Chapter 32

Chapter 32: Free-for-all (4)

The hunting dogs could only panic .

“Why would a Judge?”

The Judges were the ones who made them into hunting dogs .

They were the ones who forcefully attached the Lightning Runes and ordered them to hunt, so why was a Judge attacking them!?

But, Woo was only expressionless .

When he stretched out his hand, the Blazing Spear returned to him .

Afterwards, without any mercy, he started to hunt .

“Why on Earth…!”

“Gaaaaackkk!”

Woo could not be stopped with only 20 hunting dogs .

As soon as the hundred people behind him joined up with them, the situation was quickly resolved .

Taehwan just gawked at the scene .

His head wasn’t able to process the situation fast enough .

He could only recover his senses after Muyoung approached him .

“Hyungnim . How, how did this happened?”

“Why did you leave the rocky area?”

Taehwan gulped his saliva as Muyoung asked instead of replying .

Hup . He felt choked .

He thought he was being scolded by being asked what he had accomplished while Muyoung had finished his preparations . Truthfully, Taehwan didn’t do anything besides driving his comrades into danger .

Nothing .

There was a common saying that it is better to remain silent than risk being thought as a fool .

Taehwan was the latter .

Because he was weak . He just acted with reckless bravado .

“…I didn’t want to just hide . ”

“I guess it’s in your nature . ”

Muyoung chuckled as he turned around .

Muyoung believed he needed to slightly adjust his thoughts about Taehwan .

‘If there are people who change, there should be others who don’t . ’

The people who were praised as true heroes like the Dragon Lord, all were strong-spirited in nature .

What is a hero?

People who cannot let injustice pass by even if they knew that the situation was hopeless .

Therefore, most lived a short life . But if they were to survive, they would leave a mark in this world .

‘He became stronger . ’

And Taehwan became stronger .

With a glance, Muyoung could tell that Taehwan had changed .

When he saw that the shape of his shield had changed, he realized that it probably had a secret option .

He didn’t seem like a fool who simply followed his will .

Probably… When people talk about what qualities a hero possessed, they were probably referring to people like Taehwan .

The problem was surviving and that was solely Taehwan’s responsibility .

Muyoung couldn’t do anything in that area .

It was probably only possible for him to push his back a little .

‘They were worth being respected . ’

Muyoung thought of the heroes he had killed with his hands .

At least, they weren’t like the monsters that moved for their selfish motives who Muyoung loathed, they were upright in their beliefs .

The problem was that they made up only a few people and most were hostile towards them .

A lot of things could have been different if they didn’t die by those monsters who used the Forest of Death to do their work .

At least, it wouldn’t have hopelessly collapsed like that .

The reason why Muyoung aimed for an absolute power that no one had ever achieved was because he felt it was meaningless to fight with them .

He wanted to give off the impression that if they messed with him, everything would be destroyed and use that to stop them in advance .

The Underworld was a world where the winner gets all .

If he stepped on them so that even the new sprouts couldn’t shoot up, no one would attempt to crawl all over him .

Therefore, it was true that he had positive feelings towards Taehwan who had the qualities of a true hero . At first, he was negative towards him, but after seeing how his actions, his perspective had changed .

Muyoung spoke quietly .

“Follow me . Desperately learn and master with your eyes and movements . After you become strong, you won’t need to hide any longer . ”

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Muyoung only had one goal .

Using Fire Dragon Woo to rally up people and have a real ‘free-for-all’ fight!

The four Judges could not be handled by just Woo and Muyoung .

However, things would change if hundreds of people were gathered .

The Judges would falter thinking that Woo betrayed them and he was going to squeeze in through that gap .

Also, Muyoung knew who the first person to let their guard down would be .

‘Code . ’

One of the Judges, second daughter of the ‘Lawless Clan’ .

She was engaged with Woo .

For the Fire Dragon Clan, the engagement was supposed to be the footsteps towards becoming part of the Five Great Clans . And, to progress their relationship, the two were placed in the same trial .

However, Woo had already become an undead .

Muyoung could hide in the shadows and attain the reward when Woo kills Code by exploiting the flaws of the Box of Trials .

‘It was highly likely that they were trying to make their rising stars more competitive and stronger . They would have had to include terms if a Judge killed another . And it wouldn’t have been a petty reward either . ’

After all, the Five Great Clans and the Nine Guilds are all competitive with each other .

It was obvious what kind of trial they have set for the Box of Trials .

Was someone killed by Woo?

There could be an uproar, but that was it .

On the contrary, the Fire Dragon Clan might be happy about it .

As Woo would have demonstrated enough power for the Fire Dragon Clan to be well-known throughout the Underworld .

Of course, they couldn’t just be happy about it…

‘Woo will disappear . ’

However, he couldn’t just let Woo go after everything was complete .

Even if he was half dead, he was still an undead .

There will be some who would recognize him .

And Muyoung’s identity would be revealed .

He needed to design a meticulous plan that would certainly work .

Zaap! Zaaaaap!

Then, a lightning storm raged from afar .

Within the lightning storm, a figure flew towards them .

And below, people who had lost their will followed one after another .

It was the person who had placed Lightning Runes on people and turned them into hunting dogs .

“You traitor! You even dare to turn your back on me?”

Code had appeared .

Code’s appearance was faster than Muyoung had imagined .

However, the other 3 Judges hadn’t appeared .

They might not have wanted to get involved in a love quarrel .

‘They were strengthened . ’

Muyoung’s gazed was focused on the hunting dogs Code had brought with her .

As if they were drunk, their eyes seemed out of focus and as if their muscles expanded, their bodies had become larger .

About 50 people .

While Muyoung led a number a bit over 150 .

Even though there was a definite difference in numbers, there was no way to guarantee a win .

“Gaga . Why are you acting like this all of a sudden? Are you crazy?”

Code’s face turned red as she raged at him .

As they were already engaged, they called each other differently .

However, Woo’s expression didn’t change .

“So you’re not going to speak? You want to hang around with these bugs instead of us, right? Okay . Then, I will kill you all . It’s not like your Fire Dragon Clan can do anything against my Lawless Clan . ”

‘Attack . ’

An undead could be ordered through his consciousness .

Woo grabbed hold of his Blazing Spear and swung it around .

Swoosh!

He moved without the slightest hesitation .

Zaaap!

The spear brushed against Code’s neck .

He wanted to finish her off in one shot when her guard was down, but it only left a scratch .

A layer of lightning around her acted as a shield .

“You, you tried to attack me? You dare attack me? Me!?”

Splaatt!

A wide shockwave of lightning spread out from Code’s entire body .

The ground shook and it was hard to even approach her .

If you just looked at their stats, Code was a level higher than Woo .

However, Woo became stronger as he became an undead .

First, the fact that he no longer feared death was a very big factor .

‘Use Rain of Fire . ’

Woo, the Blazing Spear Soldier, moved as he heard Muyoung’s order .

As he courageously stepped in the shockwave made of lightning, he produced his Blazing Spear and pierced it multiple times .

Meanwhile, Muyoung never forgot to look around .

“Taehwan . You lead the rest of the people . ”

Taehwan’s eyes widened .

“You, you mean me?”

“You are the third strongest person here . You can have some confidence . ”

“Third…”

Taehwan nodded as if he thought it was quite the compliment .

“I understand . ”

A fight had started, the hunting dogs against the humans .

‘Remove the core of the electric shield . ’

Meanwhile, Muyoung focused on ordering the Blazing Spear Soldier .

He wasn’t used to these types of fights, but Muyoung was still able to think a few moves ahead . If he could recognize the opponent’s movements ahead of time and ordered him accordingly, that was enough .

Through the Blazing Spear Soldier, Muyoung was able to move in a way his current body couldn’t .

The core of the electric shield . As he stopped the path that the lightning flowed through, the raging lightning calmed noticeably .

“You’re just making a last frantic attempt! Gaga won’t be able to win against me . You should know well yourself . Hanging around with a bunch of bugs, did you forget your position? Then I’ll teach you again, properly . ”

Code was also part of the inferiority complex Woo had .

Woo always had his tail between his legs as Code was one of the geniuses of the Lawless Clan .

However… Would Woo know?

That if they just looked at their strength, Woo was comparable to Code .

That he was never able to pass over his own limits due to the surrounding pressure and his inferiority complex .

As he was able to borrow Muyoung’s eyes, he was not the same as he used to be . If he was stuck, he would force his way through .

‘Now . ’

The soldier slammed the ground as he quickly jumped up .

The soldier moved as though it was one with Muyoung .

As the two slowly blended, it was no different than Muyoung moving on his own body .

‘I want to win . ’

Muyoung could also hear the cry of Woo’s soul .

This was how Muyoung could understand how great of an inferiority complex he had against Code, the person who was supposed to become his closest .

Muyoung could read the flow of the lightning .

Since the lightning flowed in a single direction, it wasn’t impossible to reach Code if they moved to the side .

Code trembled as he slowly moved closer .

“H, how?”

He tossed the flowing lightning aside with his spear .

The fire spread apart and neutralized the lightning .

The flow of the fight had changed . Muyoung wasn’t naïve to give back the momentum he had attained .

Wasn’t Muyoung the type who would never let go after grabbing hold of a chance to win?

Code raised her hand to create lightning and continuously tried to attack him, but they were unable to reach him .

“Lies! There is no way Gaga could destroy my lightning!”

Even that bias showed that she had already let her guard down .

Letting one’s guard down would result in a loss .

Also, Code had never lost in her life . She was weak in these situations .

Soon, the Blazing Spear Soldier stood right in front of her as he passed through the lightning .

An emotionless face .

Because of it, she was more afraid .

After seeing him like that, Code could only tense up .

“You, you aren’t going to kill me, right? You wouldn’t kill me . I will take back what I said before…”

The soldier raised his spear high in the air .

Staab!

There wasn’t even a second of hesitation .

The spear pierced through Code’s neck .

At the same time, a long message appeared on top of his Status Viewer .