Page 51 of Mountain Orc Daddy

“Well, we’re here. They’re over there,” I say while pointing with the stick.

Jade snaps at me. “Blair! Do I have to keep telling you we don’t have that much time?”

“I’m trying! I don’t want to fuck up again!”

“If you’re just standing there then you will!”

I think back on my strategies. I told the orcs all the time to concentrate on the minions to make an opening on Aisling and the witches. It can’t be that simple.

It’s a given that Aisling’s the source of the power. We need to get rid of her to take them all down. She’s two steps ahead of us and probably already knows what we’re doing right now.

“Jade, you know how to cast an invisibility spell, right?”

She nods.

“For half of the orcs?”

She hesitates for a moment, then nods again. I turn to my brother.

“Remus, do you think that you can make clones out of the orcs that Jade will make invisible?”

“Not exactly clones…”

“Then what?”

“Well, that spell will require time and work to replicate each and every one. When we clone, it goes down to every little detail. The best option we have is to use puppets with a conjuring spell.”

“Where will we get puppets?”

Without saying anything, Remus looks towards the fallen orcs. Then he glances at Uzul’s body. Rogar, me, and the rest of the orcs look at him horrified.

“That is out of the question!” Rogar bellows.

“Think about the advantage we have. Aisling has half her numbers. If we use puppets, that doubles our chances.”

“I don’t want to use Uzul’s body as a shield again.”

My parents join the group. They still have their arms raised, holding up the wall. They take a look at the scribbles we made on the floor.

“This won’t be enough. She already knows about those spells,” dad comments.

I rack up my brain .

“What about the illusion spells? Have you guys used that recently?”

They all shake their heads. Finally it’s all getting in place. From what I remember, illusion spells are a tree that includes different types of illusions.

“Instead of puppets, we’ll use the mirror illusion spells on the orcs to confuse them into thinking we doubled in numbers. We still need invisible orcs to attack from behind but with this it’ll buy us more time. Mom, dad, you guys will need to use a group of orcs to disguise them as some of Aisling’s minions. Change the group of orcs every now and then to attack at more angles. After we see her side weaken, I’ll use myself as a distraction to “attack” Aisling. When I have her attention, one of you needs to create an illusionary object. Make her think that I can use magic so she can get close to me. Then, mom, dad, use the transfer magic on Rogar and I so he can deliver the final blow.”

“Blair, I’m weaker than Uzul, and she took him down. How could I?”

I turn to mom. “Please place a destruction rune on Rogar’s club.”

My parents gasp. “That includes alchemy. We need a blood sacrifice,” dad explains.

Without thinking twice I slice my palm on Rogar’s weapon, letting the blood fall. After yelling, my mom draws the destruction rune on the club. It glows bright red as the blood seeps into it.

“It’s not enough,” mom says. “It needs a bloodletting ritual for it to work. This will last about ten minutes at most.”

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