Cross's shot pierced Oku's back who was too focused dashing towards the castle where the werejackals were about to pounce onto Orc King Hamu. The Right Hand tried to ignore the pain from the shot but it cleared his head enough to realise that even if he tried his best to head towards the castle, the werejackals would have ample time to strike King Hamu regardless of his efforts.

Instead, what he should be doing was to get rid of this goblin who was in cahoots with that traitorous Yellow Ice and find a way to aid King Hamu without sacrificing himself. However, this realisation came a bit late. Cross crashed into him using his shoulder while holding his dagger sidewards, allowing him to impale Oku's torso. Familiar with the weak spots of the Orcish armours, the goblin made use of the sides which were vulnerable to stabs.

Instead of screaming in pain, Oku redirected that anger he had by grabbing onto Cross' head and smashing him to the ground while withdrawing his axe from his waist. Cross was ironically doing a similar thing before he momentarily lost consciousness from the blow that was bound to happen. Except he was holding on to a vial of an alchemical concoction instead which he threw at the Orc.

The vial broke into pieces injuring Oku's face. Yet this was not the worst part. The alchemical concoction was a form of liquid ice, courtesy of the Avatar of Shiva. The liquid went into Oku's eyes, nose and part of it entered into his mouth too. Within seconds after direct contact, the liquid froze and expanded rapidly. The drying of the ice caused extreme pain to his eyes, nose and mouth, which caused his breathing to become more and more of an issue. Though Cross was unable to follow up immediately, he earnt the time needed to regain consciousness when Oku was incapacitated from the liquid ice concoction.

Cross crawled towards Oku, grabbed the plunged dagger on Oku's side and continuously tried to stab Oku with it despite the constant dizziness he was still experiencing. As his judgement was still impaired, his attempts focused on the vulnerable spot of the struggling Orc. Only until Cross felt