Chapter 56

Chapter 56 – Chapter 8: Excavation #5

Carack knew his role . He lifted his battle axe while Karma swallowed her saliva and glared at the undead skeleton knight in the sky .

Daphne was still shaking, but she was moving her mouth endlessly, pouring all her strength into a spell .

The dryad’s blessing covered the entire party, including Below the King’s Flag .

[Activation Lv1 has been learnt . ]

Although In-gong hadn’t activated the magic, he sensed that the spell Daphne used was at a much higher level . It was like receiving Heal when Felicia had used Massive Heal . The magic being used was an evolved form for the Activation skill .

'Spirit Enlightenment!’

It was a buff skill that raised all the stats using the power of the most suitable spirit . In-gong felt the spirit of life and spirit of wind enter him . In Knight Saga, only one spirit could nestle in a body at the same time . However, thanks to Protagonist Body, the powers of two different spirits could rest in In-gong’s body .

The power of his body rose . It was the same for Ferocious Eyes, Carack, Felicia and the others .

As Carack was filled with strength, he grabbed the battle axe and stood in front of Daphne . Ferocious Eyes held a spear instead of a bow and activated his blue aura while the centaurs called out Green Wind’s name .

The giant undead, Balkarova, looked down at In-gong’s party and smiled . He had the face of a skeleton, but his emotions were displayed vividly . As he looked down on his prey, it was arrogance that was shown .

Balkarova jumped down from his ride and hit the ground . Thanks to the huge weight, the shaking of the ground was loud as the skeleton knight stood up .

In-gong could clearly see the height difference now that they were on even footing . Moreover, the purple energy around his body was much stronger than Mustafa . In-gong felt like he would be cut just facing him .

However, he had to fight . It felt like just yesterday that he had been fighting orcs, but now, he had to face this monster .

‘Indeed, a protagonist . ’

In-gong didn’t hesitate to think nonsense in order to get rid of this excessive tension . Following Dragon Blood and Activation, the magic of Green Wind was added and he used Below the King’s Flag once again .

The flag of white light floated behind In-gong and a white light surrounded all the people in the vicinity . Daphne’s complexion became better and the centaurs, who had been barely able to face Balkarova, gained some bravery .

Using Below the King’s Flag twice exhausted him mentally but In-gong endured it . Now, there was only one thing left .

"Grassland warriors! Go!”

Ferocious Eyes shouted angrily and charged toward Balkarova . The centaurs ran toward the skeleton while Karma retreated to the rear with Daphne . Carack looked toward Felicia and Delia nodded from beside her .

"Karaha!"

Carack gave a war cry and joined Ferocious Eyes . Balkarova moved between the two of them while wielding his sword . The purple aura formed into dozens of sharp blades and stabbed at the two of them .

"Ohhh!”

The blue aura around Ferocious Eyes broke the purple energy . Carack, who had escaped behind Ferocious Eyes, quickly rushed toward Balkarova after the purple aura was broken . Meanwhile, In-gong sprang up from the floor .

Carack struck Balkarova’s leg with his axe, but the bones were so hard that, while holding the axe, Carack’s arms shook terribly . Moreover, the purple aura rose like it was going to swallow Carack .

At that moment, In-gong caught Balkarova’s eye . Balkarova’s eyes blazed and the violet aura chased In-gong, not Carack .

A ball of fire flew from Balkarova’s left arm . In-gong rolled on the ground to avoid the flames while Ferocious Eyes aimed at Balkarova .

“Kuoooh!”

The blue aura was concentrated on the end of Ferocious Eyes’ spear . Immediately after shooting the ball of flames, Balkarova turned his head toward Ferocious Eyes and opened his mouth .

It was a type of breath attack . A purple pillar poured out from Balkarova and hit Ferocious Eyes .

Kwaaaang!

Ferocious Eyes was pushed away, but he wasn’t hit directly by the violet pillar . It was thanks to the light pillar’s power being alleviated by the quickly swinging spear .

Karma sighed with relief as she watched, but it was too early . Ferocious Eyes avoided a direct hit but couldn’t prevent the additional effects of the violet pillars .

A wicked curse covered Ferocious Eyes’ body . Below the King’s Flag reduced the power of the curse greatly, but it did not eliminate it completely . The remaining bits of the violet pillars ate at Ferocious Eyes’ flesh and health .

Ferocious Eyes further resisted the curse by activating his aura . Carack shifted Balkarova’s gaze back to him by wielding his axe while In-gong attacked from behind him .

However, Balkarova swung his black sword at Carack . Carack ducked down to avoid the attack and struck Balkarova’s leg . Once again, he wasn’t able to do any damage but it was enough to break Balkarova’s balance .

Balkarova staggered for a moment . It was a movement that In-gong, who was behind Carack, cared about .

In-gong observed Balkarova . He turned his body to avoid five fireballs and activated Beast Authority on his left hand . As flames poured down, he evaded all five of them and aimed the explosive power at Balkarova’s feet .

Kwaang!

There was a loud roar and a part of Balkarova’s leg was broken . Balkarova staggered and Carack poured all the power of the earth spirit inside him into his axe . It wasn’t as good as the elves, but the orcs had a high affinity for spirits . Carack struck Balkarova’s other leg .

"Kuaaaak!"

Balkarova screamed and stumbled again . He burned the purple aura and Carack and In-gong moved urgently to avoid it . The grass, where they had been standing died, in an instant and the land itself turned completely black .

Balkarova gathered the energy and fired it from his mouth . If the first one was a pillar of light, then this time, it was a wave . Balkarova’s first target was Carack .

“Carack!”

Just before the purple aura swept through Carack, In-gong called his name and Carack appeared in front of In-gong . Call was a skill that could only be used once every three days, but now wasn’t the time to save it .

In-gong and Carack were then forced to split apart . Not only did the land, that was swept by the wave of light, turn black, poison had also started to rise from it .

The centaurs, who were fighting the creatures near the area of the purple energy, had their bodies melted down . It was horrible enough to be called a poison rather than a curse .

He finished spewing out the light wave and raised his sword toward In-gong . Receiving Balkarova’s gaze, In-gong gathered his white aura on Earth Quaker .

It drew the focus of Balkarova’s eyes and he didn’t look anywhere else . He was only concerned with In-gong .

At that moment!

As Balkarova rushed forward, wielding his sword, Felicia finally used a spell . After casting the flame barrier, she had spent all that time preparing this .

Felicia was a magician who was unsuitable for direct combat, but that didn’t mean she couldn’t use any attack spells at all .

"Triple Blast!”

It was a powerful synergy attack that combined three properties .

A dazzling blue, red and yellow light emerged in a magic circle from Felicia’s stretched out hand . It swirled and headed toward Balkarova .

‘That’s right . ’

The moment that In-gong thought so . . .

Balkarova’s body suddenly disappeared . Triple Blast penetrated through the air as In-gong looked back hurriedly . Delia, who was next to Felicia, screamed .

"Blink!"

It was a close range space jump magic!

Balkarova had never lost sight of Felicia . He was able to share the gaze of every monster that was surrounded by the purple aura . While Felicia had been preparing her magic, he also prepared Blink . He then activated it the moment Felicia unleashed her spell . He moved 10 meters from his original position and opened his mouth toward the defenseless Felicia . A purple pillar of light stretched out toward her!

Kwaaaaaang!

Once again, there was a deafening sound . The purple light scattered into many pieces as Felicia and Delia stared helplessly at a person in front of them .

“Ferocious Eyes!”

Instead of responding, Ferocious Eyes knelt down . His injuries were separate from the curse as he had to raise his aura hastily to prevent the urgent moment .

Laughter burst from Balkarova’s skull . Instead of aiming the sword directly at Felicia, he turned to In-gong while dozens of geists dived down from the sky . Their goals were Felicia, Delia, Karma and Daphne .

It was too reckless .

He couldn’t do anything, yet he couldn’t give up . In-gong continued gathering his aura on Earth Quaker . He still had Gigantic Piston remaining .

Balkarova laughed at In-gong . The casios and drake ogres were already gathered beyond the flame barrier that Felicia had created .

Carack grabbed his axe quietly and In-gong took deep breaths before his last rush .

It was at that moment . . .

‘Master!’

He heard Green Wind’s voice . However, it was strange . Her voice was too far away . It felt like she was barely reaching him from a distance .

In-gong touched his waist with his left hand reflexively . He couldn’t feel Green Wind in the small piece of wood . There was only a mere bit remaining .

When had she left and why?

‘Master! Activate Ainkel’s power! Shoot her power into the air!’

Her voice was too far away . It felt like she was using all her power just to reach out with her voice .

In-gong observed Balkarova and smiled for no reason . He closed his eyes and concentrated on the power of Conquest . It was crazy to close his eyes for a few seconds in front of an enemy .

However, he didn’t care . In-gong just concentrated . He recalled the power he had felt when he became a dragon humanoid as well as the illusion of Ainkel that he had seen .

Watcher Ainkel .

The elder dragon with the power of life . The words she had said and the power she had given In-gong . . .

In-gong opened his eyes and Balkarova was charging right before him . In-gong unleashed the Gigantic Piston that he had gathered and stopped Balkarova’s rush . Then he roared towards the sky .

It was similar to Aura . No, he honestly didn’t know if he did it properly . The roar of a dragon humanoid filled the sky as Balkarova appeared before In-gong . He gave an eerie laugh and swung the black sword .

Then at that moment . . .

A terrible rumbling noise was heard from afar . A pure white and green light rushed through the air like a blade of wind .

They couldn’t help looking back . Balkarova and everyone on the battlefield looked in the direction of the sound . It was preceded by wind . Traces of white and green moved in the air and passed by the geists attacking Felicia . Red blood spurted in the air from their necks and wings as the geists fell to the ground .

It was a beautiful trajectory . It fell to the ground at In-gong’s and Balkarova’s feet, causing Balkarova to retreat with surprise from the huge power of life it was emitting .

It was located in front of In-gong .

It was a shield . Pieces of white metal spread like wings while a green glow emitted from between the metal plates!

‘Master!’

Green Wind's voice was heard clearly . Her voice was heard clearly from White Eagle and In-gong was the only one who understood the situation .

Shortly after the battle began, Green Wind had left In-gong’s side . She had headed for the tomb where White Eagle was buried and entered it .

It was unreasonable and reckless . There was a possibility that they would have been defeated before she reached White Eagle .

However, she took the chance and found White Eagle . She succeeded in awakening White Eagle and making it recognize its new owner by having In-gong activate Ainkel’s power .

“Green Wind!”

‘Praise me later! Instead, you have a lot to do! A lot!’

In-gong laughed coolly . He could feel Ainkel’s strength of life pushing at Balkarova’s aura .

The antithesis .

In-gong knew instinctively what he had to do to fight Balkarova . He didn’t delay any further and reached out toward White Eagle .

Green Wind and White Eagle flew over to In-gong’s left arm . A gauntlet made of a white piece of metal formed on In-gong’s arm and White Eagle, reminiscent of a kite shield, settled on top of it .

He didn’t have to wait for the golden crowned white woman to speak . In-gong formed fists and invoked the power of Conquest .

Earth Quaker and White Eagle .

The strength of two elder dragons emanated from him .