Chapter 29: The Fall 1
Chapter 29: The Fall 1
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Minions who were crazed did not look after themselves. If they had told ordinary people to take the castle, they would have run away after going against a few arrows.
That marble had been used to prevent them from running, making them wild, so that enemy minions wouldn't be able to push them aside.
Enemy minions were usually wild. Ordinarily, wild enemy minions would push them back, forcing them to take a defensive position, but, at that moment, it was different. The allied minion's battle spirits had been woken up, and, with the numerical superiority, they soon put pressure on the enemy minions.
Then, the archers showed up on the castle walls. There were fifty archers, not too may, but they were different from ordinary minions. Their unified attack showered the minions with arrows.
The minions who used their shields to protect themselves survived, but those who did not, did not make it. If one did not protect oneself, an arrow would surely strike one's face.
Because of the archers' attack, the minions had to lift their shields, and, soon, they lost their balance, and many fell.
Junhyuk looked at the battlefield and saw others running toward him. They were the heroes who had lost the last Hanta. Because of them, he gained valuable items, but his advantage was not that high.
This time, they didn't attack at full speed. When Minota had been absent, Libya had been killed, so they had to be thinking about the previous battle. Warren, Ellic and Grangsha were at the front. Minota would protect Libya this time, and Libya's magic was extremely dangerous. They were trying to protect Libya, so the allied heroes also changed their strategy.
Artlan signaled Junhyuk to stop and stepped forward. Halo stood right next to Artlan and Nudra, and Vera stood next to Diane.
Junhyuk was standing behind the heroes and looking at the enemy.
His job was to create a force field at the most opportune time and to stay alive.
If they didn't kill the heroes, the full scale attack would mean nothing, and the enemy would kill them, and the allied heroes would lose the battle.
Junhyuk looked for an opportunity.
Ellic stepped forward and shouted:
"Are you not scared? You came back so soon."
Artlan laughed a little and said:
"You dropped some items and you still have all that bravado*."
Artlan's positioned himself exactly where Libya's magic wouldn't reach him, and Ellic was standing where Vera's magic wouldn't hit him. Artlan looked at Ellic and said:
"You dropped a bloody gauntlet. I will use it well."
"You asshole!"
Ellic cursed and ran straight toward Artlan.
"Stop!"
Grangsha shouted quickly, but Ellic was already on his way to Artlan. Artlan stepped aside of the path of Ellic's rush, and Vera's fire spear flew in.
Bang!
Ellic halted for a moment, and they attacked him in full force. Halo swung his katana, and Artlan also swung his saber.
Ellic was the focus of the attacks while Grangsha and Warren ran to Ellic's aid. Artlan looked at them approaching and shouted:
"Nudra!"
Nudra front kicked Grangsha. He was pushed back while Warren kept going, and Diane's arrow flew in, aiming at Grangsha.
Thuck, thuck, thuck!
Warren ignored the arrow on his arm and ran faster. If they let him run any further, Vera and Diane would be in danger.
Artlan swung his saber at Warren who was passing by him. Warren intended to ignore Artlan and continue running.
Slash!
However, when he got hit by Artlan, Warren changed his mind. His chest had been opened wide, and he was seriously wounded.
"Hoowwl!" Warren howled, and Artlan, Vera and Diane froze. Warren's eyes turned red, and his wounds healed quickly.
While Artlan was frozen, Warren lunged toward Vera.
Junhyuk extended his hand toward Vera. Usually, he used his force field on Artlan when Artlan attacked way out front, but now wasn't Artlan's time.
Vera could inflict heavy damages on the enemies, and, if she died, the allies might lose the battle.
Warren's claws aimed at Vera's neck when, in the nick of time, a force field appeared around Vera.
Clonk!
Warren grinded his teeth in frustration, and turned to look at Junhyuk.
He had heard from Minota that he had been killed while trying to kill Junhyuk, but they had to kill him. If not for the present, then for the future.
Warren's attack did not work against Vera, and he turned to Junhyuk.
Vera threw her fire spear at Warren's back, and Diane showered Warren with her arrows. Warren did not care about his wounds. With his blood-red eyes, he showed powerful regenerative capabilities. He could afford to get hurt.
While Warren ran, Artlan ran just behind him.
Junhyuk lifted his sword against Warren, and Warren rolled up his lips. He was scoffing at the sight. A novice couldn't fight a hero. Warren knew Junhyuk's gesture of lifting his two-handed sword could be his last act, and he swung his claws.
Junhyuk could get killed, and he knew his attack wouldn't work. He had learned that by attacking Minota the previous time. He simply did not have enough attacking power to destroy a hero's defenses.
As Warren's claws closed in, Junhyuk used spatial relocation and moved. Shooting for the maximum distance, Junhyuk saw the surroundings around him change and saw Warren extremely confused.
Warren was swinging his claws at the empty air when Artlan slashed him with his saber.
"Gargh!"
Warren's back had a huge gash, and, suddenly, an arrow penetrated his forehead.
Diane was preparing to re-launch her attack. Warren fell to the ground, and Junhyuk sighed in relief. Facing a hero head-on was a chilling experience, even if he had the means to escape. If anything had gone wrong, he would have been killed instantly.
Within the force field, Vera winked at Junhyuk and lifted her hands to the sky. She meant to destroy her enemies with a single blow and prepared her strongest power: meteor.
Ellic was fighting Halo fiercely, and Grangsha was going back to Nudra.
Far away, Minota and Libya were running toward the front. Libya threw an ice spear.
They were trying to escape Vera's magic and were approaching fast. If anything went awry, the meteors would hit empty ground.
The ice spear hit Halo.
Crash!
Halo was fighting Ellic head-on and was unable to avoid getting hit by the ice spear. When one was hit by an ice spear, his movements slowed down and his attacking speed decreased as well.
His whole body slowed down and he was hit by Ellic's attack. Halo staggered.
Nudra stepped forward to rescue Halo. He saw Grangsha going toward him and jumped in the air and kicked Ellic.
Bang!
Nudra's kick was not that powerful, but its force pushed back his enemies. Ellic was pushed back and was now facing Artlan. Artlan didn't hesitate and swung his saber at Ellic.
Clang!
Ellic had blocked Artlan's attacks twice when he was hit on the side by multiple arrows. Ellic tried to, but it was not easy to dodge Diane's arrows.
Ellic's movements had become unnatural because of the arrows lodged on his chest, and Halo ran toward him. Halo's movements had slowed down, but he still launched an attack.
Quickly, Halo closed in on Ellic and slashed Ellic's leg. Ellic knew he was too late and lifted his hammer.
He banged the ground with his hammer, making concentric rings which created shockwaves. Artlan and Halo staggered and stepped back. Ellic saw them back off and ran toward Minota.
Ellic passed Grangsha and reached Minota and Libya when the meteors fell from the sky. Vera calculated where they would be, and the meteors hit them exactly where they were.
"Move!"
Minota shouted, but Ellic had already used his power to escape and could not change his direction in the middle of using his power.
Minota protected Libya with his arms.
Boom, boom, boom!
Ellic fell down after being hit by the meteors, and Minota was burning with black flames. It was different from before, the black flames lasted longer.
Maybe she was using a continuous attack.
While Junhyuk watched, Vera made a firewall in front of Grangsha.
They had already lost two heroes, and Grangsha was standing where no meteors had hit, but was still in danger.
Grangsha did not move forward, but started to move back.
"Retreat!"
Minota looked at Artlan's group and focused on Junhyuk. Minota's chilling look made Junhyuk uneasy, and Minota said:
"We will come back after we recover."
They retreated quickly, and Junhyuk sighed in relief when Artlan spoke:
"OK. While they are gone, we will destroy the castle," and to Junhyuk he added: "You made the right call."
Artlan was important, but Vera was the nucleus of the allied attack. Of course, he would protect her.
Junhyuk grinned and said:
"Are we going to attack the castle's gate?"
Artlan looked at Diane and said:
"Diane, you take care of the archers on the castle walls."
"All right."
Artlan looked at Junhyuk:
"You will be helping the minions."
"OK."
Junhyuk would take a generation to destroy the castle's gate with his attacking power. Vera looked at Sarang and said:
"You should stay behind. You might get killed by enemy archers."
"OK."
The group moved toward the castle walls. Minota's group had retreated, and the castle's gate was closed. Junhyuk made up his mind and ran.
The crazed minions were pushing back the enemy minions, but they were getting killed quickly by the enemy archers. Hundreds of minions had been there at the start of the battle, but now only about a hundred allied minions remained, and enemy minions numbered at about forty.
Just to calculate casualties, the allies had a higher casualty rate, but now the heroes were involved, so the situation would change quickly. Junhyuk ran toward the minions, but the crazed minions did not make way for him to pass. He stepped on the minions' shoulders and jumped toward the enemy minions.
A shadow fell on an enemy minion's head, and Junhyuk swung his sword down on him.
Thlack!
The minion was sliced in two. It had taken him a lot of energy, but it was an effective way to attack and to affect their will to fight psychologically. Junhyuk swung his sword again.
His sword swings sliced arms and necks.
Among the minions, Junhyuk could become an unique and absolute figure.
Then, a cloud of arrows showered down on him, but he had no intention of being hit.
Junhyuk disappeared and showed up to the right side of the enemy minions' formation. Tens of arrows hit the ground where Junhyuk had been standing, and he smiled.
He was loving his newly activated power.
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bravado - a bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate