Chapter 12 – Battles, Misunderstandings

Kwaaang!

Killian’s blunt weapon cut in half and Lee Man-seong’s battle hammer collided, and a roar erupted.

Killian frowned at the result.

The still less-than-improved body, the situation in which they couldn’t use the ‘biological armor’ they had since escaping as demons, created an equal result in which neither of them were pushed back.

“Is there something you don’t like?”
-Shut up, old man.
“Heh heh… I see everything the monster says after living there.”

Thanks to Yang Ha-yeon’s spirit, Lee Man-seong knew she was a monster from the beginning, but as she lived for a long time, she couldn’t help but be surprised by what she saw for the first time.

Quaang-! Quaang-!
Killian attacked Lee Man-seong with his unique animal-like movements created by his experience from being a monster to becoming a demon.

Quaang-! Quaang-!
Lee Man-seong could not keep up with her attack.

If it seemed to be coming from the right, it would come from the left, and if it seemed to come from above, the fierce and heavy attacks from below would make Lee Man-seong devastated.

“I am not so easily broken. Monster”

Dozens of other skills and blessings, such as his skill [One-Man Fortress] And Protection [Amulen Mountain’s Energy], Were with Lee Do-kyung in the central world, protecting Lee Man-seong, who had been in charge of the strong vanguard.

– Tsk…
‘I can only use biological gloves, but that’s annoying.’

When you first meet Yoochun and fight, the carapace covering the outside is Killian’s biological armor. Yoochun didn’t say anything, and he was recovering after being smashed once.

‘There…’
Fit-! Fit-!

‘That spirit year is annoying too.’

Yang Ha-yeon also did not stand still.
Nouren, a senior earth spirit who tries to restrict Killian’s movements.

A high-class wind spirit, Windness, who attacks by aiming for an open gap.

A high-level light spirit, Lyell, who is giving buffs to Lee Man-seong.

When she rushed to subdue her rearguard first, her superior Shadow Spirit Wheelers evacuated her.

Performing attacks, disturbances, buffs, and evasions alone, she was perfect as a rearguard.

The combination of constraints on Killian and Lee Man-sung and Yang Ha-yeon.
These two things were intertwined to create the current equal situation.

In a battle situation where all kinds of attacks were rampant, Killian had doubts.
‘Where’s Han?’

Clearly, if he joined forces and attacked himself, the current balance would be broken and it would turn against him, but he did not attack.

Pot-!

Killian jumped back, kept some distance, and opened his magic sensor to find out what the remaining one was doing.

-Under-!
“Why are you laughing monster”
-I haven’t seen one since a while ago, so I tried to do something, and he’s doing something interesting.

Lee Do-gyeong, whose specialty is ultra-long-range sniping, got out of her seat and hid herself as soon as the battle started.
And the place where his bow was directed was Yuchun, who was watching the battle on this side in a daze.

– If you touch him, he will regret it.
“Ho… It’s interesting that the monster wants to protect something.”
-Hmm? Ah haha! Can you accept it that way? I must have misunderstood. I’m not worried about him

“Hmm? Wasn’t it?”
There was not a word of concern on Killian’s face. It doesn’t matter if that young man dies.

‘It should have been solved a little easier, but unfortunately it turned out.’
Lee Man-seong immediately came up with various strategies with the premise of ‘What if Killian tries to protect Yoochun?’.
But I don’t know if it’s an attitude that doesn’t matter, whether it’s acting or not, but the risk was too great to gamble.

‘Safely rule out one person before leaving.’
Lee Man-seong gave up sending telegrams to Lee Do-gyeong because he wanted to use him. According to the original strategy, Lee Do-gyeong would kill that young man.
The moment he thought so, an arrow flew into Yuchun’s head with the sound of tearing iron.
At the same time, a strong explosion sounded along with strong winds, sweeping away the surroundings.
The wind blows even though it is well over 100m away.

“I got rid of one with this. Now only you are left. Monster”
Lee Man-seong was convinced that he didn’t have to worry about that side anymore.

-Well…I used to think so too…
Named’s face looking at the place with indifferent eyes. Lee Man-seong felt ominous.
The face of the monster in front of me did not show any hope or belief that he would be alive. It just seemed to be saying the obvious, like paper is white.

*

Immediately after Lee Man-seong and Yang Ha-yeon entered the battle, Lee Do-gyeong left his seat and headed for the high ground.

What a profit…
After finding a suitable spot, he took an arrow from his quiver and attached a string to it.

“Resent your own actions to protect the monster…”

The monster appeared only less than 12 hours from now.
But he said that he had been wandering around here for several days. Being with a monster… I’ve never heard of it. This is clear racial treason.

Thinking so, he concentrated his magic on the arrow.
Lee Do-gyeong activated [Compression], The skill he handles best.

He was confident that the attack power of condensing his mana into this custom-made flame arrow and firing it could fatally wound even a high ranker.

[Compress] [Compress] [Compress] [Compress] [Compress]…

Dokyung Lee condensed two-thirds of his magic power into a single arrow to ensure the death of his opponent. A total of 26 times, while maintaining the pulling state of the arrow that was about to burst, other skills and protection were activated.

[Shooting Eye], A skill that supports accuracy.
A [Gungwi] That concentrates the destructive power of arrows.
On top of that, he activated [Falling Day], Which increases the final damage in proportion to the distance, the last blessing that kept him in this position along with compression.

5km, calculated at this distance, the final damage is doubled.

Now, use half of the remaining magic power to build a passage for the arrow.

Chi-chi-chi-chi…

The mana, compressed to the limit as if about to burst, was screaming to be let go. Lee Do-gyeong, not rejecting those words, let go of the demonstration.

Peeing-!!!

Due to the amplification effect of [Nakil], The sonic boom burst a total of 8 times, and the arrows flew shortened the distance of 5km in 1 second and landed precisely on the target, the target’s head.

Kwagwagwang-!! Even after hearing the roar that could be heard all the way here, as a first-class sniper, Lee Do-gyeong habitually confirmed the guy’s death…

“What is that…”

… Couldn’t

*

‘The combination is excellent.’

The eyes of the deceased person in the ‘Last Legacy’ game evaluated it that way.

Battle hammer old man’s outstanding tanking ability, plus Yang Ha-yeon, who showed excellent abilities in various fields from attack to assist and disturbance, as befits a future high ranker, were amazing.

‘Even if Killian is weak right now, two rankers are not at the level he would be in Korea to stop a boss, right?’

The established theory is that the name basically requires 10 rankers.
Although it is said that Yang Ha-yeon, who is still a low-level ranker, and one similar to him have weakened, it was definitely a great thing to be on equal footing with the name.

‘If there had been an excellent dealer over there, Killian would have been at a disadvantage.’

“Uh? Come to think of it, where did that man go?”

Yuchun, who was puzzled by the fact that a middle-aged man, presumed to be a dealer with a bow, disappeared without helping, saw that Killian suddenly stepped back and the battle stopped.

“Why is he looking at me all of a sudden?”

Killian looked at him and he started talking to the War Hammer.

‘Suddenly, what are you talking about…’

Kwagwagwang-!!

At that time, an arrow flew from somewhere and hit Yuchun’s head.

*

“Ha Yeon-yang…”
“Yes…”
“Is that woman really the only monster…?”
“It’s hard to believe… But you’re right…”

When the arrow shot by Lee Do-gyeong pierced the forehead of the young man behind him, Lee Man-seong was relieved that he would only have to worry about the humanoid monster in front of him.

‘Yes…If it was pierced…’

The arrows shot by his comrades were faster, sharper, and more powerful than at that time, as if to prove that he had not stopped training even after he had ceased activity in the central world.

“Ah…What is this again?”
The arrows, which should have been consumed by penetrating the explosive power, were shattered and scattered like eggs thrown on a rock, and the power contained in the arrows split the ground.

Lee Man-seong was astonished to see the young man, who should have been killed by a fatal attack that even he could not stop, standing still with only his head thrown back, his mouth slightly open.

He heard confirmation from Yang Ha-yeon that he was human, but he couldn’t believe it.

– You would have said it? You’ll regret it

At that time, the monster laughed as if he was doing nothing with his arms crossed.

An empty lot surrounded by silence. Killian turned his back on them and was walking carelessly towards Yoochun.

Clearly a chance to aim behind the back. However, no one moved.

Alien fear. It’s because I was frozen by something that deviated from reason.

-Yoocheon
“Huh? What are you calling me by name?”
Yoochun flinched at the unfamiliar sight of Killian suddenly calling his name.

– There is no end to this. Can I use biometric gloves? Instead, these people may die.
“No dude…”
Yoochun didn’t accept the offer, thinking that a lot of things would go wrong after they died.

-Then…

Bang-!

“Dare!! Are you ignoring us?!”
Lee Man-seong calmly restrained himself from discussing their own lives, suppressing his reason and instinct to run away with anger, he rushed at them and brandished his battle hammer.

Killian, who avoided it by running sideways, approached Yoochun right in front of him.

-Yoocheon
“Oh, I’m surprised… Uh, uh why…?”
While grumbling in surprise at the battle hammer that was suddenly swung in front of him, Yoochun stuttered and answered at the unfamiliar beautiful face that suddenly appeared in front of him.

-I’ll catch the sniper. You face them

“Sniper…”
Realizing that he had been hit by a sudden attack, Yoochun closed his mouth straight. An attack to kill, obviously.
Even though he knows he won’t die, his face hardens in displeasure that someone has tried to kill him.

“Ha… Ok, okay. Can you never kill me? Okay?”
‘Yes…I understand…I can understand…’

But I persevered nonetheless. If you think about it coldly, they are in a position to protect the city, and they are not different from the villains who go with monsters that threaten citizens.

-…Even if I die?
“Stop talking nonsense and get me, dude.”
-Yes… I’ll be back.

Yoochun suddenly sent Killian talking nonsense with a strange face and looked at one or two hard faces.

“Ha…”

Yoochun looked up at the sky and let out an exaggerated sigh.

‘Yes, I can understand, but from their point of view, I am a racial traitor who sympathizes with the monster… But…’

The battle hammer old man looked down and made a frown at the look in his eyes that saw him as a non-human monster.

‘Still, can’t we talk about some fucking shit?’

Yoochun’s patience gradually increased as he watched the sight of being hit by arrows, monsters, and even names.

*

“Be careful… Chairman of the Association”
“Sure.”

Lee Man-seong listened to a softer voice than when he first met, slightly loosened his hardened face and answered.

Contrary to the former monster wearing only a military uniform, the monster’s comrade walking with his hands hanging down was wearing only shorts.

His sharp face, which anyone could say was handsome, and even his muscles that were not large but well-cleaved and prominent veins, was an appearance that would appeal to anyone.

Yang Ha-yeon was talking to his spirits from behind, but Man-seong Lee did not hear because he was concerned about the monster in front of him.

‘Don’t be afraid…’
Lee Man-seong, who saw the fragment to find out what kind of monster was inside, was breaking out in a cold sweat with all the muscles in his body contracting.

‘He has no weapon. We fight while keeping our distance.’
Got the timing right
About 5 seconds, within which the hammer comes into contact.

‘5…4…3…2…1!!’

Quaang-!

According to the timing, he swung the hammer from left to right, loaded with skills, protection, and Yang Ha-yeon’s buff.

‘I can’t kill him with this.’

Thinking that he could not kill the unscathed monster with his hammer even with the power of Lee Do-kyung, a long-range dealer specializing in ultra-long range, he set up a strategy of slowly retreating while continuing to increase the distance.

‘Keep the distance. Ha Yeon-yang’s spirits attack and keep her in check. If you step back slowly and come within communication range, call all the Awoken who have been waiting in the association.’

In order to bring a minimum chance of victory in this battle, tens of thousands of Awoken who are currently waiting must be summoned.

‘I will fight for quite a while…’

“Hey old man, let’s not fight, let’s talk! Yes? No, I have circumstances too!”

Lee Man-sung’s strategy of stepping back while keeping a certain distance was over from the beginning.

“Kuh-! What is this!”

That’s right. Obviously, the blow went in properly. But he didn’t move even a single step.

Rather, the handle of the hammer was stuck in the armpit.

“Kuh-!”
Don’t even budge No matter how much I try to lose it, my own weapon that doesn’t even move. However, having experienced all kinds of prenatal battles, he skillfully removed his hand from his weapon and slapped Yoochun in the face.

“A-ssi, really!”
Pak-!

Yoochun pushed his fist into his face and grabbed Lee Manseong by the collar. And

“Oh great! Please! Let’s talk!”

Thud-!
I pressed it straight down. Lee Man-seong’s knee, which tried to withstand the irresistible force, fell down.
Fast-!

“Keah-!”
Would Atlas feel like this? Man-seong Lee was barely able to get down on his knees and hold on to Yoo-chun’s arm with all the muscles in his body inflated.

Ugh-!
“You bastard!”
Lee Man-seong, grinding his teeth, tries to break his arm.

“Wait a minute! Association President!”
If it were wise Yang Ha-yeon, I thought she would run away from this situation and call in reinforcements, but she was coming here.

“Why are you coming here?! Run away!!”
“Wait a minute!”
“What are you doing?!”

Even though he had stopped him, he still felt like he was going to explode with anger at Yang Ha-yeon approaching. Yang Ha-yeon came to Lee Man-seong’s side before she knew it.

‘What does this mean?!’

With his seasoned experience, Lee Man-seong thought that quite a few things moved according to his thoughts. However, the arrogance that he had built up without knowing it was collapsing one by one as nothing was going as planned today.

“Do you want to talk?”
Eventually seeing her starting her conversation with this young man, she prayed with her eyes closed. I hope the talk goes well.