Chapter 23

Chapter 23 – Chapter 3: Rescue #6

The fire arrow broke through the darkness . Of course, everything in its path didn’t turn into ashes . He had just learnt Fire Arrow, so it was only Lv1 .

However, this was the first time In-gong was using magic . He felt bliss despite the pain .

‘Ohh, it is real! Real magic!’

"Prince! Are you okay?”

Carack shouted without looking his way . In-gong opened his mouth to answer but only a strange sound emerged from his mouth .

"Hoatcha!”

In-gong moved his body reflexively . This time it was toward Felicia and the reason was simple .

'I-I have to do this!’

Magic was heading towards them again . It wasn’t a fire arrow like earlier but an ice arrow .

“Kuheok!”

Unlike the fire arrow that exploded against In-gong’s back, the ice arrow pierced through him . The clear voice rang in his head, but this time the pain was so great he couldn’t feel any joy .

[Ice Arrow Lv1 has been learnt . ]

[Stamina has decreased . You are in a very dangerous state . ]

He couldn’t see the stamina gauge but there would be a red light coming from it if he could .

"Ugh . . . "

As In-gong groaned and collapsed, Felicia quickly reached out and grabbed him .

“Shutra!”

"Prince! Are you okay?”

He couldn’t respond to the two people . He had been too irrational when it came to magic .

He was too greedy . It was crazy to learn magic in this situation . It would be no use learning magic if he died .

In-gong had various regrets but he couldn’t think due to the pain .

Felicia rolled In-gong over and pulled out the ice arrow .

“Keok!”

“Stay still!”

Felicia half-screamed as she touched In-gong’s wound with trembling hands . No further attacks reached In-gong due to the fierce defense of his orcs .

"Crazy, crazy! Why did someone so weak do something like this? And when did you learn magic?”

In-gong was suffering but Felicia was very surprised . Felicia’s eyes darted over In-gong’s body with an incredulous expression .

‘Shutra protected me?’

He took the blow with his body?

Felicia was forced to concentrate in order to cast magic . It was recovery magic for In-gong .

‘Ah?’

A warm light emerged from Felicia’s hands and In-gong’s wounds healed quickly . It didn’t stop until his stamina recovered to a certain degree .

[Heal Lv1 has been learnt . ]

‘Ohh!’

He had been about to die, so now he was just happy to be alive . Felicia didn’t realize In-gong’s joy and laid her hands on him again .

“Hey! Shutra! Steady yourself! Don’t die!”

She sounded angry but he was surprised to see tears in the corner of her eyes . In-gong, who was lying down, stared at her face with shock .

‘F-Felicia?’

She could act like this? Wasn’t she indifferent to Shutra?

“Hey, are you okay? Huh? Answer me!”

“I’m fine . ”

In-gong tried to answer as energetically as possible but only a small voice emerged . Felicia started pouring out abusive language .

"This bastard! Why did you bother? Do you think that I can’t stop magic of that degree? Now, I have to protect you!”

“No, I didn’t intend to protect you . ”

Of course, that was his intention with the first attack . However, he wanted to be hit the second time .

"Anyway, can you stand up? Should I use another recovery spell?”

In-gong nodded at Felicia’s question and used his strength to get up . Although In-gong was confused by her overly friendly attitude, it seemed to be quite favourable to him .

"Prince! Are you okay?”

He heard Carack’s voice from nearby . Instead of answering, In-gong leaned against Felicia and said,

"Noona, we need to move quickly .

Thanks to the recovery magic, his voice was better than before . Felicia nodded with relief and replied,

"Hmm, yes! Hurry!”

Somehow In-gong felt like Carack was saying ‘Are you joking right now?’ with his eyes, but he ignored it . He headed to the Jishuka Mountains with Felicia while Carack escorted them .

However, escaping wasn’t as easy as he thought . The Red Lightning orcs were flocking like dogs .

‘Damn! What is Chris doing?’

Of course, it wasn’t Chris’ fault . Perhaps Chris was facing double the number of orcs that In-gong was .

‘Why are there so many orcs remaining at the base? Is Caitlin okay?’

In-gong was concerned about Caitlin who headed in the direction opposite to him . However, they were Chris and Caitlin . Even the powerful Zephyr was reluctant to confront them alone .

‘Yes! I should just worry about myself!’

"Kuooh!"

A menacing sound was heard from the front like it was in response to In-gong’s thoughts . The answer came from the orcs around him .

“Blood ogre!”

The orcs simultaneously cried out the name . An entirely red ogre blocked the path of In-gong’s party .

‘A mutant species of ogre!’

They had more power and were bigger than ordinary ogre .

He roared and wielded a double-edged axe that seemed to be bigger than In-gong . It was an equipment that only Zhang Fei seemed capable of using .

'We have to pierce through . ’

They had to get rid of him in order to open the path to retreat . If the delay was too long, the number of Red Lightning orcs behind them would increase .

In-gong turned away from Felicia with a determined expression . Now wasn’t the time to be hiding his power .

“Carack! It will be the same as last time!”

Carack nodded at In-gong’s call and grabbed his axe firmly . No further explanation was required as the hearts of the two people were already connected .

“Below the King’s Flag!”

In-gong stabbed a dagger into the ground and shouted . As before, a white light sprang from In-gong’s body .

'Keok!’

His stamina seemed to drain out of him . Even though he was already half-seated due to stabbing the dagger into the ground, his legs lost strength and he almost collapsed .

However, the skill itself was a success . The light from In-gong gathered together to form a line with Carack .

Carack, who was surrounded by white light, unleashed a wild battle shout . The nearby orcs roared like wolves but the magician Felicia was different . Her red eyes shook as she stared at In-gong .

“Shutra? Did you just do this right now?”

She demanded an explanation but now wasn’t the time .

"I did!”

“What are you doing! Let’s go!”

As Carack shouted, Felicia frowned but turned toward the blood ogre .

"Ohhhh!"

“Kuoooh!”

Cararck and the blood ogre roared as they rushed towards each other . Felicia laughed like they were pathetic and waved her hands lightly .

"Grease!”

"Kaaack!”

The spell turned the ground in front of the blood ogre slippery . The blood ogre was unaware of this and fell like he had stepped on a bar of soap in the bathroom . The clever Carack didn’t miss this opportunity .

"Die!”

The axe struck the blood ogre’s neck .

“Kiaack!”

The blood ogre tried to raise his body was a terrible scream, but it was useless . Carack pulled the axe out and struck down on the blood ogre’s forehead .

Blood and brains splattered . Carack laughed up towards the sky and Felicia frowned at him .

‘As expected from Felicia . ’

Although Carack was the one who dealt the direct blow, the MVP of the battle was Felicia . She had used magic appropriate to the situation .

'Did that mean I didn’t have to use Below the King’s Flag?’

It could be seen like that but the effect of Below the King’s Flag wasn’t simply giving strength .

[Your level has risen . ]

It allowed the king to gain the merits!

‘Level 10!’

A white light shone around In-gong as he levelled up . In-gong’s stamina recovered in an instant and he jumped up . Just like last time, he had a headache after using Below the King’s Flag but he didn’t care .

Level 10 – a level with a special meaning in Knight Saga!

‘I mean, maybe!’

[The level of Protagonist Correction has increased . ]

A clear voice rang out as In-gong formed a fist .