novelburst
Chapter 59
Chapter 59
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Chapter 59
6.
As the trio destroyed most of the troops,
Thunderous cheers erupted from all around.
“Wooaaaaah!”
“As expected!!! The Luna Team is different!!!”
“In the video, it looked like the Demon King's army!!! But seeing it in person, it's nothing special!?”
“Still, it's amazing that he's fighting the three members of the Luna Team!!!”
Those who supported the Luna Team's trio were ecstatic.
They were busy praising the trio's high-level skills.
The popularity of the team was evident in this kind of situation.
However, there were also quite a few people cheering for Seonghyun.
“That wraith undead looks strong, is it a commander?”
“Didn't you see it block Elzahar's Frost Beam?!? It effortlessly blocked that terrifying attack with one arm! Don't underestimate it!”
“Blocking Elzahar's attack with just one hand is amazing!!!”
“I don't know about the other undead, but that one is formidable.”
“To think I'd witness a fight of this level……!!”
The common opinion was that it was a high-level battle.
Whether they were cheering for Seonghyun or the trio, they both acknowledged each other's skills.
Luna, watching the battle from the audience, felt the same way.
Seonghyun's forces were swept away in an instant, but
Well?
It wasn't over yet.
'Did he summon the weaker soldiers first on purpose?'
That's what it looked like to Luna, but
How would things unfold?
Just as she was thinking that,
The knoll ghouls that had fallen in Seonghyun's formation began to rise all at once.
The audience, about to cheer that it wasn't over yet,
And Luna, thinking this was just the beginning,
Felt a strange shift in the atmosphere.
Not only did the knoll ghouls on Seonghyun's side rise again, but a teal portal opened once more, and additional troops were summoned.
However, something was strange.
“……What is it?”
The first to notice were Luna in the audience and the trio in the arena.
Then, the audience gradually started to realize something was off.
The Skeleton Mercenaries, exuding a ferocious aura, and the knoll ghouls, looking different from the previous ones.
Each of them displayed an extraordinary appearance, emitting a fierce aura.
From their posture to the way they held their weapons and engaged in combat,
They were significantly different from the previous ones.
“Wh-what is this?”
“Th-their aura is different from before?”
“Th-those that fell earlier seem similar though……”
“Gulp, wh-what's going to happen?”
“Th-they're moving.”
Finally, in this strange atmosphere, Seonghyun's side made the first move.
The audience, Luna, and the trio all sensed something strange.
Hwawol and Longfeng, who stood at the front of the trio, frowned.
Over eighty undead.
Quite troublesome.
But not impossible to defeat.
If they were at the same level as before.
But they were different.
'What is this?'
'……Strange.'
Both sensed something unusual and retreated.
The newly summoned, extraordinary beings charged towards them before the Legion Commander, Wraith of Barpur, even gave an order.
Their movements were sharp, not to be underestimated.
Leaping by kicking off the ground, their movements transcended the typical undead.
The existing knoll ghouls were also different from normal undead, but this was on another level.
These movements weren't just a different category of undead, but a different species altogether.
The knoll ghouls and Skeleton Mercenaries closed the distance in an instant.
And the first to act was Elzahar, who had been preparing her incantation while bound at the rear.
"Ice Burst!"
As the incantation completed, an icy breath erupted over a wide area.
The ice breath threatened to freeze everything it touched.
However, at that moment, the Skeleton Mages positioned at Seonghyun's rear also completed their incantations.
-Clatter, clatter! (Touch of Flame)
-Crack! Crackle! (Breath of Flame)
-Crackle! Crack, crack! (Wall of Flame)
As the fire magic unfolded, it collided with Elzahar's powerful ice breath, scattering steam everywhere.
In the obscured vision, the ominous teal glow of the undead's eyes bloomed everywhere, sending shivers down the spines of the audience and the trio.
“Wh-what's that!?”
“H-he blocked Elzahar's Ice Burst!?”
“U-undead, and Skeleton Mages at that?!?”
“Even first-rate users would have had trouble reacting……”
“Whoa……”
They watched in fear and awe.
Feeling a chill, the trio used their skills to dispel the steam and secure their vision first.
As the steam cleared, the first thing they saw were the Skeleton Warriors rushing towards Hwawol and Longfeng.
Each one wielded a sharp sword and displayed swordsmanship.
If there was only one, they would have fought back,
But they were surrounded, with five attacking each of them.
The way they pressured with their meticulously coordinated swordsmanship suggested they were skilled in the art.
Did undead normally use swordsmanship?
Such trivial thoughts didn't even cross their minds.
They were too busy dodging.
"Damn it."
"Fuck."
Though retreating was a blow to their pride, the two chose to fall back momentarily.
Of course, they didn't retreat without a fight.
Longfeng rapidly swung his twin daggers in the air, intentionally missing his attacks to build up stacks.
He swung so many times, and so quickly, that a storm of wind swirled amidst the Skeleton Warriors, pushing them back slightly.
The blue energy that had enveloped his twin daggers transformed into a frosty white sword aura, showing just how many stacks he had accumulated.
Hwawol wasn't simply retreating either.
As she moved back, she pulled her bowstring to its limit, her eyes gleaming as she watched the Skeleton Warriors pursue her.
The arrow, nocked on the taut bowstring, spun vigorously and began to emit a sharp whistling sound.
Whizz—!
With the frosty white sword aura engulfing his twin daggers, Longfeng, and Hwawol, holding the fully drawn bowstring, simultaneously attacked the approaching Skeleton Warriors.
Longfeng's sword attack, slicing through the air in an X, and Hwawol's arrow, imbued with maximum energy, struck the Skeleton Warriors at point-blank range.
Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
The entire arena, not just the battlefield, shook.
The vibrations that spread in all directions indicated that the two attacks were no ordinary blows.
Dust exploded outwards, momentarily obscuring their vision.
But then a wind blew, and the dust quickly dissipated.
However, the corpses of the Skeleton Warriors that should have been there were gone.
No, there were corpses.
The corpses of the knoll ghouls that had attacked them earlier.
"W-what the?!"
"......Fuck."
Longfeng was bewildered, and Hwawol cursed.
They didn't need to ask how the ghouls had appeared there.
Traces of the ground being dug up, and the knoll ghouls emerging from those tunnels.
And behind them, the Skeleton Warriors holding sturdy shields.
Even if the knoll ghouls had acted as shields, if the Skeleton Warriors hadn't also been holding shields, they would have suffered considerable damage, but they didn't.
This unbelievable sight surprised not only the trio but also the audience.
“Wh-what? Did it not work!?”
“The knoll ghouls blocked it!?”
“N-no, the Skeleton Warriors were also holding shields.”
“Wh-what happened? Wasn't the trio winning?!?”
“Th... This is...”
The most surprised person was none other than Luna.
Even she couldn't have pushed the trio this far.
But Seonghyun was doing it.
The tide of the battle had completely changed after the unusual skeletons and knoll ghouls appeared.
As if he hadn't been fighting seriously until now.
But it was too early to be surprised.
Wheeeeeeee!
A whistle blew from somewhere, and everyone looked towards its source.
There, Seonghyun was blowing a blue whistle, and a blue glow enveloped him.
Did he use an item?
What was its effect?
As the audience, the trio, and Luna wondered,
The teal portal opened once again.
And the beings that emerged were goblin undead.
Was he showing them that he still wasn't using his full strength?
Now, even the cheers mixed with admiration,
The shouts of support for Seonghyun,
The sounds of amazement towards the trio,
All of them were inaudible.
Only the sound of the orderly march from the teal portal echoed.
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
The marching sound resembled the Demon King's army invading the human world, the sound of the death legion that hated all living things.
They marched, pledging their loyalty to Seonghyun, their leader.
Elzahar, still bound, was the first to unleash a wide-area attack, but her magic was blocked by the Skeleton Mages.
Longfeng and Hwawol tried to break through, but the goblin undead swiftly moved and coordinated with the Skeleton Warriors and the intelligent knoll ghouls.
Longfeng and Hwawol's attempts to counterattack were futile.
Under the command of Wraith of Barpur, who controlled the legion from behind, the mindless knoll ghouls became shields, and the remaining extraordinary undead gradually chipped away at them.
The frequency of cuts and bruises on Longfeng and Hwawol increased.
Soon, troops targeting the bound Elzahar appeared, and Longfeng and Hwawol, pushed back to the rear, found their attacks blocked by either the mindless knoll ghouls or the sturdy shields of the Skeleton Warriors.
Conversely, the goblin undead attacked nimbly, like assassins from the shadows.
The knoll ghouls, with their quick movements and slender, long claws, aimed for openings and attacked.
The Skeleton Warriors approached with their splendid and heavy swordsmanship, overwhelming them.
As their injuries accumulated, the composure on their faces vanished.
The initial reason for their anger was gone, replaced only by the instinct to survive.
But even that didn't last long.
Overwhelmed and buried by the surging forces, and finally, with even Elzahar's restraints shattered,
They all perished.
That was the end.
“…….”
“…….”
“…….”
No sounds of lamentation, no cries of victory.
The arena, devoid of any sound, was silent as death.
The undead humbly lowered their postures, bowing their heads and worshipping Seonghyun.
As initially intended, they offered their victory to Seonghyun.
Seonghyun snapped his fingers and opened the netherworld.
Just as they appeared in the mortal realm, the Demon King's army vanished through the teal portal.
Only Seonghyun remained in the arena.
In the chilling silence, only the sound of Seonghyun's departing footsteps could be heard.
Step. Step. Step.
No one uttered a word.
Until Seonghyun left.
Finally, as Seonghyun disappeared from the arena,
The audience gasped as if exhaling for the first time.
“Haaaaaaaaaa!”
“Crazyyyyy!”
“Wh-what did I just see!?!?”
“Wh-who is he!!! The one who said he wasn't as strong as in the video!!!”
“Crazy! Really! Crazy!!!”
“I thought he was overshadowed because a rookie who conquered the Fortress of the Past appeared……!!!”
“That wasn't it! He didn't even care!!!”
As praises and exclamations erupted everywhere,
Luna, equally astonished, was speechless.
Her jaw hung open.
How could he defeat those three?
But now wasn't the time to be dwelling on this.
Luna, who had been simply in awe, hurriedly got up from her seat and went out to find her teammates.
But how was she going to report this?
Faced with this predicament, Luna ruffled her hair in frustration.
“Damn it…… Why did they have to fight……!”
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