The living spirit ran through the large pathways in his body several times, making them even larger, but then it changed to making his vein tougher. The living spirit was moving even faster than it had done in Korea.
How many times had it run through his body?
He felt the warm energy on his back, and the living spirit rested in his gut. Junhyuk slowly opened his eyes and saw a watchtower.
He looked around.
âNo one is on the watchtower?â
âThatâs right. I donât know where they went. Itâs empty.â
He got off from Artlanâs back.
âShould we attack now?â
âWe should.â
They all wanted to visit Bebe. All heroes had died once and lost items in the process. Without new items, the allies would be pushed around.
âTake care of the archers.â
âYes.â
The Spatial Slash could deal with the archers by itself, and because there were no minions, they took down the watchtower easily.
âOK. We donât know where the enemy went, but the tower is destroyed, so we have a chance. Letâs go see Bebe,â Artlan said.
Everyone nodded, and they headed toward Bebe. On the way, Junhyuk asked, âWhere do you think they went?â
Artlan pondered it over and said, âThey probably went to hunt a buff monster. The enemies must be worried about us too. Letâs hurry.â
Junhyuk nodded and ran faster. They needed new items before meeting up with the enemy again. On the way, Junhyuk turned to Diane.
âDid you make more money?â
She caressed his butt and said, âI trust two things, you and earning money.â
âThatâs nice.â
He felt good that the allied heroes were earning money because of him. As least, they had money. They ran for a while, but when they arrived at Bebeâs portal, they met an unexpected group. There were three enemy heroes in front of themâKeros, Tuelus and one more.
Third one had a long back and spikes along his spine. He didnât look human. The heroes mouth was sliced from ear to ear, and he looked like he was laughing. Junhyuk was scared of looking at him.
Halo looked at him and said, âThatâs the tank.â
A tank and two DPS. The allies had five heroes and Junhyuk, so they had a chance. Five would kill three.
The tank got up and said, âIâve waiting here to meet you all. I am Aak.â Aak extended his arms and continued, âGood idea coming here. So, letâs party!â
âParty? What party?!â
Diane was already pulling her bowstring, and Aak laughed and ran toward her. Artlan jumped on Aak, landing on him, but Aak simply blocked Artlanâs saber attack with his forearm. Aak started bleeding from his forearm, but he ignored it and pushed Artlan back, continuing on his path. Then, Nudra kicked Aak on his stomach.
Aak was pushed back, and Junhyuk was relieved. At that point, Diane let go of her bowstring, and ten arrow flew out followed by twenty guided lights. The arrows flew in Tuelusâ direction, and he escaped by strafing to the side. Meanwhile, Keros took Tuelusâ spot.
He used the massive sword to shield his body, blocking every arrow. Once the sword lit up red, Junhyuk grabbed Diane and teleported. They already knew of Kerosâ counterattack.
Diane smiled at Junhyuk and said, âThanks.â
He didnât respond, looking straight at the enemy.
âWho do you want to kill first?â
âA DPS.â
The allies had to kill the one with the strongest attack first, and Junhyuk nodded and used the Spatial Slash.
âArgh!â
A gash appeared on Tuelusâ neck, and he frowned, staring at Junhyuk. A shockwave swept through the enemies, dealing heavy damage.
Tuelus was a standard DPS, and all of his items had to focus on attack. However, once the Spatial Slash hit, it only took 25 percent off his health. Surprisingly, his defense was quite high.
âThey are too strong.â
They were definitely stronger than all of the enemies the allies had fought so far, or at least their items were stronger.
Tuelus wiped the blood off his neck and smiled. He was staring at Junhyuk, and Junhyuk started feeling really nervous.
The allies continued their attacks on Tuelus. From underneath him, a wall of fire rose from the ground, and a fire spear headed toward him. All of their firepower was now focus on the hero, and Tuelus clicked his tongue.
âTake it easy now.â
Two machines floated up to Tuelusâ shoulders and counterattacked with ten beams of light. Artlan took them all and lost 35 percent of his health exactly. The attack hadnât even been an ultimate.
Keros ran.
Boom!
Nudra was taking the front, so he got hit and bounced back from the impact. He crashed, and Aak took the lead for the enemy heroes.
Halo used his Flash Attack on Aak, passing the hero by. He wanted to attack the other enemies as well, but thatâs when Aak stomped the ground.
Boom!
The ground shook, and Junhyuk scowled. With Aak in center, concentric shockwaves expanded outward, and everyone caught by them was paralyzed.
Aak punched at Halo, and Halo was thrown back toward Nudra. Keros went at them and swung his large sword down, creating the fan-like shockwave. The allies were losing a lot of health fast, and Tuelus sauntered over to them slowly and smiled.
âHow many of you will live?â
The two machines on Tuelus shot two blue lasers, and the lasers formed a circle. The allies could all die, but at that moment, they were able to move again. Junhyuk had raised a force field around them.
Chink!
Tuelus bounced off the force field, and while the machines did fire the lasers, nobody was hurt. He turned to the allies, who had already started attacking again. However, they were all at low health.
The shockwaves had dealt a lot of damage, including to Junhyuk. Ordinarily, shockwaves didnât deal that much damage, but even Junhyuk lost 20 percent of his health because of the ones Aak released. As for the ones Keros created, those took 70 percent of Junhyukâs health, so he only had 10 percent left.
He had wanted to save the allied heroes, but also, to save himself, he had had no other recourse.
From just two attacks, the allies were doing terribly. If Tuelusâ last attack had succeeded, most of the allies would have died.
The allies had been thwarted. They had thought they couldâve won with their numerical superiority. After they started moving, they all focused on Tuelus. However, Tuelus dodged everything, and Aak stood in his place.
Junhyuk was shocked by Aakâs health and defense. The five heroes all focused on him, but he only lost 40 percent of his health. That was a legend candidate and a tank.
Junhyuk was curious about the items the enemies were carrying. Then, Halo, Vera and Diane stepped back. THey were preparing their ultimates, and the other two heroes were covering for them.
Because Artlanâs ultimate only hit a short range, he blocked for them instead.
Junhyuk stood next to Halo and Vera, and Aak frowned, saying, âThey are annoyingâ¦â
âHow many seconds left?â
âTwo.â
Tuelus shrugged.
âLetâs use them in sequence.â
Keros nodded and pointed his massive sword forward. The force field disappeared, and the sword exploded, launching a hurricane of shrapnel that swept through the surroundings. Seeing that, Junhyuk touched Halo, Vera and Diane and teleported.
Keros attack dealt enormous damages, so he was hoping he didnât have a lot of defense. Instead, they focused on attacking the DPS who could kill with a single attack.
However, Kerosâ attack affected an entire wide area, and it took 30 percent of the alliesâ healths. Artlan lost all of his in the process and disappeared. Nudra was left with 30 percent.
However, thatâs when the alliesâ ultimates we done charging. Diane fired, Halo use Rain from Above, and meteors covered the sky. Everything was cast, and thatâs when Tuelus machines combined to form one and fired a bolt of lightning.
Thatâs what Junhyuk witnessed. He didnât see anything else.
â
The heavy darkness. He ran like crazy and pierced through it.
âWhoa!â
What the hell happened? Tuelusâ attack wasnât ordinary. The gigantic bolt of lightning covered and burned through everything.
âIs that his ultimate?â
It had inflicted an unreal amount of damage. Along with that unreal damage, the range of it was quite shocking.
âWithout the force field, it can kill all of us.â
He shook his head and walked to the exit.
[Champion Junhyuk Lee deployed.]
Junhyuk looked surprised after going out and looking around.
âHoly crap!â
He had expected to see Artlan since he had been the first killed among them, but Junhyuk also saw Diane and Vera, who had low defenses by comparison. They had all boosted attack more than defense and had paid the price.
âYou all got killed?â
âShit! Tuelus used his ultimate.â
âDid you kill him?â
âDonât know.â
Diane sighed.
âMy arrow and Haloâs Rain from Above landed, but I donât know what happened.â
Vera grimaced and said, âI got killed, and the meteor shower stopped. With any luck, Tuelus isnât alive.â
Junhyuk was shocked. The five had failed to kill three.
Then, Halo and Nudra appeared.
âYou two were killed?â
âThey used long-range attacks, and we got killed.â
Junhyuk had raised the force field to protect the allies, but the enemies had a similar capacity, the tank Aak.
Aak had health and defense, and when he was attacked by the allied heroes for ten seconds, he only lost 60 percent of his health. The allies started preparing their ultimates, but he stood strong like a force field.
They were all shocked and speechless, but then, Nudra spit out a sentence.
âTuelus is dead.â
Junhyuk found renewed hope in Nudraâs words.