orc, I won't let you go! You'll learn just how terrifying the wrath of the Twilight Hammer Clan is!"

After Saiyba disappeared into the distance, the Behemoth no longer looked ferocious. Instead, it flopped onto the ground like a dead dog and did not move at all. If Leiluo had not seen its body rise and fall, he would have thought it was dead.

The orc warriors gathered around their chieftain. As Saxi bandaged the chieftain's wounds, he listened to Leiluo explain what had happened and finally realized how lucky he had been to survive.

Looking at the brothers who had fought shoulder to shoulder with him, Leiluo clenched his fist and raised it toward the sky. Imitating Saiyba's tone, he said, "Ants, this is the victory you brought!"