Chapter 24 Part6 (2/2)
”You might be right. I can't keep up with that. The genre's completely different.”
”What did I tell you?”
They watched the battle between the two forces whilst resting and relaxing the overwhelming tension from gathering the mob from the past few hours.
The difference in strength due to the level disparity was clear, but Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's Command and Instigate skills were still being used. Actually, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's troops were starting to win, bit by bit! Perhaps his skill in commanding was even better than the Undead Commander, Count Nellopa, who possessed the Commander karma.
”What exactly have you guys been doing...?”
”You saw a bit of it before when you were with us, didn't you?”
Then again, this was Lee s.h.i.+n Woo, who had split apart an army and caused them to self-destruct. If she thought back to that, it wasn't really that surprising that Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had commandeered an entire army to fight against another army.
”It seems like he's gotten a lot stronger too.”
”Actually, his increase in strength is a lot more p.r.o.nounced than these other abilities. He's been fusing skills...”
”Fusing skills... It must be tough travelling alongside a monster like that...”
”Don't call my partner a monster.”
”Oh...?”
She'd thought that they'd completely reconciled by now, but it seemed like they were still at odds. Kratia pondered whether or not she should say anything at this point and her lips parted, but she ultimately decided to change topics. Not to mention that there was something that was bothering her.
”Are you sure you've stopped one of the 12 generals from coming?”
”Seems that way.”
”The seniors I met before told me go unnoticed in the level 3 danger zones. That I shouldn't make a fuss, and if I did, a big shot would show up.”
”I feel like it's been several hours since s.h.i.+n Woo started making a fuss.”
”I see...”
From the very beginning, the reason Lee s.h.i.+n Woo infiltrated the city and acted was to avoid an encounter with one of the 12 generals. He had used all the means available to him to tie up all the loose ends and move as quickly as possible; so long as the general didn't have rockets on his feet, he wouldn't be able to catch Lee s.h.i.+n Woo.
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was daring, but he wasn't an idiot. He'd made this plan after carefully a.s.sessing his own abilities.
”That's what's scariest: it wasn't made out of pride.”
”I'm a bit scared too.”
Fortunately, things got a little better between Jin and Kratia again. They watched the undead free-for-all, as if they were enjoying some sort of war movie. Eventually, Kratia finished recovering her magic and stepped forward, as if she intended on helping.
”It seems like they're evenly-matched, so it should be fine if I were to cut down both sides, right?”
”But you can't let them aggro onto you.”
”I know at least that much.”
Kratia replied leisurely, and covertly raised her magic. Jin's goblin fire blazed immensely as he observed her.
Jin hadn't noticed before, as they had only intended on provoking the Chimeras in the testing facility, but now that he had a chance to watch her draw upon all of her magic, he realized that the quant.i.ty was absurd.
”You...”
”Huheut.”
Kratia simply offered a subdued smile to the shocked Jin and displayed her magic. First, she would look for a wide area, and once cast, the large-scale debuff would freeze the mana of all those within that area, as well as disrupt their teamwork.
Before she could cast the spell, she had to completely understand all of the magic in the area, so it was an incredibly difficult task. While it was difficult to use, its effects were covert and immediate, so there was no better spell to use... in this situation...
”H-Huh...?”
However, she couldn't continue with the spell. Kratia's face momentarily paled. Though her face was normally quite pale, her complexion was pale enough to now resemble an ice statue.
”Did you fail?”
”No, that's not it.”
Kratia firmly denied, and demanded a clear answer from Jin.
”You said one of the 12 generals wasn't coming!”
”They're not. s.h.i.+n Woo guaranteed that they weren't.”
”Then what the h.e.l.l is that!?”
”I have no idea what you're talking... about... huh...?”
Jin replied in frustration, but finally saw what she was talking about with his high agility. The moment he saw it, he looked into its ident.i.ty and was dumbstruck; then, he messaged Lee s.h.i.+n Woo.
[Jin Taylor: s.h.i.+n Woo, is that part of your plan!?]
”Advance more aggressively... Huh? What do you mean if it's part of my plan? It's perfect.”
[Jin Taylor: No, it's become imperfect just now!]
”Huh...?”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had noticed its approach later than Kratia or Jin, not because his abilities were worse than theirs, but because his command over the undead was just that important. In any case, it was fortunate that he was able to figure out what they was talking about after listening to Jin's warning.
”T-The h.e.l.l...”
There was something pus.h.i.+ng through the dense, rotten trees beyond the mountain range at an incredible speed.
It was violently emitting a ridiculous amount of mana, and his eardrums, which he didn't even have, threatened to burst from its scream; the familiar face that was violently running towards them was...
”Bro...”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo couldn't help but acknowledge that his plan, Operation - Bro, why are you there? had been completely derailed.
[Lv7 Treasure Eater]
”Steve, why are you there!?”
[1] T/N: Could be a reference to Sanger Zonvolt from Super Robot Wars.
[2] T/N: A Chinese saying adapted to Korean. Sacrifice your flesh to take their bone. Basically, take a superficial injury to inflict a severe injury. But Toy Car replaces the ”flesh” part with bone because they're skeletons and they have no flesh. It really doesn't translate well as a skill name.
[3] T/N: A reminder. The words of Jeong Mong-ju of the Goryeo dynasty. It describes one's steadfastness, loyalty, etc.
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