The atmosphere still remained tense.
The heavy breathing of the orcs mixed with the sweat rolling off their faces.
The hungry growls of the beasts echoed through the air, an ever-present reminder that the danger had yet to pass.
It was only ten of their strongest orcs against an entire horde of beasts.
Yet, the orcs fought back valiantly.
Even outnumbered, the serum's strength coursing through them kept the orcs standing
A few of them who were originally at level 1 jumped to level 2.
And could now use more of their mutant powers without feeling any exhaustion or side effects.
But even then, the number of beasts was still too much.
It often took two of the orcs to kill a beast.
Only Aria and a few others could manage to take on more than one themselves, and that too with much difficulty.
However, despite all this... the orcs knew they couldn't give up.
Right behind them were the hopeful gazes of the strangers who had now become family.
