Chapter 121

Chapter 121: The Duke, Bastro (3)

TL: Nadu

Editor: Lesurous

‘I didn’t have a proper defense skill so this is good . ’

There were definitely things which he couldn’t take care of with just equipment .

On top, after Muyoung reached his 2nd metamorphosis, most of his skills were fixed to be above B rank .

He was talking about all other skills besides the ones given by the Masters of the Darkness .

You could definitely call that a blessing .

Just by learning them, they all became B rank skills unconditionally .

Even in the past, not many had this .

Unless they had crazily high intelligence like Queen of Frost Wind, Kim Hannah .

‘Intelligence is related to skill proficiency . ’

Just because it was high, didn’t mean someone got smarter .

Instead, it became easier for someone to use their skills and it helped in raising their proficiency .

You could say that it allowed people to read the skill’s structure itself .

Occasionally, it allowed people to entirely remove the repelling power that skills had .

Fortunately, Muyoung’s intelligence wasn’t on the low side .

However, you couldn’t say that it was on the high side either .

A value that wasn’t even 300 .

It was hard to say if he had the intelligence to maintain a skill higher than a B rank .

‘Through this opportunity, I might be able to learn a bunch of skills . ’

Muyoung thought of it optimistically .

By killing devils with noble status’, he could earn crystallization .

By gaining all of their skills like this, he could be able to complement parts that he felt slightly lacking .

At least, there was nothing to lose by learning them .

Of course, by learning the skills once, you couldn’t get rid of them easily .

There was also a possibility for it to become a matter of eternal regret if he was to learn a wrong skill .

However, something like regret couldn’t be possible for Muyoung .

The numerous experience and information he piled up for 40 years .

It was because those times weren’t just wasted .

The present after returning from the future, there was no one else who spent as much time as Muyoung in this place, the Underworld .

Likewise…

Achievement Effect -> Devil Hunter (B++, The chance to earn a crystallization after hunting a devil increases . )

Muyoung nodded his head .

When someone hunts, there should rightly be something left .

It was an effect worthy for a hunter .

“Are you going to join forces with the fire tars?”

Bae Sungmin asked .

Although he died and became a lich, like a lich, he also had some of his intelligence left .

Every now and then, he made suggestions like this .

However, Muyoung shook his head .

“Joining them comes later . ”

Even if he tried to join forces with the fire tars, it was doubtful whether they would accept Muyoung .

No, it was more likely for them to not accept it .

He couldn’t think all fire tars were like Ogar .

However, to fight against Duke Bastro and his close to 10,000 devil soldiers, the fire tars help was essential .

So, even if they didn’t want to, it was best to make them cooperate .

“We will cut the enemy’s supply route . ”

Devils also needed to eat to survive .

Although he said supply route, it was just them hunting monsters and drinking water from a lake . What would happen if those disappeared?

Furthermore, the devils were currently excited as they were influenced by the red moon .

‘Even if this is to the extreme, it should be that much of an effective solution . ”

This was one of the tactics he created to manage Devil’s Long Night .

Since cutting the supply route in a battle was the basic among basics, there were some parts that were in common .

On top, fire tars could live for a long period of time without eating .

Even the dokkaebis and other species could live off the food supplies they stored for a few months .

‘The one who is more in a hurry loses the battle . ”

Since there was no better or easier place to assassinate someone than during a battle, it should be very rare to find someone with more battle experience than Muyoung .

And after watching numerous battles, he made one conclusion .

The more of a hurry you are in, the more mistakes you will make .

A small error would greatly help to produce an irrevocable result .

So… Muyoung was planning to steadily suffocate his enemy .

Muyoung’s gaze deeply sunk .

The fire tars gathered in a place near a Poom tree .

The fire tars were a type of species that were unable to live without a Poom tree that gives them a sense of stability . It was an obvious reason .

If not, they would be eaten up by the flames they produced themselves .

And Bastro and devil soldiers were threatening the Poom tree .

Even the fire tars that were hostile towards each other joined forces for this occasion .

“Vice-chieftain Ogar, has the great chieftain not made a decision yet?”

And so, those fire tars that gathered were a surprising number of eight hundred .

The five fire tribes gathered .

Compared to the devils, the numbers were quite small but their strength could definitely not be ignored .

As they were all, one by one, a top predator .

And as a chieftain who ruled over one of the five tribes asked Ogar, Ogar silently just shook his head .

“For our victory, the chieftain is still thinking . ”

“Don’t we just need to crush the devils?!”

“That’s how the ‘Sharp-edged Feather Tribe’ was annihilated . Did you forget already?”

“A fire tar’s enemy is only a fire tar . ”

They were in sharp disagreement .

The fire tars were strong . Even humans and devils tried to avoid the fire tars .

However, they didn’t just avoid them because they were afraid .

It was because nothing could be earned from meddling with the fire tars .

Basically, the fire tars only lived near a Poom tree and the Poom trees were normally apparent near the outskirts where the devils’ influences were low .

There was no reason for others to meddle with them if they could save so much more time by going around a bit .

Of course, you couldn’t say they weren’t scared at all of the fire tars’ counterattack…

‘There is no answer like this . ’

Ogar inwardly let out a deep sigh .

Even when he looked at it, the fire tars were too arrogant .

Without wanting to advance, they were just stagnant .

A fire tar’s only enemy is a fire tar?

Ha, they could only be helpless at invasions because they say stuff like this .

They couldn’t properly face the reality as it was .

They didn’t know a thing about what was going on in their surroundings .

How could they if they kept their eyes and ears shut themselves .

It was also the result of them living in one territory for a long time .

There weren’t real enemies and so they stagnated .

‘In that sense, Muyoung, was a better man . ’

It was surprising how fast he was getting stronger each day .

He was also fearless in taking up challenges .

He seemed somewhat crude but his mentality itself was extremely great .

Because he had that sort of mentality, Ogar was drawn to Muyoung .

On the other hand… how were the fire tars?

“The devils are no match for us . ”

“We just need to bring one warrior for every hundred devil soldiers . Simple . ”

“It’s obvious that the great chieftain gets easily scared in his old age . In the past, chieftain truly made everyone shudder by moving numerous territories . ”

They didn’t know .

The great chieftain gained insight as he aged .

He realized that it wasn’t everything to just thoughtlessly face a problem .

Among the fire tars, only the great chieftain knew how to win most effectively .

Thump!

Afterwards, everyone turned their eyes to the Poom tree .

As if he was bonding, the great chieftain who sat near the Poom tree and was lost in his thoughts finally moved .

A physique that was 1 . 5 times bigger than other fire tars .

He had an x-mark scar on his forehead and hair that were burning furiously .

He slowly opened his mouth .

“We will leave the Poom tree . ”

“…the Poom tree?”

“Nonsense!”

Of course, there was a strong resistance .

The Poom tree was like the fire tars’ mother .

For them, it was a sacred place .

Even if they were to leave it, it was hard to promise that they would find another Poom tree .

“If we were to get our hands tied to this place, we will lose . ”

However, the great chieftain was firm in his opinion .

It was the conclusion he made after considering the enemy’s size and number .

If they were to fight in a limited area near the Poom tree, the fire tars could never win against the devils .

“Are you scared? Great chieftain!”

“I’m disappointed . For you to desert the Poom tree for mere devils!”

“Shut up . ”

Blaaaze!

The blood that dripped from his clenched fist instantly burned in flames and evaporated .

Everyone tightly closed their lips .

Overwhelming .

He had the vigor to rule over everything in his surroundings .

They once again remembered the legend of how the great chieftain made everyone shudder by moving numerous territories .

“You guys don’t know the terror of the devils . ”

He slowly rubbed the x-marked scar on his forehead .

It was the only scar on the great chieftain’s body .

“Hauress, he played with me as if I was a toy . ”

He spoke the Demon God’s name .

He ground his teeth .

He also knew of the Bastro who invaded his territory right now .

And because of this, he made the critical decision to leave the Poom tree .

At the same time, everyone couldn’t help but be surprised .

The great chieftain was a living legend to them .

Their confidence level about their fire tar origin shot through the roof .

Secretly, the fire tars thought that they could face against Demon Kings and Demon Gods when they worked together .

But, for that scar to be from a Demon God .

It was the first time Ogar heard of this as well .

“If the current devil soldiers were led by Bastro, they are even a match for me . But, is there anyone here who can be a match for me?”

Only silence filled the surroundings .

Of course, there were no fire tars who could be a match for the great chieftain .

The great chieftain turned his body as everyone became quiet .

“If we get our hands tied here, it’s impossible to even win . However, we aren’t running away . We are going to move a bit wider and crush Bastro . ”

The great chieftain showed strong will .

Unless a miracle happened, there was no way for them to win right now against them .

And he wasn’t that thickheaded to rely on a miracle .

Just, he waited for the opportunity .

The 800 fire tars were overwhelmed by just the great chieftain .

In the end, everyone started to move and leave the Poom tree .

To move two steps forward they moved back a step .

‘Muyoung…’

Ogar looked in the direction where Muyoung and his territory was located .

The fire tars left at once .

During that time, he didn’t know what the devils would do .

If Muyoung was caught by the devil soldiers, it would hard for him to fight against them with just the strength he had .

However, at this current situation, there was nothing Ogar could do to help .

Unless something changed the situation .

But, no matter how hard he thought about it, a plan to overcome this situation didn’t come to him .

*

They burned the forest .

They dried up the water and got rid of everything that could become a food source .

Five thousand soldiers were divided into 50 units and each acted uniformly .

They killed every monster and burned their flesh to ashes or buried them deep in the ground .

They were planning to remove everything the devil soldiers could eat up within their active radius .

“I think the devils have noticed . ”

Arand spoke .

This also was within his predictions . He couldn’t avoid the eyes of 10,000 devil soldiers .

“It seemed like cutting off their food supply was effective but the devil soldiers are extremely agitated . If we don’t quickly evacuate, there won’t be anyone left from the 5,000 soldiers . ”

Arand spoke as if he was in a hurry .

Muyoung gently closed his eyes .

There was an effect .

Now, the devil soldiers will move to defend themselves .

He was divided on if they should fight or not .

However, with their fighting power, they weren’t a match .

Still, if there was anything they were more exceptional than the devils at, it was their delivery of information .

The uniformed operation system which Muyoung personally made, operated, and built!

He needed to use it to the max .

It was basics to use favorable points to the max to face an unfavorable situation .

‘It’s the way for the weak to win against the strong . ’

He wasn’t well versed in strategies and tactics but he had some knowledge .

He witnessed numerous battles with his own two eyes and he also saw that many turnarounds .

There were even a few heroes who won a fight that was never winnable .

Muyoung thought of their moves .

‘Fighting them is the worse move . ’

It was no different than suicide .

However, it wasn’t like there was no way for the weak to fight against a strong opponent .

First, with the finished system, he was going to delay as much as he could and start a speed match .

Fighting at a place he wanted and putting his enemy off their guard .

The main gist was making them feel as if they could win but not letting them .

An opportunity would definitely come if he made them as impatient as he could .

Muyoung opened his eyes .

“Don’t retreat and set up a stronghold . I will lure the enemy . ”