Mentally breaking an enemy was a dishonorable way of fighting… however, Damon prided himself on having no pride.
If anything, he had given Iron a handicap—fighting him in his own field of specialization.
Still, Damon didn't have time to be surprised. Iron was truly a rare specimen—an orc that was no longer a monster. The lack of a mana core simply meant that, based on technicalities, he was a member of the goddess races.
He met every requirement: a species created by the goddess, possessing human-level intelligence, and—more importantly—the absence of a mana core.
However, to Iron, this was a mark of shame. Like all orcs, he seemed proud of their monstrous nature. Yet he alone was different.
An outcast who had achieved a different kind of evolution.
Damon wasn't surprised. Iron wasn't the first. There was the Wendigo in the Evil Forest who turned into a woman… and was apparently still out to kill him.
