Chapter 66 - Chapter 10: Breakthrough #4 (2/2)

It was the most powerful dragon slayer weapon sleeping in Thunderdoom Fortress. In-gong absolutely had to get his hands on it in this mission.

In-gong finished organizing his thoughts. He couldn’t sit still while those people were acting.

“Shutra.”

Felicia looked at In-gong. Once again, it was clear that she was thinking the same thing as In-gong.

“Breaking through with force.”

Felicia nodded at In-gong’s words. Delia was also prepared to fight as she put away all the lighting devices.

In-gong glanced around the party and quickly commanded,

”Carack, raise your shield and lead the way. Just keep running forward. Karma will bring Daphne. Felicia noona and Delia will defend the sides.”

Until now, they had dismantled the traps one by one, but it would be different now.

Breaking through the traps. They had to do this despite the risks to their bodies.

Carack couldn’t help but laugh as he grasped his shield tightly with both hands. Delia and Felicia stood right behind Carack, followed by Karma who was holding Daphne.

“Green Wind.”

In-gong raised his left arm and White Eagle flew to it. It would fly around the party and bridge all the gaps in their defense.

“I will try it.”

Felicia grinned and called her wind spirit. She gave up on all her other magic and only focused on the wind spirit. The wind spirit became a powerful gust of air as it responded to Felicia.

Carack’s side was defending the front. Felicia’s wind was defending the sides. White Eagle flew above their heads and filled in for any gaps.

Daphne added various support magic, while In-gong was armed with the dwarf dagger in order to trigger Below the King’s Flag.

”This is the first time I am targeting a dungeon in this way.”

It was an ignorant and reckless manner, but Felicia couldn’t help smiling at the new challenge.

“Go.”

In-gong cried out and Carack breathed in deeply. He released a long breath and moved.

”Run!”

“Kuraha!”

Carack rushed forward. Like a train, the party followed suit. In-gong kept an eye on the mini-map and directed Carack.

Kakakang!

Not long after, arrows poured in from the front. Carack didn’t stop moving and the arrows rained down on his shield.

”Karaha!”

There were also arrows from the side, but the wind spirit didn’t allow this. Almost all the arrows were swept away by the wind while the ones still headed towards the party were blocked by White Eagle.

Carack went down the short path with a lot of traps. At that moment, flames poured down from the ceiling.

”Don't stop!”

In-gong shouted as a green light came from White Eagle...

The shield that guarded the heads of the party. The range that wasn’t covered by White Eagle was once again protected by the wind spirit. The strong winds twisted the course of the flames and even redirected the path of acids pouring down.

Carack ran as hard as he could. He was slightly of breath but In-gong had no thoughts about stopping him.

”Full Charge!”

Daphne cast a strong stamina regeneration spell from Karma’s back. Rather than restoring wounds, it was a stamina recovery magic that stabilized Carack’s breathing and gave new power to his legs.

“Hoeeeh!”

Carack moaned as he looked in front of his shield. This time, flames were pouring from the front.

Carack cursed and gave a battle cry at the same time. He tackled the wave of flames head on and opened the path.

“Oatatata!”

”Full Charge!”

Arrows, fire, javelins and so on poured towards the party. Daphne used the spell Full Charge whenever they were exhausted.

They couldn’t become tired while rushing through the traps.

Not just Carack, but everyone in the party had the same determination. However, in the midst of this, In-gong thought of something else.

'The traps are still active!’

This meant the 3rd party didn’t take this path.

“Run! Carack! Run!”

“Ohhh!”

”Full Charge!”

Daphne used her fifth Full Charge. The magic shield from the Demon King’s Palace was a mess. Daphne was becoming exhausted despite being on Karma’s back and Felicia was strained as she kept operating the wind spirit. Regardless, the party was able to maintain the momentum of a runaway train. They weren’t far from their goal.

The advantage of the traps was that there weren’t many dungeon monsters. The monsters that they did see didn’t think about rushing into the traps to fight them.

In fact, this was the nice thing about rushing recklessly. However, it would be the end if there was a trap on the ground. Fortunately, In-gong knew that there were no ground traps on this path and Felicia also disregarded it. It was because ground traps weren’t common for dwarves.

Some time passed.

As Daphne used her final Full Charge and fainted from the lack of magic power, the party reached a big door.

”Kuha, heo... ker.”

Carack gave a bizarre moan and removed his shield. Thanks to Full Charge, his breathing was stable, but his heart felt like it was going to burst due to the psychological problems.

Karma was barely able to stand on her two legs while Felicia’s arms were trembling. Delia looked back at In-gong.

”Your Highness.”

”Yes, it is probably here.”

He was sure of it. He had seen the entrance to the control room a few times in Knight Saga.

'Did the dungeon guardian go to support the battle?’

There was supposed to be a gargoyle protecting the entrance to the control room. In-gong gritted his teeth. He guessed where the gargoyle had gone.

‘Indeed, Ascalon.’

In Thunderdoom Fortress, Ascalon was embedded in the chest of the black dragon Partizan.

Partizan’s body was located in the central plaza. The highest ranked guardian was also there.

‘Master, it is too hard.’

In-gong gentle touched White Eagle on his left arm in order to soothe the whining Green Wind and opened the door to the control room.

He felt dizzy in the very large room. The last day of Thunderdoom Fortress had been very confusing, so everything was a mess.

In the centre of the room was a large sphere on a desk along with a dwarf helmet on top of some bones. It was Sarabal, the last captain of Thunderdoom Fortress.

Sarabal was seriously injured in the battle with the dragons, so he remained in the control room while the other dwarves escaped. It was clear that he had controlled Thunderdoom Fortress until his very last breath.

After a short moment of silence, Felicia withdrew the control key from Sarabal’s hand. It was the first time she had been to Thunderdoom Fortress, but she had explored dwarf ruins several times and knew what to do.

The small metal rod shaped controlled was inserted into a hole beneath the large sphere and she inserted magic power. A large blue light emerged from the sphere and spread out in front of the party.

”There is a fight.”

The window of light showed the dungeon guardians of Thunderdoom Fortress confronting the people that he saw in the tunnel. Beyond that was the body of a giant black dragon.

The number of people fighting was roughly 100.

Felicia gazed at In-gong and he nodded.

It was a chance they could take advantage of.