Chapter 87 - Chapter 14: The Last Flame #2 (1/2)

Chapter 87 - Chapter 14: The Last Flame #2

The party set up camp under a hill near Spider Forest.

They were now pros at camping; Carack set up the fire and scouted around with Robin, while Daphne prepared water for the party.

In-gong had nothing to do with setting up the camp, so he sat down next to Caitlin in order to practice aura.

In-gong and Caitlin sat facing each other like they had done in the lycanthrope house and grabbed both hands. They were able to get to the quad-core state after closing their eyes because they had already learnt the trick.

The previous quad-core had simply been a big, strong flow of aura. However, it was different this time. Caitlin led In-gong and In-gong pushed Caitlin; Caitlin’s knowledge of Divine Beast Authority led Divine Sura Authority to a higher level.

In order to ensure proper aura training, the technical part should be carried out in parallel. Therefore, when In-gong first learnt Divine Beast Authority, he mainly focused on the technical elements.

He had to do that this time but couldn’t stop the aura training. This was just the beginning, but the feeling of the two auras uniting caused a great sense of accomplishment.

Once again, In-gong and Caitlin forgot about the time. One hour and then another hour. Then it lasted for another hour after the party finished eating together.

The air was cold.

As In-gong experienced the change in temperature and started to feel other things, his consciousness woke up.

He wasn’t sure, but it seemed like some time had passed. As In-gong’s aura slowed, Caitlin responded to it. The two people quickly released their quad-cores and opened their eyes slowly.

It was a twilight world. Instead of the orange of sunset, purple light that was turning black filled the sky. Moreover, the night was being pushed. The darkness was soon filled with a purple energy.

It was a strange feeling. When he thought about it, he barely remembered witnessing the time when day and night turned around. Was it normal for day and night to change this way?

In-gong raised his head and stared at the night sky. Both eyes naturally looked for the moon in the darkness.

In-gong once again felt a sense of incongruity.

”Green?”

The distorted moon was shining green. It seemed like an intense poison that would make the world melt.

Additionally, there were no stars. At that moment, In-gong lowered his gaze and looked before him.

Caitlin was standing while staring up at the night sky. However, she was a little strange. Her mouth was open and her eyes were blinking like she had been drugged.

Caitlin also looked down at In-gong. Suddenly, she groaned and pushed strength into both hands.

“Kuhang!”

She let out an incredible wolf-like roar. In-gong tried reflexively to restrain Caitlin, but it wasn’t easy. As a mix between a lycanthrope and sura, she didn’t have a beast form but contained the unique strength of a lycanthrope. Moreover, she was a powerful aura user, so her physical abilities were different.

Due to that, In-gong couldn’t restrain Caitlin’s power-

‘Eh?’

In-gong glanced down at his two arms. Caitlin was captured by his arms and couldn’t move. Of course, In-gong was shaking as he tried to endure her strength, but he wasn’t being pushed.

In-gong was applying force to Caitlin. She tried to resist his power, but she gradually began to be pushed back.

'Did I gain more strength?’

It was like that; In-gong was stronger than Caitlin. He hadn’t realized it because he was getting stronger progressively. Additionally, there had also been the bonuses from levelling up.

In-gong was over level 20, so his strength had exceeded 80 points. It was much higher than his other stats because he had invested additional points. If he had over 80 points in strength, that meant he was at least eight times stronger than Villager A. It was a terrifying force.

Caitlin was still struggling, but she then collapsed and In-gong quickly took the mount position on top of her. He held down her two legs, so Caitlin was really stuck.

“Noona! Steady yourself! Noona!”

Caitlin howled instead of answering. It wasn’t just a roar, but it sounded like she was crying out to something.

Why had this change suddenly happened? In-gong turned his head reflexively. Things were happening behind him.

“Seira! I am Carack!”

Carack said hurriedly to Seira who was growling in her beast form. He walked slowly toward her with his arms wide open like he was harmless.

”Calm down, please calm down. Can’t you recognize me?”

Carack smiled awkwardly. Seira gazed at Carack’s face and kicked his groin.

“Keook!”

Carack sank from the strong blow. Robin, who was crazy like Seira, had picked up a sword and was pointing it at Delia. It was impossible to suppress the crazy lycanthropes with simply force.

In-gong also felt that way. At that moment, Felicia shouted,

”Close your eyes!”

In-gong didn’t understand, but he just believed in Felicia. Instead of asking questions, he immediately closed his eyes.

”Flash!”

Felicia shouted again. A bright light emerged from her two hands and swept away the darkness around her. It was such a strong light that even Felicia didn’t dare open her eyes.

“Kiaack!”

Seira and Robin screamed at the same time. The two people temporarily lost their sight and fell down. Then Felicia took back the magic light and quickly cast a second spell.

”Bind!”

A magical rope tied up Seira and Robin. However, it was just a temporary measure as the rope couldn’t hold out long against their strength. Felicia frowned and ordered Carack and Delia,

”Cover their eyes. It will calm them down a little bit!”

Seira and Robin weren’t beasts, but they had lost control in their beast form, so beasts taming methods seemed to fit them.

Carack seized Seira from behind and covered her eyes with his palms while Delia tied a handkerchief around Robin’s eyes.

It seemed to be working as their movements calmed slightly. This time Daphne was the one who shouted.

“They are spirits of insanity! Be careful not to get affected as well!”

As soon as she said it, she closed her eyes and started to chant a spell. It was to drive away the spirits of insanity possessing Seira and Robin.

In-gong finally roughly understood the situation. He turned toward Caitlin who was still beneath him and shouted,

“Green Wind!”

‘I will try it!”

Green Wind understood In-gong’s meaning and used her strength. A green wind started gently revolving around Caitlin’s head.

Fortunately, it seemed to work. Caitlin’s power weakened gradually and she no longer cried out. She closed her eyes and didn’t move.

”Are they calm?”

In-gong looked behind him. Like Caitlin, Seira and Robin were also collapsed and unmoving.

”Sleep.”

Felicia headed to In-gong’s side after putting the two people to sleep with magic. The sleep magic was also used on Caitlin.

Whether it was due to using so much magic in succession or surprise at the situation itself, Felicia’s breathing was rough as though she was going to vomit. In-gong suddenly glanced around. He noticed something that he had failed to see previously due to the sudden situation.

The party was now in a forest. Despite the fact that they had camped under a hill outside the forest, there were trees surrounding them.

What was going on? Had a space jump magic been activated?

In-gong looked up at the green moon. The beginning of all this was the rising of this green moon.

The spirits were afraid of the night...

It was because the changes occurred at night.

The ground shook. In-gong got up from where he was sitting on Caitlin and caught the stumbling Felicia. Delia, who had her eyes closed, jumped up and shouted,

”Monsters are gathering!”

The ringing sound from the earth was approaching them. In-gong opened his mini-map swiftly. His field of view was unclear and certain numbers couldn’t be grasped, but red dots signifying the enemy were covering it.

“What is going on? This place wasn’t a forest!”