Chapter 44 - Chapter 7: Advent #2 (1/2)
Chapter 44 - Chapter 7: Advent #2
“How many are there?”
Carack held his axe as he asked Karma who was lying flat on the hill. Karma gazed at the front with wide eyes before shouting in an urgent voice.
”Seven? Ten? There are also centaurs!”
In-gong climbed directly to the top of the hill because the report didn’t make sense. As soon as he saw the crowd from a distance, he opened the mini-map.
‘There are centaurs with the casios. Are the centaurs captured?’
They were far away, so he couldn’t be sure, but there were five armoured centaurs and dozens of casios.
The casios looked like a wolf with horns on their heads, but their size was much bigger than the wolf, especially the males.
Carack didn’t have a mini-map, so he turned towards In-gong with a frown.
”They are a scouting group. They probably came out to meet Prince. Two of them are already gone.”
Centaurs usually scouted in groups of seven. However, there were only five visible centaurs, so two had already lost their lives.
At this moment, both the centaurs and casios were approaching In-gong’s party. Carack asked In-gong,
”What do you want to do?”
Should they fight with the centaurs or escape?
If the dracos moved in the opposite direction, they were likely to escape, but In-gong shook his head. If he abandoned the centaurs and ran away, this mission would be ruined from the beginning.
“Let’s do something crazy.”
Fight. However, it wasn’t just fighting.
In-gong made the decision hurriedly and declared to Carack and Karma.
”They are running straight this way!”
It was less than 10 seconds but many things could happen in that time. Karma formed tight fists at the top of the hill. A desperate look formed in her eyes as the centaurs approached.
Aboard the dracos, In-gong and Carack were waiting at the bottom of the hill. Carack asked one last time,
”Are we really doing this?”
”It is real.”
”It was a short meeting but I really enjoyed it.”
”I will continue seeing you for a long time.”
However. it wasn’t the time to laugh and make jokes. Karma’s shout was like a thunderbolt,
”Now!”
”Don’t die!”
Carack’s unique battle cry swallowed up Karma’s cry. At the same time, the draco In-gong was riding sprang up from the ground.
The greatest feature of the dracos, that the dark elves used instead of horses, was their explosive instantaneous speed. It was only a few seconds, but the dracos could run several times faster than horses.
In-gong used the draco’s explosive speed from the beginning and the draco leapt from the hill at a fearsome pace.
Now, In-gong could see the centaurs and the casios. After hearing Carack’s battle cry, they saw In-gong on the draco and instinctively slowed down. However, the draco didn’t stop moving.
“Penetrate through!”
The draco Felicia gave him was quite intelligent. It understood In-gong’s command and used the correct speed to draw in the enemy accurately.
The draco carrying In-gong moved in between the centaurs and the casios and they all flinched at the sudden intrusion. In-gong directed the draco towards the casios he had been aiming at since he confirmed it on the mini-map.
'This is the boss!’
There was also a leader in a group of casios; he was in charge of directing the people in the hunting group.
‘How do I determine the boss? Of course, he is the biggest one!’
The boss casios was bigger than a horse, so he could distinguish it from the others at a glance. Moreover, its big size made it easier to cling to.
In-gong jumped and clung to the neck of the boss casios as the draco continued moving through a crowd of casios.
It only took a few seconds. However, In-gong didn’t stop. The casios was confused and couldn’t make a proper decision in the short amount of time. In-gong had to take advantage of this.
“Kuaang!”
The casios leader raised his head and called out an alarm. In-gong clung to the casios leader with his left arm and both his legs as he formed a fist with his right hand.
‘I will bet it all on this one strike!’
He was handling the casios leader with one blow.
He was by himself. This was In-gong who had already killed orcs from the Red Lightning tribe. The biggest difficulty of this mission was to hang on, not smash the casios leader’s head.
In-gong gathered aura around his right fist and used the explosive power of Divine Beast Authority. It was a technique that hit the enemy’s body with Aura, causing it to freeze. The amount of aura consumed was intense, but it was the most powerful attack that In-gong could unleash.
He focused his aura for precision!
His body remembered the technique since he had practiced it more than a dozen times. The moment that In-gong punched, there was a flash of white aura.
It was good thus far as it was the same as practice. However, something unexpected happened the moment the technique was completed.
Earth Quaker.
It was enchanted by the power of the dragon, Enkidu.
His aura felt violent. The destructive power of the technique had doubled!
Kwaang!
With a huge roar, the casios leader’s head exploded. The crushed skull splattered blood and flesh. It was like his head had been erased from the world.
The sight of the casios leader’s head disappearing in an instant caused the casios to be stunned. Some of them even ran away.
In-gong was also surprised. He knew he had become stronger after the battle with the Red Lightning tribe,however, it was his first time using Earth Quaker since discovering it. So, he hadn’t imagined it would make his aura so violent.
‘Isn’t this almost like Caitlin?'