Chapter 56 (1/2)

“When were we expected to return?”

“Tomorrow.”

“We’re screwed.”

After a brief exchange, Ryu Hyunsung and Chu Youngjin tightly closed their mouths once again. Heavy breaths leaked out from the gaps of their lips.

Ppiiiiii~ Bang!

Red and yellow fireworks were exploding behind them.

Bang!

They exploded next to them as well.

Bang!

This time, one exploded in front of them. They were quite pretty.

Ryu Hyunsung’s eyes were tightly closed. He activated ‘Mind’s Eye’ to its limits which dyed his whole body in a blue tinge before disappearing. The reason why his lips were blue wasn’t due to Mind’s Eye but because of extreme exhaustion. It was also due to the fact they were being pushed to a corner.

Thump!

Ryu Hyunsung suddenly changed his direction.

Rumble!

Chu Youngjin let out a rumbling sound and followed behind him. Chu Youngjin’s face was haggard as well.

“This won’t work. We have to give up escaping through the gate.”

Ryu Hyunsung explained as he tried to calm his haggard breathing. Chu Youngjin only listened.

“Even those who are based in the cities are coming after us. Breaking through that is impossible with our current Stamina. Instead, we support each other and head for the targeted whirlpool.”

“… You want to pa.s.s through unexplored lands? Is there even a chance of us meeting our main troops?”

“That, no one knows. We don’t even know whether it’s a traversable distance or whether we’re even going in the right direction in the first place. Still, if we continue like this, it’s certain death. We need to look at other possibilities.”

“Well… It might be better to die by the hands of monsters than by those b.a.s.t.a.r.ds.”

Chu Youngjin agreed coolly.

“Okay… If we succeed, we make history, if we fail, it’ll still be better than dying here.”

When he thought of it that way, he felt a little better.

A day had pa.s.sed since they started their escape. Yet, the encirclement was only getting tighter. An endless number of enemies appeared and blocked their path, making them run in circles, unable to advance any further. To be honest, individually the enemies were lacking and it was possible for them to pa.s.s them in a pinch, but the real problem was something else.

The one who was known to be the strongest under the Sovereign of Dark Secrets’s command, the Cruel Killing Sword Ye Long, and his personal guards.

As they were truly strong, Chu Youngjin and Ryu Hyunsung didn’t have confidence facing them. If they were slightly delayed by small fries, Ye Long and the personal guards would be right on their tail, and thus, they even had to flee from opponents who were weaker than them.

Ppiiiiii~ Bang!

This time, a signal flare was shot near them. Ryu Hyunsung looked back and sighed.

“Haa… It’s them again.”

If the Berserker’s unique method of utilizing karma was added to their 3-star stats, they could run with the speed of sportscars. However, Ye Long and the personal guards weren’t any slower. Currently, they were even faster because of the superiority in Stamina. They who were quite distant from them had, at some point, almost caught up to them.

“Just where did they get those… Sovereign of Dark Secrets. He’s quite a skilled fellow.”

The object that Ryu Hyunsung was complaining about were the ankle brackets Ye Long and the personal guards had.

Ring! Ring!

The karma resonated with the clear sound of xylophones as the object allowed them to fly as if they were on hoverboards. As it had a device that would change the karma that you injected into it into energy that was specialized for transportation, it allowed you to reduce your karma consumption while maximizing your speed. It even possessed a separate ability that could store a bit of your karma as well.

Since they caught up to Ryu Hyunsung and Chu Youngjin, who simply relied on their skills for their speed, with equipment, Ryu Hyunsung and Chu Youngjin would obviously tire faster. They were already in a disadvantageous situation as they were being chased… This was really a difficult difference to make up for.

If they didn’t have Void Wave, they would have already been captured.

“… We’ll attack them first!”

Since they were already near them, they had no way to break apart from them with simply speed. Ryu Hyunsung turned at the right moment. Due to his rotation, he was able to instantly reduce his forward momentum.

Cras.h.!.+

He kicked the ground and shot between the ones who were chasing him. Ryu Hyunsung went left while Chu Youngjin went right.

“Gak! Spread out!”

As they had already fallen for this a few times, the enemies began to scatter after understanding Ryu Hyunsung’s intentions. However, since Ryu Hyunsung and Chu Youngjin relied on their bodies instead of equipment, they were able to change their direction faster than them.

“Void Wave!”

Void Wave had now become a representative skill of the Berserkers. When this resonance swept past the enemies’ equipment, they would momentarily stop functioning.

Their momentum suddenly vanished, but, like the elites they were, none of them rolled on the floor.

Thud!

They lightly kicked the ground and once again targeted Ryu Hyunsung and Chu Youngjin. Of course-

“Breakaway! Breakaway!”

-The two didn’t face them. If they ran at full speed, they couldn’t catch up without the help of the devices.

Ye Long clicked his tongue as he saw them get further and further away. How many times had it been… He couldn’t help but acknowledge their swiftness that made them suffer over and over again even when they knew they were coming.