Rise of the Horde

“Don’t know… We eat and sleep and we just grow bigger.” A simple reply came without too much thought in it. The answer he got was the same as not getting an answer at all since it didn’t contain any clue on what he wanted to find out about the sudden growth of the ogres. A deep groan of satisfaction reached the ears of Khao’khen and when he shifted his gaze towards its origin, he saw the ogre that was scratching its ass before now scraping its ass against the ground.

The sounds that the ogre was making while scratching his itch became louder and louder which caught the attention of all those who were around. Khao’khen shook his head in helplessness as he noticed that the sounds that the ogre was making made the atmosphere awkward. If you didn’t know what was actually happening beforehand and just based it on the sound that you are hearing then undoubtably the first thing that would come into your mind would be a certain activity which doesn’t need to be mentioned.

The awkward atmosphere was finally lifted when the itch that ogre had finally vanish as he just sat there with a confuse look after noticing that his allies were all staring at him except for his fellow ogres. Luckily the Drakhars that were sent out to scout the surroundings and locate a crossing point for them came back. They had to find another crossing point since they can’t use the usual crossing path that the Ereians uses to cross the river as it would undoubtably have sentries in place to guard it and Khao’khen didn’t want their presence to be known by their enemies too early.

“Move out!” Khao’khen shouted as he broke the awkward silence and headed towards the location where they could cross the river towards the other side. The silence continued which Khao’khen couldn’t do anything about as he focused his gaze towards the fast-moving current of the river which the Drakhars have found.

A few Drakhars were already at the other side of the river as they kept guard while their comrades cross the river. The water level reached the chest of Khao’khen and he was only a quarter of the distance away from the riverside that he came from and he still had a long way to go and the water level was already this deep.

“Don’t tell me that we have to swim the rest of the distance?” his question stopped the Drakhars who were leading the way as the chieftain was absolutely correct, they had to swim the central half of the river. The looks that the Drakhars were giving him was telling him that he was spot on which made him turn his head towards the Skallsers who he doubt would know how to swim.

“Do you guys know how to swim?” he turned around and faced the Skallsers who were having a bit of trouble maintaining their balance as the riverbed was uneven and coupled with the strong current. His question made most of the Skallsers shook their head in response which was a very huge problem. It would be great story to laugh about if he tell the story of ferocious warriors who are almost unmatched in the battlefield which were easily defeated by a river as they didn’t know how to swim.

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Ikrah, Pelko and some of the Skallsers had no problems crossing the river even if they didn’t know how to swim since their wargs would do the swimming for them and all they just had to do was hold on tight onto them but there is also a risk of them losing their grip while in the water which would result in them drowning.

Khao’khen was in a dilemma as he they were stuck on the other side of the river and it wouldn’t do well for them to stay in the water longer since the nights of the wilds was usually cold and them being drenched would caused some of them to die from the cold if they won’t find a quick way to get out of their current situation. His mind went to work as he tried to think of a good way to make his troops cross the river without the risk of them drowning. The Drakhars and Skallsers stood still in the river as they waited for the words of their chieftain on how they should proceed.

“Why don’t we just make use of them.” Adhalia stated as he pointed a finger towards the ogres who were rolling around on the riverside with a satisfied look on their faces as the cold water seemed to washed away the fatigue of their enormous bodies after days of being under the scorching heat of the sun as they traveled.

After hearing the suggestion of Adhalia, Khao’khen facepalmed as he forgot that with the size of the ogres, they wouldn’t have any problems crossing the river. He sent one of them ahead to test how deep the river actually is and they soon found out that its deepest part was till the neck of the smallest of the ogres. A strange sight soon took place as ogres were lined up from side of the river to the other as they assisted the Skallsers and some of the Drakhars who didn’t know how to swim to cross the river. After they all have successfully crossed the river, Khao’khen shook his head in helplessness as he turned his gaze towards the ogres who were happily frolicking around in the river.