Number One Dungeon Supplier

ivators followed Gladios strict to the letter whenever he gave out any order via the magpies.

”Go, enjoy yourselves.
The frontline troops are arriving soon. ” Gladios send the cultivators off when he heard the blaring horns of the Thunder Orc Army.
At the same time, he had begun to give orders to the goblins staying at the cliff to commence their attacks the moment they saw the Thunder Orc Army.
If Jin ’s intel proved to be correct, it should turn into an easy battle with all their counter measures in place.

Gladios stood on the fort walls as he saw the humanoids mowing the orcs down.
Yet the Orcs seemed more determined than the ones he had seen in recent days.
As if they were not just putting their lives down for the attack but there was a certain kind of craze which only fanatics had.
Then Gladios noticed something else.

Each and everyone of their weapons emitted sparks of thunder.

He remembered that the Thunder Orc Mages were supposed to be severely decimated by the failed initial invasion.
By all means the frontline orcs should not have such strong thunder imbued powers in their weapons.
If not for the humanoids acting as the vanguards, his own goblins would have been killed in battle almost instantly.
Yet, the humanoids were also visibly struggling against the ferocious attacks the Orcs were putting in.

”If we assume that they have not hidden any more Orc Mages, which should be impossible without anyone noticing…Then that could only mean one thing… Sandroku 004 do you have any visual on any powerful orcs in the vicinity?! ” Gladios grabbed on the magpie and shouted his orders into the poor little bird.

However, there was no reply.

”Sandroku 005! Respond! 006! Any of the golems respond NOW!!! ” The only answer he got was more silence which Gladios had started to fear for the worse.
Unless there was someone somehow had the capability to jam their signal (which according to Jin was impossible) it would mean someone must have defeated the enhanced golems.
And whoever or whatever that was doing it had not been taken account into any part of their plans.

But before Gladios could spend more time pondering about it, suddenly a large purple lightning bolt ran across the valley and struck the fort walls.
Sandy who was on the fort wall tried to block the attack but she only managed to deflect its might partially because of the sudden strike.
The purple lightning bolt not only caused Sandy to lose her left arm, it destroyed a portion of the fort walls too.

”Purple Thunder! ” Gladios shouted to warn the rest of the army about the arrival of the Avatar of Syldra as he tried to help Sandy up.
The Sand Witch refused as she tried to collect sand, dust and dirt from the debris of the destroyed wall to cover the wound she had suffered.
In the next instant, another lightning bolt flashed towards the fort wall.
Gladios had expected another attack and used the large two handed sword from his back to block.

The sword glowed with immense light, creating a magical light barrier which protected Gladios, Sandy and a few of the goblins manning the fort wall from the imminent attack.
Purple Thunder did not hesitate to run towards Gladios ignoring the humanoids which the Orcs were pushing them back.
But even before Purple Thunder reach the fort walls, Slashreaver intercepted him in the valleys.

”I am your opponent! ” Slashreaver roared as he released a slash of chi towards the Avatar of Syldra.
Purple Thunder smirked and evaded that almost immediately while countering Slashreaver with a ’slow ’ ball of lightning.
(To Purple Thunder, certain lightning spells were considered slow in his eyes.) The ball of lightning electrocuted Slashreaver but it gave Gladios enough time to enter the scene.

Despite carrying a greatsword, Gladios ’ actions were swift and precise enough to make Purple Thunder think twice about not evading properly.
The orc himself took out his own greatsword.
It was a sight to behold as the dark purplish sparks seemed to challenge the white shine of the goblin ’s sword.
Against the Greatsword of Light, it was nothing but a distraction for Purple Thunder to waste time for him to prep his spells.
But as long as Purple Thunder managed to bring Gladios down, the goblin army would become less of a threat.
The two started to exchange blows though they seemed to be somewhat equal.
The slightest mistake could prove fatal for either side.

”Don ’t you dare forget about me! ” Slashreaver entered the fray exactly when Purple Thunder had finally managed to force Gladios into revealing an opening.
He felt annoyed that this brat dared to disturb him and so he decided to change the trajectory of his attack towards Slashreaver.
A simple palm strike enchanted with his electrical powers flashed towards Slashreaver ’s face.
The goblin was unable to evade nor block in time.

”ARRRRRGHH!!!! ” The intensity of the electricity burned half of Slashreaver ’s face away in a moment and it made Gladios stagger a little when he saw his son in such a dire condition.
Purple Thunder himself became surprised as he had expected a counter attack.
Wanting to make use of the situation he retracted his hand and prepared another lightning palm strike.

”Father!! ” Slashreaver did his best to overcome the immense pain he was experiencing momentarily through sheer willpower and gave it his all to stab Purple Thunder with all his power.
As Purple Thunder had already written off the goblin and he did not was expect that attack and was unable to evade in time.
The Avatar of Syldra cursed as he redirected the attacking palm strike to block or at least mitigate the sword stab.

The sword was evaporating due the heat produced from the lightning palm strike but not before Slashreaver injured one of Purple Thunder ’s main casting hands.
However, the backlash from the lightning palm strike burnt not just the sword but Slashreaver ’s hands too, melting them right in front of him.
This time, Gladios did not hesitate and made use of the opportunity his son had provided to slash his greatsword at the preoccupied Purple Thunder.

Trying to turn around, the Orc managed to mitigate the attack partially by using his greatsword yet the fury of Gladios broke Purple Thunder ’s greatsword cleanly into two as he sunk his weapon into Purple Thunder ’s body.
The Avatar of Syldra coughed blood.
He was unable to scream as blood had already entered his lungs from the cut.
He looked up to the Sword General and his mouth turned into a sick smile.

If Purple Thunder couldn ’t kill the Sword General with his bare hands, then he would suicide with whatever powers he had contained in himself.

”Get away!!! ” Sandy managed to cry out.
In her still sorry state, she used her magic to pull Gladios and Slashreaver away from the scene with sand.
In that same time the Avatar was pumping himself up to explode, the pilots of two heavily damaged Sandroku Golem jumped down from the cliffs.
The Golems were no longer able to fight but it was enough to move.
They landed and leaped towards Purple Thunder, piling on top of him.

”Sandy Big Sis! Do what you need to do!!! ” One of the goblin pilots who was bleeding profusely inside the Sandroku golem 007 shouted to her while pinning Purple Thunder down with the Greatsword of Light still stuck in him.
Sandroku Golem 002 picked up 007 ’s towering shield and slammed down two of their shields on the living orc bomb that was primed to set off anytime.
Sandy knew immediately what they were doing and quickly used whatever magic she could summon to surround Sandroku 002 , 007 and Purple Thunder within layers of sand, rock and soil.

”System! More magic! NOW!!! ” Sandy shouted and the System immediately compiled as she could see a glimmer of light being emitted out of the ’prison ’ of sand she had haphazardly created.
Peppers was immediately summoned and a cylindrical barrier was placed around the sand prison which Sandy created before it broke down.
The living bomb then exploded and both orcs and cultivators saw streaks of lightning running along the cylindrical magic barrier and up to the sky.

”WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU STARING AT! CONTINUE TO ATTACK! DON ’T LET THEIR SACRIFICE BE IN VAIN!!! ” Gladios roared and both the goblins and cultivators gave shouted in unison as they pressed on with their attack against the shocked Orcs.