Chapter 244 (2/2)
Soon, the number of Lichs that showed up in this manner reached several hundred. These monsters had emerged with the Lich King from the indigo-colored dungeon earlier.
Not only that…
Kiii-aaaah—!
Krrrrr—
Howls resounded out from the skies above.
Su-hyeun raised his head to discover five dragons flying in toward his location while spitting out black flames out of their maws. They were Bone Dragons that were roughly similar to what Herrels had commanded back then.
The Lich King quipped, “In that case, I guess this qualifies as turning the already turned table.”
The overall number of the undead army had shot up much greater than before. It seemed that the Lich King had summoned all of the undead armies dispersed throughout the state of California to their location.
To top it all off, even the Lichs that had spread out to the rest of the United States of America had gathered back in that spot as well. Even the most powerful undead the Lich King commanded, the Bone Dragons, had been summoned.
With that, his entire army had assembled.
Su-hyeun looked at Gordon and asked, “Can you still fight?”
Gordon looked around himself in confusion before asking back. “Were you speaking to me just now?”
“If it’s not you, who else could I have been talking to?”
“Oh, I didn’t know because you were spouting something preposterous. Of course, I can.”
Although Gordon was acting all tough, he was already in a heavily exhausted state. He had to use a skill powerful enough to penetrate through the Lich King’s barrier, so it was no wonder that he ended up spending a massive amount of his magical energy reserve.
Despite that, Gordon still held formidable war potential. He could still fight on if he had a little bit of magical energy or stamina remaining.
“I’m not asking you to do any more than…” Su-hyeun pointed at the Bone Dragons attacking his Ouroboros and continued, “To bring those dragons down.”
“Okay.”
“I’ll leave it to you, then.”
After leaving those words behind, Su-hyeun dashed toward the Lich King. The latter watched him instantly close up their distance and snapped his bony fingers.
Snap—
[Hellfire]
Ruuumble, pa-pa-pang—!
Pitch-black flames exploded in front of Su-hyeun’s flight path.
The flames were summoned directly from the depths of hell itself, and the Lich King only needed to snap his fingers to activate the most powerful spell within the fire magic class.
Fwoooosh—
Su-hyeun readily evaded the flames and flew up by activating “Leap.” The Lich King chuckled softly and raised his head to stare at Su-hyeun. “Were you surprised by that?”
Snap—
Ruuuumble—
Reddish-black flames began swirling around the Lich King, and then, as if they were living things, began writhing around and coalescing into a gigantic mass.
“A true god should have enough powers to rule over the world all by himself. Did you take me for a mere dark magician capable of only commanding the undead?”
Ruuumble—
Giiii-aaaah—!
The flames gathered as one and formed a massive silhouette right above the Lich King’s head.
It was a monster with two giant horns and a face that resembled that of a dragon. It was an existence that could legitimately be considered as the top dog within the dark magic’s branch of summoning arts—a creature referred to as the demon king in some worlds, the Balrog.
Su-hyeun patted away the burning flames on his body. These licks of fire didn’t want to disappear and remained on him, but his hands still managed to quickly put them out.
The flames might be gone, but the stifling heat still caused his body to feel numb. The Hellfire the Lich King brought to life was on a completely different realm compared to those used by other Lichs.
“It would have been dangerous if I entered there,” Su-hyeun thought.
If he dashed in a little deeper, he could have been swallowed up by the Balrog summoned from the flames of hell.
Su-hyeun recognized the fact that he had acted too rashly out of all the urgency he felt and calmed his mind. Then, he began enveloping himself with skills one after another.
[Indomitable Body]
[Spirit’s Grace]
[Armor of the Mage]
[Sky King’s Feather]
[Reflect]
Giiii-iiing—
Layers of skills enveloped Su-hyeun’s surroundings. At the same time, his figure flew straight toward the Balrog’s mouth.
“What an idiotic…”
Witnessing that sight, the Lich King became somewhat flustered, but he quickly roused up even more vicious magical energy through his hands.
The Balrog he had summoned was an existence that lived inside the flames of hell, but Su-hyeun had dashed straight toward such a creature’s face.
Without a doubt, his body would melt away the moment he touched the monster.
Fwoosh—!
Su-hyeun dove straight into the flames exploding from the Balrog’s maw. As the Lich King looked on, he thought that the battle would come to an end quite soon.
He didn’t believe that a human would be able to survive inside that hellish fire.
Unfortunately…
Stab, stab—
Kah-aaaaaah—!
What resounded soon after was the Balrog’s screams instead.
The stunned Lich King quickly fixed his gaze on the Balrog’s head. The creature had closed both of its pitch-black eyes and shook its head about in great distress.
“Isn’t that…?” the Lich King suspected quietly.
A spear and a sword were stabbed into the Balrog’s eyes.
Not only was Su-hyeun not dead, but he even stabbed the monster in the eyes. A blink later, his figure flashed before the Lich King’s nose.
“…!”
To think that this human would stupidly break through such flames with his own body. That was truly a stupendous level of magic resistance.
Only then did the Lich King notice all the skills currently surrounding Su-hyeun, as well as the armor he was wearing.
“This unsophisticated…!” the Lich King thought.
Grit—
The Lich King gave up on suppressing Su-hyeun now that the distance between them had narrowed down too much and instead strengthened his barrier even further.
It was the absolute protective barrier that would never break unless the entire undead army had been defeated. Not only that, but Su-hyeun also didn’t possess a skill that had an overwhelming destructive power like that of Gordon Rohan.
But then, right at that moment…
Split—
Giiii-iiiing—
A third eye opened up on Su-hyeun’s forehead.
[Third Eye – Neutralization]
A gigantic magical power began devouring the barrier cast around the Lich King.
It was only for a brief moment, but a hole opened up in the barrier. Its protective effects were gradually disappearing because of the “neutralization” skill.
“My magic, it’s…!”
Something far tougher than casting magic was canceling his magic spell. The Lich King was referred to as the one who attained the pinnacle of magic once upon a time, so naturally, he couldn’t believe that someone actually managed to cancel his magic despite just witnessing it so clearly.
“Surprised?”
Whoosh—
And through the open gap of the barrier, Su-hyeun’s fist rapidly flew in.
Smash—!