Chapter 24 - Chapter 3: Rescue #7 (1/2)
Chapter 24 - Chapter 3: Rescue #7
[Protagonist Correction Lv 2]
In-gong reflexively raised his hands and activated the skills window. Underneath Protagonist Correction, here was a passive skill that he hadn’t seen yet .
[Battlefield Protection Lv1]
[The hit rate of weapons launched towards the protagonist is slightly lowered.]
'Heok, isn’t this the stormtrooper effect?’
The effect of Protagonist Correction was like the famous stormtroopers.
Stormtroopers were elite soldiers in the classic sci-fi movie, Star Wars. Among the numerous Imperial soldiers, they were especially famous for their accurate marksmanship. However, their hit rate tended to deteriorate when encountering the party of the protagonist.
It was like how protagonists don’t get shot in action movies.
‘Isn’t this the real Protagonist Correction?’
Perhaps his ability to learn skills wasn’t an effect of Conquest but was due to Protagonist Correction.
Anyway, it was a decent skill. He was nervous because it said ‘slightly’, but it was currently only level one.
‘Is there anything else? What effect will Protagonist Correction have when it levels up?’
“Hey! Shutra! What are you doing?”
Felicia’s sharp voice broke through In-gong’s thoughts. In-gong recovered his spirit and stood up. Right now, he was in the middle of a battle. It wasn’t the time for skills research.
‘Will I see the effect of levelling up?’
Or was it suppressed due to the effect of Below the King’s Flag?
”Prince!”
“Eh, eh!”
In-gong replied to Carack and looked around while picking up the dwarf dagger. After taking care of the blood ogre, the surprised Red Lightning tribe had changed to passive movements.
‘Okay, I should hurry.’
The mini-map was still full of enemies. After a short time, the enemies started flocking in this direction again.
”Let's go! Retreat!”
In-gong gave an order to Carack who was swinging his axe.
He also shouted towards Felicia.
“These pigs! Return them to flames!”
”Return them to flames?”
Felicia heard In-gong’s words, laughed and raised both arms.
”The wind! Stir!”
Her command soon became a reality. Strong winds burst from Felicia’s arms and caused the flames to surround the Red Lightning tribe.
“Ohh!”
It wasn’t magic. In-gong was sure because he awakened magic power.
‘A spirit! It must be a spirit!’
The dark elves were elves who had been corrupted! On the Assenba Continent, there were few species born with a higher spirit affinity than elves and Felicia was a princess of the dark elves. She was a gifted spirit master before being an excellent magician.
'But how does it happen? Just like the wind... Heok!’
In-gong shook his head. It was a long shot.
'Spirit techniques are likely to be similar to an aura or psychic powers. I might not be able to awaken it like magic power.’
In fact, the area of magic still wasn’t clear. Several more clinical experiments (?) were needed to determine the exact mechanisms.
‘But I need to be hit by a spirit technique to find out.’
He would investigate spirit techniques later.
”Prince! A flare!”
This time it was Carack who interrupted In-gong’s thoughts. In-gong, who was running beside Carack, stared up at the sky and checked the signal. It was a yellow flash.
”A command to retreat!”
Chris was ordering a total retreat.
‘What is going on? Is Chris in danger?’
He suddenly thought of Caitlin. In-gong headed to the Jishuka Mountains with the orcs while navigating with the mini-map.
‘I have to widen the scope around the area!’
In-gong could look at the terrain in an enclosed space, but he could only grasp the movements of the troops moving in it by expanding the scope.
Thanks to the flames being controlled by Felicia, In-gong was able to rush up the mountain. In-gong didn’t forget to grasp the movements of the orcs on his side using the mini-map.
'There are approximately 60.’
It wasn’t easy to figure out the exact number, but there seemed to be 60 or so orcs following him up. Once In-gong reached a certain height, he turned and looked down at the Red Lightning tribe.
Flames and smoke blocked his view but he was able to grasp the movements through the mini-map.
‘There are troops in the centre and on the right.’
Chris and Caitlin were in those places. Even the troops who pursued In-gong were reluctant to continue and turned towards those positions.
In-gong gritted his teeth. Chris and Caitlin popped into his head.
Blood-crazed beasts - the lycanthrope monsters.
However, that was a story that occurred in Year 516, four years from now. Chris was still 17 and Caitlin was only 15 years old.
“Caitlin.”
He had to save her. No, he had to help. Perhaps the reason why In-gong could escape so easily from the enemy was because the enemy troops were all heading to Chris and Caitlin.