Chapter 637: 637

Abel was about ten miles from where he left the team . There was a chance that he could find other humans that were on the orc battlefield . It just wasn’t that likely, though .

By the way, the blue falcon was up in the sky again . It was really getting on his nerves . He wanted to get Flying Flame to incinerate it, but there was no way he could do that without being detected by the miracle spirit .

After scratching his head for a bit, Abel decided that he would act as a decoy for the second time . As the mount wolf king started running, the blue falcon quickly took notice of him .

Meanwhile, a worgen scout was screaming over the distance . The troop he was in was relatively small, with about ten other orcs that were looking to retrieve the war drum .

A head wolfrider captain asked, “Did you find that wizard?”

The scout replied, “Yes, but he’s left his team with his mount wolf king . He was going east before, now… . He’s gone?”

The head wolfrider captain kept his composure, “Keep watching out for him, soldier . He’s probably hiding somewhere, so it’s best if you wait for him to come out . ”

Usually, this same head wolfrider captain would’ve yelled at the scout for losing sight of the target . Things were different this time, however . The scout wasn’t one of his own, but someone that they borrowed from their clan . After losing the war drum, they were forced to use all they had to get their war drum back .

At the same time, Abel looked up towards the blue falcon and smiled . He didn’t care that it was watching . It’s not like they were going to go after him right away, so he just went on to examine the stuff he scavenged yesterday .

He set up a seclusion circle next to him, and the mount wolf king sat and rested . The first thing he decided to check on was the orc war drum . He wasn’t too sure of what it could do, but seeing how desperate the orcs were for it, it must’ve been of extraordinary value to them .

As soon as the war drum was taken out of the bone-made portal bag, a huge pile of death qi swarmed inside the seclusion circle . Abel wasn’t too worried, though . If anything, it was the death qi that should be afraid of him . It was the same for the mount wolf king . It was born in the Orc Empire, after all .

With a close look, Abel could tell that the war drum’s frame was made with rib bones . The upper and lower end was secured with spines, whereas the head of the drum was made with skins that were filled with death qi . As someone who had mastered the “resurrection of skeleton” spell, Abel had a good understanding of what these bones could do .

Take the ribs, for example . They were probably taken straight from the bodies of advanced priests . Also, judging from the amount of ominous aura that he was sensing, the way the priests died must’ve been both painful and extremely unpleasant . There was no way that it was from natural causes, but there really wasn’t a lot of things that could kill advanced priests .

From its size, the drum should take about at least ten advanced priests to complete . Without at least one thousand years, it would’ve been impossible to gather all the materials that were needed .

With a quick scan of his power of the Will, Abel found a marking that was supposed to indicate who the drum’s owner was . It was sealed with the owner’s own power of the Will, but it didn’t take much for his 240 power of the Will point to break through its defense . Soon, he was able to overwrite the seal and turn the drum into his .

A notification was suddenly sent to his brain . It was an instruction manual on how to use the orc war drum . Unlike the humans, orcs didn’t really have schools, so this was their way of passing down knowledge to their successors .

One of the orc priests started screaming on top of his lungs . Because of what Abel did, his dry, wrinkled face became even paler than before .

“My marking! Someone erased it!” he screamed hatefully .

“Can you tell where it is?” the head wolfrider captain asked . If they weren’t fast enough, the war drum would just fall into that human wizard’s hands .

The orc priest said with certainty, “The drum is still on the battlefield! We must go and get it!”

The head wolfrider captain nodded, “Yes, we will . As long as it is still here, we’ll have the chance to find someone that has it . ”

Right now, the blue falcon could find the seclusion circle that Abel was hiding in . It couldn’t actually see him, though, so it had no idea of what he was doing .

Unbeknownst to the orcs, Abel was having a great time checking on the war drum . He was just starting to figure out what it’s used for . As a weapon that targeted the mind, beating this drum would mean cursing on those who had heard its noise . The further the sound, the stronger its effect would be .

When the orcs used the war drum, they would often have someone strong to hit it as hard as possible . This way, they could bring out the max power of the curse effect .

After taking out the drum hammers, Abel touched the drum head to see how durable it was . Usually, the orcs would be much stronger than the humans, but he was a whole new league above the vast majority of them . He wouldn’t want to destroy something like this with his monstrous muscles . That being said, without piercing the head with a legendary spear or something, it’d be very difficult to destroy this ten-thousand-year item .

With one hammer in each of his hands, Abel looked towards the blue falcons in the sky . He wanted it to be his very first target . The drum’s noise had a maximal range of fifteen miles, and the curse effect worked best within a ten miles radius .

“Drums! Cover your ears, men!” Head Commander Edi warned his team members .

K3303 said in doubt, “Wait, it’s not targeted at us . ”

“Could it be K3516 that’s doing this?” K3305 asked .

K3308 nodded with certainty, “You bet it is! Now that he’s using it, I’m going to ask him to teach me how to use it when he gets back . ”

Head Commander Bodley pointed towards the sky, “Look, you all! Look at that blue falcon!”