Chapter 134 - Chapter 23: Cross #4 (2/2)

Carack clicked his tongue and covered In-gong with a blanket. In-gong moaned and said,

“Victory. I wanted to win.”

He hadn’t expected to level up. Although he defeated Vandal, it wasn’t reflected properly in the experience.

Carack clicked his tongue again. Even now, he could see In-gong’s last reckless attack when he closed his eyes.

Surprisingly, In-gong had allowed Vandal to strike him, and he hadn’t avoided it. In order to counterattack, In-gong had taken the brunt of Vandal’s attack.

Even more surprisingly, he had managed to endure it. The magic shield and aura barrier he created had been shattered with a loud sound, but he had been able to withstand Vandal’s left fist. Then In-gong had dealt the final blow on Vandal and won.

In the dream the Lucid Dream Pillow created, In-gong had experienced 32 deaths, and In-gong learnt many things from those deaths.

So far, In-gong had poured most of his additional points into strength. However, this time he spent a lot of points on durability as well as practicing a one-point aura defense.

For In-gong, the thing he was lacking most in was defense. He couldn’t rely solely on Green Wind to steer White Eagle. He didn’t forget that he had been driven to the brink of death by a single strike from the barbarian king.

He would have invested in agility, but this wasn’t a game. To In-gong, this was all reality.

Vandal was a rather arduous opponent for In-gong. In order to win against such an opponent, he needed to gamble. In-gong strengthened his weakness and endured Vandal’s hit instead of evading.

The result was a great success.

Moreover, it wasn’t just his defense. He had done it without activating the quad-core he shared with Caitlin. It was a true blend of aura and magic. It was still incomplete, but he was sure the direction he was moving in wasn’t wrong. It was in the distant future, but he would someday be able to add divine power and psychic power as well.

“Your eyes are burning with ambition again.”

Carack laughed at In-gong.

“It is that obvious?”

“It is obvious. It is just burning.”

Carack said with a smirk before looking at In-gong’s condition again. Thanks to Felicia using recovery magic while she cried, In-gong’s injuries were already better. The problem was the excessive use of aura and the exhaustion of his spirit.

It was at that moment that Carack got up suddenly. He looked at someone large who was approaching from a distance.

“Prince, it is General Vandal.”

In-gong also saw Vandal in the mini-map. Dressed in leather pants, Vandal entered into In-gong’s tent and sat down next to the entrance.

“Prince.”

“You came.”

In-gong was lying down. Looking at their appearances, Vandal was the winner and In-gong was the loser.

However, In-gong was the victor of the battle. Vandal touched his belly and said.

“That was a nice blow. My stomach hurts even now.”

“My whole body is hurting.”

Vandal laughed at In-gong’s words. Then he looked In-gong up and down and said,

“As Prince knows, I am an advanced general of the Demon King’s Palace. It is a position that I can’t just leave.”

The ten advanced generals of the Demon King’s Palace were pillars which maintained the army. It wasn’t a place that just anyone could rise to or simply quit after having attained it.

“But if Prince ever calls, I will run to Prince.”

Vandal said in a gentle voice, before turning his head and coughing suddenly.

“Really. I’ve never spoken like this to anyone, even females.”

Carack refrained from laughing, while In-gong smiled calmly and waited for Vandal’s next words.

Vandal sighed and looked back at In-gong.

“But I have to say it. I want to fight with Prince. I want to run behind Prince once more.”

It wasn’t just because In-gong had won against Vandal. Vandal had already had the idea before today’s spar.

“On that day… I thought so when I saw Prince’s back. I decided so.”

That day, he had been ready to die. Then at that moment, he saw the back of a king.

“It is tricky. Will this be enough?”

Vandal turned his attention to In-gong, who understood Vandal’s thoughts. In-gong forced his body upwards and said,

“It is more than enough. Then, I will appoint you.”

Carack helped In-gong stand in front of Vandal, who naturally bowed to In-gong. Due to his size, Vandal was still eye-level with In-gong, but that didn’t matter.

In-gong stretched out his hands toward Vandal…

And Vandal was appointed as the fifth knight.

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Zephyr raised his head and looked toward the south-east. He felt a pain in his heart, but it was just a short pain.

There was a hellish scene before Zephyr. Hundreds of bodies were on the ground, and the bodies were all destroyed.

Zephyr felt the movement of magic power. It was a magic which insulted the living and harassed the dead. Even shattered body parts were joined together again.

All of it was flowing from the heart of one man on the ground. The man, whose legs had been cut off by Zephyr, was still breathing naturally.

Necromancer Sektum…

The name was unknown, but Zephyr wasn’t stupid enough to miss the jewel before him.

Zephyr stood in front of Sektum, who had pale blonde hair and a pale face. Sektum’s blue eyes were filled with horror and terror toward Zephyr.

Zephyr stabbed a knife each in both of Sektum’s shoulders. Then he forcefully inscribed the subordinate magic on the forehead of Sektum, who thrashed and moaned with pain. It was a somewhat rough method, but it couldn’t be helped since he had no time.

After completely subduing Sektum, Zephyr looked toward the north. He could feel gazes looking at him from ridiculously far away.

Death and War…

There were things which could not be expressed.

Zephyr raised his sword and filled it with magic power. He blocked the eyes which were looking at him from a distance and lifted Sektum with telekinesis.

Once again, he looked toward the south-east.