Chapter 195. The Battle of Laman (5)
‘I definitely saw his corpse on Earth!’
Lee Chang-wee was confused as he looked at Heising and the woman.
Even if people died in Arena and their corpses disappeared, the examinee’s dead body would still remain on Earth.
Lee Chang-wee eradicated Heising’s faction as soon as he found that he was dead.
He also confirmed their deaths on Earth.
‘Wait, this feels a little off.’
Both Heising and the woman weren’t speaking a word. They only glared at him with hostility.
“It’s been a while, eh?”
Lee Chang-wee spoke.
Heising did not retort, instead, he clenched his fists and got ready to battle.
His aide also cast support magic to Heising and got ready to battle.
Only then did Lee Chang-wee understand what was happening.
“Dammit, so one of the high priests revived you through the soul marbles.”
Only then did he remember that Kim Hyunho killed a high priest in the pirate islands.
That high priest should have revived these two.
‘Did they get a lot of soul marbles for them? They don’t have any ego but they have their rationale.’
The one that Heising and the woman were most wary against wasn’t Kim Hyunho, but Lee Chang-wee.
The fact that they didn’t attack and waited for this opportunity showed that they had enough judgment to wait for the perfect opportunity.
They took out the dark magicians while he was busy attacking Kim Hyunho.
“But what a pity, none of your attacks will work against me.”
Lee Chang-wee made a cold smile.
The black armor he was wearing was named the Dragonscale Armor.
It was made from dragon scales that contained immense mana.
After gaining an immense amount of karma from killing Heising’s faction, he had bought this armor with the points he gained.
Heising’s attacks focused around striking the enemy with his fist, and all of his attacks would be blocked by the Dragonscale Armor.
‘It’s annoying that they’re obstructing me at a time like this, but I guess that it’s good that I got to confront them now. Otherwise, I may have just set free to potential danger.’
It would’ve been worse if he was attacked at a critical moment.
Lee Chang-wee decided to erase these two from the world for good and head to Laman City afterward.
Paah!
Heising finally jumped in.
Lee Chang-wee also didn’t hesitate and went straight for him.
The figures of the two clashed mid way. Heising’s fist punched out with great aura.
At the last moment, Lee Chang-wee slowed down his sword a little.
He was planning to deflect Heising’s attack once with the Dragonscale Armor, and use that opportunity to attack.
Crack!
Heising’s aura fist destroyed the magic shield activated by the Dragonscale Armor. It wasn’t enough to defend against a full blow from an aura master.
However, the magic shield gained enough time by receiving that attack.
That time gap was very long in the realm of masters.
Evading Heising’s punch with ease, Lee Chang-wee swung his sword.
Slash!
Aura blade ripped apart the air.
Although he had no time to defend himself as though he had just attacked, Heising still managed to evade by ejecting aura out of his feet to jump into the air.
Spinning half a turn in the air, Heising kicked Lee Chang-wee with the ankle of his right foot.
Crack!
The shield magic from the Dragonscale Armor again blocked his attack.
Using this opportunity, Lee Chang-wee took a step back.
“It won’t work, idiot.”
Lee Chang-wee made a cold smile and got into a stabbing stance. As their distances became longer, it was more advantageous for him as he was holding a weapon.
Swoosh!
Piercing attacks happened at the speed that couldn’t be seen with the naked eye.
Heising was also dodging at high speed and his figure looked as though there were multiples of him.
Sword attacks carrying razor-sharp aura scattered in all directions.
Their attacks and defense continued.
Lee Chang-wee gained the advantage thanks to the functionality of the Dragonscale Armor, but he failed to deal a final strike every time as the woman supporting Heising from the back interfered every time.
It was when Lee Chang-wee was feeling unpleasant from dragging the fight out.
Heising’s speed-oriented punches suddenly changed.
He distracted Lee Chang-wee’s gaze with his lightning-fast strikes and used that opportunity to close in on him.
Surprised, Lee Chang-wee hurriedly took a step back.
At that moment, Heising’s right hand moved.
Surprisingly, his right hand did not get blocked by the shield magic and came into contact with the shoulder surface of the Dragonscale Armor.
Lee Chang-wee was yet again surprised that the shield didn’t activate.
Then,
Pow!
A strong force was transferred to his right shoulder.
“Urgh!”
Lee Chang-wee’s figure suddenly flew into the air.
Even amidst the shoulder-tearing pain, he managed to gain his balance and land on his feet, but his expression was very ugly.
“Penetrative strikes?”
It was a form of martial arts that transferred the shock internally.
The reason that the Dragonscale Armor’s magic didn’t activate was simple.
It was completely harmless until the hand touched the surface of the armor.
However, the moment he made contact, he used the penetrative force to strike Lee Chang-wee.
This man wasn’t alive anymore.
He had no ego of his own, but he did not lose his martial prowess from when he was alive.
“You damn bastard!”
Lee Chang-wee’s face turned red in anger.
Regardless, Heising had a look at his right hand for a moment.
That feeling of striking something.
As well as Lee Chang-wee’s face of pain at that moment.
Heising’s eyes turned vicious. He had the expression of realization.
***
“Odin, have you heard from Litalin?”
I called Odin as I flew to Laman City.
-I haven’t had the chance to. We know that the corrupt examinees are here though!
“No, not that, Kajad is on the move!”
-WHAT!?
Odin’s voice was shocked.
“Don’t fight the corrupt examinees and immediately leave Laman City with the examinees. Leave them to the examinees that aren’t participating in the final plan!”
-Got it.
After that call, I controlled Firstborn to fly faster.
I could see the entirety of Laman City wrapped in chaos.
“Sylph, look for the members of the final plan among the examinees fighting!”
-Nyaan!
Given orders, Sylph flew down towards the city.
The 31 people participating in the final battle should be retreating on Odin’s orders right now.
If any of them were still fighting, then it meant that they were unable to shake off the corrupt examinees they were fighting with.
Or, a really strong man amongst the Aman Imperial Army.
-Nyan!
Sylph cutely shouted as soon as it flew back. It had found one.
I summoned the anti-material sniper rifle, the Neilson R3 and aimed.
Sylph adjusted the muzzle with its tail and aimed for me.
I could see two people fighting through the scope.
One man was a burly south-east Asian. From the fact that I didn’t know this guy’s face, he was probably a corrupt examinee from the region.
His opponent, coincidentally, was Marie Johanna.
Although the burly man was bleeding from his waist, he was still desperately fighting.
Marie seemed to have failed in taking his life on her first strike, as she seemed really desperate evading his attacks.
The crosshair on my scope was locked onto the burly man’s head.
Although he was moving around a lot while fighting, Sylph was also changing aim accordingly.
Boom!
Along with a loud gunshot sound, the burly man’s head exploded to pieces.
It didn’t stop at his head, and his entire body was mutilated.
Marie was at first surprised but seemed to have realized that it was my help and gave a kiss into the sky.
I chuckled before going around helping other members of the team in killing corrupt examinees and five other strong knights of the Aman Empire.
The corrupt examinees stopped attacking due to my shots. They noticed my existence and busied themselves with hiding from my sight. Actually, that was my intention as I didn’t muffle my gunshots.
A while later, I got a call from Odin.
-Everyone’s out. Let’s meet up 1km east of Laman City!
“Yes, is there anyone missing?”
-No, all 31 of us are here.
That was good.
There were no setbacks to the plan.
The corrupt examinees were also hiding from my attacks, so we should take this opportunity to head to the Brown Mountain Range.
I could see the members of the team around 1km away from Laman City.
The members included Odin, Marie, and even Dana, who should be busy controlling the satellite.
They also found us descending the ground.
“Hang on tight!”
It’s gonna get real rough!
“Don’t worry.”
Cha Jihye grasped my waist tighter.
I then descended straight towards the ground.
Then, Odin made his move.
He jumped straight towards me. His jumping power as a master was sufficient enough to make him reach me through the air.
Shooting across the air, Odin reached out his hand towards me.
We had a hi-five.
Clap and Odin disappeared into thin-air.
He entered my virtual space.
After that, the other examinees also jumped towards me and gave me a hi-five. Each time, they were put inside my virtual space.
Magic specialist examinees who didn’t have as much jumping power flew using magic and entered my virtual space the same away.
“Hi, Hyunho!”
While doing that, Marie acted mischievously and hugged me for a while.
The last was Dana.
Flying towards me with magic, I reached out my hand towards him but he shook his head.
“Please take out one more eagle. I shall be flying with you.”
“Why?”
“Kajad may discover us first. The only one that can put up countermeasures against his preemptive attack is me.”
“Oh, I guess that’s true. Okay, then.”
I took out Secondborn.
Secondborn took Dana to its back according to my orders.
Before, my rake eagles seemed to reject Dana, but they didn’t act like that right now.
Thinking about it now, their rejection seemed to have stemmed from black magic.
“It will be quite a journey.”
I warned as we had to fly to the Brown Mountain Range without rest.
“Do not worry about that.”
Dana didn’t seem to care.
Well, who am I to worry about him? He’s ranked 1st in the world.
“We’re quitting this war, so what happens to the war now?”
“I’ve given all the information regarding the number of forces, their scale, and their supply routes over to the Arend Kingdom. If they still cannot win, then that’s their fate.”
“That’s true. Well, then. Let’s go.”
We then started flying towards the Brown Mountain Range.
The blood-filled Laman City distanced itself from our vision.