Chapter 38 Part2 (2/2)
”They're flying!”
They flew over the soldiers, who were nervous from the approaching monsters, and landed safely onto the ground. The Guard Captain and his soldiers glared at them from atop the wall, but Lee s.h.i.+n Woo didn't worry about them. He just cool-headedly looked at the monsters.
'6,000? No, there are about 7,000 of them... The boss is all the way in the back.'
He gripped his greatsword with one hand and checked the boss. Although it was all the way in the back, the four meter tall boss was overwhelming.
There were horns atop its goat head and it had the muscular body of a giant. It truly looked like a demon, but with it skin turning pale from the undead transformation, it looked even more sinister than before. It was...!
[Lv6 Mad Goat Ghoul]
”What the h.e.l.l.”
Once he'd checked the boss's name and level, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo looked back with a sharp gaze. Although he was wearing a helmet, the soldiers felt his killing intent and stepped back while uttering 'hik'.
However, the adventurer that had informed them of the boss wasn't atop the walls. Well, he was a coward, so there was no way he'd have gauged the boss's level properly!
”s.h.i.+n Woo, calm down. We've been fighting so many strong opponents lately that I'd forgotten too, but level 7 elites aren't supposed to be that common.”
”It wouldn't be so bad if I hadn't had such expectations, but... Sseup, I guess it can't be helped.”
A monster, which wasn't supposed to be undead, had come out of the dungeon, and monsters that should already be dead had come back as undead. That was the current situation he was dealing with.
He didn't know the specifics, but it probably had something to do with the curse, so Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's main priority had to be figuring out how the curse had spread to the surface.
”Then let's play, just as we planned.”
”It doesn't seem any different from what we normally do, but... I'm going!”
Jin dashed forward without a signal! The approaching monsters saw them coming, and briefly flinched. However, these undead turned monsters would have no way of ascertaining Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's skill, so they immediately surrounded him...
”Umph!”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo forcefully swung his greatsword, which unleashed a barrage of flames, and the monsters melted away. As befitting of an undead corps, without any knowledge of strategy or how to use the land to their advantage, they were grouped up in a single spot. His last attack had burned dozens of them to a crisp.
[Kahaaaahk!?]
[Kiiik!]
”Now for the second one!”
The undead instinctively felt fear and shrank away from the blazing fire, but Lee s.h.i.+n Woo took that opportunity to swing his greatsword again.
It looked crude, but nonetheless, his swordsmans.h.i.+p was incredible, as he quickly swung his greatsword at any enemy within range of it. It was only possible because he possessed Bursting Thunder, which would increase his skill in any weapon.
[Critical Hit!]
”Ooh, let's widen the range this time!”
”s.h.i.+n Woo, are you just going to keep burning them like this? You have Instigate, and you could use Bursting Thunder or Bone Armory...”
”Jin.”
The monsters realized how dangerous he was and ran away in fear. However, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo spewed flames from his greatsword once more and quietly spoke.
”I'm the greatest mercenary, Kay, who uses a fire greatsword.”
”Oh, I see...”
Jin understood. Using Instigate to temporary bring the undead to his side or creating bone weapons to cut or explode his enemies was Paul Zero's specialty, not Kay's. However, using Bursting Thunder to burn a large numberquant.i.ty of enemies with his greatsword was.
He'd decided to use only his greatsword, so that no one would discover the connection between the two!
'So he's looking far into the further and acting accordingly... Yeah, I'll just give up on understanding what he's thinking, like I always do.'
While Jin resigned himself like usual, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo charged everywhere and burned the undead.
With one swing of his sword, he would burn 50 undead. It would only take 3 seconds to withdraw his sword and swing it again, so he could burn 1,000 undead in 1 minute!
Though his calculations sounded like a joke, it was the reality, so there was nothing he could do about it. He faced the undead army head on and after only three minutes burned half of the original army!
”I will put my life at stake...”
”To protect the Empire...”
The Guard Captain, as well as his soldiers, had been ready to die for the Magic Empire, but seeing Lee s.h.i.+n Woo tear through the monsters, they felt relieved, as well as a sense of discomfort that they couldn't understand. However, there was no way Lee s.h.i.+n Woo would know that. After all, these guys were weak, so they wouldn't have been able to do much!
On the other hand, there were also soldiers within their ranks that were in awe of him.
”That guy's a monster...”
”He's not a monster. He's a hero! A hero has appeared!”
”How can he burn so many undead...? Ha, now that I think about it!”
A soldier, who watched vacantly as Lee s.h.i.+n Woo rampaged with his greatsword in hand, spoke of a rumor he'd heard just a little while ago.
”I heard that a central pillar of the Sun G.o.d Temple had collapsed. I heard that it was caused by the Sun G.o.d's rage, but perhaps that wasn't true...”
”Perhaps it was a revelation that the Sun G.o.d was sending us a hero!”
”Oooooooooh!”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo wore red armor, wielded a greatsword tinged in flame, and swept away the undead, so it was only natural that they thought he was the Sun G.o.d's hero.
He skillfully led his giant warhorse and bravely rushed into battle. And his greatsword continuously emitted such showy and destructive flames!
”A hero! The Sun G.o.d's hero is protecting us!”
”Oh Sun G.o.d!”
”The Sun G.o.d's hero!”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had no idea this was going on, but it seemed like the legend of the hero Kay had begun.
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