Chapter 98

Chapter 98: Proof of Abilities (1)

Binhaim continued speaking .

"However, many commanders still don’t recognize your skills . In order to convince them, you have to show them proof of your abilities . ”

“A proof of my abilities?”

"You can do one of three things . One method is to take down the centaur lord, one of the advanced lords under the Second Demon King on the Bloody Battlefield, and retrieve a token of proof . ”

A centaur was a monster with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a horse . If it was an advanced lord, it was clear that the centaur’s attack power would be tough .

"What is the token specifically?”

"The heart is the most obvious thing . It isn’t easy to get, so equipment above the hero rank should be sufficient . ”

“I see . ”

A lord was guaranteed to drop hero rank equipment or higher .

Binhaim said,

"In order to do this, you will have to go into enemy lines . We will keep the Second Demon King and his three commanders in check but you will have to survive the advanced lords and the monsters . ”

Kang-jun nodded . The Second Demon King and his three commanders were still too much for Kang-jun . It was fortunate that Rainkar and the others would take care of them .

"Then the other two ways?”

"Another is to take down the Dark Mage Dekail, also one of the advanced lords under the Second Demon King, and bring a token to prove it . Similarly, if you gain hero rank equipment from Dekail, it will be proof of your abilities . ”

Dark Mage Dekail .

The other monsters were called lords but he had a unique name .

‘Dark mages are also called warlocks . ’

An advanced warlock would be quite tricky to deal with .

"The last method is just in case the two things mentioned above are too burdensome for you . No matter what type, bring three lords’ hearts and give them to us . Apparently, you are quite lucky, so it shouldn’t be hard . ”

"Give you three lords’ hearts?”

Kang-jun was dumbfounded . Giving away hearts . . . He wondered if there was a reason why he had to prove his skills to become the 7th Army Commander .

Binhaim smiled .

"It doesn’t matter if it is the heart of a lower lord . However, it must be a pure heart that has never been installed . Personally, I recommend the last method . Fighting with advanced lords can be very dangerous . ”

In order to become the 7th Army Commander, he would have to take care of one of two advanced lords or obtain three hearts by killing the intermediate or lower lords .

However, the advanced lords were very strong and it was risky .

In the end, it was like he was being told to bring three hearts from lower lords .

However, it had to be a pure heart that had never been installed .

'Why do they need it? Do they want to use it as a sacrifice for the strengthening?’

He didn’t care why .

Kang-jun didn’t want to become the 7th Commander if it involved giving up hearts .

What good was becoming the 7th Commander?

It was an honour but it would be fairly cumbersome .

Therefore, Kang-jun was about to respectfully decline the position of 7th Army Commander .

However, at that moment, the 12th Commander, Rainkar, opened his mouth .

"Lucan! It is up to you to select which of the three methods you want to do . If you prove your skills and become the 7th Army Commander, you will qualify for the Guardian Hall . ”

Guardian Hall? What was that?

Rainkar gave Kang-jun a meaningful smile .

“The Guardian Hall contains various items left behind by the commanders of Earth Hwanmong . If there is a connection, you can gain something quite powerful from there . It could be incomparable to three hearts . "

Rainkar had read Kang-jun’s mind about not taking the position of the 7th Army Commander .

So, he gave Kang-jun a reason to become the 7th Commander .

Prove his skills to become the 7th Commander and he could enter the Guardian Hall .

Kang-jun’s eyes lit up .

'Guardian Hall . ’

Rainkar’s words meant that it would be incomparable to three hearts .

It was the word of the strongest person in Earth Hwanmong .

'Then that changes things . '

Kang-jun nodded and said,

“I understand . I will come back with proof of my skills . ”

"Good luck, Lucan . ”

Binhaim smiled happily .

Kang-jun returned to the base of the Yugang building .

He then headed straight towards the base warehouse .

Before he entered the Bloody Battlefield, he filled his chaos power up with the essences received by trading 1,000 moonstones .

‘It is necessary to leave some types in order to summon troops . ’

Kang-jun left a few hundred of each type of essence . Except for 2,000 essences, he turned everything else into chaos power .

-Chaos power needed to upgrade to Stage 5: 15000/32000

Combined with the previous points, he had 15,000 chaos power .

He needed 17,000 more points if he wanted to try and strengthen the wings .

However, he hadn’t yet exchanged the essences to chaos power in order to strengthen his wings .

It was more convenient to switch at a later time when he had gathered enough essences for strengthening .

‘Survival is the priority, rather than strengthening . ’

Kang-jun was going to fight strong enemies .

Therefore, he would use the chaos power in order to live .

If he attempted to strengthen the wings and failed, 32,000 chaos points would be gone .

That much chaos power was enough for him to use Will to Fight 40 times .

Kang-jun decided that it was wiser to level up by using Will to Fight 40 times .

Raising his level meant he would become stronger .

So, he would concentrate on raising his level .

Once he had raised his level enough, he would try strengthening . In the meantime, he would sweep away the enemies using Will to Fight .

There was another reason why he thought he should try strengthening later .

He knew of a method to raise his good luck by three points .

If he managed to build the Lucky Tower on the roof of the Delta building, there would be a higher probability of success .

Kang-jun exited the warehouse and stopped by the shelter located on the roof of the Yugang building .

‘I recommend that Lord stops by the Dimensional Shelter every time you come to Hwanmong . ’

It was like Keirun had said earlier . The reason for that was he could gain surprisingly good items through the dimensional merchants .

‘Today, there are two people . ’

The person from last time was sitting down and doing business, but there was one more person today .

‘I wonder if it is a rip off . ’

The merchant from last time was still selling some essences for moonstones, so he just passed by .

Kang-jun moved in front of the new merchant . He was just sitting down quietly with nothing in front of him .

“What are you selling?”

The merchant smiled and replied,

“I am buying things . I will exchange moonstones for the things I am looking for . ”

Dimensional Piece- 1,000 Moonstones

Essence of Chaos – 100 Moonstones

He was only looking for two things .

If he brought the merchant a Dimensional Piece, he would get 1,000 moonstones in return . In addition, an Essence of Chaos was worth 100 moonstones .

It was because a Dimensional Piece was very rare .

Then was an Essence of Chaos worth 100 moonstones?

If Kang-jun sold 100 moonstones to the Black Dragon Firm, he could get 3 billion won and 1,500 essences .

That was enough to get 1,500 chaos power .

He wondered if an Essence of Chaos was worth it . He had never seen an Essence of Chaos yet .

Kang-jun exited the Dimensional Shelter and moved to the 438th Army Headquarters .

It was to meet Grania for a duel before going to the Bloody Battlefield .

However, she was absent . It seemed like she was fighting with the subordinates of the Second Demon King .

‘Then I’ll see her next time . ’

Kang-jun finally moved to the Bloody Battlefield .

After a while, at Lucan's base:

Lucan’s base was used by Earth Hwanmong’s Defense Army and was located on the forefront of the Bloody Battlefield .

Kang-jun was the owner of this place .

As Kang-jun appeared through the portal, hundreds of defenders greeted him politely .

“I greet the Commander . ”

“I greet Commander Lucan . ”

They were now looking at him with awe-filled eyes .

Kang-jun nodded towards them with dignity and walked over to one of them .

He was the 103rd Commander Mustel .

He belonged to a strange species with the head of a deer, four arms and a muscular body .

Unlike the mild impression he gave off, a very intense light was shining in his eyes . Mustel shouted as Kang-jun approached .

"103rd Commander Mustel greets Commander Lucan . ”

His attitude was as though Kang-jun was a high-ranking person . Kang-jun laughed awkwardly .

"I am a commander just like you . ”

Mustel smiled .

"I heard you will soon be the 7th Army Commander . I support you . ”

"It gives me strength to hear you say so . I do have one question . ”

"Ask whatever you want . I will tell you if I know . ”

"Do you know where the centaur lord or Dark Mage Dekail is often seen?”

Mustel shook his head and replied,

“It is impossible to know the exactly location of the lords . We can just estimate the approximate location of monsters . ”

Mustel continued speaking,

"Go through five forests after leaving the base in that direction, then you will find the grasslands where the centaurs often pop up . And past the grasslands, the dark mages can sometimes be found in the second forest . ”

"Thank you . I won’t have to go looking for them thanks to you . ”

There was no guarantee that the centaur lord or dark mage Dekail would appear there . Still, if he continued to observe those places, he would eventually meet the centaur lord or dark mage .

At that time, Mustel said with an anxious expression,

"The advanced lords are very strong, so be careful . Then I wish you luck . ”

After a while, Kang-jun left Lucan’s base and moved in the direction that Mustel had said .

'There aren’t many monsters . ’

Due to their defeat in the base defense fight, the supporters of the Second Demon King had almost disappeared from around Lucan’s base .

After flying for a while . . .

He finally saw the forest .

If he moved past five forests, the grasslands where centaurs could be seen would appear .

However, Kang-jun had no intention of going there to confront the centaur lord .

There was no rush, so he would take care of the monsters in the area .

‘Oh! Skeletons . ’

Additionally, there was a skeleton a few times larger than normal skeletons .

‘The skeleton lord again?’

He looked closer and saw that the bones were glowing blue .

He didn’t know if there were different skeleton species but they were different from the skeletons he saw before .

It was the same for the skeleton lord .

He discovered Kang-jun flying and wielded his staff .

Hwaruruk!

Flames started flying toward Kang-jun .

‘He is a magician type skeleton lord . ’

Kang-jun avoided the flames and stood in front of the skeleton lord .

Hwaruru! Pa pa pa pa!

Then huge fire spears were created from the skeleton lord’s staff and flown toward Kang-jun .

Kang-jun tried to avoid them but they were like guided missiles, so there was a limit to his evasion .

‘Heavenly Flow!’

He was forced to use a skill . It was one of the skills of the Heaven’s Blood Sword Style that dispersed magic attacks .

Sususu .

It was the first time he had tried it . At that moment, the dozens of flame spears aiming at Kang-jun were extinguished .