Chapter 78 - Chapter 12: Legend #4 (1/2)
Chapter 78 - Chapter 12: Legend #4
In-gong jumped up. It was dark and cold, but his back was moist with sweat.
A dream.
No, it wasn’t an illusion.
The golden-crowned female with white hair and the black aura that was present beyond the darkness...
In-gong moved his gaze in the same direction that the white woman had pointed in. It was weak but obvious. He could feel the black aura.
Famine.
He couldn’t explain why the word ‘famine’ had popped up, but that was the word that clearly represented the aura.
Conquest, War, Death and Famine.
He had felt the aura of Death at Thunderdoom Fortress.
Now, he could feel Famine.
Why?
According to the picture on the slab, they should be on the same side as In-gong who had Conquest, but it didn’t feel friendly. The aura was like a huge enemy.
In-gong finished organizing his thoughts. The aura of Famine was approaching and sinister hostility could be felt. Now was the time to act, not think.
‘Carack.’
He suddenly thought of Carack. At the same time, an ominous feeling that couldn’t be compared to before covered his entire body. As a member of the The King's Knights, he was connected to In-gong.
“Carack!”
In-gong yelled. He invoked the skill Call.
“Cough!”
Carack appeared in front of In-gong. Carack landed on his ass but quickly grasped the situation. He got up and shouted at In-gong,
”Enemy, the enemy! Two soldiers on watch with me were attacked!”
In-gong hurriedly pulled on his pants and top, then instantly opened the inventory and equipped Earth Quaker, White Eagle and the Dragon Scale Greaves.
Carack continued to speak,
”He’s small but immensely strong. He is wrapped in a black aura and has grey hair. A long scar on the cheek... A warrior. He doesn’t use any weapons.”
As expected, Carack remembered the face despite the unexpected situation. He knew what In-gong needed right now.
Grey hair, a long scar on the left cheek and no weapons...
”Gerard Moonlight.”
The reasons were insufficient, but he felt sure due to his intuition. Each of them were distinct features, but together, they told a story. It was obviously Gerard Moonlight.
“Carack, what is his location?”
”Uh, I went out to look around, so it is outside the defenses of the camp.”
Carack had a meticulous personality, so he couldn’t rest easily. It had always been his habit to look around the surrounding terrain to find passages and escape routes.
In-gong looked at the mini-map. He couldn’t see the red and blue dots because it was outside his recognition range, but he could guess the approximate distance.
He was, at most, 500 metres away. If he sprinted using Divine Beast Authority, it would only be a short distance.
In-gong left the tent hurriedly. The moon was shining brightly, so he could see the surroundings clearly even though it was deep into the night. Once again, In-gong faced an unexpected situation.
“Shutra?”
Chris and Caitlin, who were dressed in leather armour and greaves, were standing between the tents. Behind them, there were 20 of the lycanthrope royal guards standing in an orderly manner.
Did they find out about Gerard’s raid and were preparing?
‘No.’
It couldn’t be. If it was, the alarm would have already been called. Moreover, their faces were very different from someone going to greet the enemy. The two of them were embarrassed to face In-gong.
Why?
In-gong quickly realized,
‘This isn’t due to Gerard. They have another purpose here.’
Despite receiving a report this morning that Gerard was in the east, the two hadn’t moved their troops.
It wasn’t to prepare for an unforeseen situation.
Gerard was also strange. If Gerard had gone to the east in order to escape, why had he come here? Instead of leaving the territory of the lycanthropes, he showed up where Chris and Caitlin were.
“Gerard has showed up. He is attacking the soldiers on the outskirts and might be here soon.”
In-gong said quickly and astonishment formed on Chris and Caitlin’s faces. In-gong continued speaking without slowing down,
”Tell me, why are the two of you here? I don’t think it is due to Gerard.”
Chris gritted his teeth. His eyes shook as he hesitated on whether to answer. It was Caitlin who opened her mouth,
”It is because of the Moonlight Extract.”
Chris looked at Caitlin urgently but didn’t stop her. She then continued on in a decisive voice because if Gerard had really appeared, now wasn’t the time to keep secrets.
”It is a herb that blooms once in a 100 years. Oppa and I came here in order to wait for the Moonlight Extract to bloom. We heard about Gerard’s jailbreak afterwards. Right now, we were just about to go and pick the Moonlight Extract.”
The stories that had been scattered randomly started to converge.
Moonlight Extract, In-gong knew that item. One of the treasures of the lycanthropes, it was obtained by defeating either Chris or Caitlin at the large lycanthrope battle. It was a consumable item with a huge recovery effect as it could heal someone even if they were on their last breath.
Chris looked back at In-gong.
”Do you think Gerard is aiming for the Moonlight Extract?”
That was a possibility. No, it was highly likely when thinking of the story.