Zectas Volume V: The Sequestered Seminary of Sawtorn by John Nest, You The Reader, Overus

face.

Whereas, Smoke himself could not tell what Cynar's facial expression was because of the Assassin's full-faced mask.

Then, Cynar shrugged. "Alright, I don't see any harm in it. It's not like Ayert is going to climb out of his grave and stop you."

Smoke excitedly stood up, grabbed his stool and ran to the desk. He took two books in hand. One was entitled "Unsightly UrukHai" and the other was "Opportunistic OlegHai".

The progress bar on both books only indicated thirty seconds.
 
    + Unsightly UrukHai

  They are said to be the strongest of all the Ork tribes, but one word best describes them, warmongers. The UrukHai Tribe has four Colonels and one General. Consider them as Berserkers gone wild when facing against them.
    After reading the acquired knowledge of the first book, Smoke went to the next one.
 
    + Opportunistic OlegHai

  They are said to be slightly inferior to the UrukHai, but make up for it through military tactics and discipline. They have sixteen Colonels and two generals
    Smoke quickly put down the first two books, and picked up the last two entitled "Menacing MoriHai" and "Malicious MadoHai".

Their acquired windows popped up shortly after.
 
    + Misshapen MoriHai

  They are said to be the scavengers of the Ork tribes. They often attack the villages that were previously attacked by the OlegHai or the UrukHai, as the defenses in these places were often nonexistent. They have ten generals, and civil war is often a problem among them.
     
    + Malicious MadoHai

  They are said to be cold, calculating Orks who took to the swampy regions of Sawtorn. There, they acquired The knowledge of black magic, and have been known to tame many terrifying beasts for their army with virulent venom and deadly gazes. They do not attack so often because they are enamored by their knowledge of the black arts.
    Smoke smiled, pleased at the freshly gained knowledge he learned about the Orks. He appreciated how his high Wisdom stat allowed him to acquire books at tremendous speed. Otherwise, this would have probably taken him hours to learn.

He was then taken aback when Cynar suddenly patted him on his back.

"Done already? Wow! I've never seen anyone read books that fast before," said Cynar. "Not even Ayert."

Then, a notification window popped up.
 
    + Intimacy with Cynar has risen to 65

WARNING: Raising Intimacy with Cynar conflicts with [Destroy Cynar's Orphanage Quest]
    "Um," Smoke mumbled, confused on the increase of Intimacy. "So, when are we doing it?"

"Right now!" said Cynar and ordered Smoke to leave the room.

After they stepped out, Smoke and Cynar passed a corridor filled with dungeons. Smoke spotted Jack stuck in one of them, but this cell was four times larger than the one Geisel was in.

"Jack, you're locked up as well?" asked a surprised Smoke. As Jack was supposedly Cynar's best lure, he thought that the boy had better living conditions.

"Don't worry about it," replied Jack with a forced smile.

"This is Jack and Daniel's room," Cynar said to Smoke. "Well, used to be Daniel's. Apparently, the boy was caught by some Sonstwelters the other day and was killed. He was good too, but nowhere as good as Jack though."

Cynar laughed and winked at the locked up boy, and turned to him. "Don't worry, Jack, I'll find a replacement for Daniel soon."

"Come, Faux, we have to hurry. I think we have less than a day before the UrukHai leave the Pass. You do know how to ride a mount, right?" Cynar asked Smoke.

 
    * * * * * * 
    It only took them two hours to reach Waylay Pass. Smoke was surprised to be riding on a dirus wolf. He thought that Cynar and his army of OrkElves would be running to get here, but all of them were riding on dirus wolves.

Smoke, Cynar, and three-thousand OrkElves stood on top of a hill overlooking the recuperating UrukHai Orks. The long-spears of the OrkElves made for an artificial forest patch, as they littered the skyline with wood. Whereas, the Orks below were