Deeper... I need to find something

You explore deeper and deeper into the forest, the regions where trade caravans usually pass, some travelers and explorers now have some amount of danger and obstacles. You need to expend energy going through this, in addition to the dense vegetation, and the arcane aura that the forest now emanates.

The oppressive environment fights your will, and you must fight it to continue. Soon, you manage to find a clue though. You approach a small camp, realizing the orcs are in on it, but despite everything, they don't look corrupt at first glance.

The unobvious and recent trail follows for several meters, but the tracks of equipment soon become space for some voices and the light of a fire. You approach carefully, trying not to make any noise so as not to get caught, and observe a small orc camp. A pair of tents in the background, a large fire in the center, and three orcs, one standing in front of a bookcase with a few axes, and two others sitting while drinking something in front of the fire.

''Orakh! We didn't do well to follow that bitch, shit... If I only knew.'' One of the orcs seems to complain, but the other orc grumbles. ''Hmph... Shut up. Come back if you want to be corrupted, but I'm not going to keep doing that!''

''Nonsense, you brought us here just because you want to fuck that bitch!'' This starts a fight between them, the orcs seem to behave strangely, but it's not like some humans don't act that way. ''I already said, if you want to serve a corrupt bitch, go back to the tribe!'' Orakh grabs the other orc by the neck and tosses it against a small pile of logs.

He seems to be the boss, or at least, stronger than the rest. ''Corrupt orcs? No...''

At that point, the orc seems to hear some of your movements. ''Wait, there's someone here!'' He immediately grabs his combat ax. ''Come on, show up!'' It starts to come towards you, it seems that you can no longer avoid a fight, and so you show yourself.

''Human, here? What do you want?'' Orakh remains in a combat position, but you are surprised that he has not yet attacked you. ''Calm down, I just want to know who you are, and where your tribe is.'' The two orcs take their rustic axes, but Orakh raises his hand to stop. ''No! I'm going to take down the spy myself! Human, you die here!''

You have **** but to brandish your sword and defend yourself. Orakh is different from the other orcs you've seen so far, he seems more trained, his moves are more precise and he knows how to defend against your blows. You see him focus attacks on your chest, pressing harder and harder, you spend more energy dodging fatal attacks than attacking.

''Arrh... I'll give your head as a prize to Usanna! DAMN HUMAN!'' You manage to hit his left leg, causing a tear in the male orc's thick skin. From that point on, the combat starts to slow down, and even though he has other orcs around him, they don't intervene in the combat, just watching and cheering like it's a show.

As Orakh is wounded, his attacks get heavier, but you manage to slash him again, taking advantage of his enraged state. ''AARGH! NO! *falls to his knees*''

The other orcs are silent as he falls, holding onto his ax. You don't feel he's lost, his gaze emanates intensely against you, and then he straightens up. ''I WILL CUT YOUR BODY INTO PIECES!''

At this point, as he rears up again fighting the pain, you see an orc female quickly approaching with the commotion.

''Who are you!? What do you want here!?'' Orakh asks, trying to swing his ax again, but before you can answer, you see a fourth orc approaching in quick steps.

''What... Hell is going on!?'' An orc female is in front of you, she looks at her companions and makes a stern expression, but says nothing at first. ''He was stalking the camp, we need to kill him or he will warn the rest of-'' She approaches Orakh and slaps the fallen orc.

''What the-'' She gives a furious look in the direction of the three orcs. ''Don't you have a brain? He's not a spy, a human wouldn't be working for that bitchy priestess at the tribe!''

He is silent at that, when she looks in your direction, assessing the damage you have done, seeming to ponder something. ''I'm sorry for that, I told them that they should use the brain before their axes, but it seems that their idiotic minds could not understand... The name is Usanna.''

You lower your weapon, deciding to talk. ''I'm looking for a... Orc tribe in the forest, am I realizing that you are deserters or something?''

''Yeah, I was fighting for our tribe, but when Ghorza came with her cult, things changed a lot. That was several months ago.''

She crosses her arms.

''Okay, let's talk in my tent, I don't want to look at the faces of these imbeciles for today.'' You follow in her footsteps, realizing that you seem to be in the presence of an astute girl. Her tent is the largest in the small camp, so as soon as you and she are alone, the conversation continues.