Chapter 597

In the case of the Korean server, comparing the Devils and the Humans, the Humans surely had a very clear advantage .

Rankers and skills, the power of the Lotus Guild and the Titan Guild were way too overwhelming .

However, it wasn’t the case for all the servers .

If one looked at the US server, the Devils were much more powerful than the Humans .

That was the difference between the 1st ranker Kai and the 2nd ranker Ralph .

The difference in Kai and Ralph was just one rank, but the difference in their combat power was huge .

And right then…

Ian, who had faced swords with Ralph, could feel the difference .

‘Strong . This guy is really…!’

When he was against Ralph, Ian could feel that his power was pushing the enemy .

And right now, of course, that was obvious .

Ian, without active skills apart from the sword, was going against a Warrior class—Kai—without the help of any summons to win .

He had to exert everything he had to win .

But for Ian, who went against many Warrior classes in the past, the new thing was a strange experience .

‘I never fought completely with Shakran till now… but to feel this? No . This guy is surely stronger . ’

Right now, Ian’s summons were facing Ryu Chen with Hoonie .

Hoonie had less vitality compared to Ryu Chen, which was why Ian had sent all his summons over there .

Ian’s original plan was to eliminate Kai in a one-on-one while Hoonie went against Ryu Chen along with Ian’s summons .

After taking down Kai, he was planning to help Hoonie kill Ryu Chen for a clean victory .

But Kai’s combat power turned out to be much more troublesome .

It wasn’t the time to be feeling content with how the way things were going .

‘I need to change the plan . ’

Kang-!

Ian, who was smashing swords with Kai, jumped back using the force that their attack had created .

Using the space distortion, he once again changed position with Pin, who was flying in the air .

“…!”

Kai was flustered because of Ian’s sudden retreat .

He didn’t expect Ian to back out suddenly since their fighting equally just now .

“Where are you running to!?”

Kai, who turned in the direction of Ian, jumped straight into the air .

Kai turned black and was sucked somewhere .

In order to chase Ian, he reflexively triggered Ghost Step .

However, it was an unreasonable act for him to do since Ian was using Space Distortion .

It was because Ian’s position, which had just changed, was high in the air .

Ian, who just got teleported into the sky, summoned Hargasus .

Kiiing-!

Ian took out the fire bow .

Ping-! Ping-!

‘I need to get that Ryu Chen with a surprise . ’

Unlike Kai, who was capable of tanking, the defense and vitality of the Warlock Ryu Chen were like a paper .

And if Ian could ambush Ryu Chen, then Ian could take him out .

For Ian’s ambush to be successful, the guards, who were covering Ryu Chen, had to be destroyed at once .

‘How can we combine a skill that would completely penetrate that line?’

At the moment while he descended with Hargasus, dozens of ideas were quickly going through Ian’s head .

And the next moment…

‘Yeah, if that would be…!’

Ian, who thought of something, raised his right hand .

And as usual, Ian never liked the whole party play thing .

Except for the times when he needed to attack a dungeon or take part in wars, he felt that they were less efficient compared to going solo .

However, there was one person who Ian preferred partying with .

It was Hoonie .

Among all the users in Kailan, the best fit for Ian was Hoonie, and it was because their classes were compatible .

That was the very reason why Ian joined the final battle; it was because the Defensive Captain was none other than Hoonie .

“Hoon-ah! Wind it up!”

“Okay!”

In the urgent battles that were going on, they couldn’t afford to give out specific battle orders .

However, Ian and Hoonie did it by just glancing and gesturing at each other . With just a few words, they could understand what the other person was relaying .

They communicated like that regardless if they were faced with a simple or complicated situation .

[The Defense Captain ‘KanjiHoonie’ has cast ‘Darkness Clockwork’ . ]

Darkness Clockwork was a magic that randomly controlled the ‘time’ of a particular target .

This magic allowed one to control the time of a target in proportion to the caster’s casting time .

The caster could wind up the time up to 10 seconds, and once all the winding was done, then the subject’s time would go back to 5 seconds .

Darkness Clockwork was generally used as a kind of survival skill .

He could rewind the time of an ally just before that ally was about to die and save this ally from death .

Ian wasn’t trying to use Darkness Clockwork for himself .

Ryu Chen’s defense was with tremendous endurance; they were intended to be broken at once .

‘9… 8… 7… now!!’

Ian was measuring the time that Hoonie needed for casting the skill, and the spell got summoned .

Woong-!

As soon as Ian’s magic was triggered, a giant figure appeared .

Kung-!

It was summoned into the battle at once; Ian’s secret weapon, Thor!

Thor got summoned into the battlefield, and he raised the huge hammer that he was holding .

Kwaah-!

[Summon ‘Thor’, unique ability ‘Hammer of Destruction’ has been activated . ]

[The defense of Thor has been temporarily increased by 200% . ]

An intense golden wave started to get sucked inside Thor’s hammer .

Kwaah-!

* * *

Na Ji-chan slightly wiped his sweat as he was looking at the screen while his eyes narrowed .

‘What? How is this going to turn out to?’

In his view, Ian was obviously trying to destroy the defense with the ‘Hammer of Destruction’ .

The defense was made of ‘non-living’ types of materials such as walls, which would add to the extra crushing damage on the destruction .

The Hammer of Destruction inflicted 50 to 500% additional damage on targets such as walls, defense towers, or non-invasive shields .

In paper, this was great for Ian .

However, there was a problem .

‘You have already failed on the first attempt . ’

In the early stages of the battle, Ian had already tried a similar strategy .

He also succeeded in inflicting strong damage to the defenders in there just as he had intended .

The problem was that the defense couldn’t be broken with just one shot of the hammer .

In other words… Ian summoned Thor to his death .

‘But to try this again… is this a gamble?’

The additional damage inflicted by the Hammer of Destruction, as mentioned earlier, would range from 50% to 500% .

The limit factor would go close to 500%, and it might be able to break the defense this time .

The reason Na Ji-chan thought Ian’s move was a gamble was because Ian was hoping for the attack to have a high coefficient .

‘This kind of strategy isn’t Ian’s style…’

But Na Ji-chan, no matter how much he had thought of it, couldn’t understand what was going to happen .

That was why he was focusing on the screen with eyes filled with curiosity .

Five seconds after the end of the charging, he was wondering what was going to happen .

After a while .

Kwang-!

Along with a massive sound, the hammer of Thor fell toward the line of defense,

And Na Ji-chan, who confirmed it, had a bitter smile in his mouth .

Tremendous damage was dealt to the defense, but it wasn’t going to collapse .

‘Surely, this is a failed attempt . What will happen now…?’

However, his disappointment didn’t last for long .

“…!”

The fallen hammer of Thor got lifted again .

Kuung-!

Subsequently, the hammer fell toward the defense .

Kukung-!

“What is…!”

Na Ji-chan was shocked .

* * *

Thor needed 5 seconds to charge his hammer and produce maximum power .

And Hoonie’s clockwork could rewind the state of anything to 5 seconds ago .

That was Ian’s plan .

‘If the time is wound up, then the hammer would fall twice in a row . ’

If the hammer fell and was reset to its form 5 seconds ago, then Thor’s hammer would be ready even without charging it .

That would ignore the 15-minute cooldown, and two hammers could fall one after the other .

Kwang-!

Ian’s strategy succeeded .

Creak-! Shhrk-!

The shields, which were guarding Ryu Chen’s surroundings, exploded like mines .

Ian didn’t miss that opportunity and jumped on Hargasus’ back .

Ian began attacking with his bow .

To cast the defense line once again, Ryu Chen cut off the magic he was casting .

Ping-! Piping-!

A black unicorn flew quickly in Ian’s direction while he was moving to the ground .

Prrrng-!

The Wings of Darkness weren’t just a ranged skill; it was something that could also help Ian move for a long-distance .

Ian got on Blackie and rushed toward Ryu Chen .

Swak-!

Behind Ian was Karceus, who had his wings spread wide along with Bbookbbook .

Kwaah-!

Kyaah-!

The two giant dragons opened their mouths!

Kwa-!

Both were breathing forward, and the illusion beasts that were trying to block Ian were pushed and melted .

Thanks to that, Ian arrived right in front of Ryu Chen without any interruption, and he pulled out the sword he had .

Kwang-!

And with the gears engaged .

The linked play of Ian fit the picture!

It was impossible for Ryu Chen to stop Ian’s perfect attack .

“Keuk…!”

Ryu Chen was pierced three times with the ego weapons and had to go out of the battlefield .

[The Defensive Captain of the Devil camp ‘Ryu Chen’ has been inflicted with devastating damage!]

[The vitality of user ‘Ryu Chen’ has been exhausted . ]

[User ‘Ryu Chen’ has been summoned outside the battlefield!]

In the end, Ian made the kill that seemed impossible .

[Celestial camp, ‘Ian’ earned a kill point . ]

‘I did it…!’

Ian clenched his fists without realizing it .

The thrill of executing a theoretically possible solution rushed through Ian’s body .

But all that was just for a while .

In front of Ian’s eyes had come the system messages .

[User ‘Kai’, the High General of the Devil camp, has defeated the Defense General ‘KanjiHoonie’ . ]

[User ‘KanjiHoonie’ has been summoned outside the battlefield . ]

[The High General of the Devil camp ‘Kai’ has earned a kill point . ]