Overlord: Welcoming the Birth of the King
Chapter 38: Astonishing Strength - The Attack Power of a "Gold-rank" Adventurer

The two remaining human corpses, even though the ogre had already eaten its fill, were clearly not meant for these goblins to consume.

"Wah?"

A goblin sitting at the outskirts, licking some unknown beast's bone, twitched its pointed green ears and turned its head warily toward the rear.

In the next instant.

Terror flashed across the goblin's face as a black figure suddenly burst forth from the bushes.

Before the goblin could even scream a warning!

A swift iron sword descended from above, cleaving the goblin cleanly in two with a single strike.

Amidst the splattering green blood, Tang Zheng's figure emerged.

"Four Light Combo Slash!"

In an instant!

Four cold flashes of light streaked through the air.

The four nearest goblins at the periphery didn't even get a chance to react before being pierced by the sword and collapsing to the ground.

[Gained 27 EXP]

[Gained 31 EXP]

[Gained 22 EXP]

[Gained 25 EXP]

[…………]

Messages rapidly appeared on the status panel.

The "Four Light Combo Slash" delivered four sword strikes in an instant, though it slightly sacrificed accuracy and dispersed some of its power.

Yet as the signature move of a warrior captain, one that had even defeated Climb, the skill's formidable nature spoke for itself!

This other world was a real place, not some game where taking damage merely reduced hit points numerically.

Injuries naturally weakened one's combat ability, and a critical hit could mean instant death.

Even with its power dispersed and reduced, Tang Zheng's attacks were still more than these goblins could withstand.

In the blink of an eye, five goblins lay dead. Only then did the other feeding goblins react.

"Wah!"

"Wah, ah!!"

"Wah wah—"

Panicked, frightened screams erupted.

The goblins immediately dropped their food, scrambling to their feet in disorder and fleeing in all directions.

Naturally cowardly creatures, when faced with sudden danger, goblins would never band together to attack but would instead scatter immediately.

Unfortunately!

Tang Zheng's agility far surpassed these goblins. Had they united against him, they might have posed some trouble.

But scattering to flee? They might as well have been delivering themselves to his blade!

Tang Zheng's figure darted rapidly about, each sword swing claiming another goblin life.

[Gained 25 EXP]

[…………]

[Gained 29 EXP]

Messages continuously scrolled across the status panel.

"Human?!"

The ogre finally reacted too. Watching the goblins being slaughtered, it roared and grabbed the massive wooden club resting by the low grass hut's entrance.

Boom!

Boom!

The over-two-meter-tall ogre's footsteps shook the ground with each thunderous step.

Tang Zheng had been keeping an eye on the ogre. Seeing it charge toward him, he remained perfectly calm, not abandoning his goblin slaughter but instead speeding up his movements.

He had no intention of fighting the ogre with these nuisance goblins still causing trouble.

Boom!

The massive club smashed heavily into the ground with a dull thud.

Tang Zheng had already dodged aside when the ogre began its swing, evading the attack while casually dispatching another goblin.

[Gained 27 EXP]

"Food! Human!"

The ogre bellowed in rage, wildly swinging its huge club, creating powerful wind gusts with each motion.

Yet.

Every single attack was effortlessly avoided by Tang Zheng.

After this brief probing exchange.

Tang Zheng realized his movement speed exceeded this ogre's.

Understanding this.

He grew even bolder, his sword movements accelerating further.

"Wah—"

"Wah! Wah!"

Goblins' agonized screams and wails continued unabated.

In mere moments, all eighteen goblins of this small tribe had fallen to Tang Zheng's blade.

Meanwhile.

Perhaps because the goblins had been exterminated, or due to the massive festering wound on its chest, or maybe simply from overeating, the ogre's movements and speed seemed impaired.

"Huff... huff..."

The club-wielding ogre halted its pursuit, panting heavily, its bloodshot eyes glaring viciously at the human who had slaughtered its goblins.

Noticing this murderous gaze!

Tang Zheng stood about seven or eight meters away, grinning coldly at the creature.

"Now it's just the two of us."

He flicked his iron sword, splattering green blood onto the grass, speaking in an icy tone.

From his earlier assessment, this ogre was indeed stronger than the two that had attacked the "Rock" squad.

Even so!

Tang Zheng still held a speed advantage. Using the ogre's injury and sluggishness, he could whittle it down to death.

However—

Recalling the ogre's human corpse consumption, Tang Zheng raised his sword with both hands.

Thud!

He stomped the ground hard, charging straight at the ogre.

The seven or eight meter distance closed in just three steps as Tang Zheng appeared before the ogre.

"Food!"

The ogre reacted with startled fury, never expecting this constantly evasive human prey to confront it directly.

Boom!

Its arm—twice as thick as a normal human thigh—tensed with bulging dark yellow muscles as it swung the massive club downward at the charging Tang Zheng.

"Roar!"

It intended to smash this puny human into paste!

The tremendous force created powerful whooshing sounds as the club descended.

"Food? Die!" Tang Zheng's eyes turned frosty as he swung with all his might:

"Swift Strike!"

Bang!

The hardened wood club and iron sword collided violently, producing a deafening impact.

The collision of two equally astonishing forces created an invisible shockwave that flattened the surrounding grass in a circular pattern.

This strength...

Incredible!

The tremendous force transmitted through the sword made Tang Zheng's arms go numb, his palms stinging painfully.

"Swift Strike" was a "Sword Saint" skill dealing 110% damage!

Combined with the passive "Slash Enhancement (8%)", it effectively dealt 118% damage. With Tang Zheng's physical attack at 93, the pure damage value reached approximately 110!

This basically matched the full-level stats of a "Sword Saint" class!

Therefore!

The destructive power of Tang Zheng's strike absolutely matched—if not surpassed—that of a "Gold-rank" adventurer among this world's warriors!

Yet this ogre's attack power slightly exceeded even this formidable strike!