Chapter 137 (2/2)
If more than ten people had cone after Gordon Rohan, then that meant more than twenty awakeners had participated in this scheme, when added to those that were present here.
Fighting more than 20 S-Rank awakeners was quite a feat, even for Gordan Rohan. So, he must’ve entered the finals heavily injured back when he fought in the Ranking Wars.
Smirk-
A smirk slowly spread over Su-hyeun’s lips.
That reaction, which didn’t suit the current situation at all, caused the confidence on Stjepan and his fellow European awakeners to slip.
“What’s so damn funny?”
“I don’t know whether you’re all too stupid, or maybe I looked easier to you lot, but….”
“What was that?”
“If you were trying to beat both of us, you shouldn’t have divided your group, but attacked us one at a time.”
Of course, Su-hyeun could understand their mindset. They probably figured that around ten should be enough. They could’ve thought that, no matter how strong he was, he wouldn’t be able to do much against ten S-Ranks at the same time.
Unfortunately…
“You asked me what’s so funny, right?”
Hiiiss….
The silhouette of a gigantic snake suddenly rose up behind Su-hyeun. The third eye opening on his forehead scanned the ten awakeners like a predator observing its prey.
“Let’s find out.”
Gulp-
Stjepan stared at Su-hyeun’s third eye and gulped.
The atmosphere changed in an instant.
The feeling he got was completely different from what he got while watching through the display screens. They all thought this strong of a combat force would be enough, judging from Su-hyeun’s battle against Thomas, but now, it seemed that they have made the wrong decision.
“Everyone, don’t let your guard down,” said Stjepan.
“We know.”
“Goddammit, was it a mistake to volunteer for this job instead of the other one?”
Stjepan’s head was full of thoughts of picking the ‘wrong address’.
Step, step-
In the meantime, Su-hyeun began closing in gradually.
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Swish, swoosh-
A sharp, deadly blade and an arrow flew in from both sides. Gordon Rohan used his spear to deflect the invisible blade and grabbed the arrow with his bare hand.
Crack-
Ka-boom-!
The moment he gripped the arrow hard and broke it, a large explosion went off from the projectile.
Flap-
Gordon Rohan’s figure stepped outside the thick dust. Other than his dust-covered wings looking ever so slightly scorched, there were no visible injuries on him.
The awakener responsible for firing the arrow cried out in sheer shock. “He got hit but endured it no problem?! Hurry up and trap him!!”
Pahk, pah-bahbahbahbahk-
Giiii-iiiing-
When one of the awakeners extended his hands forward, pure-white rings of light wrapped around and confined Gordon Rohan. The preparations must’ve been made beforehand, because the composition of the magic was quite sturdy.
Gordon Rohan staggered briefly, before grabbing the rings of light confining him with his bare hand. “How annoying…”
Wuduk, wududuk-
Thud-
The rings around his body were instantly shattered. To think that he didn’t even need to use his spear, but just his bare hand was enough to cancel another’s skill.
Such a thing was impossible without possessing an absolute, overwhelming might.
The awakener pouring all of his power to maintain those rings of light spat out cuss words like a scream. “Crazy son of a…!”
He couldn’t believe it. He really did think that he should be able to restrict Gordon Rohan’s movements, at least a little bit.
In the meantime, three other awakeners closed in on Gordon Rohan’s position.
Spin-
At the same time, the spear in his hand began spinning around in circles. The weapon spun hundreds, thousands of times in an instant before abruptly changing direction to point at the incoming trio.
“If you don’t want to die, dodge.”
“…!”
Flash-!
The moment Gordon Rohan’s spear emitted bright light…
Kwa-kwaa-booooom-!
An incredible amount of magical energy exploded from the tip of the weapon. The awakener running at the front of the pack got swept away in the storm before being torn to bloody bits and pieces.
Splaaash-!
Tumble, drop-
The other two hurriedly jumped out of the way and looked on with incredulous, disbelieving expressions.
The spear strike was strong enough to easily cross the massive arena. He didn’t even use any particular skill, either. No, he just decisively wielded the magical energy gathered in the tip of his weapon, that was all.
“What are you all so surprised for?”
“Wha….”
Stab-
The awakener felt a chilling sensation and hurriedly looked back, only for Gordon Rohan’s spear to stab him in the head.
“Urhk-”
“Come on now. You’re making it too easy for me to kill you, looking away like that.”
Splat-!
The spear was yanked out from his head. Gordon Rohan shook the blood off his white spear and glanced at his own chest. Although very small, a bloodstain was forming there. He also felt a bit of a stinging sensation, so it must’ve been his own.
<< When did I get cut? >>
It seemed that he had dodged something sharp without consciously realizing it. He told himself to be more careful next time and scratched his head.
“H-hey, he’s much stronger than we’ve been told!”
“Will all of us be enough?”
Attacks raining down on Gordon Rohan lurched to a temporary halt. The attackers were beginning to think that the first one of them to jump in would certainly die. Two of their number had already been killed rather easily so far.
Adel was thinking the same thing.
<< Looks like we’ll need help from the other team. >>
It was a mistake to split their combat force in two in order to fight against Su-hyeun and Gordon Rohan.
For things like this, they needed help from Stjepan and the other nine awakeners that went to deal with the South Korean.
<< Request additional support, and buy some time to…. >>
Just as Adel reached into his breast pocket…
Vrrrr, vrrrr, vrrrr-
A small stone resting in there began vibrating first.
Adel’s brows shot up. It was the signal device that both teams shared, but it…
<< It can’t be? >>
That incoming signal—it signified that the other group also needed support, right now.