Master Of None

"Oh, so just casually point out the four giant pig things coming to eat us like a snack." Remey was not the most impressed with the causal mention that the orcs had spotted them and were moving in a direct line toward them. 

"I feel like I underestimated their size." Su was worried that she would not be able to block the blunt attacks from one which was carrying a large branch in its hand. 

"If my strategy works we won't need to worry about them attacking at all. My goal will be to get them trapped in a hole then harden the earth around them so we can easily deal with them. Onyx, I know you may want to bind them but if you wrap around them I am afraid they are strong enough to break freehand cause you a lot of damage." Walker made sure to say this to Onyx who he already noticed was preparing to attack. 

"Brother, I will use my tail slam to push them in to your trap. Sister Su won't need to risk it." Walker and Su both gave him a nod. It was a good idea since he could pull his tail away much faster than Su could retreat. 

"I will see if I can shake them up with a few arrows." Gil was already drawing one of the wind elemental arrows the elves had given him. He knew that its' piercing power was strong and could do some minor damage to the other orcs around the one he targeted. 

The arrow absorbed and activated with Gils' mana. He took a slow breath and as he let it out he released it. The arrow was flying much higher than the party believed that Gil should have fired it. But as they watched the arrow arched and fell right in to the eye of one of the orcs. 

The reaction was more than just an angry jump from the orc in the center of the other three. There was a burst of wind that tore at the orc that was struck along with the three around it. The party could clearly see the orc was blinded completely and suffered a major fascial wound. The others were just annoyed with some small scratches to their surface skin. 

"Was that the snipe skill? When did you learn the snipe skill?" Walker realized that Gil had officially learned the snipe skill he had been trying to learn for so long. He had practiced distance shooting and was able to hit farther away, but sniping from a long distance was still something he had lacked. 

"I may have learned it from Wade one night." Gils' smirk said that he had been waiting to show this off to the party for some time. It was only to be expected that he was trying to improved while he was dealing with his own things in the elf city. But such a skill would be great for the group when trying to take out enemies from far away. 

"I am going to need to practice my long distance magic then." Walker knew that some of his spells would dissipate before they reached a far off target. This meant that he would need to use more mana to force the distance. 

"You two can fool around with that later, they are getting pretty close." Remey was warning them since she was starting to feel the orcs were too close for comfort. The smell of wet animals was overpowering as the tind pushed it from the orcs to the party. 

Walker had already prepared himself and used the trench skill twice ahead of the party. The orcs had reached the perfect place for him to set up large trenches on their sides. He went further to create another behind them and in front of them draining extra mana to make all four of them deeper. 

The ground shook making the party stand at the ready and looked around with a flurry. "That should do it." Walker gave them the heads up as the ground shifted and they watched the nearby ground open and a center column of earth begin to crumble in to the newly split hole. 

This was right behind the orcs that had grown a little close for comfort, however, Onyx had been slowly reverting to his largest size and waited for this moment. He whipped out his tail slamming in to the three that were leading the group. The orcs were too slow to catch Onyx's tail and were send falling backwards in to the tench trap Walker had created. 

Meanwhile the fourth had already gotten trapped inside due to its' damaged vision. Walker did not waste any time and was using his high earth sculpting to cause the loose earth to rise around the orcs and harden as much as possible. This was not as easy as he had hoped but it was looking successful. 

"Try and get some attacks in safely! I will have them tied down as long as possible." Walker said this as Midnight and Remey darted forward. They were right at the edge of the solidified earth trench ready to unleash attacks on the stationary orcs. 

Their grunts and struggling noises were a mix of a pig and what sounded to be dyeing man. This was unsettling but neither Remey nor Midnight hesitated at all. Midnight used her decaying breath on two of them to try to cause them to rot away and weaken. It was working wonders on their outer thick skin. The party could see the flames burning it away while she focused them more and more. 

Remey was in the perfect position to use the defense breaking palm attack. This was not her usual go to attack but with the high defense of the orcs, she had a feeling it was the best way to get damage through. When her palm made contact and she jumped back she saw that the orc had nearly crumpled on its' side and allowed Walker to trap it even more. This strategy was working!

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