Arena Chapter 194:

Laman City was in the heat of war .
Soldiers from both sides were clashing everywhere in the city and blood was spilling . The civilians of Laman City locked up their houses and shuddered in fear .
The Aman Empire was very well aware of the structure of the city .
They were also at an advantage in terms of numbers, so it would make sense to have driven them out in a short time, but there was a big problem right now .
There were examinees, like Odin, on Arend Kingdom’s side .
The assassin-style examinees like Marie and Shuhei were also going around killing high-ranking officials, so their command was falling apart .
With their help in hand, the Arend Kingdom was almost at a point where they took over the city .
However, just at the right time, an anomaly appeared .

“Our aim is the examinees!”
“We just have to take them out!”

It was the corrupt examinees .
They mostly belonged to Lee Chang-wee’s faction in China .
Lee Chang-wee had already escaped the grasp of the communist government and took all of the Arena business profits for his own . The communist government did not touch him out of fear . As long as Heising stayed dead, there would be no one to stop him .
The ones following Lee Chang-wee decided to follow him until the very end . Although he was a greedy and vicious man, he had the wisdom to share his profits with his underlings .
Those followers of his already turned their backs against the Chinese government by following him . If they lost their skills as examinees, there was no way the government would let them go .
It wasn’t just the Chinese examinees . There were many other examinees from the world who were poached by Lee Chang-wee who were in similar situations .
Not only that, but there were also examinees that took their side even though they were not corrupt examinees .
They feared going back to being an ordinary human after losing all their powers as examinees .
They believed that, once Arena and Earth fused into one, the examinees that had supernatural powers would become special .
In any case, both of these groups’ targets were the examinees trying to clear the last exam .

“Find the examinees!”
“I don’t give a **** about the war . The important thing is to find and eliminate the examinees!”

They didn’t give the soldiers of the Arend Kingdom a second glance .
They were looking for the examinees trying to clear the exam as though they were hungry predators .

***

Lee Chang-wee was somewhere far from Laman City .
The two dark magicians with him were using Eyes of the Abyss to watch the area .

“Is it fine to stay here? Our allies in Laman City aren’t looking too good . ”

One of the dark magicians asked .
Lee Chang-wee answered his question .

“As I said just now it would be a real pain if Kim Hyunho joins them . It will be even more difficult to defend from his sniping in a chaotic battle . It will be better to stop him here . ”

Indeed .
Lee Chang-wee was spending all of his time obstructing Kim Hyunho .
If a powerhouse like Lee Chang-wee joined the war, then it would be a great help in defending Laman City, but Kim Hyunho would also join the war and that would make matters worse .
Kim Hyunho would be able to discover the examinees amidst the chaotic battle and snipe them all .
His sniping power was beyond imagination and wasn’t something that someone could put countermeasures up against .
It would be better to take the penalty of losing Lee Chang-wee’s battle prowess to obstruct Kim Hyunho from joining the war .
The two dark magicians controlled their Eyes of the Abyss to fly in the direction of Kim Hyunho’s position found through Lee Chang-wee’s pathfinder skill and stood guard .
The plan was for Lee Chang-wee to go and strike Kim Hyunho as soon as he came into range . This was also the reason why Kim Hyunho wasn’t approaching them carelessly .
Even though they had fought numerous times attacking and protecting the procession, they had never seen each others’ faces until now .

***

“Let’s see . First up, I can guarantee that his pathfinder skill is only beginner lv 1 . ”
“I agree . Our opponent is only aware of the direction we’re in . ”
“He’s with 2 other dark magicians, and considering that they can use the Eyes of the Abyss, they should be pretty powerful . If a battle breaks out, they should be able to support Lee Chang-wee in multiple ways . ”
“The most problematic of them all is the defensive item that Lee Chang-wee is wearing . ”

I was discussing a plan with Cha Jihye .
I didn’t know that things would turn out like this .
Lee Chang-wee was obstructing my path to Laman City with his two dark magicians . This was only possible as he was aware of my direction through the pathfinder skill .
I thought about passing right above them at high altitudes, but they had two dark magicians, so I thought that they should have methods to make Lee Chang-wee fly, so I gave up on that .

Meanwhile, I had one advantage against them .
It was that they weren’t aware of the existence of Cha Jihye .
They weren’t aware that she was here, nor did they know that she had high Lv1 aura control, which made her a master-level expert .
Wouldn’t it be a winning battle if I utilized the fact that they aren’t fully aware of our prowess?

I couldn’t just go to them blindly with that in mind . We also weren’t aware of the extent of defense that Lee Chang-wee’s magic item had .
Well, Laman City had all the high-ranking examinees, including Odin, on their side .
If Lee Chang-wee, the most dangerous of them all, didn’t fight, then they would still be able to win this battle .

But at that time, the communication device in my chest pocket started vibrating .
When I took out to check, it was Dana who called me .

“Hello?”
-It’s about to begin .
“Huh? What do you mean?”
-Kajad Pun Aman will be moving soon .
“What!?”

Dana continued as I stayed shocked .

-I checked myself through the Marble of the Abyss . He seemed no longer able to control his desire anymore . He’ll move to fulfill the lacking souls .

And his destination should be the Brown Mountain Range as we expected .
Not only were there three Trees of Life, but there was also the smaller Tree of Life that only came into existence recently . It was home to elves as well .
Kajad should appear in the Brown Mountain Range as though a thirsty man discovering an oasis .

-We should enact the plan now . How’s the situation on your side?
“Lee Chang-wee is obstructing us from getting to Laman City . There are two dark magicians with him as well . ”
-We cannot delay this any longer . Just break through them . Don’t try to fight back and defeat them, just think of it as rushing right past them .
“Okay . ”
-And also, there is a limit to magic items, no matter how excellent they are . In my opinion, Lee Chang-wee’s magic item should be activated if there is a force that can harm the body .
“And so?”
-I think attacks that aren’t strikes will do the trick .
“Attacks that aren’t strikes?”
-The magic shouldn’t activate when you’re trying to pat his shoulder, for example, right?
“Oh!”

Only then did I realize what Dana was trying to say .
It might work if he was grabbed and had his joint broken, or just plainly thrown into the ground .
Of course, it would be really dangerous to fight him head on, but I didn’t need to do that .
I could just use Sylph to do it .
I can create several hands made of wind with Sylph’s help to throw him into the air, or something .
It wasn’t like Lee Chang-wee would stay still, so it would become a hard battle, but I could use this method to make him stay away from me .
In the meanwhile, I can just run away on the back of the rake eagle .

“Let’s go!”

After the communication, Jihye and I got on the back of the rake eagle . ”

“Screech-!”

The rake eagle flew into the air with a strong cry .

“Sylph . ”
-Nyan?

Sylph was summoned .
I was saving up on summoning time as I only had 14 hours to summon a day .

“From now, tell me if you see any Eyes of the Abyss . ”
-Nyan!

I flew up high into the air and armed myself with the Neilson R3 .
A moment later, Sylph warned me and I immediately pulled the trigger .
Just before I fired, Sylph adjusted the direction of the muzzle .

Boom!
-Nyaan!

And another one .
I shot another round .

Boom!

The two Eyes of the Abyss should all be broken now .
Meaning, that Lee Chang-wee was aware that we were moving .

‘It starts now . ’

I transferred my thoughts to Sylph . Having understood what I was asking, Sylph created five hands made of air . After a few minutes of flying, I was able to meet the enemy .

“Here you come, Kim Hyunho!”

Lee Chang-wee welcomed me with a smirk .
On his back was a pair of wings, presumably made from dark magic .
Now, he was no longer disguised as a soldier and was wearing black armor .

Boom- Clang!

The bullet I just shot was blocked by the shield that appeared momentarily .
Lee Chang-wee’s smirk got thicker .

“Good armor you got there . ”
“I paid a lot for it . More than half the reason I got this was for you, so you can be proud of it . ”

His eyes then turned to Cha Jihye who was behind me .

“Oho, so you two couple were together all this time?”
“You getting jealous?”
“Hahaha, of course, I am . I just know what kind of a hot girl she is!”

Then, Lee Chang-wee flapped his black wings and flew straight towards me .

“Go!”

I shouted to Sylph .
The five wind hands all flew towards Lee Chang-wee at the same time .
At the same time, I aimed the rifle at Lee Chang-wee’s black wings and fired .

Boom!

Lee Chang-wee was shaken for a moment after one of his black wings dissipated, but another one grew up in its place .
It seemed that the dark magicians on the ground were capable of maintaining it .

Lee Chang-wee then took out his sword and swung it like lightning .
As his sword contained the aura blade, he destroyed all the wind hands with a swing .
With Lee Chang-wee approaching, I handed the Neilson R3 over to Sylph and took out the two Neilson H2s .
Cha Jihye also took out her dual blades and got ready to fight .

It was just at that moment .
The black wings behind Lee Chang-wee’s back suddenly disappeared .

“What the!?”

Lee Chang-wee became surprised, and without his wings, he fell down to the ground .
Though, I didn’t expect him to fall to his death just because he fell from this height .
When Lee Chang-wee fell far enough that we didn’t see him anymore, I tilted my head in confusion and asked Cha Jihye .

“What was that?”
“From how his wings disappeared, I believe that a problem occurred with the dark magicians on the ground . ”

Did some of the examinees help us?
I thought about all 31 examinees that participated in the final plan .
I checked with the pathfinder skill and they were all in Laman City’s direction .

‘Then who?’

Well, in any case, it was good that he got an easy way out .
We took our mind off Lee Chang-wee and flew towards Laman City .

***

The moment he was about to collide with the ground, Lee Chang-wee protected his body with aura .

BOOM!

With a very loud sound, the ground he smashed was paved in .
Climbing out of the dirt, Lee Chang-wee had a very serious look around .

“Who the **** is it?”

After the dust settled, he could see what was around him .
The two dark magicians were laying on the ground, dead .
While there was a pair of a man and woman that was thought to be the culprits…… .

“What!?”

Lee Chang-wee’s face turned into that of shock .
Shockingly, it was Heising and his close female aide .
The two that were thought to be dead, and should be dead, was glaring at him in animosity .