Seeing his friends greet and applaud his success brought an unexpected clench to his gut. It had only been two months, but these people had taken him into their lives in a way he'd not known on Earth. He'd had some friends back home, but there had always been a distance between him and the rest of his world. There certainly hadn't been a group of people who had taken him into their homes, shared everything they had, and even fought alongside him.

It was starting to feel more Like home every day.

Wrut stood up and bashed his fist to his chest to greet Gregory's return.

"You were right, brother. The shield worked," he said.

“Worked? You were lethal with that bloody thing. You barely moved an inch when they charged us."

Wrut shrugged modestly.

“I'm old and stubborn."

“I'm glad. And you!" Gregory Looked down at Frun who was having a sweet smelling creamy substance massaged into his lower leg by Valise with a look of relief on his face. He turned his attention to Gregory when the human rounded on him.

“You were brilliant! I think their fucking grandchildren will be feeling that opening blow you gave them back there."

Frun grinned at the offered praise, despite a few painfully swollen features.

“It felt right," he said; then shrugged before letting Valise run a swab of cloth across his bruised cheek.

“It was right. The four of us had a hell of a fight on our hands here, until these two maniacs showed up,” Gregory Looked over to where Frelki sat, and where Nullik had returned to sit beside her carrying a bottle of fire water. "I knew you two would be dangerous, but I didn't think it'd be over that quickly.”

“We had their backs to us," Frelki's tone was modest enough. "Any warrior could have done what we did. Your falcon allowed our attack, Gregory.”

“My falcon was an idea that completely relied on the enemy ignoring you both because they figured you for a couple of weaklings. You can bet your ass they won't make that mistake again.”

She smiled at that, and Gregory saw her cheeks flush a slightly deeper shade of green.

“We are a pair of drakes with those new weapons, aren‘t we?" Her smile then broadened into a grin

“Damn right." Gregory wasn't sure what the hell a drake was; but from her tone he guessed it was something suitably fearsome and agreed wholeheartedly. "Right then, I'm going to go find out where the hell my mate and my girlfriend are. I've started on my path to becoming a proven orc, and earned the right to brag about my deeds to ridiculously attractive Ladies. Excuse me."

With that, he bowed to his companions before going in search of those he loved. Guessing that they might be residing in his tent, he made for that direction and couldn't quite wipe his own grin off his face as he walked.

“Do you think he'll be back soon?" Frelki asked Nullik, her eyes fixed on Gregory's ass in his trunks as he departed.

Nullik took a big gulp of the fire water, choked only a little at its potency and then Laughed at Frelki's question

“Did you see who went in his tent before he did? We might never see him again."

She had indeed seen what Nullik was talking about, and felt a slight pang of sadness beating in her breast.

Gregory walked into his tent whilst rolling out a kink in his shoulder; his attention was focused on it as he felt a light stab of pain on the bottom of each roll. Wanting to make certain it was only a minor problem; his eyes were fixed upon the movement as he stepped inside the tent where he suspected he might find Janette or Algra.

“Hey guys, looks like we're all set for a party out there if..." He stopped speaking the moment he looked up and saw them.

Janette, Algra, Lydia, and Fiona were all in attendance. They were all sat up on the furs of his large bed, waiting for him to notice their presence and each wearing a thoroughly naughty smile. Seeing those four exceptionally beautiful, sexy women hanging out on his bed would have stopped him mid-sentence at any given time. The fact that those naughty smiles were all that they were wearing added to his stunned silence to the degree that he forgot to breathe for a good thirty seconds.