Chapter 217: The Most Dangerous Creature in the World Is… (4)

To be completely frank, Lee Han felt that he alone was enough to kill these guys. This belief wasn’t his arrogance talking, but rather ‘confidence’ through clear analysis and experience.

Them having Mystic-like power?

So what?

These guys are cute compared to that monster.

The monster Lee Han was talking about was none other than the master of the Magic Tower, Toure de Sagan. Compared to that nightmare-inducing monster, the Numbers in front of him weren’t scary at all. While yes, their Mystic-like power would make them hard to beat, but it didn’t mean he couldn’t beat them.

Hence why…

“It’s over.”

With the appearance of his reinforcements, this battle was pretty much over.

“L-Lake de Duran?! Why is Galahad’s Mad Wolf here!”

“The Black Lion of the North…”

They seemed to recognize the faces of the two reinforcements that came to support Lee Han. That was probably why they couldn’t hide their shock. Looking at them, Lee Han couldn’t help but nod his head.

To be fair, I’d shit my pants too if I see those two coming together.

Facing the enemy’s reinforcements was one thing, but if those two were the reinforcements, who wouldn’t get shocked?

He could completely understand the Numbers’ state of mind.

As enemies, those two were the most frustrating and terrifying enemies one could have, but as comrades, those two were more reliable than anything else.

It was like…

“Having Guan Yu as the right hand man and Lu Bu as the left hand man?”

Lee Han muttered softly while thinking such nonsense before chiding himself from thinking so in the first place.

“Hahaha, why don’t you rest, Brother? While we were sleeping, you seem to have suffered a lot, didn’t you?”

“If you’re tired, stay out of this fight.”

The two guys urged him to take a break as if they actually cared about his well being, but at this, he just let out a hollow laugh.

“You two… If you want to vent your anger, just tell me instead of spewing that bullshit.”

“…”

“Guess that gate triggered your traumas?”

“…Ahem.”

Instead of answering, the two guys chose to keep their mouths shut.

Looking at them, Lee Han;s suspicion that they weren’t being considerate when they told him to rest became certain.

“Run.”

Dent, who broke his arm after blocking Lake’s attack, muttered as such. That sentiment was shared by his comrades.

“There’s no way we can stop these two.”

“We can’t die in a place like this.”

Originally, their plan was just to stall that one knight. It sounded like a simple plan, but achieving it was anything but. And yet they had 2 more enemies to face. Moreover, the 2 enemies were none other than the Mad Wolf and the Black Lion themselves.

These two’s danger level was the same or even higher than Lee Han, so confronting them head-on was pretty much suicide. In that sense, running away was actually the correct decision.

Of course…

Whoosh-!

“Where are you going?”

There was no way those two would just let them go.

Lake de Duran approached one of them, stabbing his spear without hesitation, prompting Dyna to quickly move her fingers.

Boom-!

Single-Point Explosion.

Dyna’s specialty was technique that embodied the Lava Lizard’s constitution; the same one that tied up Lee Han’s feet. Since the technique involved intense heat, as long as the one she faced was a human, they’d surely explode due to her technique.

However…

Whoosh-!

“…Child’s play.”

Unfortunately for her, her opponent was Lake.

As if his body had turned into flowing water, he dodged the explosion and ran straight to her.

“How…?”

“I can see it, how can I not dodge it?”

With his [Third Eye] that could visually capture the invisible Lava Lizard’s ignition material, he could easily be considered as Dyna’s natural enemy.

At that moment…

Bang-!

“I’ve always wanted to fight the Mad Wolf of Galahad!”

“…An insect dares to imitate a knight?”

The man with scythes, the Sixth Apostle, Khan, blocked Lake’s movements with his two scythes.

Whoosh-!

However, as if telling that Khan had deluded himself for thinking he had blocked his attack, Lake’s spear moved like a snake and sent Khan’s scythe flying.

It was said that a spear master’s spearmanship was similar to the movement of a snake or a whip. As if to prove that saying, Lake’s spear changed trajectory countless times mid-air and blew Khan’s scythe away.

This overwhelming gap in skill allowed him to play around with his opponent with purely his skill. He didn’t need to use his strength or speed.

When it seemed like his spear was about to pierce Khan’s chest…

Bang-!

“Now that I think about it, your scythes are just for decoration, huh?”

Lake recalled the thug’s words.

He said that each of these guys has a Mystic-like ability.

“…I’ve seen a few Beastman before, but this is the first time I’ve seen a Bugman.”

[──]

Khan’s appearance changed. His body grew bigger, his arms became longer, and sharp saw blades grew on his arms like the forelegs of a mantis.

Human Mantis. Such words came to Lake’s mind as he took in the guy’s new appearance.

Bang-!

Then, as if trying to show the result he got from giving up his human form, Khan showed off incredible speed and strength that were incomparable to when he was swinging his scythe just a moment ago.

Crunch-!

“Doesn’t seem like you know what to do with that power.”

However, despite the increase of his overall power, Khan still couldn’t block Lake’s spear.

Whoosh-!

Red Combat Technique.

Lake’s fighting spirit that looked almost the same as a red-tinted flame formed something like Sword Energy, or rather, Spear Energy. After that, his spear split into ten trajectories in an instant.

The sound of the air being cut could be heard more than ten times per second, and in the next moment…

Squelch-!

Blood gushed from Khan’s body.

“Huh, I see. So Bugmen also have red blood.”

Lake nodded, satisfied after learning a new knowledge.

“Fuck!”

Bang-!

Bang-!

Dyna didn’t stop making explosions even as she watched Khan becoming semi-crippled. On the contrary, she ramped up her efforts by constantly exploding the area, making it like a bombing.

The hesitation that should be present on someone that had to attack their enemy while their ally was near that enemy wasn’t present in Dyna. After all, if she were to falter due to such hesitation, forget about running away, her death would be pretty much guaranteed.

Consecutive Explosions. Even though the power of the technique was significantly less than Single-Point Explosions, it should at least be enough to hinder the enemy’s movement.

“Kuhahaha! This is really fun!”

But, instead of being hindered, Maximus just charged forward and took those explosions head-on instead of dodging them like Lee Han and Lake.

It was as if he was showing that even an explosion that was as strong as a grenade could not burn or injure his body.

“Crazy bastard!”

A few months ago, a certain boy who was called the status window guy by his instructor mentioned that Maximus possessed the Overwhelming trait—one that made him similar to Hercules and Xiang Yu. On top of that, he also had the Heavenly Martial Body trait.

Since he also had the blood of the Northern Land God, the Black King, he displayed absurd resistance that made him even resistant to heat.

Crackle-!

Maximus’ battle axe, which charged forward recklessly, slowly emitted electric lights. This was his specialty which was said to have killed even giants.

Baang-!

His ‘Lightning Strike’ hit Dent’s shield squarely.

Boom-!

“Hoo! You are quite fun! To think you are able to block this attack…! Hahaha!”

Maximus’ blow was blocked by Dent’s shield—just like how the guy blocked Lake’s attack before.

It was truly a mysterious occurrence to Maximus.

He began to wonder if the shield was made of some kind of special material.

“Well, can you block this too?”

Whoosh-!

The oversized battleaxe, which was so heavy that probably no one but Maximus could lift it, swung lightly, as if it was a wooden staff.

Then…

Boom-!

Electric lights flashed as Maximus’ battleaxe fell.

Came the second Lightning Strike.

This sight…

“…Arrogant bastard.”

Made Dent think that he was stupid.

As he expected, the stronger someone was, the more arrogant they got. Case on point, the man in front of him was about to step on the same path as Lake de Duran just now.

Dent let out a bitter laugh as he prepared to absorb his power and shot it back to him.

However…

Squelch-!

“As expected, it’s that power. I figured that like that woman, you’re using the power of a monster, so I observed you quite a bit. Your power is [Slime’s Physical Resistance] huh? What a troublesome power.”

“Cough…”

Thud…!

Dent’s form began to crumble. Not only was his shield cut off, but half of his body was also cut off in an instant.

A single blow.

This disaster occurred because he couldn’t block that blow; the light in Dent’s eyes gradually disappeared.

As his consciousness faded away, Maximus’ voice echoed in his ears.

“What a pity. Your Shield Technique is pretty good. You’d get a better result if you rely on that more instead of your ability.”

“…Ha.”

His voice was filled with both admiration and advice, and Dent let out a hollow laugh before realizing it.

I guess I was the one who was arrogant.

I’m such a moron.

“…That bastard.”

Even though Lee Han’s body trembled, he was genuinely impressed.

Slime’s Physical Resistance.

That was Number 5’s special trait, a trait that could counter most physical attacks as it could store the impact and return it as was.

He probably learnt that Shield Technique to sharpen that specialty of his.

However, that big guy could immediately guess Number 5’s strength and struck him proper.

What he used to strike him though, wasn’t a normal Lightning Strike. But one imbued with the power of Hitting A Cow Across the Mountain.

He went beyond imitating the Hitting A Cow Across the Mountain that Lee Han had shown during their duel; he modified it to suit himself.

The big guy used Hitting The Cow Across The Mountain to strike the opponent with that Lightning Strike or whatever.

Lee Han’s body trembled from his amazement after seeing how great the technique the big guy had stolen from him had become. The big guy didn’t seem to have much difficulty in achieving that either, as expected of someone with a similar fighting style to him.

…This is why I hate geniuses.

Though he thought so, he still had to admit that the guy had achieved a great feat. He was just frustrated that all those geniuses could use his technique just after seeing it once.

In any case, this was why he couldn’t get along with geniuses…

While Lee han was suppressing his frustration…

Boom-!

A huge explosion occurred. The explosion was completely different than before. From its sound, it was as if a shell had exploded. When Lee Han glanced around, he saw Number 7 had lost her wrist.

“Wow, I really shouldn’t have taken on this mission. How could all of these monsters gather in this place…”

Apparently, the spear bastard’s spear had cut her wrist. It seemed like the strong explosion occurred due to her wrist that had fallen to the ground. This woman’s entire body was indeed composed of hazardous materials.

While still aiming his spear at her, the spear bastard opened his mouth.

“If you surrender now and tell me the information you have, I’ll kill you without any pain.”

“Ha… Don’t you think it’s already too late to say that now?”

“Not that it matters much if you don’t want to.”

“You know that I’ll explode if you stab me, right?”

“I’d just have to stab you and retreat before you do.”

“…”

“What? Do you think I can’t do it?”

With that, he decided to show her himself.

However, the moment the spear bastard was about to thrust his spear…

Boooooom-!

…He had to unfortunately experience the humiliation of being blown away twice today.

This time, it was because…

“Thirteenth Angel, please send your blood purification to those sinful unbelievers!”

Gurgle-!

Gurgle-!

Something really dangerous had popped out.

“…What’s that?”

Lee Han blinked, failing to understand why ‘that kind of thing’ suddenly appeared.

Seriously…? Don’t tell me that this world’s genre is actually Sci-fi…

It was only natural for Lee Han to think so. After all, the thing that appeared before his eyes was a symbiote.