Chapter 266: Defeat 1
As soon as they were face-to-face with Tuelus, Artlan unsheathed his saber. Even though Artlan’s ultimate required preparation, it had a deadly attack power.
Artlan tried to slash Tuelus, but the hero retreated, and Keros stepped in front of him to block.
His ma.s.sive sword was s.h.i.+ning red, and Artlan gritted his teeth.
Clang!
Artlan’s quick draw had failed, but the counterattack was blocked by Junhyuk’s force field. Still, the allies had wasted a valuable ultimate.
Keros was standing at the front, but there was still a chance. All of the allies had prepared ultimates, and meteors started falling from the sky. Halo’s Rain from Above pa.s.sed by Keros and went straight toward Tuelus, and Diane released her arrows as well.
Rain from Above penetrated Tuelus’ stomach, and Diane’s arrows. .h.i.t him on the chest. A meteor also crashed against him.
Tuelus was. .h.i.t by two ultimates and a meteor and lost 60 percent of his health. Rain from Above did its job. It was a critical hit. However, the meteor was not.
After taking the damage, Tuelus extended his hands and said, “Your force field is over.”
The two machines floating around him combined into one. Junhyuk watched as the force field disappeared right before Tuelus activated his ultimate. The hero’s sense of timing was extremely developed, so he was ready to make his move when the force field disappeared.
Junhyuk grabbed the allies and teleported.
The teleport was successful in sparing the allies from the ultimate, and Junhyuk sighed, relieved. At that moment, the enemies started their counterattacks.
The gigantic robot extended his arms, and Vera was pulled toward it. On Earth, Junhyuk could have teleported over a fifty-meter distance, but at the Dimensional Battlefield, he could only cover thirteen meters.
When Vera got pulled, Artlan shouted, “Kill the target!”
Artlan focused on Tuelus. He jumped to cover the long distance and, as he landed, he swung his saber at the hero, but Keros parried the attack.
Clang!
Halo Flash Attacked, and Nudra followed him, kicking the giant robot, who was pushed back, putting some distance between the robot and Vera. Then, Keros swung his ma.s.sive sword at the ground.
Boom, boom, boom!
Once the sword hit the ground, a red shockwave swept at the allies. Only Junhyuk and Diane were spared from the attack as they were out of the red wave’s range.
Seeing that, Diane clicked her tongue and shoot five arrows. They flew off, followed by ten guiding lights, and Junhyuk searched for Tuelus.
Tuelus was furious and threw flare bombs at his enemies. Vera got hit by ten of them and lost 40 percent of her health. Meanwhile, Junhyuk didn’t hesitate and used the Spatial Slash, which sunk deep into Tuelus’ neck.
“Ugh!”
Tuelus, who had had 40 percent of his health, now had 15 percent left. It was now possible to kill him, and the allies had to be thinking the same thing as they all focused on him.
However, that’s when the gigantic robot pounded its fists together.
Bang!
With it as the center, the s.p.a.ce around it shook, and the allies frowned. Diane, who was pulling at the bowstring, said, “The robot hit them with power nullification.”
All allied heroes within its range had their powers blocked, and Tuelus approached with his machines on his shoulders, releasing the blue laser rings.
The allies were losing health quickly, and when Keros pointed toward the heroes with his sword, they realized they could be killed at any moment.
However, Diane released the multishot again, five arrows with ten guiding lights, but the robot stood in front of them and took the hits.
Then, Keros’ ma.s.sive sword exploded.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!
The allied heroes were swept away right in front of Junhyuk’s eyes. The enemies had large-scale ranged attacks, and if anybody got hit by three of those attacks from whichever enemy hero, that person would die.
Junhyuk gritted his teeth at the sight.
“Diane.” She was pulling her bowstring while scowling, and he continued, “Let’s kill Tuelus.”
“I was thinking the same thing.”
Before Keros’ sword returned to its original form, they had to decide the issue at hand. Junhyuk ran to the front, grabbing the enemies’ attention, and Diane ran to the side. The two were running in different directions, and Keros laughed hard at them.
“I’ll take this side.”
He was heading toward Junhyuk, while the robot extended its hand toward Diane. Suddenly, a net flew toward her. The net looked electrified, and it was so wide that it felt like it covered everything.
Diane was wrapped by it, and Junhyuk clicked his tongue. Wis.h.i.+ng that the cooldown for the Spatial Slash would end quickly, he turned to Keros.
He had already witnessed the extent of Keros’ sworsmans.h.i.+p, but the hero also had an enormous amount of health.
Junhyuk ran toward him, and Keros swung the ma.s.sive sword down at him. As it approached him, Junhyuk waited for the perfect time to dodge.
Slaaa-kunk!
If Junhyuk hadn’t been watching the strike, he would have been sliced in half by it, but he managed to escape in the nick of time, taking the opportunity to run at Tuelus.
After watching what had just happened, Tuelus was left speechless. But, coming back to his senses, he said, “Do I look that stupid?!”
The machines on Tuelus’ shoulders released flare bombs. Junhyuk knew those weren’t a power but ordinary attacks, so he parried the bombs with his dual swords.
Clang!
The hero’s regular attack made Junhyuk’s palms numb, but he continued to push toward Tuelus.
“What the h.e.l.l are you doing?!”
Instead of answering, Junhyuk jumped, and Tuelus did the same. Keros was just watching it all, laughing hard at everything.
“What is he doing?”
Junhyuk landed at the place where Diane had been ensnared by the net, and when he landed next to her, she let go of an arrow.
Boom!
Diane shot at close range, and Tuelus lost 10 percent of his health, leaving him with 5 percent. He grimaced, and Keros and the robot ran toward him. Both moved fast despite their sizes.
Both the robot’s and Keros’ eyes were red, and Keros rushed with his shoulder forward.
Boom!
Diane had been setting up another shot to kill Tuelus when Keros slammed against her, launching her back. The robot, on the other hand, was punching at Junhyuk.
Junhyuk wanted to seize the opportunity. Tuelus only had 5 percent of his health, and he might be able to kill the hero. So, he dodged the fists and swung his dual swords.
Clang!
One of Tuelus’ machines blocked his sword attack, and the other machine attacked him.
Pew!
Junhyuk got hit on the shoulder by a flare bomb, but he could still fight. Although the machines blocked for Tuelus, the hero was still getting damaged. One couldn’t ignore the power of fixed damages, but Tuelus only lost 1 percent of his health in the attack.
Junhyuk swung again, but the robot caught up to him and punched him on the ribs.
Boom!
“Ugh-cough!”
He rolled on the ground and glowered. Junhyuk had to get closer to Tuelus, but meanwhile, Tuelus was throwing flare bombs at him.
Having already lost half of his life, Junhyuk stared at Diane. She had gotten free of the electrified net, but Keros was trying to finish her off.
Junhyuk ran toward Tuelus again while the flare bombs headed in his direction, and the robot ran toward him. He wanted to kill the hero, so he paused. Tuelus only had 4 percent of his life left, so surely, there was as chance.
The robot closed in, and Junhyuk used it to s.h.i.+eld himself and escape the flare bombs. It was so big that it made for nice cover. However, he still had to dodge its fists, and they were enormous.
Junhyuk had to focus on dodging everything coming at him.
Suddenly, Tuelu’s machines appeared over the robot’s shoulders and launched flare bombs at him.
“What?!”
He hadn’t expected that it would’ve been possible to a.s.sign the machines to Tuelus’ allies.
Because he was focused on the robot’s fists, he got hit by the flare bombs. One of them punctured his ribs, and he started losing health, but he was still waiting.
In his fury, Tuelus was approaching him. Junhyuk no longer cared about Diane. He was worried about himself and gritted his teeth.
After a flare bomb hit his thigh, his chance appeared. The Spatial Slash’s cooldown was over, and Junhyuk used it immediately. The sword flashed across Tuelus’ neck, but the machines responded just as quickly.
Clang!
They blocked the strike, and Tuelus only lost 1 percent of his health.
“Holy s.h.i.+t!”
Junhyuk attacked again, not caring whether the attack would succeed. The fixed damage got through, and Tuelus lost another 1 percent of his health.
The hero only had 2 percent of his health left, but anything could kill Junhyuk at that point as well.
The robot and Keros were running toward him, and he knew there wouldn’t be time for him to land two attacks, so he extended his hand, touched Tuelus and teleported.
Away from the other heroes, Tuelus kicked him before Junhyuk could attack again.
Thuck!
“Argh!”
Junhyuk’s thigh was shattered, and he couldn’t move. Tuelus was a hero, and even his kicks dealt a lot of damage to Junhyuk.
Junhyuk gritted his teeth and stabbed at the hero, but Tuelus only laughed at him. The hero knew how much damage Junhyuk could deal, so he let the hit through. Meanwhile, he launched more flare bombs at Junhyuk.
The machines blocked Junhyuk’s sword, and Tuelus’ eyes widened. It was a single attack, but it had dealt him two damage along with the fixed damage. The hero lost all of his health.
“This doesn’t make any sense!”
He died with widened eyes, and Junhyuk turned to the robot and Keros coming his way. He couldn’t survive.
So, Junhyuk picked up Tuelus’ ring, and Keros’ ma.s.sive sword beheaded him. Junhyuk didn’t even scream as the world spun around him. He just laughed out loud.
“Ha-ha-ha-ha! Success!”
His head fell to the ground, and Keros walked toward it. Whatever happened, Junhyuk had killed the enemy and picked up an item. He had died for a worthy cause, so Keros raised his sword and said, “Congratulations!”
The hero stabbed the middle of Junhyuk’s forehead, and the ma.s.sive sword went through the head and stuck to the ground.
As Junhyuk watched the world turn black, he was still smiling.