Overlord: Welcoming the Birth of the King
Chapter 42: One VS Six Ogres, Retreat

After the Sword Saint reached max level, although his speed advantage far surpassed the ogres, the disadvantage of the environment meant the distance between both sides didn’t widen; instead, it gradually closed in.

“Trouble!”

Tang Zheng’s face darkened when he heard the noise coming from behind.

His current strength was indeed stronger than a single ogre, but not enough to completely overwhelm them. Once surrounded, his situation would be grim.

“Magic power is too low, only 8 points left. I have to reserve a slot for healing magic.”

Tang Zheng’s expression grew serious as he quickly thought things through, stepping continuously in an S-shaped pattern among the dense forest, using some thick trees as cover to block the ogres chasing from behind.

Boom!

Suddenly, a loud crash came from the rear.

Tang Zheng paused, quickly turning to look back, then his eyelids twitched.

He saw two ogres at the front forcibly uprooting a tree as thick as a water bucket.

Rumble!

The two ogres threw the massive tree together, casting a huge shadow over Tang Zheng.

Faced with this situation, Tang Zheng’s eye twitched. He spun around swiftly, pressing his legs down and raising his iron sword to block in front of him.

Bang!

The flying tree slammed heavily against the iron sword, producing a deep, dull sound. The strong impact surged through the sword, making Tang Zheng’s face turn pale.

More importantly, the tough branches on the tree trunk whipped at Tang Zheng’s body following the force of the blow.

They tore his already tattered clothes even worse, and several cuts appeared on Tang Zheng’s face!

‘HP: 109/113’

Tang Zheng took several steps back, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

Step—step—

Besides the two ogres who threw the tree, the other four took advantage of the opening and charged forward.

“Pfft.”

Tang Zheng spat out a mouthful of blood with a fierce look, “As expected, the real other world isn’t as gentle as depicted in anime.”

No matter how these ogres came up with the ambush, or even used a small goblin tribe as a trap to surround him, these guys could no longer be considered mindless monsters.

“Argh!”

“Human, food!”

“Roar!”

“Wah roar!”

The four ogres who charged first bore fierce, dark yellow faces showing no mercy, their eyes cruelly fixed on Tang Zheng as they swung their huge wooden clubs down hard.

Four powerful thunderous booms sounded above Tang Zheng’s head!

“Swift Strike!”

Cold light flickered in Tang Zheng’s eyes as he gripped the iron sword tightly with both hands. Facing the four huge wooden clubs crashing down, he unleashed his most powerful current technique.

At 120% attack power, the sword sliced through the air with a whistle, the fierce cutting force cleaving through each massive wooden club.

Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!

Boom—

The four broken wooden clubs scattered wildly under the force of impact.

Tang Zheng’s hand muscles spasmed as blood flowed from the cracked tiger’s mouth of his hands. The iron sword, already damaged, couldn’t withstand the collision anymore.

Bang—

The iron sword snapped and flew away.

The clash exploded upon contact, Tang Zheng staggered back two steps before regaining his footing.

“Huff, huff.”

Panting heavily, Tang Zheng looked at his blood-dripping hands and the broken iron sword tightly held, grinning slightly.

No advantage gained!

But facing four against one, this result was already quite good.

Fortunately, these ogres’ weapons were all just sturdy trees picked from the forest. If they wielded iron weapons, that would be a real problem!

The four ogres stared at their broken wooden clubs, confusion flashing in their dark yellow pupils before quickly being replaced by anger.

Bang!

Throwing away the broken clubs, the four ogres swung their massive fists and charged toward Tang Zheng.

They reached out to grab at the air.

Tang Zheng’s hand suddenly appeared holding an iron sword again, his mouth quietly counting down, “10!”

“9!”

Two rough, dark yellow fists about the size of footballs slammed down. Tang Zheng immediately raised the sword to block in front of him.

Bang!

A dull impact sound.

Tang Zheng’s footing was steady, and with a glance from the corner of his eye, he quickly turned aside.

One fist struck the spot Tang Zheng had just stood.

“8!”

“7!”

The other two ogres flanked Tang Zheng from both sides.

Tang Zheng squinted, immediately retreating to avoid being surrounded. At the same time, he swung the iron sword, first slashing at the fist of the ogre closest to him.

Crack!

Flesh flew, accompanied by the sound of bones breaking and the ogre’s miserable screams.

“6!”

At the same time, an ogre raised its foot, kicking fiercely.

Tang Zheng withdrew the iron sword, crossing it horizontally in front of his chest to block the kick. His peripheral vision caught a second ogre’s heavy fist swinging.

“5!”

“4!”

Facing another double attack, Tang Zheng could only free one hand to pull another iron sword from his item pouch, blocking at his left shoulder.

Among the four ogres, one was wounded in the arm and forced back by Tang Zheng’s slash; two others were stopped by the two iron swords, but for the last ogre’s attack, Tang Zheng had no spare hand to defend.

“3!”

Bang!

A football-sized fist slammed heavily into Tang Zheng’s right shoulder.

The heavy force crushed Tang Zheng, whose physical defense was already very low.

Bang—

The iron sword in his right hand flew out.

Tang Zheng was blasted back, hitting a large tree behind him before stopping.

“2!”

“1!”

‘HP: 71/113’

“Pfft!” Leaning against the tree, Tang Zheng spat out a mouthful of blood, revealing teeth stained red. “That hurts!”

“But the cooldown is over.”

“Swift Strike” has a ten-second cooldown.

As for martial skills, “Four Light Combo Slash” lowers attack power; it can only wound the ogres at best, but killing them is impossible. “Immediate Reflection” is too ineffective when surrounded.

“Wah roar!”

The ogre that had knocked Tang Zheng back continued swinging its massive fists, charging again.

Seeing the ogre rapidly closing in, Tang Zheng grinned coldly, eyes flashing frost: “Then die for me!!”

Tang Zheng forcefully pushed off the tree behind him, leaning his upper body forward, pushing hard off the ground with both feet, gripping the iron sword, and charging ahead.

“Swift Strike!!”

Tang Zheng shouted loudly, swinging the iron sword forcefully from bottom to top.

The 120% attack power exploded instantly!

With no wooden club to block now, and only two fists left, the ogre couldn’t withstand the sharp iron sword’s slash.

Squelch!

A spray of green blood mixed with broken innards shot into the air!

The charging ogre was cleaved in half from bottom to top by Tang Zheng’s sword!

Bang—bang—

A mass of guts squeezed out from the split body, splattering on the ground as the two halves collapsed with dull thuds.

‘Experience gained: 310’

Experience points: 1581/5000!

The other three ogres who wanted to charge saw this scene, and even with their low intelligence, fear flashed uncontrollably in their pupils.

Tang Zheng looked up at the three ogres opposite him, as well as the two that had thrown the tree and rushed over.

Taking advantage of their stunned moment, he twisted and slipped into the bushes, quickly disappearing.