Vigaro was a Rank 5 Ghoul Barbarian, and this enemy was a Rank 6 Noble Orc. Though the number was only different by one, the actual difference was significant. Generally, in battles between monsters, if two monsters face off head-to-head starting at healthy conditions, the higher Rank one will win unless the other monster has some significant advantage.

No matter how much experience a fox has and how much it practices its skills, there is no way it can win a head-on fight against a tiger. Vigaro himself had once said that if he were to fight a Noble Orc, he would definitely lose.

「What are we going to do, you say? … WE FIGHT!」

But right now, he didn’t feel as if he would lose!
Letting out the roar of a lion, Vigaro closed the distance between himself and the Noble Orc. Looking down at him, the Noble Orc performed a sideways sweep with his own axe that was even larger than the axe that Vigaro had received from Vandalieu.

Vigaro crouched close to the ground as if crawling to avoid the blow that could have sent his head flying if it connected. He felt anger at the fact that some of his mane was cut off, but before paying too much attention to that, he used three of his limbs to leap sideways.

「BUGIH!」

The reason Vigaro did that was because the axe that was supposed to pass over his head instead came swinging down with a loud crash.

Normally, axes have bad balance and after swinging them once, time is needed to prepare one’s stance again. Regaining one’s balance immediately after swinging an axe is impossible. But the Noble Orc’s incredible physical ability made it possible.

「BUOOOOH!」

It swung its axe consecutively with no technique, only pure physical strength. It seemed that there were plenty of openings in between, but if Vigaro were to let up his focus on evasion to attack that opening, he would likely be cut to shreds.

Vigaro kept dodging the attacks nimbly.

One of his hands was still holding his axe while the other gripped the earth and helped him kick his body off its surface to avoid the Noble Orc’s attacks.

Each of the Noble Orc’s swings contained terrifying power, and its physical strength made them quick as well. But each of its movements was obvious and linear.
Against an opponent like Vigaro, it was like telling him,「I’m going to attack like this, right now」, before every swing.

「GAAAH!」

「BUHIHI!」

「WAAUUH!」

Vigaro, the Noble Orc, and the warriors that each of them led were engaged in battle.

Vigaro had an idea of how the battle was progressing through the Ghouls’ battle language, but the Noble Orc’s head was completely focused on his Ghoul opponent in front of him.

Why wouldn’t any of its attacks land on him?!

He was one of his great father’s sons, the strongest of them all, Bugibulio! Why could he not land a single attack on something like this Ghoul?!

For Noble Orcs, male Ghouls were just small fry and female Ghouls were nothing but meat pots! So why were such Ghouls making him embarrass himself in front of his subordinates and slaves?!

「BUGAAAAAAH!」

With his rage and irritation taking over, the Noble Orc unleashed the martial skill,【Bisection.】It was a level 2 martial skill but even if a human were to use it, it would be powerful enough to cut down a tree in one strike. If a Noble Orc used it, it was capable of smashing a boulder.

However, the more powerful the Noble Orc’s attack, the larger the opening following it was.

Vigaro avoided it and made great use of the chance at a counterattack that he had finally found.

「【Axe Whip!】」

Vigaro’s long arm bent loosely like a whip.

「BUOH?!」

The Noble Orc immediately tried to bend backwards to avoid it, but Vigaro’s long arm bent once more and his axe inflicted a deep cut in the Noble Orc’s right arm.

「GAAAAAAH!」

Vigaro’s right hand left the handle of his battleaxe. And then he gripped the mid-air battleaxe with his left hand and –

He used his martial skill once more.

「Bu-buhyiih!」
The Noble Orc deflected the axe aimed at his neck with his own axe. But after Vigaro’s axe was repelled, his arm suddenly changed direction and severed the Noble Orc’s right leg, which the Noble Orc hadn’t been paying attention to.

Unable to keep his balance, the Noble Orc toppled over sideways. This time, Vigaro’s axe dug its way deep into his neck and decapitated him.

The【Axe Whip】technique in which the user increases the flexibility of his arm and flings it like a whip, and the【Triple Axe Whip】technique in which the process is repeated consecutively. These were martial skills taught only to the long-armed Ghoul men.

「Uoooooh! Who’s next?!」

Vigaro let out a roar of victory and stamped down on the head of the Noble Orc, which was still wearing the screaming expression at the moment of his death. Seeing this fearsome sight, the Orc knights began to fall apart and flee for their lives, but… there was no way that these slow Orcs could get away.