Kargath stood nearly over two meters tall, which was considered very tall among Orcs. He was a full head taller than the 1.8-meter Yrel, and when body width and bulk were added to the comparison, the difference between them was simply worlds apart.
Some might have assumed that people with large builds were inevitably slow-moving. In truth, many gladiators had once thought the same. Then Kargath had cut off all their heads.
The equation that great strength meant low speed, while great speed meant little strength, had never applied to Kargath.
Though he was still somewhat inferior to people like Grom and Blackhand, there were only a handful of people capable of surpassing Kargath in strength.
As for Yrel, while the girl also possessed monstrous strength, she simply could not unleash it to the fullest within a short period of time. She was utterly incomparable to Kargath.
Beyond that, Kargath had another enormous advantage that further enhanced his agility—he wielded two one-handed weapons, and his left hand had already been replaced by a blade.
Perhaps this Shattered Hand Clan tradition made Kargath's daily life inconvenient, but combat was another matter entirely.
People often used the phrase "as nimble as an arm and fingers" to praise someone whose swordsmanship was as flexible as an extension of their limbs. Yet no matter how agile a weapon was, it was basically impossible for it to be more flexible than one's own hands.
But Kargath's left-hand blade truly lived up to that phrase.
Just like now—
Just as Yrel stopped rolling and rejoiced at having escaped disaster, she suddenly caught a dark shadow flash past from the corner of her eye.
Without even thinking, the girl immediately swung her warhammer to meet it.
Clang—
The sound of weapons colliding rang out.
Only then did