Rise of the Horde

Chapter 161: Chapter 16

Xiao Chen watched in silence as Draegh’ana approached their goblin prisoners. She was fuming in anger as she grabbed them by their hairs and dragged them towards the thick line of trees. “Spear!” she glanced at the Rakshas, who reeled back in fear because of the expression on her face. They felt like if they won’t comply, they would be the one receiving the anger of the female orc.

A Raksha stepped forward and offered his spear to the female orc who was asking for their weapon. He eyed the goblins, who were cowering in fear at what might happen to them. The Raksha looked at them with no pity but his face was filled with anger at what he saw inside the dwelling place of the Bloodpool Goblins. He didn’t feel anything for the humans and the elves, but his anger boiled when he saw his kin being turned into a reproduction tool by the goblins. He may not know them, but they were still of the same race and they are also a proud race, much like the others who won’t accept such things done to their kin. They may have violent traditions, but what the goblins did was something that all orcs won’t accept.

Draegh’ana hurriedly grabbed the spear and yanked a goblin up the trunk of a tree and nailed him onto it.

“Kiek!”

A loud shriek echoed as the angry female orc drove the spear into the hands of the goblin and left him hanging on the tree trunk. Draegh’ana again opened her palms towards the Rakshas without turning around. She was asking for more spears to be handed to her.

Draegh’ana stared at the goblin, who she just nailed to the tree without blinking. Her face became even uglier after hearing the shrieks of the goblin, she unsheathed her blade and drove it inside the mouth of the shrieking goblin then turned to look at the other goblins who were trembling in fear, her warning was clear and their fates won’t change.

Sounds of metal hitting against each other came from behind Draegh’ana, which prompted her to turn around. There she saw Aro’shanna carrying on her arms plenty of spears from the Rakshas as she was eyeing the poor goblins. She dropped the spears in front of the goblins and reached for one of the goblins before grabbing a spear in one hand. Copying what Draegh’ana did, she raised the goblin up and nailed his arms on the tree and left his feet dangling in the air. Just like the first goblin, shrieks of pain reverberated but with a solid punch from Aro’shanna silenced the noise. She knocked the goblin out.

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“You gave him an easy death...” Aro’shanna turned around and pointed at the goblin that had his hands nailed on the tree and his mouth impaled by a sword which further secured it to the tree. “They need to experience more pain... What they did needs a more excruciating death...” she continued, then slapped the next goblin so hard that it went unconscious. She raised the knocked out goblin up against another tree, then nailed him to the tree with another spear.

“Kiek!”

Shrieks of pain came out of the previously knocked out goblin as the pain of his arms being pierced woke him up. “Shut up!” Aro’shanna screamed, then proceeded to slap him again to unconsciousness. Xiao Chen went on a nearby rock and sat down while keeping an eye out on the mouth of the cave. He glance from time to time at the two female orcs who were dealing with the remaining goblins.

Turning to his right, he saw Adhalia trying to comfort the rescued women who had listless eyes. They still haven’t snapped back to reality as they thought that they are still nothing but tools to be used by the goblins. The women were still breathing, but they looked like they were dead. Their thoughts and actions were simple, which was to spread their legs wide open whenever some stands in front of them. They didn’t even bother to cover their bodies well with the cloaks that were draped over them as they just stared in front of them.

Draegh’ana and Aro’shanna finished nailing all the goblins on the trees with the iron spears of the Rakshas. The two then stepped away from them and stared at their chieftain, who just nodded his head, giving them his approval.

“Do it...” Aro’shanna muttered as she stared at the unconscious goblins except for the one that was given a painless death by Draegh’ana. Mana started gathering on the palms of Draegh’ana, then fire started emerging at the bodies of the nailed goblins.

“Manifest my anger and let them feel it. Let them feel my wrath, let them suffer and give them a slow death. Give them the most excruciating and slowest death, Flames of Agony.” Draegh’ana chanted as the small flames on the bodies of the goblins became bigger and devoured their entire bodies.

The goblins who were unconscious woke up then proceeded to scream in agony as they were being burned alive. They thrashed around, kicking their feet in the air in an attempt to free themselves, but to no avail. The spears that impaled their hands against the trees held true as they started to turn red because of the heat being emitted by the flames, which further increased the pain that they were experiencing as the insides of their flesh were being cooked by the spears.

The trolls, Rakshas, Yurakks, Grogus, Draegh’ana, Aro’shanna and Xiao Chen watched as the goblins were covered in flames while screaming in agony. It went on for many hours as the spell casted by Draegh’ana was a spell specifically created to torture someone to death with flames. Sympathy? No, they felt no sympathy for the suffering goblins, but instead they looked at them with anger, while Adhalia had a look of disgust after glancing at them for a moment. The scent of burnt flesh permeated the air, but none bothered to cover their noses nor scrunched their face because of the smell.

The flames still burnt strong but their victims were now silent as they no longer had any voice left after screaming in agony for many hours. They just thrashed around wildly, which lets Xiao Chen and the others watching the spectacle know that they are still alive. A few moments later, the goblins remained still as death finally claimed them in his embrace. The fire then became intense as it voraciously devoured their remains and turned them all to ashes. The wind picked up and blew the ashes away while the spears remained embedded on the tree trunks and they were all red hot but it seemed that the Flames of Agony had a mind of its own and didn’t bring any harm to the trees except for the damages done by the spears.