Chapter 395

Chapter 395: Owner of the crystal (3)

—rumble—

The Pompeion Empire .

In a terrace high up in the clouds .

The emperor spoke to Sangjin with a worried expression .

“Is . . . Is the crystal inside that place really impossible to acquire?”

The emperor looked towards the territory of Reyunion with a frown .

Of course .

The Pompeion Empire had taken over half of the planet with only one relic .

The same for the Neropa Union as well .

If they didn’t have the relic as well, then they would’ve long been defeated .

But how sad was it that such a relic was lying around in some wasteland?

Although they couldn’t use the inside that place…

There were countless other methods to acquire it if they wanted .

For example, if he asked this man, Sangjin, then he would easily sweep that place up in a single day and bring it back .

‘What a pity… Such a pity…’

If he could acquire that, his plans would come to fruition much quicker .

Sanjin replied:

“Acquiring it isn’t hard . ”

“Hmm . Then—”

“But . ”

Before the emperor could finish his words—

—Sangjin cut him off and spoke as he stared into the emperor’s eyes .

“I guarantee you this: you will lose more than you could even dare to imagine if you take that crystal out . ”

“ . . . You’re saying this despite knowing of my strength?’

The Emperor glanced below his terrace and mumbled .

The thousands of ships and his swarm of Dragon God Soldiers .

A force large enough to flip the entire world upside down a couple of times .

There were only a few people who could threaten him .

The Neropa Union?

Although they were going against him now, they were a joke .

They could not make him feel fear .

Sangjin continued to speak as he looked at the confident expression of the emperor .

“I know very clearly . ”

‘About the things inside there as well . ’

Sangjin thought of the crystal he had to give up .

………………………………………

Kiriel frowned as she listened to N-Aroel’s words .

‘He came to take the crystal?’

N-Aroel, the Nerpa, ignored her reaction and looked at the crystal .

It was one of the controllers that the overseer had left so they could control the with more ease .

‘It seems this will be easier than I expected . ’

The Nerpa smiled as he thought of the scene he’d witnessed from above .

The other two crystals had so many forces around it that even he wouldn’t dare to approach it .

But this crystal only had one alien protecting it .

‘Time to finish this up . ’

The Nerpa ignored Kiriel as he walked towards the Crystal .

And as he did this—

—oooooooong—

—as if it were resonating with the Nerpa, the crystal started to make a strange noise .

Just as if it had found its missing half .

“Yes, yes . It has been a while . ”

But as the Nerpa was about to touch the crystal—

—pakakakakak!—

—a huge crevice appeared between the Nerpa and the crystal .

If the Nerpa hadn’t pulled back his arm, then he would’ve lost his fingers .

“Hmm… Why are you interfering? When I’m just here to take back my own belongings?”

Kiriel, who had swung her fang to attack the Nerpa, smiled as she said:

“Well, we need that as well . ”

‘I’m also getting the strong feeling that the crystal should not be touched . ’

Kiriel felt shivers running down her back .

She had protected this place because of Hansoo’s words .

But the moment N-Aroel tried to touch the crystal, tremors wracked her entire body .

And she instinctively knew that she had to protect the crystal .

It was the key to holding down the mysterious beings inside the shadows .

The Nerpa sighed as he looked at Kiriel .

“I really didn’t want to fight since you helped me out once…”

His race did not enjoy fighting .

But they couldn’t ignore those who messed with them, right?

‘Although I don’t have my body…’

The Nerpa looked down at the body that his soul was now occupying .

A feeble body .

His powerful body that could even survive in space didn’t exist anymore .

But it didn’t matter .

Their powerful bodies were their pride but…

Their true pride was their souls that had a special and terrifying ability .

‘I’ll leave you alive . ’

—rumble—

The Nerpa’s Soul situated within N-Aroel’s body started shaking intensely .

…………………………………………… . .

“You f***ing baastaaard!”

The berserk John Stone swung his axe towards Hansoo .

—whooosh!—

The bright red axe continued to fly towards Hansoo .

And as Hansoo’s armor turned bright—

—boooom!—

—the axe and armor collided, making a huge noise .

—crackle!—

The axe’s attack was so powerful that the blue armor cracked apart .

‘Damn!’

But John Stone didn’t look pleased .

He frowned as he watched the armor regenerate, shouting:

“You bastards! Hurry and attack him while I hold him down! Unless you wish to die!”

At those words—

—the other Transcendents who had been hesitating looked around them .

At the Transcendents rolling around the floor while surrounded by red clouds .

“Ahhhhhh!”

“Uaaaaahhh!”

Countless Transcendents rolled around on the floor, screaming in pain .

Some were silent and trembled vigorously .

Some clutched at their necks as if they had drunk poison .

Every single person who had tried to fight Hansoo had turned out like this .

‘Dammit!… Dammit!’

John Stone freaked out as he looked at the people rolling around on the ground .

Feeling so terrified it suppressed his berserk mode to a degree .

But John Stone clenched his teeth and charged forward .

“Bastards! That’s a skill as well! Do you think he can use it forever?! There’s a time limit! Charge and kill him!”

John Stone shouted as he swung his axe .

And just like he said .

As red clouds enveloped his body—

—the surrounding area had turned into hell, but the reinforcements around Hansoo’s body had awakened .

The fact that he could actually damage Hansoo proved this .

If Hansoo had shrouded himself tightly and only focused on fighting him, then he wouldn’t even be able to stand right now .

Which meant that the area next to Hansoo was the safest place .

As John Stone charged in, the surrounding 3-Star Transcendents nodded and followed suit .

Although John Stone’s personality was nasty, he was their leader because he always fought on the frontlines .

Although his personality was nasty and he was arrogant, the fact that he fought on the frontlines was more than enough to make him their leader .

Since he always dove into the most dangerous place by himself .

But sadly .

Their current situation really wasn’t great .

—booom!—

“Uaaaaah!”

John Stone screamed as he looked at Hansoo smash the charging 3-Star Transcendents down onto the ground .

‘This—this monster!’

Every time he let out more clouds, the other Transcendents rolled around in pain, and with every swing of his dragon-enforced hammer, the 3-Star Transcendents turned into pulps of flesh .

Weak points?

None .

He also had a terrifying amount of experience and battle sense .

Dodge when needed and charge when there’s a gap .

He attacked when he had to and gave up bits of his flesh when he needed to .

Possessing tremendous power and terrifying skills .

Alongside his insanely overpowered armor, he had that mysterious but insanely powerful weapon .

‘Th—This damned bastard!’

John Stone seethed in rage as he stared at Hansoo who seemed to have learned how to massacre people from his mother’s womb .

“You bastard! That crystal is our only hope! Who are you to stop us from taking it?! Ahhh!”

—boooom!—

John Stone cried out in rage as he continued to attack .

He’d learned many things as he climbed up .

He was strong .

But there were countless monsters in the world .

And those monsters had an appetite that was befitting of their power .

John Stone had felt this as he looked at Clementine’s forces who treated everyone’s lives as if they were nothing .

To not be killed by them, he needed to become strong as well .

At least to keep his underlings alive, he needed strength .

Strength to retaliate when attacked .

And the crystal was the only method he had to catch up to those running far ahead of him .

But who was Hansoo to come out of nowhere and stop him from taking this?

And he wasn’t even trying to take it for himself either .

‘Y—You bastard! If you won’t let us take it, then at least take it yourself!”

John Stone mourned .

Just like in the past .

If Hansoo could stand before them with this strength .

If he was stopping them because he was going to do that .

He could understand .

But what was this?

John Stone cried out tears of blood as he looked at his underlings dying around him .

And Hansoo, who had turned everyone around him immobile, suddenly stopped .

“So, you had a hidden card, right?”

“ . . . ?”

As everyone looked at Hansoo mumbling strange words—

—booom!—

—Hansoo disappeared towards the hole in the distance .

‘Huh . . . Huh?’

John Stone was in disbelief .

He’d basically won the battle, why did he leave?

But as everyone was making confused expressions—

—booooom!—

—alongside a terrifyingly loud sound of explosion—

—a tremendous earthquake resonated out from where the crystal lay beneath the hole .