A big meeting was held in Rudolphs house. Nissa, Jack, Sam, Rudolph, Jason and the three adventurers from Oakhausen were present.

" The village chief of Oakhausen agreed with our opinion. He sent five capable fighters to help with the mission. We should be able to conquer the castle with five additional fighters from us. I started this whole plan, so I will be the leader." Sam concluded after telling everyone what happened in Oakhausen.

Jason looked unsatisfied but didn't say anything.

" With me as the leader we need four more people." Sam said and looked in the round.

" I am naturally helping out." Jack said with a smile.

Nissa looked at Jack from the side and spoke " Archers should be helpful to you guys, so I am helping as well."

They needed only two more people. Sam looked at Jason.

"Ok ok, count me and one of my comrades in as well." Jason yawned and answered.

A little glint flashed through Sam's eyes, but no one noticed it and the meeting continued.

They decided to depart the next morning, this way they could rest a proper night.

Sam, Jack and Nissa showed the three females their village after the meeting.

They ate a meal and slept afterwards.

Early the next morning at the gate.

Eight people stood there, ready to depart but were still waiting for the two remaining members.

' He keeps us waiting before an important mission like this.' Sam was trembling from anger.

' If he dares to run away this time, I will cut his legs off!'

Five minutes later, Jason and the assassin girl showed up.

" Sorry, sorry we forgot the time." Jason said with a dirty smile, while slapping the assassins ass.

The girl didn't seem to mind it, in fact her face was totally emotionless throughout the whole time.

" Whatever, let's head out!" Sam stated and left Woodchester.

The others followed and together they headed south. They reached the hill and slowly climbed to the top.

The situation in the castle was nearly the same but this time four of the silhouettes were walking towards the forest on the left side of the castle.

Sam watched how they disappeared between the trees and turned around.

" We should take the opportunity and ambush the four of them in the woods. Let's take the long way around. Jason, his comrade and me will be the vanguard, while the archers in the back will be protected by the twins" Sam told his plan.

They took a detour of about 30 minutes before they reached the forest. Their group stood at the edge discussing how to proceed when a roar made them turn around.

The patrol of four orcs came charging out of the trees.

" Archers, quickly focus your fire on the orcs far left and right!" Sam shouted and got into a defensive stance. The group of orcs charged at him.

' This passive skill is a bad joke! It will kill me sooner than later!'

One of the orcs fell from an arrow to the throat, the others kept charging with raised axes.

Two orcs arrived in front of Sam, the last orc had changed targets halfway and ran towards the archers. It got intercepted by the twins, who continuously cut and stabbed it. An arrow through the eye ended the orcs life.

Meanwhile, Sam was facing the last two orcs. One of them kicked his shield, making Sam retreat two steps. The other charged in, but Sam had expected that and took a step forward. He rammed the orc with his shield pushing it towards Jason, " Hey man, what the fuck are you doing!! Show some worth and take care of this one..don't think about running away!"

Jason cursed and raised his sword.

" Bitch help out,stop looking like that and kill this motherfucker!!

He and the assassin started battling with the orc. Meanwhile Sam and the remaining orc were facing off.

It attacked with a swing, but Sam quickly defended against the axe.

He waited for a pause between the swings and fiercely kicked out when the chance arose.

*Crack*

His kick had shattered the orcs knee cap and it knelt down. Sam spun around and stabbed the orcs throat sideways with the help of his shield spikes. Blood gushed out like a fountain making the scene really gruesome to watch.

Everyone defeated their enemies and searched their bodies afterwards. Sam found leather boots with attached steel plates, who gave him +3 in defense.

He watched Jason, who finished looting an orc. He saw him taking a leather breast armor and stuffing it in his bag instead of giving it to his comrade.

' This piece of shit is the perfect example for selfishness! He doesn't care about his comrades. His decisions will cost him his life sooner or later' Sam thought while watching Jason.

He felt anger creeping up his stomach.

' It's not the right time. I will take care of him when the opportunity arises!' Sam kept reminding himself.

Sam looked around and spoke "Let us enter the forest and approach the castle with the help of the trees covering us. About ten orcs remain. I have the feeling that they will send some more orcs in case the other group doesn't return.

If we can ambush another small group of them the remaining orcs won't pose a threat to us."

They entered the forest after his speech and proceeded towards the castle. They scouted from between the trees and analyzed the situation. Five orcs stood on the walls, while four others made their way to a big stone house which they entered. After ten minutes, five orcs left the building and walked onto the walls. However, the newly arrived orc looked different from the others. It shouldered a massive two handed axe and wore a helmet with two extending horns on the sides.

' It looks like a cheap copy of a viking warrior but I am sure this is a boss monster. I have to look at its description when I get closer!' Sam thought but was interrupted when Jason opened his mouth, " This axe and helmet are perfect for me, I want them! If we complete this quest these two pieces of equipment should be enough for me and my comrade. All of you can divide the rest"

" We need to kill the orcs first, if everything goes well I don't mind if you take the two pieces afterwards. You are the only one who can wield the axe after all!" Sam said with a smile while thinking something completely different.

Jason looked surprised because of Sam's attitude but still continued "Yeah, that's right! No one of you should think about taking MY equipment!! So now that we are clear on this, how should we kill them?"

"We have to fight with our lives on the line. Archers to the rear, melee fighters to the front. I don't have time to make a plan, they already spotted us!" Sam told them and pointed at the wall.

The viking orc looked at their group and shouted something to his underlings.

They left the walls and arrived at the east gate, facing the forest.

Sam's group stepped forward until they reached the border of the forest. Sam could see two orcs holding bows so he instructed the archers to quickly shoot them down.

"We can't wait this time, let's attack them right here and right now! Melee fighters, we will form a line. Make sure, that no orcs get through!!" Sam shouted and started to run. The archers stopped when they reached a distance of 30 meters and started firing their arrows. The orcs weren't skilled in long range attacks, all of their arrows missed. After Jack and the others continuously fired their arrows the two enemy archers died. By the time they died the rest of the fighters had already started engaging in close combat. Sam was facing a normal orc and the leader while the others were fighting one orc each. Two orcs broke through their attack formation right after the impact of the two groups and charged towards the archers who concentrated their fire on them.

'Why aren't they attacking me? Is my skill not working on them?' Sam took a quick glance and saw arrows already peeking out of the orcs bodies. The damage of these arrows made the orcs aware of the enemy archers.

A streak of lightning flashed across the battlefield.

The fighting stopped for a moment and everyone looked at the two charred, shriveled corpses on the ground which had been orcs a few moments ago. Everyone's eyes followed the marks on the ground.

Sam had totally forgotten about her!

Linda stood next to the archers with her raised staff. She breathed heavily but looked satisfied with the destruction her skill had brought.

Sam took the chance and swiftly pierced an orc in the neck, killing it instantly.

The fight commenced after that. Each melee fighter had one enemy remaining. Sam decided to check the orc leaders information quickly.

( Orc Savage - Level 5 Boss )

"Jack, you have to kill the orc I am facing. You have to kill a boss monster to reach Level 5 and this one is a boss." Sam spoke through the teamspeak.

Shortly after an arrow hit the orc savages shoulder. It got furious because of Sam's unbreakable defense and the arrow that hit it, so it slashed out with its axe and slammed Sam aside.

Sam collided with Jason who fought next to him and both of them fell to the ground.

Jason lay on top of Sam and tried to get off instantly but he was held in place. Sam gripped his leather armor at the chest area tight, so that Jason couldn't move away.

Sam coldly smiled and whispered " You piece of shit are going to die here. People like you don't deserve to live. Your character is simply trash, that's why disposing of you is the best for all of us, especially me! Have fun in hell!"

Sam felt a little impact in the next moment

"Aaaaaah"

The orc Jason had fought before didn't wait for the two humans to get up. It approached from behind and plunged his axe in Jason's back. Sam rolled aside quickly, before Jason could fall on top of him.

The orc kicked the screaming Jason, rolling him on his back.

" Fucking bitch!!SAVE MEEE!!!!" but the assassin girl, had already been hacked into pieces by an orc.

' Maybe if you had given her some equipment she would be here to help you right now.' Sam thought while he stood up.

He watched how the orc cut off both of Jasons legs, only then did he kill the orc from behind. Jason cried and screamed in pain while slowly bleeding out. Everyone had killed their opponents, even the orc savage was killed by Jack. All of the people watched Jason struggling on the ground but they were all clear that he would die.

He stopped moving a bit later.

The rest of the group rested for a few moments and gathered the equipment from the corpses, afterwards they entered their new castle.