Arena Chapter 193:

While Kim Hyunho and Cha Jihye were delaying the transportation troops carrying supplies to the border, Laman City was in the heat of battle .
Even when the Arend Kingdom appeared with large forces, the soldiers defending Laman City did not feel that nervous .
In this war, the invading side was their Aman Empire after all .
The one preparing for the invasion was also the Aman Empire, so they did not think that the Arend Kingdom, inferior in their numbers, would try to attack first .

Above all, Laman City was a natural fortress .
They had faith that they wouldn’t be conquered even if they were attacked .
However,

“Whaaaaa!”
“Charge!”

The soldiers of the Arend Kingdom started charging towards the castle walls .
They threw stones with catapults and climbed the walls using ladders .

“Are they frickin’ crazy?”
“Fire the arrows!”

Arrows flew from both sides .
Blood and screams were everywhere .
They were taken aback by the frontal attack from the Arend soldiers, but they soon began to act in order .
Meanwhile, one group of soldiers appeared with ladders, just like any others .

“Let’s go!”

The soldier up front shouted . The following soldiers nodded their heads .
The one at the front was none other than Odin .
The following were all examinees as well .
They were disguised as normal soldiers and were acting according to plan .
They had thought about what methods they could use as examinees to bring damage to the fortress .
However, their conclusion was that only a frontal attack could conquer the fortress .

‘If we utilize the power of the 20x muscle strength from the suits, then we can climb over the castle walls and open its gates . ’

They would open the gates, and let the Arend soldiers in and bring the battle to the city .
If they did that, they would bring irreparable damage to the Aman soldiers .
If everything went well, they would probably be able to take over the city as well .

“Let’s go!”

Odin ran while carrying the ladder .
Even though the ladder was large enough to scale the walls of the castle, Odin was carrying it by himself .
He was easily capable of carrying it one-handed even without using aura, as he had the support from the artificial muscle fiber suit .

“Ha!”

Odin threw the ladder and the ladder was put in just the right spot .
The examinees behind him followed suit .

“Kill them!”
“Wipe them out!”
“Damn them!”

The examinees started scaling the wall at a rightening rate . They didn’t use hands while they climbed .
After running up the ladder as though he was on flat land, Odin pulled out his sword .

Paah!

Aura blade gushed out from his sword .
Fear colored the expressions of the soldiers defending the walls .

“Aura blade?”
“It’s an aura master!”
“No… way… . !”

Aura masters were supreme experts that ordinary soldiers had no hope to contend with .

“W, we should run……!”

Odin ran like a tiger and swung his sword .

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“Arrrgh!”
“Graaargh!”
“Ugh!”

All the soldiers in the path of his sword were ripped apart .
Odin continued to swing his sword and killed all living enemies around him .
After he swept past one round, other examinees followed suit .
Then he shouted .

“Quickly, open the gates!”

The examinees ran to the gates .

“No, stop them!”

One commander-looking person from the Aman Empire’s side shouted in despair .
However, the next moment, a knife flew and struck his neck .
The commander collapsed, dead .
Then, a blond girl appeared where he was and pulled out the knife . It was Marie Johanna . She then disappeared like magic again .
Aura master Odin, as well as other rankers of Earth .
Even the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the city could not obstruct their ambush .
Many soldiers were guarding the castle gates, but all that happened was that Odin built a small hill out of corpses .

Rumble!

The drawbridge was drawn down and the gates opened .

“Whaaaa!”
“It’s open!”
“Charge!”

The Arend army started flooding in through the gates .

“Our job here is done now, and we should get fighting . Marie and Shuhei, you two should find as many of the high-ranking officers as possible and assassinate them . ”
“Yes . ”

The Arend army clashed against the soldiers of the Empire within the city .
It was a chaotic fight with little scuffles littered all around the place .
The large number of Aman soldiers didn’t mean much in a battle like this .
The examinees, on the other hand, were achieving great feats amidst this chaos .
It seemed that Laman City would fall to the Arend Kingdom’s hands .

***

All examinees were battling to clear the final mission .
Kim Hyunho, especially, as he was battling alone against the transportation troops carrying supplies to Laman City as well as the dark magicians and corrupt examinees guarding them .
Although he didn’t feel lonely as Cha Jihye was with him, he was still having a hard time .

However, there was one person that pushed himself too far as he had the most crucial role in this war .
It was Dana Litalin .
Not only was he controlling the satellite, which required technical expertise, he was also in control of 2 Marbles of the Abyss .
Although he didn’t participate in the battle directly, the only person in both worlds that could control those marbles’ super-long range like this was him .
Each of the marbles were in support of Kim Hyunho and the Aman Imperial Palace respectively .
As he was controlling two of them at super long distances, he would usually not have any energy to do anything else . It would also be impossible if Dana wasn’t trained in his mind .

‘Just when are you planning to move . ’

The one he was worried about the most was Kajad Pun Aman .
Only when Kajad went to the Brown Mountain Range would their plan for the final mission go well .
Attacking and damaging Laman City was only secondary .
To be frank, it didn’t matter even if they lost the war .
As long as they kill Kajad, the exams would be over .
If all exams ended like that, then who cares about the shift of Arena’s political power?

-Litalin, how’s it going over there?

Kim Hyunho’s voice could be heard .

“They should be battling right now . They should have succeeded in entering Laman City . How is it on that side? I think I just heard you giving orders to Sylph a few hours ago . ”
-Oh, yeah . Someone was talking to Lee Chang-wee about ‘examinees’ so I took care of him . From how I got no karma, he’s probably a dark magician .
“That’s a good result . Although he was only a servant taking care of the dirty deeds, Lee Chang-wee never had a low position in the Second Advent Association . Someone consulting him regarding something should be in a high position even as a dark magician . ”
-Really? Anyway, on our side, the situation isn’t looking too good .
“What do you mean by that?”
-Lee Chang-wee, that dude seemed to have noticed our plan to attack Laman City . He made examinees and dark magicians run to Laman City .
“Why don’t you attack their procession then? There’s no way they are going to give up their supplies . ”
-Lee Chang-wee and two other dark magicians are against me . Lee Chang-wee’s pathfinder skill allows them to use the Eyes of the Abyss to track me .

Hearing those words, Dana closed his eyes and fell into thought .
A moment later, he spoke up .

“At that point, I think you’ve finished your job there . For now, don’t confront them and return to this place . ”
-Are we okay now, then?
“Yes . It was our original plan to attract them here anyway . ”
-Then I’ll be returning .
“Oh, please throw the Marble of the Abyss into the air . ”
-What?
“You’ll be returning, so the marble will be used elsewhere . From now, we’ll use the communication device for the necessary contact . ”
-Okay then . I’m throwing it now .

Then, Kim Hyunho took out the Marble of the Abyss from his pocket and Dana started being aware of the situation around .
Hyunho then threw the marble .
Dana focused and controlled the marble .
The marble started to fly straight towards the Aman Imperial Palace .
Although one Marble of the Abyss was watching the palace right now, it was only carefully watching the perimeter .
The palace from the outside could be watched with the satellite, so it didn’t have much meaning .
The important part lay within the palace .
To be exact, under the palace, where Kajad was resting .

‘I’ll definitely be found out if I enter the underground palace . ’

Kajad Pun Aman was a freakish dark magician considered to be on par with the founder of necromancy .
If his Marble of the Abyss entered the underground palace, he would find out immediately
It would be lucky if he destroyed the marble immediately .
If Dana gave him some time, then Kajad would reverse-calculate the magic formula and discover his location .

‘It doesn’t matter if he finds out or not . ’

The Marble of the Abyss arrived at the palace . Now, two marbles were orbiting around .

‘Let’s go!’

Dana controlled one of them to infiltrate the palace .
He flew it very carefully so that it would go unseen by anyone .
He entered the underground palace using the passage only used by high-ranking personnel of the Second Advent Association .
He started sweating cold sweat .
Even though he was looking at the laptop screen, watching the battle happening in Laman City, his concentration was on the marble .
It was scary to think about meeting Kajad again, even when it was through the marble .

-Hhhhhhhh…… .

A groan could be heard .
It was an unforgettable voice .
The voice of Kajad Pun Aman .

‘Let’s go . ’

Even if he was found out, it would be a big harvest if he learned what kind of state Kajad was in .

-Ugh, it’s so…… painful .

The marble started approaching towards where the voice came from .

-It is so painful to live in this imperfect state .
“…… . . ”
-Isn’t that so? Dana Litalin .
“……I agree . Though, I never lived as long as you did . ”
-Hahaha…… .

An aged man could be seen . His top half was naked and was covered with magic formula tattoos .
Dana made the marble approach the old man .
Kajad saw the marble, and saw beyond the marble and to Dana .

-I should have transcended all realms of desire, but I was not able to .
“So I see . ”
-Hahaha, I’m thirsty .

Kajad stood up . He put a cape around his shoulders and continued .

-I cannot hold back anymore!

Dana had a proper look at Kajad’s eyes burning with greed .
Crack!
Kajad destroyed the marble with his hands . However, Dana was satisfied with what he just saw .