The Shadow Monarch Izuku Midoriya

Ch 59: High Orcs Part 2

"Talk"

'Thought'

[System]

Outside the gate...

A girl ran towards the Hero Association employees and asked, "What's the problem?"

Cheol said, "This gate we need your help, there are no S-ranks with them so they might all die!"

The girl said, "What do you mean?! It's only a A-rank!"

Cheol said, "This gate... It's the highest among all A-ranks!"

She then said, "Do you guys have a sword or spear?"

Cheol said, "Yes, we do Sword Princess."

Cheol, three other Hero Association employees, and the Sword Princess entered the gate excepting the worst... As they saw the cave they smelt blood and quickly exchanged a few glances and started to run to the boss's room. As they neared they felt the boss's energy and their need to get there faster increased...

With Izuku...

Everything started with those two words, "Come forth."

A tsunami of magic power incomparable to the one released by the high orc sorcerer exploded from Izuku. But that was not all. Accompanying his release of magic power, the shadow beneath Izuku's feet started to spread out. With a terrifying speed, the black mass spread underneath everyone's feet and covered the ground of the room.

The raid team looked at the shadow beneath their feet and gasped. How to explain all this? The experienced Heroes had never seen or heard of such phenomenon. In the face of the unknown, a new wave of terror fell upon the Heroes, and they trembled where they stood. Even the tanker, who was still on the ground due to a lack of strength, looked at Izuku with fear in his eyes, 'Just what... are you about to do?'

Izuku's shadow finished covering the entirety of the boss room's floor. As if replying to the question in the tanker's mind, the shadow around the E-rank Hero rippled, and soldiers clad in pitch-black armor rose from the ground.

[Domain of the Monarch has been activated.]

[Shadow Soldiers fighting above the user's shadow will have their attributes increased by 50%.]

Izuku smiled lightly.

This was the new class-specific skill he had earned when reaching Level 70 in the Demon Castle. Feeling the fighting spirit of the soldiers who had become stronger due to the skill, Izuku naturally became satisfied. Fifty Shadow Soldiers appeared and surrounded Izuku like his guards.

The high orcs known for their ferocity and fearlessness started backing away in fear at the oppressive amount of pressure released from Izuku and his soldiers. 

One of the raiding team members said, "Th-the orcs are backing off!"

Even as they continued to tremble at this unbelievable scene, the faint embers of hope began to appear in the Heroes' hearts, "Did you feel it too?" "Yeah."

Then another said, "Is... is this even possible?"

The Mage-class Heroes, who were especially sensitive to magic power, could not calm their hearts beating like it was about to explode. This E-rank Hero, a "mere" volunteer for the porter role, was releasing an unimaginable amount of magic power.

With all the magic power filling the boss room, it was hard for the other Hunters to even breathe. However, the fact that this oppressive power was not aimed at them gave them a sense of relief. Meanwhile, the group that the oppressive power was aimed at, the high orcs, felt an incredible sense of dread. The initial odds of one man versus 150 of them quickly turned to 51 versus 150.