Day 21-30/Day 26/Sidestory: The Orc Leader's POV

Day 26 Sidestory - POV: Orc Leader
Recently one of my subordinates have been hunted down. Life and death are normal cycles in this world. Even I don't know when I may die. However, as a chief, I can't just stay without doing anything when one of my subordinates has lost his life. Thinking like that, I ordered the miners to move only in groups when going to the mining site, I also patrolled around the mine with the warriors. 
However, that wasn't enough, the miners got hunted down yet again. This is annoying, it's quite frustrating. Who is the enemy? Is it the【Elves】? No, we're not hostile against them, I did everything that I can to not get close to their living area. Although we don't have a friendly relationship, it's not hostile either. Why would they attack us without any reason?
Then, is it the Kobolds? No, it's not them either. If it's the kobolds, then they will be able to kill the miners if they have numbers on their side, however, their numbers are not that high, so they know what will happen to them if they became hostile towards us.
Did they get a powerful leader? If there was an individual that managed to undergo【】among them, then it's possible that they will have the courage to do this, but I can't be sure, I lack information.
Then, is it the Humans? They come out from anywhere. If it is those lunatics who constantly slaughter each other without getting tired, if it is those greedy humans who love our meat, then it's even possible that they came to this forest just to get it. Also, when considering that they see the elves as an object of lust, it's possible that when they entered the forest to kidnap some, they encountered the miners and killed them.
Hmm, I don't have enough information. Isn't there something I can do about this situation? There are the dealings we have outside the great forest too, so I don't want this issue to get anymore troublesome... As I was thinking about this, the Orcs outside the mine suddenly became noisy.
When I asked『What is it!?』one of my subordinates responded『It's an enemy attack! Goblins are attacking us!』.『What!? goblins!? Don't be stupid, why would the weak goblins attack us!』I asked back, but the battle has already started outside.
There is a considerable number of warriors, and the miners can fight using pickaxes. We are using the pickaxes as minimum weapons, and we have strong physical bodies, so we hold a great advantage over them, but what I saw when I got out of the mine were the figures of the warriors who were our main force tangled in something that looked like spider threads and a bizarre scene in which the warriors were getting stabbed by the goblins using primitive spears made by binding horns to the tips of wooden sticks. The moment I saw it, I felt great anger that my head started boiling.
『Oiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiink!』
I raised a roar, wielded my halberd and tossed the goblins away. After I tossed away a few goblins, as expected someone stood in my way and took my next attack head on, it was a hobgoblin armed with a shield. Of course, I blew that hobgoblin too away with the sheer difference in power between us. Even if he's armed, in the end he's just a mere hobgoblin, he's still a weakling in front of my power.
I will turn these cheeky goblins into mincemeat! While I was burning with anger like this, a black skinned hobgoblin came in front me. Clearly, this is the enemy's head. I can feel an intimidating air around him. This one is clearly abnormal, he seemed pretty strong. That is why I attacked him before he attacks me to raise my chances of winning, but before that my body got entangled by threads that came out from his fingertips.
Bastard! You're the one who bound the warriors? I swung my halberd to tear the threads off, but new threads were released to bind me. Arrows stabbed my whole body, I felt intense pain and bled heavily from the injuries. The situation became hopeless. I gave instructions to my subordinates, but the situation of the battle has already deteriorated beyond salvation. We will not be able to recover from this situation. Regardless, as the chief, I still have to fight till the end.
In the middle of my rampage, my heart was stabbed by the black hobgoblin's estoc. Thinking 'At least I'll take...', I reached out my hand, but it got shaken off very easily. Is this the end? My consciousness disappeared at this moment.
* The Orc Leader was a competent chief but his opponent this time was in another league compared to him, he was simply unlucky.
* He was strong, and had wisdom, so if it was a frontal fight the orcs would have won.
* In terms of【Level】and potential, the orc leader was an individual capable of undergoing【】.
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