Arena Chapter 151:

Chapter 151 – High Priest (Part 1)

 

We had returned to the uninhabited island and spent a leisurely two days there when .

“Beeeek-!”

A rake eagle, who had been playing over the water, screeched sharply .

“It’s number seven . ”

Said Cha Ji-hye who was lying next to me .

‘Woah, how can she tell in a glance? Even though I’m the owner I get confused . ’

Cha Ji-hye’s love of animals was at a bizarre level .

Anyway, seeing the seventh’s reaction, it seems to be warning me of something that’s appeared .

Then, the other 9 rake eagles began to screech in the same way too .

Only then did I realize something serious has happened and I summoned my AW50F .

Cha Ji-hye too put on her armor and dual blades and finished her battle preparation .

I had Sylph scout around the uninhabited island .

And then, I saw the shocking scene that Sylph sent to me .

A zombie horde was crossing the ocean .

They were crossing the ocean by flailing as if they were swimming but looking at it I couldn’t really call it any kind of swim stroke .

And one young man was casually walking across the water .

The zombie horde was becoming his bridge .

A strange young man with a pale complexion was walking towards us by stepping on zombies .

The zombie horde seemed to number in the tens of thousands .

And the extraordinary young man seemed to be their owner .

‘This is the real exam . ’

And then I realized why I was given such an easy exam to annihilate the pirate army .

Because it wasn’t an easy exam .

There was this man hiding within the pirate army .

“It’s a zombie horde . Their numbers are no joke . ”

“Yes, I can see them too . ”

“There is a man traversing the sea by walking on top of the zombie horde . His face is pale and he looks mid-20’s . He’s dressed like a pirate . ”

“A dark magician . ”

“Yes . But seeing as how he’s got such a large zombie horde, this is serious . ”

“If we assume that the dark magician is the target of this 9th turn exam, he won’t be some average lackey . He might even be one of the 6 high priests . ”

“One of the 6 high priests?”

“The exams are given according to the level of skill of the examinee . Taking into account your and my growth, I think taking on one of the 6 high priests wouldn’t be considered a big stretch . ”

I see .

I couldn’t disagree with Cha Ji-hye speculation .

There’s no way they would give me an easy exam .

Especially in this kind of fight, we would be given an opponent we could barely win over .

“It will be to our advantage to fight on the water . On land we have no way to counter that many zombies . ”

“Okay . ”

Cha Ji-hye agreed with my suggestion and whistled .

Then the first of the rake eagles shot over to her like an arrow and landed next to her .

Cha Ji-hye jumped onto the back of the first rake eagle .

She wrapped her long slender legs around its neck and stabilized her body then she pulled out both blades .

“Let’s go!”

“Beeek!”

Number one, with Cha Ji-hye on its back, flew up .

This was the result of spending time on the uninhabited island, Cha Ji-hye got along well and played with the rake eagles .

She had trained the first eagle to be her personal ride .

Of course, she needed my help for it with my animal taming intermediate level 5 that could give formal orders .

I was like a translator and helped in her training by delivering Cha Ji-hye’s words .

And now, even without my help, she could freely control it .

‘It seems like she has a better grip on them than I do . ’

Anyway, after I summoned Sylph, I rode the wind and flew into the air .

The zombies weren’t swimming properly .

Maybe it was because they were dead corpses but they didn’t exactly sink in the water but they weren’t exactly swimming like swimmers either .

In order to gain a topographic advantage while fighting with that zombie horde there was no other choice but to engage in a sea fight .

But the only variable was that young man that seemed to be a high-ranking dark magician .

What kind of variable that man’s dark magic would bring, we had no idea .

“Miss Ji-hye! Aim at the dark magician . I’ll back you up!”

We were flying up in the air and it was chaotic but through Sylph’s skill, my words are clearly delivered to Cha Ji-hye .

“Got it!”

Cha Ji-hye’s voice too was delivered to me by Sylph as if it was a whisper .

It was a dangerous task but based on my last experience, dark magicians are weak in close combat . And close combat was Cha Ji-hye’s specialty .

We were up in the air so the young dark magician man’s location could be seen at a glance .

I aimed my AW50F at him and pulled the trigger .

One bullet shot with all the force of Sylph!

Tuuuuung!

A black curtain appeared and wrapped around the young dark magician to block the bullet .

But Sylph’s power added a strong force up to the point of impact so the black curtain was ripped .

At that time, Cha Ji-hye was riding number one and quickly dropped down .

The young dark magician once again protected himself with the black curtain .

I pulled the trigger again .

Taaang!! KwaJik!

The 12 . 7 mm bullet ripped the curtain again .

And at the same time…

Paaaat!

Cha Ji-hye who descended with number one, burst into acrobatics .

Number one flipped its body upside down right above the young dark magician .

Hanging on to number one with both legs while hanging upside down, Cha Ji-hye awesomely hacked with both blades .

Chwaaaak!

A red fountain came forth .

The young man’s head went flying towards the sky .

It was a success .

With one blow the young dark magician had been killed .

‘But this is too easy?’

It seemed Cha Ji-hye was thinking the same as me . She got right side up again and flew up and without any emotion Cha Ji-hye looked at the young man .

Our prediction was correct .

The zombie horde picked up the cut off head of the young man and delivered it to him .

After passing it along it finally arrived at the young man’s body .

The young dark magician’s body, with its head cut off, calmly received the head given by the zombies and placed it atop his neck .

The dark magician slowly looked at me and Cha Ji-hye .

And then he laughed coldly .

“I wouldn’t say that felt good . ”

I was shocked .

‘What the **** is he?’

Is he actually an undead or something? How can a person lose their head and be fine!

‘Could it be that no matter how we attack he’ll be fine?’

I decide to test it out .

With one hand I aimed the AW50F and with the other hand I raised up a Neilson H2 handgun .

With the help of Sylph, I aimed both guns at the dark magician .

I pulled both triggers at the same time . With a slight time difference the AW50F fired off a little faster .

Ta tang-!!

The 12 . 7mm bullet rips the young dark magicians’ curtain .

And through the ripped crack the . 357 magnum bullet from the Neilson H2 burrowed through his body .

Puuk!

There was a giant hole made where his heart was .

“Kuuk!”

The young man opened both eyes wide .

From his chest that was burst open from the bullet, blood gushed out . It was obvious to whoever saw this that it was instant death .

‘Let’s see if he lives despite having his heart obliterated . ’

I watched for the young dark magician’s reaction .

The young dark magician stooped his body over and blood continued gushing from his chest . The sea turned red .

But then, from the young man’s lips, a strange language could be heard . It was undecipherable and unstopping .

‘A dark magic spell?’

Then the words at the end were in the Arena language that I could understand .

“Dear Fate, I pass thee unto the everlasting, breathe life into eternity . ”

The blood that had gushed out and turned the sea red was now reversed .

It flowed backwards and gathered back into the hole in the young man’s chest . Like fish returning home in breeding season .

His chest closed .

The dark magician looked up at me and laughed again .

“It has already been a long time since I’ve forgotten the feeling of pain and agony . From long ago my body has been a senseless meaningless lump of flesh . ”

‘He’s a monster……’

My teeth shivered at this man that kept coming back to life .

This may be Arena but still, there’s no way I could see something so unnatural and not be surprised .

“But I don’t have the habit of letting my body be infringed upon either . I think its your turn now, examinee Kim Hyun-ho . ”

“……?!”

He knows my name?

In an instant, Lee Chang-wee crossed my mind .

‘Right, that **** probably conspired with them . ’

He would have divulged information about the examinees and given all the information about me as well .

This time, the young dark magician began to recite a spell first .

Did you think I would just leave you alone to do that?

‘I’ll feed that mouth of yours a bullet . ’

Once again, I pulled the triggers on my AW50F and Neilson H2 .

Ta- taang-!!

With a piercing ring the two bullets shot out .

One struck the black cloak, the other ripped through his neck .

His neck exploded and his head was separated from his body and fell .

This time too the zombie horde picked up the fallen head and delivered it back .

But bizarrely, even in its separated state, the young man’s head continued to recite a spell .

The lungs were no longer connected to a throat and no air could reach his lips but regardless, the head continued to move its lips .

The last zombie to receive the head places it atop the young man’s neck .

At last the young man’s voice carried out .

“Glory of flame, dancing heat, the wreckage of a heap of ashes . ”

The moment the spell was complete .

Hwa lu lu lu lu luk-!!

From both hands of the young dark magician, a black flame burst out .

As if seeped out of hell, an ominous black flame swallowed everything around it including the zombies .

Tens and hundreds of them……

As if swallowing the zombies whole, the blaze grew larger .

The black flame began to rise up to me by endlessly eating the zombie horde and growing in size .

“Escape it!”

After I warned Cha Ji-hye, I had Sylph quickly raise me higher into the sky .

But the black flame chased after me and created a flame pillar and rose up too .

No matter how high I sent, no matter how far away I moved, the flame continued to come after me .

‘It is impossible to evade it?’

For a moment I used Sylph to look ag the young dark magician .

Sylph sent me the image .

The black flame started at his hands .

‘If I get rid of his hands, the flames will disappear too . ’

I changed my thinking .

“Divine Protection of Wind!”

The Divine Protection of Wind spread out and, like when I sync with Sylph, I could move freely along the wind .

I protected my body within a whirlwind . And then I raced towards the young dark magician .

Kwa kwa kwa kwa-!!

The black flame came over me .

With my whirlwind I got rid of the blaze and like an arrow I shot myself towards the young dark magician .

But rather than retreat, the dark magician smiled as if to welcome me .

‘Alright, I’m coming, you fucker!’

I put away the AW50F and took out another Neilson H2 and dual wielded my guns .

I pierced through the black blaze and reached the young dark magician .

Maybe 8 – 9 meters .

Even without Sylph’s help I had a shooting skill that was 100% accuracy within 10 meters .

“Eat this!”

Ta ta ta ta tang!

I shot both guns .

But the bullets didn’t reach the young dark magician .

Because the black blaze swallowed the bullets .

‘Then I’ll just have to get close enough that the black flames can’t protect him!’

I approached the **** even closer .

Finally, the distance between us narrowed to less than a meter .

We looked at each other, right in front of each other .

“What are you looking at asshole?”

At this short distance, I shoved both towards him and pulled the triggers .