Chapter 54 (1/2)
Chapter 54: Rise in War Capabilities (1)
The inside of the room was quiet for a moment.
Not all of them were killed by Kang-jun but the sovereigns waiting at the resurrection gem were afraid of him.
This was training. While the red moon was up, they couldn’t kill each other. But someday in the future, they were bound to encounter each other.
The sovereigns’ fate!
They feared being defeated by Sovereign Lucan and being dragged to hell.
Then Heksia clapped and said.
“Hohoho! Don’t be shaken by something like this. It is just the beginning. In the future there will be many unlucky sovereigns among you.”
She continued.
“Have you forgotten? You have the ability to become stronger as you fight monsters and win.”
The eyes of the sovereigns were revived.
That’s right.
They knew they could become stronger through levelling up.
In the meantime, they had avoided direct combat and only moved the troops. Therefore, the thought of fighting started to fascinate them.
In particular, the eyes of Zenith, Hardis and Avia who were killed by Kang-jun were filled with desire.
‘Lucan! If I don’t defeat him then I will be the one dying.’
‘Euh! It is really unbelievable. What type of skill did he get to become so strong?’
‘Bah! You were lucky, Lucan. Next time I will win.’
Kang-jun inwardly laughed as he watched the sovereigns’ reaction
It was difficult for the other sovereigns because they hadn’t been interested in fighting monsters to raise their level.
But thanks to Heksia’s words, the sovereigns were filled with fighting spirit.
The people who used money to raise troops were determined to fight the monsters directly.
Of course, it didn’t matter.
Kang-jun had no intention of coming second to any of them.
Then Heksia turned towards Kang-jun and smiled.
“Sovereign Lucan, you won. As promised, you will be rewarded.”
[You have earned 50 red moon achievement points.]
[Red Moon Achievement Points: 150]
As she said, Kang-jun’s official points had increased by 50 to 150 points.
At that moment, a new mission appeared in front of Kang-jun.
[Mission 11] Gain 300 red moon achievement points.
-Compensation: Experience, 4,000 nodes, 30 small moonstones.
The mission this time was to gain a certain amount of points.
300 points.
It was possible if he achieved 150 more points in the future.
Heksia gazed at Kang-jun and declared.
“Sovereign Lucan! Until the next battle, you will be the total sovereign of this army.”
“Total sovereign?”
“It means you will be the leader of the sovereigns. Of course, it is just a formality so you don’t have to worry about it. Unless I tell you otherwise, most of the battles can be considered individual ones.”
“I see.”
The expressions of the sovereigns at the resurrection jewel distorted. Despite it being a formality, they found it hard to accept Kang-jun as their leader.
However, they couldn’t complain since he won.
It was training but Kang-jun was the winner and they were defeated.
They couldn’t grumble outright.
“Now that you have finished the training, shall we go practice? Before that, I have to tell you one thing.”
Heksia took something out from her pocket.
It was a small stone that shone red like a ruby.
“Sometimes you will be able to get a moonstone that looks like this when hunting the troops of the Second Demon King. If you bring this to the army headquarters, a small moonstone will give one point. A large one will give three achievement points.”
The eyes of the sovereigns shone.
Moonstone!
They could get achievement points by exchanging the stones.
In the world of the red moon, achievement points were equivalent to their lives.
More achievement points would give bigger rewards, making it likely that they would become a foundation in the real world.
They should obtain lots of moonstones!
In order to do that, they had to kill many monsters!
The eyes of the sovereigns were burning.
Heksia nodded at the sovereigns.
“Excellent. If you maintain that attitude until the end then the red moon will be a great opportunity.”
Then she chanted a spell.
Chu chu chu.
At that moment, a magic circle appeared in the centre of the room. Heksia’s eyes lit up.
“Now we will go and fight directly with the Second Demon King’s men. Are you ready?”
Kang-jun simply nodded. The other sovereigns were tense but approached the magic circle that would move them to the battlefield.
The battle wouldn’t be a training exercise so their competitive spirit started burning.
Heksia smiled.
“Then we will now move to the battlefield. Everyone enter the circle.”
As soon as her words were over, the 40 sovereigns including Kang-jun entered the circle.
Hwaaak! Hwaaaack!
The magic circle glowed and they were moved somewhere else.
“Kikikiki!”
“Ggeug ggeug ggeug!”
What was this eerie laughter?
After being moved by the magic circle, he saw a red resurrection gem similar to the one at the army headquarters.
The gem was surrounded by a giant shield that stretched out dozens of metres around it, and the area was crawling with dozens of monsters with tentacles.
Their heights varied from three metres to 10 metres.
Kwang! Kwa kwang!
Dudududu. Kukukukwang!
The tentacles struck the shield and the space shook.
There were approximately 100 tentacle monsters.
The sovereigns sensed right away that the monsters were their enemies. Most of the people filled with fighting spirit stiffened.
On the other hand, Kang-jun was detached.
They looked similar to Kajel. He had already dealt with it once so he knew what to do.
‘They look weaker than Kajel.’
Of course, that was their individual attack power. It would be dangerous for Kang-jun to fight 100 tentacle monsters.
However, he wasn’t alone. There were 40 sovereigns.
Heksia turned to them and said.
“I will reduce the range of the rear shield for a while. After that, the battle will begin. Brace yourselves. If you get caught in their tentacles then it will be the end.”
Even without her words, the sovereigns were looking at the tentacle monsters with a wary look.
It was like fighting monsters with dozens of arms. Some of them would prefer fighting an ogre or minotaur.