Chapter 29

Chapter 29 – Chapter 4: Awakening #4

"Don’t train today and go to bed early . ” 

Carack said as they returned to the tent after finishing the meeting with Vandal and having dinner . In the last three days, he had been training hard in the tent through the night .

Tomorrow, he would be going out to the battlefield, so he wouldn’t worry about growing today .

In-gong understood his meaning and nodded .

"I understand, I understand . What are you, my nanny?” 

"Isn’t it similar?” 

Carack responded naturally and In-gong couldn’t refute it . When he thought about it, It did seem similar .

‘As expected of Carack – he is a logical orc . ’

This was all because he was worried about In-gong .

In-gong raised a finger and said .

"Today, I will only do one basic set . ”

A basic set consisted of doing the Beast Authority’s basic movements three times, Aura training 30 times, moving objects with Telekinesis 50 times and casting magic spells 10 times . Of course, Carack only knew that he was training basic skills and aura circulation .

Carack’s expression was serious but he nodded .

“I understand – as long as it is only one set . ”

“Yes, yes . ” 

Carack left the tent and In-gong started circulating his aura .

'Rather than stopping, I want to do it even more diligently . If I studied like this, would I have made it into Seoul National University?’

In fact, he was forced to work hard . Things might seem like they have gone well so far, but he had already experienced an almost fatal crisis twice . There was a chance that there would be many more crises in the future .

Furthermore, he found the training interesting .

Thanks to Protagonist Body, he was able to see the skill levels going up with constant training . Every time the skill level went up, Beast Authority became more elaborate while Aura and Telekinesis became stronger . The visible achievements increased his motivation .

'Be strong . I want to be strong . ’ 

It wasn’t just to win against Zephyr . In-gong simply wanted to become stronger .

It was a world where he could become strong enough to oppose a country’s army . There was no law that dictated In-gong couldn’t become like that . No, he would become like that .

He was able to imagine Zephyr’s strength after awakening Aura and as a result, he felt fear . In fact, In-gong couldn’t imagine going against Zephyr’s strength .

However, it was different now . It felt like he was climbing a mountain, but he was convinced he could do it .

Someday he would see the summit and he would stand on top of it! 

'Uhh, I got distracted . Let’s practice .

In-gong settled his thoughts and started to perform the basic movements of Beast Authority with a calm mind .

The important thing right now wasn’t Zephyr, but tomorrow’s battle against the Red Lightning tribe .

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A white-haired woman wearing a golden crown was facing a woman with red, flame-like hair .

They seemed to be staring at each other, chatting lightly .

In-gong looked at the two people and the two hazy people became a bit clearer . In-gong could see the clothes they were wearing .

The white woman wore clothes reminiscent of a priest’s garments . It was similar to the pope’s outfit he saw on the Internet .

The red woman was wearing armour . The light red armour was worn over dark red tights .

Conquest and War .

As soon as those two words entered his mind, the white woman and the red woman turned toward In-gong .

"Prince! Wake up! I told you to go to bed early, but did you stay up late again?” 

Carack’s rough voice shook his eardrums . In-gong was pulled from his sleep and he opened his eyes .

“Uh, no . I just had a little . . . What, it isn’t even that late!” 

He glanced at the clock next to the mini-map and saw that it was 5 o’clock in the morning . However, Carack pulled down In-gong’s blanket .

"Anyway, hurry up . We have to be ready to go after eating breakfast . ”

It seemed like he was really looking forward to this . Moreover, he was only an orc but he was being overly rude to a prince .

‘Well, this is Carack . ’

In-gong got up and washed with the water Carack prepared . The cold morning air, like the cold water, cleared away all his sleepiness . However, the images were still clear in his head .

‘What was that? That red woman?’ 

She was the same as the white woman but different . She was as beautiful as the white woman, however, she didn’t feel like a person .

He felt some type of familiarity with the white woman but he felt hostile toward the red woman .

Why? What was In-gong’s relationship with them?

"Prince, let’s go . We can’t be later than the other prince and princesses . Prince is the youngest . ”

The orc warrior Carack once again interrupted In-gong’s thoughts . In-gong took a deep breath, calmed his mind and left the tent . First of all, the battle with the Red Lightning tribe took priority .

After a simple breakfast in Vandal’s tent, the last strategy meeting was held .

The formation and arrangement of each unit was somewhat complicated, but the basic operation itself was simple .

A rotation formation in a direct confrontation between two sides .

Vandal’s troops would be in the centre, while Chris and Caitlin would lead lycanthropes on the right side . Felicia and the dark elves would be in the rear to take advantage of their mobility .

In-gong and the orc unit would be located to the left side .

There was an instant reaction once the expedition started marching . They were ready for battle because they had already guessed it would occur here .

It felt like hours had passed . Once he recovered his spirit, he was standing in the middle of a battlefield where thousand of people were gathered .

“Are you nervous?” 

Carack asked from beside In-gong as he watched the green wave of the Red Lightning tribe . In-gong was riding a giant wolf instead of a horse, but Carack was so tall that they were a similar height .

"You?” 

"Of course, I am nervous . ” 

Carack laughed, but In-gong didn’t laugh along . Thanks to the familiar voice, his nerves eased a little bit .

It was different from when he struck the main base of the Red Lightning tribe . In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, hundreds of thousands of soldiers would come out only to have several thousand survive . He felt stifled by the thought of everyone fighting at the same time .

"Stick with me . ”

“Yes . ”

In-gong finally smiled at Carack and looked towards the front . A large horn sounded from Vandal’s main troops .

“Advance!” 

“Advance!" 

Every unit started to move forward uniformly . There was a great shout from the Red Lightning tribe’s side as well .

Up to this point, everything was going as expected . Now, the two forces could just collide with each other .

Then something happened .

“Kueeeeeh!” 

“Kiaaaaaaah!" 

Fierce roars were heard from the rear of the Red Lightning tribe and the entire battlefield was shaken . At the same time, a haze formed over the Red Lightning tribe and a massive amount of magic power shot into the sky .

Kwang! Kwang! Kwang!

A mass of magic power poured down like a meteor shower over hundreds of metres . Every time a mass of magic power hit the ground, it would explode and flames went on to cover the ground .

Thousands of giant monsters suddenly appeared between the Red Lightning tribe . There were screams from the expeditionary troops as the magic burst around them .

"Swamp mammoth?” 

A huge monster living in a swamp . As the name suggested, it looked like a mammoth . However, the size wasn’t comparable to a mammoth as the length of the monster was over 20 metres . It was a troublesome monster .

The awful thing about the swamp mammoth wasn’t its size . It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that the magic fired from a swamp mammoth was like a deadly siege weapon .

‘How?’ 

A swamp mammoth was a monster that was nearly impossible to domesticate .

"Stick together . Don’t let them shoot the magic!” 

Someone shouted loudly . It was a reasonable opinion when looking at it from an objective point of view . In the case of a melee, they wouldn’t be able to avoid friendly fire .

However, would the swamp mammoth and orcs care about friendly fire?

Moreover, the swamp mammoth wasn’t simply a monster that shot magic . The swamp mammoth’s roar had the power to break the will of the opponent .

There was no time to think . Magic continued to hit and the damage to his allies was growing . The wolf carrying In-gong started to go crazy and the orcs around him also gave shouts of fear .

"Prince! Get off the wolf!” 

Carack yelled and In-gong jumped off the wolf . The wolf ran away and was swept up in a magic explosion .

“Charge . ” 

“Charge . ”

The cry came from among the Red Lightning tribe . The swamp mammoths advanced while monsters with the head of a lizard came running out from among the orcs .

“Lizardmen!” 

Swamp monsters .

In-gong now realized . The Red Lightning tribe hadn’t come here for no reason . It was because they believed they could direct the monsters in the swamp . Moreover, they had hid the power until just before the battle .

"Prince! Stay behind me!” 

Carack shouted toward In-gong .

A terrible battle had begun .