Breakers Chapter 24:
Chapter 24 - Chapter 3: Rescue #7
[Protagonist Correction Lv 2]
In-gong reflexively raised his hands and activated the skills window . Underneath Protagonist Correction, here was a passive skill that he hadn’t seen yet .
[Battlefield Protection Lv1]
[The hit rate of weapons launched towards the protagonist is slightly lowered . ]
'Heok, isn’t this the stormtrooper effect?’
The effect of Protagonist Correction was like the famous stormtroopers .
Stormtroopers were elite soldiers in the classic sci-fi movie, Star Wars . Among the numerous Imperial soldiers, they were especially famous for their accurate marksmanship . However, their hit rate tended to deteriorate when encountering the party of the protagonist .
It was like how protagonists don’t get shot in action movies .
‘Isn’t this the real Protagonist Correction?’
Perhaps his ability to learn skills wasn’t an effect of Conquest but was due to Protagonist Correction .
Anyway, it was a decent skill . He was nervous because it said ‘slightly’, but it was currently only level one .
‘Is there anything else? What effect will Protagonist Correction have when it levels up?’
“Hey! Shutra! What are you doing?”
Felicia’s sharp voice broke through In-gong’s thoughts . In-gong recovered his spirit and stood up . Right now, he was in the middle of a battle . It wasn’t the time for skills research .
‘Will I see the effect of levelling up?’
Or was it suppressed due to the effect of Below the King’s Flag?
"Prince!”
“Eh, eh!”
In-gong replied to Carack and looked around while picking up the dwarf dagger . After taking care of the blood ogre, the surprised Red Lightning tribe had changed to passive movements .
‘Okay, I should hurry . ’
The mini-map was still full of enemies . After a short time, the enemies started flocking in this direction again .
"Let's go! Retreat!”
In-gong gave an order to Carack who was swinging his axe .
He also shouted towards Felicia .
“These pigs! Return them to flames!”
"Return them to flames?”
Felicia heard In-gong’s words, laughed and raised both arms .
"The wind! Stir!”
Her command soon became a reality . Strong winds burst from Felicia’s arms and caused the flames to surround the Red Lightning tribe .
“Ohh!”
It wasn’t magic . In-gong was sure because he awakened magic power .
‘A spirit! It must be a spirit!’
The dark elves were elves who had been corrupted! On the Assenba Continent, there were few species born with a higher spirit affinity than elves and Felicia was a princess of the dark elves . She was a gifted spirit master before being an excellent magician .
'But how does it happen? Just like the wind . . . Heok!’
In-gong shook his head . It was a long shot .
'Spirit techniques are likely to be similar to an aura or psychic powers . I might not be able to awaken it like magic power . ’
In fact, the area of magic still wasn’t clear . Several more clinical experiments (?) were needed to determine the exact mechanisms .
‘But I need to be hit by a spirit technique to find out . ’
He would investigate spirit techniques later .
"Prince! A flare!”
This time it was Carack who interrupted In-gong’s thoughts . In-gong, who was running beside Carack, stared up at the sky and checked the signal . It was a yellow flash .
"A command to retreat!”
Chris was ordering a total retreat .
‘What is going on? Is Chris in danger?’
He suddenly thought of Caitlin . In-gong headed to the Jishuka Mountains with the orcs while navigating with the mini-map .
‘I have to widen the scope around the area!’
In-gong could look at the terrain in an enclosed space, but he could only grasp the movements of the troops moving in it by expanding the scope .
Thanks to the flames being controlled by Felicia, In-gong was able to rush up the mountain . In-gong didn’t forget to grasp the movements of the orcs on his side using the mini-map .
'There are approximately 60 . ’
It wasn’t easy to figure out the exact number, but there seemed to be 60 or so orcs following him up . Once In-gong reached a certain height, he turned and looked down at the Red Lightning tribe .
Flames and smoke blocked his view but he was able to grasp the movements through the mini-map .
‘There are troops in the centre and on the right . ’
Chris and Caitlin were in those places . Even the troops who pursued In-gong were reluctant to continue and turned towards those positions .
In-gong gritted his teeth . Chris and Caitlin popped into his head .
Blood-crazed beasts - the lycanthrope monsters .
However, that was a story that occurred in Year 516, four years from now . Chris was still 17 and Caitlin was only 15 years old .
“Caitlin . ”
He had to save her . No, he had to help . Perhaps the reason why In-gong could escape so easily from the enemy was because the enemy troops were all heading to Chris and Caitlin .
“Carack! Take your troops! Go and help Caitlin noona!”
If he had to help either Chris or Caitlin, it was right to choose Caitlin . Chris was much stronger than Caitlin and the lycanthropes with him were elites . He would be able to pull himself out .
“I understand!”
Carack immediately responded to In-gong’s command, but Felicia was different . Her eyes widened .
"What, are you going back?”
In-gong just nodded in response and ran after Carack .
"Let's go!"
“Ouh!”
"Ohhhh!"
The adrenaline had risen in the orcs after the battle, so they roared as they followed In-gong . Felicia stared after them with a bewildered expression before cursing .
“Hey! This bastard! Go together! Let’s go together!”
Instead of looking back, In-gong only checked the mini-map and ran . In no time at all, Felicia caught up to In-gong and called the spirit again .
"The wind! Open the path!”
She opened a path in the raging flames for In-gong to go through . In-gong thanked Felicia in his mind and pulled out a dagger . Red Lightning orcs could be seen in front of him .
“Carack! Pierce through!”
“Leave me alone!”
Carack laughed like a villain as he wielded the battle axe . Felicia sneered but she used magic and her spirit to block the enemy’s path while securing her allies’ path .
'Really skilled . '
In-gong was worried for Caitlin but his eyes were forced to go to the person next to him .
Felicia didn’t use any attack magic . She used fire and wind in an appropriate manner to control the battlefield .
This was magic and this was a magician .
As she moved among the flames, she seemed like a goddess of the battlefield .
'How the **** was she caught?’
Was she captured due to a moment of carelessness? Or was there a very strong orc among the Red Lightning tribe?
"Prince! Where should we go?”
Carack asked while bathing in the enemy’s blood . In-gong checked the mini-map and pointed .
"This way!"
Due to the flames, it was impossible to determine where his allies were . Therefore, he could only guess based on the movements of the enemies .
'I’m glad it is a melee . ’
The enemies were running around in a confused state . If it wasn’t a melee but a proper frontal battle, he would have suffered serious damage from bows and magic .
“Noona! Move those flames there!”
In-gong said while pointing to a giant blaze that was burning something unknown . Considering the circumstances, it was highly likely that Caitlin and her lycanthropes were beyond there . Piercing through was the shortest route .
"This is my command!”
Felicia shouted nervously as her hands moved .
“Tornado!"
A massive amount of mana was launched . The small winds that emerged from Felicia’s fingertips became huge . It got rid of everything in its path, including the flames .
“Thank you! Noona is the best!”
In-gong cheered while Felicia huffed with frustration . However, she seemed fairly happy as he could see a small smile on her face .
"Let's go! Carack!”
“Ouh!”
In-gong ran with Carack towards the vortex and Felicia hastily got rid of it . In-gong shouted as he jumped over the scattering winds .
“Caitlin! I came to rescue . . . !”
Kwang!
A sudden burst swallowed all the noise, including In-gong’s cries .
The bones and flesh of the orcs shattered, exploding all over the place . The source of the sound was the fist that destroyed the orcs and the owner of the fist was a young girl . She was surrounded by corpses that could barely be distinguished as orcs .
“You wanted to go and save someone?”
Felicia scoffed and Carack laughed .
In-gong looked at the girl instead of replying . Confusion flashed in the eyes of the girl covered in orc blood but that only lasted for a moment .
“Shutra! You’re safe!”
Caitlin Moonlight .
Even though she was young, she still laughed like a blooming flower .