Arena Chapter 90:
Chapter 90 Invasion (Part 2)
The full-scale offensive began .
The Arachne were a given and all kinds of other giant monsters made an appearance .
‘The **** were bursting out from all directions . ’
That was the only way to see it .
With all their plans having failed, they were just gambling on attacking with everything they’ve got .
‘Or is there another plan in play?’
When I thought about it, there was no way these guys were that simple .
Think .
They are the ones who have mastered the dark magic that had been banned by the entire continent .
How long they have stayed hidden? In all that time, how careful must they have become?
Men like that are just attacking willy-nilly?
I got the feeling that they might be using this time to make a play for something else .
‘The Tree of Life?’
The only thing to immediately pop into my mind was that .
But that is not something I had specifically warned the elves about .
Already, there are two to three veteran warriors guarding the Tree of Life in each village .
The Tree of Life is as important as their own lives, of course they took action to protect all of the trees .
“I will fight too . ”
“Can’t you just stay in the village?”
The eldest mother implored .
“My dearest Derrick compliments that your skills have greatly improved, but to us you are a very precious being . ”
“I am a man too . Everyone is fighting, I cannot just stay and hide in the village . ”
“But……”
“Even without fighting, Kim, you have already played a huge role . ”
“Yes, this is our fight so leave it to our warriors?”
“It’ll be a big problem if you fight and die . ”
The mothers, one by one, worried about me and tried to stop me .
I spoke .
“Do not fret . I too value my life above all else . If I get even the slightest whiff of something bad, I will retreat . ”
The eldest mother could no longer beg me not to go and allowed it .
“Then please be careful . ”
“Yes . ”
I headed to where the battle was the fiercest .
The **** were attacking from the northwest, west, and southwest directions .
The Maple Tree Village in the northwest, the Pine Tree Village in the southwest, and in the west, our Zelkova Tree Village was taking care of them .
Of course, in the Maple Tree Village where their fighting power wasn’t as strong, warriors from the Zelkova Tree Village went to their aid .
I went to the west where Derrick was fighting .
The warriors of the Zelkova Tree Village were very distinguished .
Not only the veterans but the young warriors as well, their fighting was amazing .
Pat!
In an instant, one went up a tree and shot an arrow, then hung from a branch upside down with his two feet and shot another .
Chwak! Chwak!
“Keek!”
“Keleek!”
The Arachne were hit with arrows and stumbled .
One Arachne shot out a web, but the young male elf quickly twisted his body midair and escaped .
‘Woah, the effects of playing tag!’
Indeed .
Dodging quickly in order to not get caught atop the Tree of Life, those skills from those games of tag were making their appearance here .
The game of tag training has had a sure impact!
‘I’ll see the results of my training too!’
My improved power skills in shooting thanks to Sylph and Kasa!
First, I summoned my Mosin-Nagant .
“Sylph, Kasa, remember?”
-Meow!
-Mung mung!
Sylph and Kasa nodded their heads .
Sylph held the Mosin-Nagant and pulled the action lever then assumes shooting position . Next to her, Kasa was standing patiently .
If I were to take a picture, I think Cha Ji-hye would have fainted from the cuteness of this scene .
Using the power of the two spirits, the strong Mosin-Nagant’s began shooting .
Tang-
“Keek!”
An Arachne had its eye penetrated and collapsed right where it stood .
Tang!
“Kuek!”
Another shot landed on the neck of a giant monster with green skin . The green monster spewed out blood from its neck .
I recalled the name of that monster from pictures I’ve seen in books, the troll .
I was told a bullet wouldn’t penetrate the skin of a troll but the Mosin-Nagant shot it and now it was bleeding .
‘I’ve gotten stronger!’
I felt a pang of gladness .
The troll did not bother to avoid the bullet and it stumbled .
Tang-
“Kuek!”
Sylph shot again and it landed on the neck again . At Sylph’s ruthless blows, the troll fell to the ground .
I had become strong enough to collapse a troll in an instant .
Surpassing the limits of a gun, I had attained a stronger attack using spirits .
If I continued to progress this way, I think it would work for exams going forward .
While the spirits attack one by one with the Mosin-Nagant, I took out my double guns and approached the monsters .
“Sheek- . ”
“Sheeek- . ”
“Sheek- . ”
The monsters making this weird rattlesnake noises were lizardmen .
With a height similar to a full-grown man, their bodies were entirely covered in scales .
They had arms and legs and walked upright like humans but it was a monster closer to reptiles than it was to an alien .
Their weapons are sharp nails .
I thought I wouldn’t be able to do much damage because their scales are hard, but thankfully their abdominal area is oddly soft and the guns worked on them .
I concentrated on their abdomens and shot my guns .
Taaaang-
“Sheek!”
“Shweek!”
Two lizardmen fell .
The lizardmen behind them had no fear and continued to move forward . They saw how their comrade in front of them died, but because they are undead, they don’t seem to have the ability to learn from their comrade’s deaths .
I continued to aim at the abdomens and dropped them .
But there is an advantage to the undead .
The **** that fell from being shot in the abdomen started to twitch and get back up again .
‘This is annoying . ’
At this rate, this is just a waste of bullets .
“Divine Protection of the Wind!”
I jumped into the air .
With the gust of wind, my body was thrust high into the air .
I landed atop a tree and I immediately pulled out the magnum bullets and placed them into an empty chamber .
‘I will just leave the killing to the spirits’ shooting and I’ll just run and avoid them . ’
Sylph and Kasa were definitely making a difference with their one shot one kill .
When the bullets ran out, Sylph quickly reloaded from the box of 7 . 62 mm bullets at her side .
The fight continued like this when .
-It is you .
Suddenly, a voice rang through .
How should I put it?
It was not a voice that permeated through the air by a voice .
Something that cannot be heard through the senses?
That is how strange it is .
“Who are you?”
I shouted .
-Who do you think?
Suddenly, before my eyes, a black smoke grew tall .
The black smoke gave way to a shape . A worn-out robe worn by a thin middle-aged man . Perhaps like the appearance of a monk from the middle ages?
“Dark magician?”
-Ha, more accurately, I am a necromancer . There are divisions of black magic too .
It looked like the thin middle-aged man was smiling .
-You are the one lending your wisdom to the elves . Are you a subordinate of count of Wolfenbrooke?
“A friend . ”
-Haha, is that so? You do not deny you lend your wisdom to the elves though .
“You already know anyway . ”
-You are indeed smart . It would be a waste . If you were to be my disciple in black magic, I think you would do very well .
“No need for that . I’m terrible at studying . ”
Although it may be different if I had to study in order to not starve, I guess .
-Anyhow, I have to at least kill you . I have to at least accomplish that .
“You have to accomplish that? I guess you have an organization . ”
-…… I have made a mistake . My lips were careless . Well, no matter .
The middle-aged man’s eyes became dark .
-Since I’m going to kill you anyway .
In an instant, the middle-aged man disappeared into a black smoke .
The black smoke poured onto me .
“What?!”
It alarmed me and I immediately jumped towards the sky . Thank goodness I still had some time on the Divine Protection of the Wind left .
But the fog chased after me .
The black fog, once again, turned into the shape of the middle-aged man . With the cane he is holding, he started waving it towards me .
Boong!
“Kuk!”
I barely twisted my body and avoided it .
-Hmph .
The middle-aged man clicked his tongue in disappointment .
I got an uneasy feeling and escaped the area with all my might and it seemed my feelings were correct .
Seeing how disappointed he was about the attack with his cane, I don’t think it was a simple attack .
‘Does that cane place a curse?’
He is a dark magician, it is well within his means .
I spun in a circle in the air and shot my double guns towards the middle-aged man .
Tang-
The two Neilson H2’s shot . The bullets hit and passed through the middle-aged man .
Just like that, they literally passed through him .
All that happened was that the part that was hit dispersed the black smoke .
The dispersed fog reassembled to its previous form .
‘Does force not work on him?’
Is he just an apparition?
‘No . ’
When he moved to hit me with his cane, his movements were too real to be just an illusion .
-You use a fun weapon .
The middle-aged man laughed and headed for me again . He came at me like a phantom and it gave me a creepy feeling .
‘Hold on, smoke?’
Let’s try this out . Before all the time for the Divine Protection of the Wind runs out .
The moment he came near me, I did a somersault as I spun and kicked .
Paat!
A kick that made a semicircle, like a martial arts move .
And from my foot, a burst of air flew towards the middle-aged man .
-Kuk!
The middle-aged man got pushed far back . The power of the attack was not that strong but his whole body was black smoke and nearly split in half .
Did the wind really work?
Because he is smoke?
I put away my double guns and got in a boxing stance .
The boxing I thought I would never be able to use, began .
I continuously jabbed at the middle-aged man .
The strong gusts made the middle-aged man’s head fly up and down .
Pupupung- puung!
-Kuk! You bastard!
Every time I hit him, the middle-aged man’s body that had become black smoke dispersed a little bit . The middle-aged man appeared distressed .
-What in the world is this?
“What?”
-How is energy like this being put forth . You, are you a spirit summoner?
“So what?”
-Damn . Of course .
But then, a young elf nearby ran towards us .
“Kim, you okay?!”
It’s Jake .
The middle-aged man saw him and clicked his tongue .
-This won’t do . I thought I could personally intervene and take care of at least you but…… You really complicate things quite a bit .
“Does me being a spirit summoner complicate things?”
Then that means it wasn’t the wind, but because the Divine Protection of the Wind is a derivative of spirit summons that the attack damaged him .
-Don’t be happy like you’ve found out something . It is easily found common knowledge that black magic and spirit summons are incompatible .
“Regardless, I guess your standing in your organization has become quite complicated? Since you keep failing . So…you’ll be replaced or punished?”
-Hahaha, **** . Fine, enjoy your victory for today .
“That’s the plan . ”
-But remember . Now I will remember you . I will come for you .
“You want me to remember? Shouldn’t you give me a name then?”
The middle-aged man laughed .
-It is John Omento . Knowing my name won’t help you know anything so best not get your hopes up .
“Farewell then, John Omento . I hope you meet your end with some light punishment . ”
-Hmph .
Then, the black magician, nay, the necromancer by the name of John Omento, became black smoke and dispersed into the surrounding air .
“Are you okay?”
Asked Jake .
I nodded my head .
“Yeah . I think that guy just now is the dark magician orchestrating this whole thing . ”
“Really? Damn it, we should have killed him, we let him get away!”
“I don’t think he is enemy easily killed . ”
Force doesn’t work on him, and he becomes black smoke and is able to move freely in the air . He can also disappear and reappear anywhere it seems .
But John Omento doesn’t seem to be good at direct combat .
Is it because he is a magician?
Instead of directly fighting, he is more accustomed to being a special class that creates undead and orchestrates them .
I tapped Jake on the shoulder .
“Come, let’s go . Let’s finish this fight . ”