Chapter 41: Vol. 2 – Episode 15
The battle started just like any other battle; there was nothing special.
Seyzo II took Eustasia’s advice to take it easy because the enemy’s turret was strong, even though the three kingdoms had the upper hand.
Eustasia couldn’t see Sungjin during her march, but she thought this was natural. It would be a better strategy for him to avoid Eustasia’s army and hunt the neutral monsters around the forest.
But time is not on your side.
As soon as she collected enough crystals to activate a powerful sword that could activate her power, she returned to buy a sword and then ran towards the observation tower.
The east battlefield had an observation tower.
This was her strategic move to take the tower. It was a high tower in the middle of a lane without minions so she couldn’t collect crystals if she stayed there, but she was able to see the whole battlefield from inside the tower. She also had a “large crossroad” that she could use to her advantage.
…
In the forest, Sungjin felt a threat and twisted his body to look around.
A flying sword cut through the air sharply with full power, hitting Sungjin.
He was able to return the blow with his sword, but the flying sword made a turn and attacked him again.
His head. His shoulder.
His waist. His back.
His legs. His arms.
The flying sword was aiming for every part of his body without a break.
“Ugh.”
The sword was flying freely and making 360-degree degrees.
If Sungjin blocked it from the front, it would go for his back, and when he blocked the sword from behind, it would come from above. It was an attack that was free from the regular swordsmans.h.i.+p limited by human physics.
Every blow was a death blow.
But the owner of the sword was way too far from him to counterattack.
This was an unfair fight between a level 7 and level 0.
Once, twice.
Ten times, twenty times.
He was fighting back and avoiding the sword, but it was clear that eventually, the pattern of the sword would change and hit him. Whereas the enemy was hiding behind the absolute form of protection: distance.
“Huh.”
Sungjin started to breathe heavily.
Although he was well trained, he was still at level 0.
He was focusing and moving beyond this limit, but he didn’t have any power given by the G.o.ds. It was almost impossible to keep fighting against a remotely controlled sword.
It was natural that he was getting exhausted.
He was sweating more and more.
His muscles became tired.
His brain became weary.
It was amazing that a level 0 was still fighting against such a sword. But it was nothing more than that. It was clearly a good fight but was not enough to upset the result of this entire battle.
That was the limit of level 0. That was the fight from a normal person’s point of view.
But Sungjin was not a normal person.
He was waiting.
He was waiting for the perfect timing.
I have a secret plan to win. There will be a perfect time to fight back.
All he had to do was hold on until that moment.
His eyes were still s.h.i.+ning sharply, and it was the same for Eustasia’s eyes.
You think if you hold out long enough, you will get a chance?
Sungjin was hiding a secret trap in the tower.
I’m sorry, but it’s all gone.
She had already inspected the tower before she got here. There was a hidden device in the wall of the bas.e.m.e.nt. It had a fuse slowly burning to blow up the tower at the end of the fuse.
It was a brilliant device to attack me, but I’ve already stopped it.
She was not about to be fooled again by his same trick. Although she was not able to come up with such brilliant plans, she was still ready to stop them all.
Then she would slay him with her dominant strength.
It was the same for the other battlefields—she already had a plan to cancel Sungjin’s tricks.
…
King Leoric and Jenna were fighting on the east battlefield with a high mountain in the middle of it. It was similar to the observation tower, providing a bird’s eye view over the battlefield, but there was one more important thing on the mountain.
There was a magic square called the Power of Wizard. It augmented the attack distance and power of wizards.
Since both were wizards, taking over the mountain was critical for the victory. And King Leoric recognized a new dense forest on the way up to the mountain.
So General Eustasia was right.
After the early stage where both sides were collecting crystals, the heroes gathered for a frontal breakthrough. He remembered Eustasia’s advice, and King Leoric decided not to go through the newly formed forest.
“Go and check the forest. There might be some traps.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
Soon, the scout reported to him.
“In the forest, the tree roots are soaked in oil, and there was suspicious powder in the bushes.”
“As Eustasia expected. If we walk into the forest, the enemy will use fire to attack us. We will go around the forest.”
“But what if we lose the Power of Wizard?”
“That’s okay. It was all expected.”
“If you see a suspicious landscape on your way to the Power of Wizard, avoid it.”
Eustasia answered with a smile full of confidence.
“It is a defensive war for them. That should be fine. Although the Power of Wizard has strong buffs, you have a much higher level compared to the enemy.”
“Haha. You are trying to please me.”
“No, that is a clear judgment.”
Sungjin was using the landscape and magic to his advantage, but for that, he had to get the buffs from the Power of Wizard.
If he failed to use any of them, Eustasia was sure that King Leoric would be the winner. She was not able to predict the traps using the landscape, but she made sure that the king would be careful.
“Listen. We will overpower the magic square. Let’s show them that the buff from the magic square can’t change this fight.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
He was okay giving Sungjin an advantage of landscape because he was much stronger.
He was about to show Sungjin that even the Power of Wizard wouldn’t overcome their difference in level.
It was clear that Sungjin underestimated the power of heroes, and the moment of truth was coming.
Jenna cast a spell using the buff from the Power of Wizard. She and other three wizards activated their ultimate skills at the same time, and their magic was stronger than usual thanks to the buff.
Thor’s power swirled, the power of the ground was condensed, blazing fire filled the air, but all this didn’t intimidate King Leoric at all.
“Stand back!”
“Yes, Your Highness!”
He started to cast a spell with two wizards next to him. The royal knights were protecting them from the potential attacks of any enemy knights.
The buff from the Power of Wizard was incredible, but the king was sure that the king of the Kingdom of Rufidi, the kingdom of wizards, was much stronger than the inexperienced, baby wizard. He trusted Eustasia’s prediction.
Five layers of magic squares appeared around him.
“I will show you what real magic looks like!”
Both sides activated their ultimate skills at almost the same time.
“Mjolnir!” Jenna’s voice echoed in the sky.
Burning white thunderbolts. .h.i.t the ground, and the sound of thunder was like a glorious declaration. The beloved weapon of the G.o.d of war, who was praised to be the strongest in Pantheon, appeared.
The shaking ground became an earthquake.
A gigantic hammer covered the sun, and its shadow loomed over its enemies.
A gigantic, fiery serpent with burning fire on every scale started to attack the enemy. The fire spread to the forest. Where the serpent pa.s.sed, there were only ashes.
As if there were landmines, the ground blew up, shooting up rocks and soil everywhere. Every single piece of the dirt became a weapon to attack the enemy.
But King Leoric was not just standing there, taking the attack.
“The power of the giants who fought against the G.o.ds! The infinite power that separated the sky and the ground. Destroy my enemies with your glorious power! Atlas Fist!”
A shape of a glorious giant, who ruled before the G.o.ds, appeared beside Thor’s hammer. His fist was the size of a huge building. It could smash a tower easily.
It was clearly stronger than Jenna’s Mjolnir. It was closer to the original source of the power of thunder.
They brought the power from the origin, but King Leoric’s higher level made his power stronger than Jenna’s.
A glamorous phoenix and a wolf deformed by thunder appeared on his sides.
The burning phoenix flew gracefully into the air. When a feather dropped, it melted the rocks.
The gigantic, fiery serpent was big, but it was not fear-inducing. When the phoenix pa.s.sed the serpent, the serpent’s head was cut off.
A greater power shrunk the smaller power.
The phoenix melted the ground with its wings and made new paths. It was a mythical animal revived from the legends.
At the same time, the wolf from earlier started to run rapidly. The wolf was running and making another path. The thunderous sounds it made, caused the ground to erupt in commotion. It was breaking up the rocks and tearing up the trees. The chaos threw the pieces of rocks and trees around.
This was the power of a legendary beast.
Six different powers crossed each other to reach their goals. The immense power combined into a dense cloud of energy, and the bright light it emitted blinded the people.
After the storm of chaos, the air slowly calmed down, and then people were able to see the results.
When everything was gone, Jenna was there, covered all over with wounds.
She was barely alive, and the other heroes who were fighting with her were gone. Even their bodies were not able to be found.
On the other hand…
All four heroes on King Leoric’s side were still there.
Two wizards were a bit wounded, but the knight was not hurt, and King Leoric didn’t have any wounds.
It was clear who was the winner without explanation.
“Hahaha. You’re not bad for a kid. And it was a good plan to take the Power of Wizard. But you were arrogant to think that you could defeat me with that; that’s what caused your defeat!”
He laughed with satisfaction.
“That is so true!”
His servants agree with him with joy.
Now, all they had to do was to kill Jenna, who was almost dead, to gain land, power and a lot of money. It was a joyful moment for all of them.
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King Ilkandi on the central battlefield was able to see the changes around the battlefield and detected the trick, that was warned by Eustasia.
Hmm, the temple with the northern late is the trick.
If one did not look carefully, it would seem that there was a temple for the G.o.d of water built in the middle of a man-made lake.
But that was a trap. King Ilkandi recognized that it was not just a simple decoration.
The outer walls of the temple are embankments. When he breaks it, the flood will bury us here.
And in the middle of the lane, there was a critical spot that rapidly recovered your Heroic Power.
So you want to pretend that you are aiming for that spot and when we chase you, you will run as if you have no choice. And then, when we chase you, you will break the temple walls to wipe us out with the flood.
You are quite smart.
Trying to create a water attack on the battlefield, he didn’t think of such a tactic. But he already knew that Sungjin was good with creative plans.
Eustasia had already told him what to be careful of and what he had to avoid. King Ilkandi was smart enough to be prepared.
Then let me channel this attack onto you.
He called Gapelt, the head of knights, who was standing next to him.
“Sir Gapelt.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
“I will pretend I took the bait and head towards the center. You make a detour to destroy the temple before them.”
He was planning to attack the enemy with their own trick when the enemy made a fake recall.
“Yes, Your Highness. I will follow your order.”
“Good. I will give you the order through the Wind Spirit Stone. Although the enemy allocated a hero there was well…”
“Trust me. I will defeat the enemy’s hero,” Sir Gapelt promised him.
He was able to promise victory because Ereka’s side had no high-level heroes.
“Sure.”