Chapter 331: The Battle of Styx 2 (1/2)
Everyone in the Gullveig Alliance’s command center was flabbergasted.
Dead… Mei Ling was dead, with her head crushed and disfigured some more. That was a pitiful death for the Heavenly Queen of the North, the leader of the Gullveig Alliance.
Pat, pat. Saturnus brushed the blood and cranial fluid off his hands apathetically. He didn’t show any other movements.
“From now on.” He declared. “I, Saturnus, the Emperor of Lunacy and Night, shall take over this place.”
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Banggggg!
In the middle of his flight, Kang Chul-In was surprised to read a notification.
[Syncing Ectoplasm Oversuit… 13% (Approximately 521 hours, 21 minutes, 21 seconds left)]
This mysterious suit had yet to sync completely with Kang Chul-In.
Nonetheless...
[Muscle strength, 75% increase!]
[Stamina, 64% increase!]
[Reaction speed, 33% increase!]
[Defense power, 16% increase!]
[Anti-Magic power, 16% increase!]
His main abilities were upgraded significantly, and they kept rising proportionally to the sync percentage. At this rate, nothing could stop Kang Chul-In when the sync was complete. He would truly be the strongest man alive.
In addition...
Sonic Ring.
It was about time for the cormorant to fetch him the item that would complete the Trinity Impact set. With that, Kang Chul-In would have the power to even kill a god.
Come, Brynhildr.
Kang Chul-In believed firmly that the white knight would appear in front of him. He had to. Brynhildr would also have realized that this battle was the last chance for him to stop Kang Chul-In!
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Meanwhile, as Kang Chul-In commenced his battle on both the Khartoum river and the land, so did the battle to conquer the Styx fortress.
“Men…!”
Lucia bellowed.
“Chargeeeeee!”
Immediately,
“Let’s go!”
“Let’s defeat the enemy!”
“Let’s show them our strength!”
“For Valhalla!”
“For His Majesty, the Supreme King of the West!”
The strongest army in Pangaea began to charge towards the port city.
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“H-He’s coming…!”
“He’s flying…?”
“What the shit…!”
“The Supreme King of the West… he can fly… so it was really true?”
The Gullveig Alliance’s navy soldiers fell into a trance when they saw Kang Chul-In approaching from far. How could a man fly?
He wasn’t riding on anything, nor did he use any magic…
Get yourselves together!
Suddenly, the Gullveig Alliance’s fleet admiral shouted through the magic-engineered loudspeaker.
He is our enemy! Fire!
“No. 1 cannon, ready!” “No. 2 cannon, ready!” “No. 3 cannon, ready!” “No. 4 cannon, ready!” “No. 5 cannon, ready!”
The cannons charged almost instantaneously.
“Fire!” Tens of cannons fired energy balls at Kang Chul-In.
However,
“A-All miss…! We can’t hit him!” Someone shouted.
He was right. None of the energy balls landed on Kang Chul-In, but it wasn’t because he dodged them.
Instead, the massive amount of mana surrounding his body acted as a barrier, fending off the raining bombs.
...!”
Even the Gullveig Alliance’s fleet admiral was astonished. The cannons didn’t work? Then there wasn’t a way to stop Kang Chul-In from boarding their battleship. That would be catastrophic. Kang Chul-In was the strongest and most devilish man in Pangaea. A battleship would crumble into pieces the moment they allowed him onboard.
Meanwhile, Valhalla’s Trinidad fleet approached the Gullveig Alliance warships at an alarming speed. The Trinidad fleet comprised wooden battleships that were shaped like pencils, as they lacked a deck.
Wooden warships… We shall ignore those insignificant things...
The fleet admiral began to brainstorm rapidly.
What matters are the Trident fleet and the Supreme King of the West…!
How much damage could those wooden battleships inflict? They didn’t even carry any cannons. Instead, they seemed to carry soldiers to get them to board the enemy warships. It was an amusing thought. The Gullveig Alliance’s battleships weren’t the best, but they were built with steel and equipped with magic-engineered engines. All they had to do was run the wooden battleships over.
All cannons, aim at the Trident battleships!
The Gullveig Alliance’s fleet admiral ignored the Trinidad battleships and decided to attack the Valhalla Kingdom’s main force.
Furthermore...
Underwater Chimera army, stop the Supreme King of the West!
He deployed the Gullveig Alliance’s biological weapon.
Kyaaaaakkk! Keeeee…! Hiss!
The Chimeras emerged from the depths of the Khartoum river. It was a disturbing and detestable scene, but at the same time it was also a sight to behold. It was rare to see hundreds of underwater chimeras leap out from the water and into the air!
Small fries.
Kang Chul-In laughed. Even the horrifying Hydro Serpent had turned into sashimi in his hands. Those chimeras could do nothing against him. It seemed like the Gullveig Alliance’s navy force was sub-par in both the past and the present.
Flick! Kang Chul-In whipped out Kaiforce.
Ssssss…! Dark mana began to precipitate around the sword.
“Hell Road, activate.”
Kaiforce’s true ability began to reveal itself.
Ssssss…! A curtain of black mist began to envelop the Khartoum riverbed.
Urgh…!
Let’s… go… let’s… go...
Come here… here...
It’s so cold… cold...
Unfair… unfair…! It’s unfair…!
Tens of thousands of Chimeras! Countless apparitions crawled above the water surface and began to grab onto the Chimeras.
W-What are those!
The fleet admiral nearly shat in his pants.
What the hell was going on? Tens of thousands of apparitions in the middle of the day?
“G-Ghosts!”
“Don’t come…! Don’t come! I said don’t come!”
They even grabbed onto the Gullveig Alliance’s soldiers by their legs. They were evidently trying to drag them into the river!
Styx is a river of sorrows; millions of soldiers would have died here over the years.
Kang Chul-In could recall the Emperor of Blood and Iron’s memory. Regardless of when, Styx was constantly plagued with battles like Esmeralda. It was a good place to utilize the [Hell Road] ability.