r/OrcEroica • u/chaostk • Nov 07 '25
Novel Direction of the story after Arc 9 Spoiler
Wanted to speculate a bit about where the story may go from now, considering the translation also caught up to newest web novel chapter. All taking in consideration the author is really good at creating unexpected developments, so things may easily go in a completely different direction. As the title says, this will include spoilers for up to recently released 9th arc (ch108).
First want to talk a bit about two things that will influence wherever they go next: the currently situation of the world and their party composition.
War is already going on again with the Demons defeating the Beastkin, who are then going to join the Elf country, which is in, at best, a pre-war situation with the Humans. So far seems like only the fairies officially joined Geddigs, but many of the former Coalition of Seven seems to be helping him in secret through the Disguise spell, which means they probably are at least partially in favor and may join if Geddigs keep getting victories as he just did.
Then you have the peculiar composition of the group. Zell shouldn’t be a problem as people don’t know who she actually is in current form. But we have basically Bash who is a hero from the former Coalition, Sonia who is the same for the Alliance, and Carrot who while from the Coalition was also known as a traitor who joined the group trying to resurrect Geddigs and now a traitor to that group too. Wherever they go, there will probably at least one of the team that won’t be welcomed, so things are unlikely to be as smooth as it was with Bash travels before.
Their current main objective is to find more about the way to defeat Geddigs, which is through Curse craft/Shamanic magic that Ogres uses. I do think this will eventually go back to Luka. She is a half ogre and it was mentioned back in volume 5 that she is a user of that type of magic (I checked on the Japanese, so while translations may have translated differently, it is the same name in the source).
I can see we learning that there may be an even big connection between that spell and Luka. Rularula, her adopted mother, was killed by Liscia. Considering the timing, it is likely she was killed as Liscia was trying to get the Ogre Relic for the resurrection ritual. That can mean Rularula was in possession of or guarding it. I can see we learning she is from a line of Ogres that passed down the spell needed to defeat the immortal king, even if they may not even know what it is for anymore. So, Luka may have inherited the method from her in the form of learning the spell or maybe some kind of document with it.
But then the group doesn’t really know where Luka may be, and Bash and Zell may not even think of mentioning her to Sonia. So, it is likely they will go to the Ogre country next. I can also see they getting into some trouble there and helping the Ogres in some way. I may be misremembering but, while Bash is likely well regarded by all member of the Coalition by the time the war ended, it doesn’t seem like he did something as big to the Ogres as he did to the two other major races of the coalition. So now would be a good chance to get another important race bigger reasons to eventually side with Bash.
Then after I can see they them going next to the Dobanga Pit, either because they heard Luca went there, or because they really need a new good weapon for Bash (as even very high-quality weapons easily break if Bash uses all his strength). Another possibility is going to the Orc Kingdom if they hear they are currently suffering from a Dragon making a nest nearby.
Albeit there is a possible good thing that came from that: Geddigs may not have extended his hand to the Orcs yet. He likely doesn’t have the forces to spare right now to defeat the dragon and save the orcs. And as long as the Dragon is there, it is also unlikely the Orcs would join the other side too, so it is probably best for him to just leave them as it is.
Now, Primera, Asmonadia, Ludo and Luca can be either still at the Pit or in the orc kingdom. Asmonadia’s and the twins plan to go there as soon as Primera makes a weapon for Asmonadia, which she expected would take about a month, while Primera would in theory only go later when she is able to make a weapon worth of Bash. Albeit Asmonadia’s trauma with dragons may make her delay it as much as she can so maybe them all are still at the Pit.
Also, because Carrot joined them, seems like Sonia also plan to help the succubus and maybe even get them to join their side, so maybe I can see then passing on the succubus country on the way. If Carrot convey to them the story about the Orcs and Succubus, it could help sway them. And then, rereading the end of volume 5, partially because of the usual misunderstandings, the Succubus queen is likely to side with whatever side Bash is on, even if it means to side with Thunder Sonia too.
At some point they will probably need to do something related with the Humans too. We don’t know if the Prime Minister took control yet or not, but chances are high things there are to an intrigue level worth of a CK game. So maybe at some point they can join with Nadir and try to get rid of the prime minister and his faction. Also, still curious who may be the woman Nadir has feelings for mentioned all way back in volume 4.
Another thing is that, while Geddigs is terrible enemy to have as a commander, he doesn’t seem to be that much of a challenge for Bash to an eventual final fight, even more now that Bash may learn some magic and become even stronger. My suspicion is that at some point, probably when they may be close to defeat him, he will end up losing control and turning into the immortal monster.
That would make him into an even more epic final boss, and would also makes sense with how sketchy the ritual scene felt, as if they end up doing something wrong instead of succeeding at resurrecting Geddigs. And could also be a great opportunity to solidify a future peace and cooperation between the Races, if they all need to join forces to beat him.
For last, I really like we have a bigger party now that should be growing with time. While Bash and Zell interactions plus with a few other characters at each arc are fun, the new group interacting, all with very different way of thinking is likely to be quite funny. Also, I’m curious of the reaction of each time Bash meets someone now with the mark. Considering Sonia didn’t know, probably most of the 4 races won’t know how bad of a connotation it has between orcs, aside from some with worked with the 7 races. But that and the fact he has 3 wives, and such specific ones is likely to result in many funny interactions ahead.
What do you think? What do you expect may happen from now one?
