Chapter 212 Philosopher’s Stone (5) (1/2)
[All restorations are complete.]
[All the locks on the stage have been opened. The trial is restarting.]
After the general message that the restoration of the 23rd floor was finished popped up, all the Guardians left the stage, patting each other’s backs.
And in a barren, empty field, a hand suddenly burst out from the red sand.
“Damn…..”
The Bow God Jang Wei slowly rose from the ground with a grimace. How much time had passed? He hurt all over.
As he stood up, things that looked like flesh dropped to the ground. They were the corpses of the monsters he used to protect himself.
While he had been chasing after Yeon-woo, he ended up on the 23rd floor, where he was suddenly put in a dangerous situation because of Agares and Hermes’s descent.
Even though he was an apostle of Yi Ye, because he hadn’t received a blessing at the moment, he was helplessly swept away from the power of the two supernatural beings. He was like a shrimp swept up in a battle of whales.
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So to protect himself, not only did he summon monsters, he fell into a comatose state hiding his body underground.
If he was going to die anyway, he would rather die painlessly. Also, he was relatively used to these kinds of situations compared to the other players.
Thankfully, Yi Ye seemed to have graced him, so Jang Wei was able to escape without any severe injuries. He was weaker, but if he got enough rest, it would be fine.
Jang Wei opened a subspace, grabbing a piece of jerky. He needed to get a grasp on the situation first.
Fortunately, Agares and Hermes’s presences seemed to be gone. However, with everything completely different, it wouldn’t be easy to chase after the Hoarder.
‘Then where should I go?’
Just then, Jang Wei was able to feel a gigantic portal opening somewhere in the distance with his sensitive senses. It was near the start zone.
Was it a team sent to judge the situation after the 23rd floor was opened again? It seemed like the Blood Land and the Elohim were mixed among them. There were also a presence that was similar to Jang Wei.
‘Marquis Caliburn.’
One of the many swords of the Blood Land.
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‘Didn’t the Hoarder meet with the Blood Land near De Roy lake, and the Elohim was heading in that direction?’
If he used them, wouldn’t he be able to catch the Hoarder? Jang Wei rubbed his lip with his thumb and slowly headed towards the start zone.
But…..
Jang Wei stopped mid-step.
A horde was quickly leaving the start zone and heading towards his exact direction.
They were all emitting a piercing murderous intent. Because they didn’t have the presence of humans, Jang Wei was immediately able to realize who they were.
“…..The One-horned tribe.”
Did they find out he killed Yanu? But he had cleaned up the corpse. Multiple questions pop up in his head, but he couldn’t stay still, so he raised the Four Cardinal Directions Bow in his hand.
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[Yanu died.]
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The One-horned tribe had been flipped upside down from the words of the Psychic Medium.
“Yanu? Why so suddenly?”
The Martial King’s face hardened. Yanu hadn’t even been participating in a war as a mercenary. He had been on his way to go ask something from Henova, so why did he die?
But the godly powers of the Psychic Medium didn’t lie. Especially since Yanu was once a candidate to succeed the Psychic Medium, she would immediately know if he died.
[I don’t know the details. However, what I can see is…..the smell of burning, blood, iron…..a bow and arrow, and things like monsters. That child died extremely painfully. Horrifyingly.]
The Martial King ground his teeth. A child he cherished had died. This was a challenge to him, and a provocation towards the tribe. It was something that shouldn’t have happened.
A member of the One-horned tribe couldn’t just die on the street. They may die on the battlefield. Getting injured from participating in a war as a mercenary was also something that could happen. That was the pride of the tribe and its tradition.
However, an honorable death that no one recognized wasn’t allowed.
In the scenario that something like that happened, the One-horned tribe would get revenge. And eliminate everything around the killer. That was also a tradition of the tribe.
Then, another thought occurred to him.
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If Edora, who cared greatly about Yanu, found out, how would she feel? So he needed to find the murderer as fast as he could.
“Bring that guy. In front of me.”
With the Martial King’s command, an attacking team was quickly assembled. The Psychic Medium judged that the killer was a high ranker, so two Elders were included to thoroughly capture whoever it was.
And the attacking team quickly started to chase after the criminal’s footsteps.
After they investigated the surroundings of Yanu’s death, they were able to find out that the method in which Yanu was killed was similar to that of the Bow God of Cheonghwado.
There were traces left of the guy trying to clean up after himself, but the path of the Arrow of Light wasn’t completely erased.
From then, they started to search for the Bow God, and they were able to confirm that he headed towards the 23rd floor.
They began to worry that he might be targeting Yeon-woo’s party, which was also on the 23rd floor.
But by then, the stage had already been in ruins from Agares and Hermes, so entrance onto the stage was forbidden.
And the moment the stage was reopened, the attacking team immediately entered, and rushed after the location of the Bow God. There was no one who could hide from the eyes of the Psychic Medium and the feet of the tribe.
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Kwakwakwang—
The battle began as soon as they collided.
Jang Wei had already known that the attacking team was heading towards him. He knew that words couldn’t stop them, so he decided to attack first.
He had also thought of running away. All that mattered to Jang Wei was winning. Retreating and falling back weren’t bad options for the long run.
But even if he ran away, the chase from the One-horned tribe wouldn’t stop, and it would be easier to run away once he decreased their numbers a bit.
Jang Wei hid between a large Demon Tree and poured out arrows when the attacking team arrived.
The moment he exploded the power that Yi Ye had given him, the Arrow of Light split into tens of fragments and covered the heads of the attacking team.
“Spread out!”
But the attacking team had already been expecting Jang Wei, and the 15 members of the team quickly moved according to the orders of the Elder.
“Gather!”
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And with the orders of another Elder, they drew a circle around Jang Wei and ran at him.
Pababat!
Jang Wei put 5 Sojeungs on the arrow and shot them at the ground this time.
Kwakwang!
When he did, a cloud of dust floated up in the air and blinded the attacking team. Jang Wei jumped above them and consecutively shot Sojeungs at the dust cloud.
Pubububung!
Hundreds of Arrows of Light pierced through the dust cloud.
After that, smaller explosions continued to explode and the restored forest began to be destroyed again.
Then, fire shot up in front of Jang Wei. The clothes of the two Elders who had been giving orders to the attacking team were now rags.
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But their flaming eyes were focused on Jang Wei.
Kwakwakwa—
The three collided with each other in the air. Despite the combined efforts of the two Elders, Jang Wei easily blocked their attacks. He specialized in long range attacks, but he still had experience with martial arts as well.
Kwang!
They were forced apart from each other because of a large explosion.
Jang Wei lightly moved his body back and landed on the top of the Demon Trees nearby. As he did, he scoffed at the two Elders across from him.
“And they praised the One-horned tribe so much. Is this it? White Horse King and Black Ship Soldier. You’re only staining the tribe’s name.”
The faces of the elders hardened. The short White Horse King and the long-limbed, stick-like Black Ship Soldier were famous for conquering the Tower together.