Chapter 216: Upgrading Equipment 3
Jean Clo kicked at Junhyuk, who twisted away to dodge. However, he had been waiting for Junhyuk"s move and grabbed him by the neck at the end of it. Junhyuk tried to slice Jean Clo"s fingers off, like he had done before, but having already gone through that, Jean Clo did something unexpected. He pulled Junhyuk closer and headb.u.t.ted him.
Thunk!
Junhyuk"s head shook, and he couldn"t pull himself together. Meanwhile, Jean Clo slammed him to the ground.
Boom!
"Ugh!"
Junhyuk exhaled roughly and realized the two attacks had taken 30 percent of his health. Junhyuk had told Jean Clo he had to play with him, and Jean Clo was playing rough.
Jean Clo did not stop there and proceeded to kick Junhyuk, who was launched off and rolled on the ground after hitting it. Junhyuk stabbed the ground with his sword to stop himself and raised his head. However, Jean Clo had already rushed toward Vera and grabbed her.
He probably focused on her after seeing how dangerous her upgraded equipment was.
His goal was to kill her.
Jean Clo swung her around and threw her between Artlan and Doctor Tula.
After he came closer, Diane quickly moved toward the back. Once she had safely escaped to where he couldn"t touch her, she shot a barrage of arrows at Doctor Tula. The doctor had been firing his flamethrower toward Vera when the arrows. .h.i.t him. A bunch of his health was gone, and Artlan took a stance.
Junhyuk was watching it all with surprise.
Artlan had Doctor Tula within range of his quickdraw. His ultimate could deal amazing damage, but could he use it?
The doctor realized his situation and tried to step back, but Vera raised a firewall behind him to block his retreat. Still, Doctor Tula decided that it would be better to get damaged by the firewall than Artlan"s quickdraw and tried to move back quickly.
Then, Vera stood in the way of his retreat and shot fire arrows at him.
Doctor Tula couldn"t think of what to do, but Jean Clo ran toward him. At that point, he had 60 percent of his health left, and Artlan"s quickdraw could kill him in one strike. However, Jean Clo didn"t have enough time to close the gap. Doctor Tula clenched his teeth and tried to go around when Vera set a fire orb in his path.
Boom!
It exploded, and the grimacing doctor was pushed back. Suddenly, something unexpected happened. Adolphe rushed in to slash at Artlan.
Artlan had been preparing his quickdraw when he was. .h.i.t by the rus.h.i.+ng slash. Then, Adolphe used his ten-meter energy strike. Junhyuk, who had seen it all, started running.
Artlan had enough health to survive the attack, but with things like that, Doctor Tula might escape. On his way, Junhyuk slash Jean Clo with the Frozen Rune sword.
Jean Clo"s movement speed decreased visibly, and he extended his hand to grab Junhyuk, but Junhyuk rolled away to escape. He ignored Jean Clo and kept running.
The ten-meter energy strike fell straight Artlan.
After being hit, Artlan had 25 percent of his health. The allies could deal more damage than before and had pressured their enemies, but now, Artlan could be killed.
Adolphe had used his energy strike on Artlan, and Artlan ran toward him, swinging, in response. Adolphe swung his saw-bladed sword, but Artlan slid his saber against its blade and cut his arm.
Adolphe tried to raise his arm to block, but then Artlan swung his saber and slashed his neck. Adolphe had quickly moved his neck back to avoid being beheaded, but the slash had been critical, and he lost 15 percent of his health.
He was in shock, and Artlan pa.s.sed him by and jumped on Doctor Tula. Artlan closed in quickly, swinging his saber down, and Doctor Tula blocked while being pushed back. Then, Artlan used his seven-strike combo on the doctor, which made him take his last breath. The doctor disappeared, and Jean Clo looked repulsed by the sight.
They were fighting under a tower, and the allied heroes had lost quite a bit of health, but Jean Clo couldn"t fight them alone. Still, Jean Clo approached Artlan and grabbed him.
Artlan"s desperate saber swings cut Jean Clo"s forehead, but he ignored it and used the screw piledriver on Artlan. Jean Clo was up in the air and coming down when Junhyuk quickly dashed in and touched the falling Artlan and teleported away.
Boom!
Jean Clo crashed alone, and while he still had a lot of health, it was not enough to fight three heroes at the same time.
Junhyuk looked at Jean Clo and said, "I"ll take care of Adolphe."
"Right."
Interestingly enough, the tower"s archers were focused on the heroes. They weren"t attacking Junhyuk, so he decided to kill Adolphe.
They all knew that Jean Clo couldn"t go against three heroes, but Adolphe could mess things up. The champion had many complicated powers.
Junhyuk ran after him, and Adolphe gritted his teeth and swung his sword.
Clang!
Junhyuk blocked the attack and sidestep while letting the blade fall next to him, then he used the opening to swing the Blood Rune Sword and slash Adolphe"s side.
He felt himself regaining health and continued to attack quickly, looking like a tornado that generated red and white shock waves continuously.
When both shock waves triggered at the same time, they looked like one power, pink shock wave. After a while, Junhyuk realized the the Spatial Slash was out of cooldown.
Adolphe was at half health, and Junhyuk sliced him with his dual sword and kicked him on the chest, pus.h.i.+ng Adolphe back. Junhyuk used the distance between them to look over at Jean Clo. He was being attacked from all sides, and also only had half of his health. Junhyuk thought the Spatial Slash would be able to kill him at that point.
He aimed the Spatial Slash at Jean Clo"s neck, hoping to hit both of them with a single strike.
However, Jean Clo suddenly raised the three blue energy rings around his body, and one of them negated Junhyuk"s attack. Junhyuk scowled. The fatal blow had been blocked by Jean Clo"s ultimate, and there was no one around to stop it.
If Sarang were there, they would"ve been able to suppress it, but she wasn"t, and Junhyuk felt her absence deeply.
Jean Clo laughed hard and lifted Artlan by the neck. The archers focused on him while Jean Clo chokeslammed him. As a result, Artlan disappeared, and Jean Clo smiled with satisfaction.
"You"ve must have been thinking I was an easy target so far." Jean Clo got up and howled, "I will kill you all!"
He had only had half of his health, but he was quickly regenerating the rest. While Junhyuk ran to meet him, the Kasha was summoned, and Sarang exclaimed from the other end, "Regina has shown up here at the castle!"
Junhyuk stopped running to speak to the Kasha, "Regina?"
"Yes, and she brought minions with her. What should I do?"
He pulled out his communication crystal. He had to stop Jean Clo, but if the castle fell, they would lose.
"Regina is at the castle now," he told Halo.
"Really? I"ll return right away."
Junhyuk heard Halo"s response and turned to Jean Clo. The blue energy rings were gone, but his health had gone back up to 80 percent. The heroes had all used their powers to try to kill him up to now, but his health had shot back up suddenly, and he had blocked the Spatial Slash and survived.
Junhyuk ran toward Adolphe and swung his sword. Adolphe blocked it, but regular arrows and fire arrows flew toward him.
They were not powers, but the heroes" attacks still dealt a lot of damage, and Adolphe started to quickly lose his health. Junhyuk unsheathed his swords and spun like a top. While spinning, he pierced Adolphe"s neck with the swords, and Adolphes eyes widened. However, Junhyuk ignored it and pa.s.sed him.
He turned to look at Jean Clo, who was heading toward Vera. With Artlan dead, the archers focused on her, and she was running fast to get out of their range.
Jean Clo"s movement speed was still debuffed, and she could keep her distance from him for a while. However, when his rushed returned, Jean Clo grabbed her and swung her toward the tower.
Boom!
She slammed against it and fell to the ground, dazed, and the archers shot at her. Vera was losing health fast. If things continued, the archers would kill her before Jean Clo had the chance to.
While running, Junhyuk shouted, "Diane! Kill the archers!"
Diane shot a barrage at the archers. While they could do significant damage to heroes, they were also weak against the heroes" attacks.
Jean Clo"s attack wasn"t great, but his defense and health were superb. In that case, killing the archers first was a good idea. In the end, Vera had 30 percent of her health left.
Junhyuk ran as fast as he could. He couldn"t let Vera die. She had just upgraded her equipment, and he couldn"t let her drop any items. It would be a serious problem if that happened.
He stood in front of her, and Jean Clo laughed while watching.
"You don"t know what you are doing!"
Jean Clo extended his hands, and Junhyuk swung at him immediately. His goal had been to cut Jean Clo"s fingers, but Jean Clo wasn"t stupid. He extended his hands through the strike and grabbed Junhyuk"s blade.
The sword could cut his fingers, but not his palm, and, still holding the blade, Jean Clo grabbed Junhyuk by the helmet and threw him at Vera.
Diane had killed all of the archers, and Vera was taking some time to breathe when Junhyuk was thrown at her. She hugged him and rolled on the ground. All the while, Jean Clo laughed as he approached them.
Even slowed down, Jean Clo had no problem catching them. Junhyuk got up and s.h.i.+elded Vera again.
"Make your attacks. I will block him."
She put her trust in him and cast her magic. Her fire spear struck Jean Clo. He tried to block it with both hands, but he got pushed back, hitting a fire orb that had been set behind him.
Boom!
The explosions took away 35% of his health. She was more powerful than ever before, and the damage was severe.
Jean Clo ran toward her, but a firewall rose from underneath his feet. At the same time, Junhyuk made him stand in the flames by swinging his swords at him nonstop.
Jean Clo thought he had figured out how to deal with Junhyuk"s attacks and tried to grab his swords again, but this time, Junhyuk changed the trajectory of his strikes and cut Jean Clo"s chin. Then, he rolled forward to escape the hero"s kick.
Jean Clo turned around quickly, and stepped forward hard, reaching and grabbing Junhyuk in the process. He had escaped the kick, but he hadn"t expect Jean Clo to follow up like that. Without hesitation, Jean Clo used the screw piledriver on him.
Boom!
His skull shook, and he realized he only 15 percent of health left, and Junhyuk thought he couldn"t let himself die at that point.
He tried to escape fast, but Jean Clo mounted on top of him and raised both of his fists.
"I will kill you first!"
Boom!
He couldn"t move or block. It was just an ordinary attack, but Junhyuk lost 8 percent his health from it. One more hit, and he would die.
Then, suddenly, an arrow flew in and pierced through Jean Clo"s neck. The spinning arrow reminded him of an a.s.sa.s.sination skill, and he thought Jean Clo would die from it. But, Jean Clo survived with 2 percent of his health remaining.
"Don"t!" Junhyuk shouted in vain as Jean Clo slammed his fists against his helmet.
Junhyuk started to lose consciousness when he saw a fire arrow hit Jean Clo"s head. Jean Clo also started to fade, and Junhyuk smiled at him.
"See you later!"