The dwarves stand in front of their village, facing towards the large forest where the ogres live.

  Their spears, swords, and shields are ready.

  Their armor is on and refined.

  Ningetsu wears no armor and only carries a large silver ax and shield.

  She knows she doesn’t need to worry about being harmed by their weapons as she could just fix herself back.

  “Soldiers!”

  Dulward screamed.

  “Today. It’s going to be a bloody day! Comrades will be injured, and others may die. But we all know that don't we? And yet, we still marched forward. I’m not good at speeches, so I can’t really offer a big motivational speech. But what I will say is this. This is our village, and we will protect it with our lives.”

  All soldiers are silent as they raise their weapons to not alert the ogres too soon.

  Turning around, Dulward takes a deep breath and puts on his helmet, picks up his sword and shield and runs into the forest, his allies following behind.

  They didn’t want the ogres to have even a second to react.

  The assault began, the ogres were oblivious to the approaching army and died for it.

  The dwarves swarmed the village, attacking every ogre in sight, even the children.

  It was immoral, but they knew those children would only come back to get their revenge, they left no one alive.

  Ogres didn’t know what was happening and began running.

  “Don’t let them escape!”

  They chased them down, being stabbed, cut, burned and intentionally killed in violent ways.

  They wanted these ogres to suffer for what they had been doing to their village.

  Kidnapping women.

  Using them for food.

  Torturing them for pleasure.

  They were true monsters.

  Undeserving of sympathy or mercy.

  Realizing the assault was from dwarves, the ogres of various colors began striking back, believing they didn't need to fear.

  They picked up their clubs and swords.

  Some put on their faulty armor for protection.

  Others grabbed whatever they could to fight back.

  The battle had flipped immediately.

  The ogres were not only bigger but much stronger.

  They had a biological advantage despite their technology being outdated.

  Some dwarves received injuries, other full amputations, and even fatal wounds.

  The dwarves fought back with what they could.

  “Brawlers!”

  Dwarves without weapons run to the front lines, beating on the ogres by using their skills and arts.

  It was a stalemate.

  Neither side was giving up.

  Every minute that passed the tides changed.

  Prepared for such an outcome, Dulward used his skill [Ogre Confusion].

  He had obtained this skill during his younger years.

  It was before he was married, being a menace to society.

  Being a dumb adult, he accidentally walked into ogre territory and was being hunted by an ogre.

  He had created a stink bomb that would confuse the ogre, and he obtained a skill for his achievement.

  It allows him to release an extremely disgusting smell that only ogres could smell.

  Since ogres relied more on their noses since their eyes were not that effective, this made them attack blindly and hit their own.

  The other dwarves used their various skills as well.

  Fire attacks, ice attacks, rock attacks, and all kinds of different skills were being used.

  Archers in the back would shoot at the ogres from high vantage points. Striking them in either their eyes or a vital point.

  The ogres had no chance of defending themselves against the projectiles.

  Getting killed off one by one.

  They had the advantage now.

  Ningetsu was also holding her own against the ogres.

  Her weapons were highly effective against the ogres, being incredibly durable.

  She swapped for a new weapon every time she killed one.

  Switching from sword, to axe, to dagger, and spear and this process was repeated.

  She believed it was a waste of time to try and pull out the weapons after stabbing them into the ogre and instead kept up the barrage without stopping.

  It was turning in their favor; everything was so much easier now.

  Victory was in sight.

  [CRASH!]

  A giant boulder landed on top of one of their allies.

  What the-!?

  Dulward looked around, confused by what happened.

  [CRASH!}

  Another one fell and more continued to rain on them all.

  The dwarves ran for cover, not understanding who was using a skill.

  But this didn’t only apply to the dwarves. The ogres were running too, being crushed as well.

  Since when do ogres have such skills?

  Don’t ogres only have art?

  Ningetsu thought to herself.

  She thought she knew enough about the ogres, but it seemed she was wrong.

  A blue muscular ogre walked from the other side of the battlefield.

  But it looked different from the others.

  It appeared less ugly, looked more human, and wore black pants with a fur belt.

  Staring all the dwarves down, its eyes illuminated red.

  “So, the dwarves have grown a bone huh? How dumb.”

  Dulward and Ningetsu were shocked to hear it speak.

  Since when could ogres speak!?

  They both thought in unison.

  “......Wait?”

  Getting a closer look, squinting his eyes, Dulward recognized this ogre.

  Anger began to fill his mind, clenching his fist and veins appeared on the side of his head.

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  Ningetsu noticed this and looked at her father, seeing his eyes filled with a bloodlust she had never seen before.

  “Father, are you okay?”

  He stood up and began walking forward out of their cover, passing by all the dwarves who fought after the boulder storm ceased.

  The blue ogre noticed him and seemed disinterested, turning away afterward.

  As he walked forward, ogres tried attacking him, but he killed all of them instantly without looking away from the blue ogre.

  “Dough, was it?”

  This caught the ogre’s attention.

  “Hm? You know my name?”

  “How couldn’t I? You’re the reason I wanted this battle the most.”

  He readies his sword and rushes forward.

  [Art Activated: Sword of the Great Warrior]

  He quickly moves towards the ogre, intending to cut its head off.

  The blade makes contact, but it breaks upon contact since his neck has part of it turned to stone.

  Its arms were crossed and looked at him with utmost disrespect.

  “Trash.”

  Punching him in the stomach, Dulward spits out a concerning amount of blood.

  He falls to the ground, Dough standing above him, looking down at him.

  His face was one of seriousness and no emotion, but then something was spared after recognizing him.

  “Oh waaaait, I remember. You’re that random dwarf who was begging me not to eat his wife and kids. I’m right, aren’t I”

  Ningetsu was above, dropping down on the ogre with 2 large axes in hand.

  Looking up, he transforms his entire body to stone, which causes the axes to be destroyed.

  HUH!?

  Dough grabs her body, crushes her waist, throws her to the ground, and kicks her afterward through trees.

  “NINGETSU!”

  Dough throws a punch at Dulward, intending to kill him with this attack.

  [Art: Perfect Defense]

  Managing to survive using his art, he is sent back but manages to land.

  [Skill Activated: Stone Fall]

  Boulders start raining again in the forest, and both the dwarves and the ogres are crushed in the process.

  Some were shaped as spikes and others were spike balls.

  Once again, they took cover but this time Dough wasn't going to let them take cover so he decided that he would destroy it all.

  “If that’s all you have, just stop fighting.”

  He taps his foot on the ground, activating his last skill.

  [Skill Activated: Stone Wall of the Guardian]

  Giant walls of stone surround the entire forest, leaving everyone encased within.

  They no longer had cover, having no choice but to face the barrage head-on.

  “Now, you can’t escape. If you want me to spare you, just give me your new daughter to eat.”

  He immediately responds.

  “LIKE! HELL, I WOULD DO THAT!”

  Ningetsu manages to bounce back, having regenerated from her injuries.

  “Father, how can we beat this thing?”

  “It’s obvious. He can make himself into stone, and he can’t move if his entire body is stone, so we create a situation where he has to transform his entire body and destroy him completely when he does.”

  “I will take care of that then.”

  Ningetsu said, preparing 2 long swords.

  “Yes. And I will distract him.”

  Dulward said, preparing an axe that was left by Ningetsu in one of the bodies.

  Dough wasn't listening and was only focused on wanting to eat something to satisfy his hunger.

  Man, these dwarves don’t know when to give up.

  Whatever, I’ll just eat that girl and kill the man.

  A smile appeared on his face, ready for the feast.

  Greedon was in the previous city, preparing to leave, ready to raid the forest when he heard screaming.

  Screaming? Is the city under attack or something?

  He ran to the location to find a human-sized ogre attacking civilians.

  It looked very old and carried a sword with it.

  He wore white loose clothing akin to that of a samurai and his eyes were closed, his hair was white and looked very human.

  Time to see if my training will come in clutch.

  Taking out his poison fang, he rushes to the ogre.

  Intending to take it by surprise, he is surprised when it dodges his attack.

  [Art Activated: Card Cutter]

  His head is cut off by a slash that couldn’t be perceived.

  But his head attaches itself and doesn’t drain any mana crystals.

  Now more skilled, he catches his balance and shoots spider webs from his fingers.

  He learned this yesterday.

  Figuring out that it will be much more useful this way.

  The webs are cut into tiny pieces, and it tries to cut him again, but he dodges just in time due to his small body giving him more control of himself.

  [Skill Activated: Black Fog]

  He releases a black fog across the entire area, hoping this will blind it so he can strike.

  [SLICE]

  [SLICE]

  [SLICE]

  Both his arms and head are cut, and he falls down. His body parts put themselves back together and he is annoyed.

  HOW?

  I was silent in my movement, I’m sure.

  [Art Activated: LightSpeed]

  The ogre began moving at a quick speed, circling him and slicing his body and clothes.

  [Skill Activated: Heat Vision]

  Looking around, he only sees himself surrounded by bright red and yellow lines surrounding him.

  Damn it! How am I supposed to face this guy?

  He continues getting cut at different parts of his body, trying to figure out how he can see without seeing him.

  Wait! He can see me without seeing me.

  That would mean-!