Legend of Legend – Chapter 16

Posted on July 6, 2016

< Legend of Legend-Jungle(3) >
Atlan looked at the shadow of the bleak forest, and he opened his mouth.

“It’s over there.”

“We have to capture that?”

“Yes.”

He let out a sigh at Atlan’s answer,.

“At a glance, doesn’t it look very dangerous?  I don’t think I’ll last 10 seconds.”

“This is to test your evolved ability.”

“The Minions may die.”

“So?”

Atlan looked back at Lee-joonhyuk as if he didn’t care. Lee-joonhyuk knew if he hadn’t become a Novice then he would have received the same treatment as them.

“Be ready.”

Lee-joonhyuk looked at the beings he could see in front of him.  There were Ghouls with their flesh falling off, and there were Specters circling around their heads.
There were eight of them, and behind them there was a 5 meter tall golem made out of bones.  When Lee-joonhyuk saw the golem, he turned to look at Atlan.

“Do we have a plan?”

“I’ll enter then you cast a barrier on me.  I’ll fight for 10 seconds then I’ll escape.”

“Are you going against the Bone Golem?”

“I will.  If I have 10 seconds, I’ll be able to defeat it.”

“What about the rest?”

“You take care of it.”

Without saying anything, Atlan immediately ran forward.  When Atlan stepped forward, the Ghouls, Specters and the Bone Golem focused their gazes on him.  Lee-joonhyuk saw Atlan raise his hand to send a signal, so he raised his hand towards Atlan.

Soon, the barrier surrounded Atlan’s body.  Atlan used the momentum from his run to take out and swing his sword.  The Ghouls, who were blocking his path, were all cut to pieces.  The problem was the two Specters floating in the sky.  When the Specter’s attack didn’t work on Atlan, they turned to fly towards Lee-joonhyuk.

It wasn’t easy to face off against a Specter when he didn’t have his barrier.  He had fought against a Specter once before.  He had been with Vera at that time, so he only had to draw its eyes to him.  Therefore, it wasn’t a problem.  However, he had to fight directly against them right now.

Lee-joonhyuk grabbed his two handed sword to face off against the Specters.  Kim-sarang yelled when she saw his figure, which was burning with a fighting spirit.

“Be careful.”

Lee-joonhyuk only had to last until Atlan defeated the Bone Golem.

“Everyone has to look out for their own life.”

After he said this, he stepped forward, and the Specter swung its enormous scythe.  Lee-joonhyuk swung the two-handed sword to deflect the scythe.

Zzung!

He had never swung a two handed sword before so his stance was poor.  However, the power within the sword wasn’t light.  He had learned how to control his muscles, and even though he was in a soul state, he unconsciously used his skill.

He had deflected one scythe, but he wasn’t in a position to block the next one.  Lee-joonhyuk rolled on the floor to avoid the Specter’s attack, and the other Specter that got past him attacked the Minions behind him.

One shocked man swung his sword.

Lee-joonhyuk had trained his soul, which in turn, had trained his body.

When the man saw Lee-joonhyuk block the strike, he thought he could do it also.  However, the Specter pushed aside his sword in a breath, then it decapitated its opponent.

Kim-sarang screamed when she saw the Minion’s head fly off.

“Kyaaaaaahk!”

Lee-joonhyuk ran toward their direction as he yelled.

“Put up your shields!”

At Lee-joonhyuk’s shout, the Minions flinched.  Then those, who were quicker on the uptake, raised their shields.  The other Specter attacked a Minion, but he was able to block the attack with the shield.

Of course, he fell down after receiving impact from the attack, but he was still alive.  Lee-joonhyuk observed the Specters as he ran towards them.

All Specters floated around in the air.
At the very least, they floated about 4 meters high, and they swam in the air when they weren’t taking their opponent’s head.  He had to jump up to attack this enemy.

Lee-joonhyuk, while running, stepped on a minion’s shield.  In a breath, he had jumped high into where the Specter was, and he swung his sword

Ssssahk.

The Specter hadn’t expect Lee-joonyuk to jump so high, so it suffered an unexpected attack.  However, it didn’t die from a single strike.

The Specter’s body became fuzzy, and it seemed like one more blow was needed to kill it.  Therefore, Lee-joonhyuk spun his body in the air, and he swung the two handed sword again.

Sssssahk.

The Specter eventually disintegrated as it was sliced.  The other Specter swung its scythe as it aimed for Lee-joonhyuk.  He had pulled off two attack in mid-air, so Lee-joonhyuk was about to land on the ground.

The only thing he could do was block his vital spots with his two-handed sword.

Before the scythe of the Specter could clash against Lee-joonhyuk’s two-handed sword, The Specter’s body was ripped into two.

Zzzzung!

He saw a sword hit his two-handed sword, and it returned from whence it came.  Atlan received the returning sword, then he moved to the side as he faced off against the Bone Golem.  The Bone Golem had already had lost one arm, and its side was considerably damaged.  However, its attack was powerful.

Kwang!

Atlan rolled his body to avoid the Bone Golem’s strike then he yelled.

“Get your head on straight!”

Lee-joonhyuk smirked at the fact that Atlan had save him.  He grabbed the two handed sword with one hand.  It was heavy, but he could handle it.  Lee-joonhyuk raised his hand toward Kim-sarang.

“Give me your shield.”

“Yes? Yes.”

Kim-Sarang, who was taken aback, handed her shield over to him.  After receiving it, Lee-joonhyuk ran towards the Bone Golem.  The ten seconds had already passed, so his barrier was gone.  Atlan had thrown his sword in order to save Lee-joonhyuk, and it caused him to be on the defensive.
Since he understood this, Lee-joonhyuk stepped forward to give Atlan an opportunity.

Lee-joonhyuk yelled as he ran forward.

“I’ll create an opportunity for you.”

“Get away!”

He thought Atlan was shouting nonsense, but Lee-joonhyuk was already with the Bone Golem’s territory.  The Bone Golem reflexively swung its fist as soon as he ran in.

Lee-joonhyuk raised his shield high, then he put his strength behind it.  The moment he crouched and bunched his muscles, the Bone Golem’s fist came down on his shield.

Boom!

For a moment, the whole world spun around.  Moreover, it felt like his whole body was about to break.

“Koo-ook!”

Lee-joonhyuk was flung away as he let out a moan, then he crashed into a tree in the background.  The tree shook as if it would break, and Lee-joonhyuk coughed up blood from the impact.  As Lee-joonhyuk fell to the floor, he saw the Bone Golem break into pieces.

Atlan stood on top of the pile of bones from the Bone Golem.  He looked over the pile, then he picked up the gold coins.

He approached Lee-joonhyuk.

“I’m fine.”

As Lee-joonhyuk was getting up, Atlan grabbed his neck then he pinned Lee-joonhyuk against the tree.

Boom!

Lee-joonhyuk’s face turned red from the lack of oxygen.  Atlan spoke coldly to him.

“Do you have a death wish? If so, do you want me to kill you?”

“No. No, I don’t.”

Atlan tossed Lee-joonhyuk to the floor.

“Don’t be stupid.  Even if you are a Novice, those who put their nose in everything don’t survive.”

Lee-joonhyuk laughed bitterly at Atlan’s response.

“I understand.”

Atlan had directed this much anger at him, since he was useful.  When Lee-joonhyuk stood up, Atlan turned around then he spoke as he picked up the gold coins left by the Ghouls.

“We’ll move after a 5 minute break.”

Lee-joonhyuk picked up the shield he dropped, then he approached Kim-sarang.  She was still a nervous wreck, so her body was still shaking.

Lee-hyuk put the shield in her hand, and he closed her hand around it.

“Hold yourself together.”

“Uncle.”

As he saw Kim-sarang’s trembling hand hold onto the shield, he let out a small laugh.

“Call me big brother.”

“B, big brother.”

“I’ll say this again.  Be very alert.  The moment you become careless, you will die.”

Lee-joonhyuk looked at the location where the Minion’s corpse had already disappeared. Then he continued to speak.

“As you saw, don’t step forward unnecessarily.  Just focus on surviving.  If you don’t, you might die.”

“Yes.”

Lee-joonhyuk stood up as he saw Kim-sarang nod her head enthusiastically.  Then he looked at the other Minions.  They looked at Lee-joonhyuk with a different light in their eyes.

If it wasn’t for Lee-joonhyuk’s words, they would have all died when the Specters came for them.  Lee-joonhyuk was the one who taught them how to survive.

“You have to guard your own life.”

Lee-joonhyuk was honest.  He couldn’t protect them with his ability.  He was having a hard time taking care of himself, so he couldn’t defend the lives of the others.

Didn’t they already lose one person?

Kim-sarang was telling others what Lee-joonhyuk said in English, and he picked up the gold coins left by the Specters.  The Specter had dropped five gold coins as it died.  Lee-joonhyuk collected all of them.

When Kim-sarang saw what he was doing, she approached him.

“Uncl…big brother.”

When Lee-joonhyuk turned around, Kim-sarang asked a question.

“What is it?  I saw it drop previously when you killed the wolf.”

Maybe she was trying to dissolve the feeling of tension or maybe she thought she could survive if she was next to Lee-joonhyuk.

“They are gold coins.  It is a currency used on the Dimensional Battlefield.”

“What can I buy with that?”

“Stay alive.  Then you will be able to meet the Dimensional Merchants.”

“The Dimensional Merchants?”

Lee-joonhyuk spoke when he saw Atlan get up.

“Get ready.  We are moving.”

At those words, Kim-sarang held up her shield then she turned to look at Atlan.  Atlan spoke as he stood up.

“Follow me.”

Atlan opened his mouth as he stood in front of a lake letting out a soft light.

“You’ve already experienced this, so you know what to do?”

Lee-joonhyuk sighed as he looked at the lake.

“Do we have to cross it?”

“Of course, who else is here?”

Lee-joonhyuk turned to look back.

“I don’t know about me, but the Minions…”

“If they are lucky then they will survive.  If not, they’ll become food for the Aglantans.

Aglantan was a carnivorous fish that lived in the lake, and it emitted light.  They were over 3 meters in size.  Basically, one could think of them as sharks, but they had wings like flying fish. He remembered a Minion losing his life when an Aglantan had flown out of the lake’s surface.

If Lee-joonhyuk didn’t have his barrier, then he might have died that time.

Atlan looked up at the sky, then he spoke.

“We don’t have time.  Let’s go.”

He had tried to speak on the behalf of the Minions, but Atlan didn’t listen to him.  Lee-joonhyuk spoke as he looked back.

“A monster called Aglantan lives here.  Cover your neck and chest with the shield.  Then you won’t die from a single strike.”

“Yes.”

Lee-joonhyuk saw Atlan start to cross the footbridge, so he spoke.

“You go first.”

Kim-sarang nervously walked forward.   The footbridge was quite wide, but they couldn’t cross it as a group.

Lee-joonhyuk let the other Minions follow after Kim-sarang.  He thought he would be able to help them if it was needed. As they were crossing the footbridge, Lee-joonhyuk looked to the side and the light in his eyes change.

“Run!”

He saw sharp horns part the glowing water surface, and he was able to see the Aglantans.  There were eight of them.

Lee-joonhyuk ran after the Minions as he shouted.

“Just look forward and run!”

He yelled at a Minion, who had frozen, when he looked to the side.  The Minion came to his sense, and he started to run.  However, the Aglantans had already started to fly up from the water’s surface.

Lee-joonhyuk was a little bit late since he was in the rear.  There were around ten flying Aglantans, so Lee-joonhyuk didn’t dare to carelessly use his barrier.

“Ggaaaaaahk!”

In front of Lee-joonhyuk’s eyes, five minions were grabbed by the Aglantans, and they were dragged below the surface of the water.  The glowing surface of the water became dyed red.  When Lee-joonhyuk saw this, he increased his speed.

In front of him, he saw an Aglantan flap its wings as it burst towards Kim-sarang.