Chapter 95

KotB Chapter 95

Chapter 95: Dwarves’ Castle War (End)

TL: Yoni + emptycube

Editor: Lesurous

The magic that the dragons used was purer than anything else .

That was why there was quite a firm difference in terms of superiority among their attributes .

Muyoung went up the castle walls and made thousands of specters surround him .

As he was surrounded by a black fog, Muyoung’s whole body was completely black .

‘If my magic resistance didn’t pass 200 with the Wicked God’s Sword, I wouldn’t even try but…’

Right now, when it’s above 200, he could at least deal with it for a bit .

Muyoung declared the ‘Absolute’s Territory’ .

The surrounding pressure of magic became disorganized and with Muyoung in the middle, all the attacks were weakened .

After Muyoung looked straight at Barca, he continued to build specters .

Thicker, stronger!

A skill was created!

Was it because he has been using the specters for quite a while?

Or was it because he acted in a certain way?

Either way, it was rare for a skill to be created like this .

On top of that, it was instantly decided as a C rank when it was created .

‘The effect of Five Qi . ’

Muyoung nodded his head .

Purity . Through Five Qi, Muyoung’s basic skills had all been raised to C rank in the past .

Above all, it would take an average of 3 years for a normal person to learn a skill .

A person needed to indefinitely repeat and research in order to earn a skill regarding it .

Compared to this, Muyoung was much better off . Although he didn’t intend for this to happen, he accepted it as if it was an obvious thing .

Soon, a fog made up of specters built a strong wall and blocked his front .

“Wa, what’s that?”

“I’m getting goosebumps . ”

From the sooty wall, different kinds of faces seemed like they were going to pop out with their mouths open . Its appearance was completely eerie .

Dwarven bodies shivered instantly when they looked at it .

Certainly, it was a skill that was eye catching .

[Give me Bartas . Then, I will let you live . ]

Suddenly, Muyoung could hear a voice in his head .

‘Barca . ’

Muyoung immediately knew that the voice inside his head was Barca .

Since there weren’t many magical barriers left, it probably became possible for it to deliver his message .

[You have no chance of winning . Just open the gates and accept me . With Bartas’s life, you could all live . ]

“Don’t be fooled by its skillful words!”

Muyoung yelled right away .

Barca’s message echoed in the hearts of the people .

It was because the presence of a dragon was passed on directly .

Dragon’s Words .

The words a dragon spoke had weight .

A forceful order was planted in people’s mind .

But, that didn’t mean that everything it said was true .

Even if they handed Bartas to Barca, it wouldn’t save the rest of the dwarves .

If it did let them live, he would use them as slaves right up to their deaths .

“Don’t listen to the words of the dragon . ”

Muyoung spoke again to the dwarves who were making a noise .

“Why would Barca negotiate now?! It’s because it’s beyond his power . It’s because the dwarves’ resistance was greater than it imagined! So, it has no choice but to toss a bait . Have you ever seen a dragon who truly negotiated? We are almost there!”

Barca was taken back . Muyoung could see it .

As he said, if it did have enough strength, it wouldn’t even try to negotiate like this .

It would have destroyed them with no questions like it did in the beginning .

However, it changed its route . To make the dwarves open their gates, it even mixed Dragon’s Words in order to send its message .

It was bluffing .

For Barca, it was something that really hurt its pride .

However, since that didn’t even work, it was too clear in Muyoung’s eyes what it was going to do next .

[You are so foolish . You are bringing death upon yourselves . ]

Kwaawooooooooo!

Barca opened its mouth wide . It gathered it’s strength to use and the earth and the sky started to shake .

Muyoung raised his wall of specters higher .

A single round match .

He just needed to block it just this once .

Even if it was possible to ‘absorb’, there was a limit .

It wasn’t infinite .

It was the same for the Demon Dragon Arukisha . It’s dark demon power was used up to a certain point and it could only run away .

Swooooooo-!

Smack!

Then, a long sword suddenly flew in from somewhere . And, it pierced through the flesh near Barca’s neck and became stuck .

One who could damage the skin of a dragon . There weren’t many who could succeed by throwing their weapon .

Muyoung looked at Tacan who triumphantly flapped its black wings like a devil from afar .

As if he had helped him .

‘It did help . ’

Muyoung silently replied and focused all his strength .

Soon, the Dragon’s Breath reached the magical barrier and the wall of specters .

Rumble!

Crack! Crackle!

All the magical barriers were broken .

The wall of specters shook wildly .

Muyoung clenched his teeth .

His teeth broke and his nails cracked away .

Both his hands and shoulders he used to raise the wall of specters were flushed red .

However, it was more endurable than he had thought .

Tacan reduced Barca’s focus and due to it, Barca’s explosive power was weakened .

Barca thought that it was hard to break through the wall of specters and stopped his Dragon’s Breath .

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaah!

At the same time, it cried .

It exploded as nothing was happening as it planned .

[I will kill you all!]

Muyoung smiled .

He directly stopped Barca’s attack . No matter the process, this truth was enough .

“I can’t believe it . ”

“I…I’m not seeing things, right?”

“He stopped a Dragon’s Breath alone?”

There were some exaggerations but Muyoung didn’t try to clarify .

Instead, he screamed loud like an explosion .

“Raise your weapons! It’s strength is gone!”

The magical barriers were all broken .

If they were to just stand there it would the same as being defeated .

Even if it did use up its strength, a dragon was a dragon .

However, Muyoung personally showed that they could win and from there, the dwarves felt hope .

Clank! Claank!

They all held a weapon and a shield .

“Yes . We have Muyoung . ”

“We can do it . We can really do it!”

It was a moment where Muyoung’s presence suddenly rose .

They were prepared to run out with their hardened faces .

Then, Muyoung continued to speak .

“It’s the start of the counterattack!”

Bluuurp-!

The horn was blown .

A true castle war had started .

*

Almost 10,000 casualties .

The number of enemies had also decreased to about a half .

And Muyoung was ruling the war .

He took out all his cards to stop Barca .

Flame mutants, Black Sun Warrior, Heidegger, Tacan, and Cerberus… And even the Hellhorse!

‘Your worse natural enemies are undead . ’

The Dark Dragon Barca’s best ability was absorption . It absorbed the life of others and recovered its stamina and used their abilities as its own .

However, undead were already dead beings .

How could Barca absorb life from opponents that didn’t have one ounce of life?

Barca’s biggest natural enemies were undead, and Muyoung .

Kyaaaaaaaaaaah!

Using its huge wings, Barca smacked its surrounding .

Whenever it did, all kinds of specters, evil spirits, and undead clung to it to restrict its movement .

As Barca felt desperate, it tried swallowing undead but it was no use .

It slowly broke away from the battleground and was now fighting Muyoung alone .

In other words, it meant that there were no living creatures around it to swallow .

A dark dragon’s basic stamina wasn’t high .

Dragons were a top rank species and when they have a cheat skill like ‘absorb’, they don’t really need to improve their basic stats .

Since dark dragons’ were able to exhibit stronger power than their opponent had by absorbing .

And that arrogance currently held Barca back .

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

Barca flapped its wing greatly .

It realized that it didn’t have a chance like this .

However, Muyoung wasn’t well off either .

Already, few hundreds of undead were destroyed .

“Go . ”

When Muyoung ordered, the Black Sun Warrior started to move .

Now, all the undead climbed up Barca’s back .

It was the same for Muyoung .

‘I need to stall for time . ’

Up to now, it went as he planned .

The problem was that he needed to withstand 30 more seconds .

It was planned for the Demon Dragon Lethal Cannon to be shot here .

That was why he needed to make sure Barca didn’t leave this area and avoid the Demon Dragon Lethal Cannon when it was launched .

Kraaaaaawaaaaaaaang!

Barca shot his last breath everywhere .

Whenever it flocked its wings, dozens of undead made it fall closer to the ground and everything that was touched by the breath got destroyed .

Muyoung clenched his teeth and used his sword .

‘I need to endure it . ’

He wagered everything in this one shot .

If he failed, there was nothing left .

The rest will lose their fighting power and will wait for Barca’s attack while they suck on their thumbs .

Dragons were a species with a strong thirst for revenge .

It would never let Muyoung go .

Rumble!

Every time the Hellhorse kicked from the side, black lightning would strike down .

Although Barca opened its maw to eat the Hellhorse, it was impossible since its movements were constricted .

The Hellhorse was doing its job well .

It was definitely worth using his second request .

25 seconds, 26 seconds, 27 seconds…

‘Now!’

Muyoung, who had finished counting exactly 30 seconds, kicked off Barca’s back as he saw a light approaching from afar .

Even the undead jumped down as soon as they received Muyoung’s message .

However, not all were able to jump down .

Around half of the undead accompanied Barca as they were hit by the exploding light beam .

Shwaaaaah!

The strong light instantly engulfed the territory whole .

Once the light had swept through, a hole was pierced in the sky and destroyed everything in its path .

Even the great Dark Dragon Barca was unable to endure that light .

Nothing remained in the places the light had swept past .

The dragon’s leather, its bones, and even the countless undead, all disappeared as if they had evaporated .

All that remained was a peaceful silence .

*

Muyoung, who had dropped on the ground, gazed at his left hand .

‘It burned off . ’

His arm had vanished precisely up to his left elbow .

Only a thick, burnt smell remained .

It seemed he wasn’t able to completely get out of the Demon Dragon Lethal Cannon’s area of attack .

Seeing as he didn’t feel any pain, it seemed as though even his nerves had been damaged .

Muyoung frowned .

Thud!

The next moment, something fell in front of his eyes .

Thump! Thump!

The falling object beat violently as it revealed its life force .

Muyoung, who saw this, couldn’t help but shiver .

As someone who had awakened their purity, Muyoung could instantly tell that the object in front of him possessed a very noble, pure power .

Only this remained after everything of the dragon had been destroyed .

‘The dragon’s heart!’

It was precisely the heart of the dragon .

Muyoung’s heart beat furiously as well .

It was an object that was said to be impossible to obtain .

This was said to be second to that of the phoenix’s heart, perhaps possessing an even greater power .

A dragon would personally destroy its heart before it died .

It was because they possessed a personality that extremely despised getting used by others and because they knew the value of their hearts better than anyone else .

However, Barca didn’t have any time to prepare .

The moment it noticed the light, it had been too late .

If Muyoung had been a little late, his entire body would have been destroyed .

He was lucky to have only lost his left hand .

However, it seemed even the Demon Dragon Lethal Cannon was unable to extinguish this noble and pure power .

Ha!

Muyoung smirked .

They say if you lose something, you will gain something else .

There were many stories of heroes who became strong by obtaining a dragons’ heart .

What could make a normal person possess the power of a hundred men was precisely a dragon’s heart .

Because of this, it was an object everyone hungered after, and wars frequently broke out for a single heart .

This was what was in front of Muyoung .

Muyoung’s eyes that gazed at the dragon’s heart glittered brilliantly .