Chapter 44

Chapter 44 – Chapter 7: Advent #2

“How many are there?"

Carack held his axe as he asked Karma who was lying flat on the hill . Karma gazed at the front with wide eyes before shouting in an urgent voice .

"Seven? Ten? There are also centaurs!”

In-gong climbed directly to the top of the hill because the report didn’t make sense . As soon as he saw the crowd from a distance, he opened the mini-map .

‘There are centaurs with the casios . Are the centaurs captured?’

They were far away, so he couldn’t be sure, but there were five armoured centaurs and dozens of casios .

The casios looked like a wolf with horns on their heads, but their size was much bigger than the wolf, especially the males .

Carack didn’t have a mini-map, so he turned towards In-gong with a frown .

"They are a scouting group . They probably came out to meet Prince . Two of them are already gone . ”

Centaurs usually scouted in groups of seven . However, there were only five visible centaurs, so two had already lost their lives .

At this moment, both the centaurs and casios were approaching In-gong’s party . Carack asked In-gong,

"What do you want to do?”

Should they fight with the centaurs or escape?

If the dracos moved in the opposite direction, they were likely to escape, but In-gong shook his head . If he abandoned the centaurs and ran away, this mission would be ruined from the beginning .

“Let’s do something crazy . ”

Fight . However, it wasn’t just fighting .

In-gong made the decision hurriedly and declared to Carack and Karma .

"They are running straight this way!”

It was less than 10 seconds but many things could happen in that time . Karma formed tight fists at the top of the hill . A desperate look formed in her eyes as the centaurs approached .

Aboard the dracos, In-gong and Carack were waiting at the bottom of the hill . Carack asked one last time,

"Are we really doing this?”

"It is real . ”

"It was a short meeting but I really enjoyed it . ”

"I will continue seeing you for a long time . ”

However . it wasn’t the time to laugh and make jokes . Karma’s shout was like a thunderbolt,

"Now!"

"Don’t die!”

Carack’s unique battle cry swallowed up Karma’s cry . At the same time, the draco In-gong was riding sprang up from the ground .

The greatest feature of the dracos, that the dark elves used instead of horses, was their explosive instantaneous speed . It was only a few seconds, but the dracos could run several times faster than horses .

In-gong used the draco’s explosive speed from the beginning and the draco leapt from the hill at a fearsome pace .

Now, In-gong could see the centaurs and the casios . After hearing Carack’s battle cry, they saw In-gong on the draco and instinctively slowed down . However, the draco didn’t stop moving .

“Penetrate through!”

The draco Felicia gave him was quite intelligent . It understood In-gong’s command and used the correct speed to draw in the enemy accurately .

The draco carrying In-gong moved in between the centaurs and the casios and they all flinched at the sudden intrusion . In-gong directed the draco towards the casios he had been aiming at since he confirmed it on the mini-map .

'This is the boss!’

There was also a leader in a group of casios; he was in charge of directing the people in the hunting group .

‘How do I determine the boss? Of course, he is the biggest one!’

The boss casios was bigger than a horse, so he could distinguish it from the others at a glance . Moreover, its big size made it easier to cling to .

In-gong jumped and clung to the neck of the boss casios as the draco continued moving through a crowd of casios .

It only took a few seconds . However, In-gong didn’t stop . The casios was confused and couldn’t make a proper decision in the short amount of time . In-gong had to take advantage of this .

“Kuaang!”

The casios leader raised his head and called out an alarm . In-gong clung to the casios leader with his left arm and both his legs as he formed a fist with his right hand .

‘I will bet it all on this one strike!’

He was handling the casios leader with one blow .

He was by himself . This was In-gong who had already killed orcs from the Red Lightning tribe . The biggest difficulty of this mission was to hang on, not smash the casios leader’s head .

In-gong gathered aura around his right fist and used the explosive power of Divine Beast Authority . It was a technique that hit the enemy’s body with Aura, causing it to freeze . The amount of aura consumed was intense, but it was the most powerful attack that In-gong could unleash .

He focused his aura for precision!

His body remembered the technique since he had practiced it more than a dozen times . The moment that In-gong punched, there was a flash of white aura .

It was good thus far as it was the same as practice . However, something unexpected happened the moment the technique was completed .

Earth Quaker .

It was enchanted by the power of the dragon, Enkidu .

His aura felt violent . The destructive power of the technique had doubled!

Kwaang!

With a huge roar, the casios leader’s head exploded . The crushed skull splattered blood and flesh . It was like his head had been erased from the world .

The sight of the casios leader’s head disappearing in an instant caused the casios to be stunned . Some of them even ran away .

In-gong was also surprised . He knew he had become stronger after the battle with the Red Lightning tribe, however, it was his first time using Earth Quaker since discovering it . So, he hadn’t imagined it would make his aura so violent .

‘Isn’t this almost like Caitlin?'

Recalling how Caitlin had caused an orc to explode while they were rescuing Felicia, In-gong swallowed his saliva . He looked at the Earth Quaker on his right .

‘I can do it . ’

He could do it! That wasn’t the only reason for the strong explosion . Beast Authority and Aura were level 5 and 6 respectively . He couldn’t be compared to the first time he fought the Red Lightning tribe .

In-gong frowned . Circulating the pure white aura boosted his physical abilities and made him several times stronger than Villager A .

‘Go . ’

In-gong kicked his feet . It had only been a few seconds since the head of the casios leader exploded, so there were a few shocked casios that had been unable to escape .

If there was a word symbolizing Beast Authority, it was explosive power . While the draco rampaged, In-gong narrowed the distance to another casios . His aura exploded again and a casios collapsed .

In-gong didn’t spare his aura . The casios leader was dead, so this battle was as good as over .

"Kuraha!”

Carack let out a battle cry as he moved through the crowd of casios . He couldn’t smash a casios in one move like In-gong, but the huge battle axe was an overwhelming threat by itself .

When the weak centaurs grabbed weapons to try and counterattack as well, the casios lost their will to fight . They used the momentum to start fleeing .

"Karaha!"

Carack roared after the fleeing casios . Instead of talking to him, In-gong turned and stared at the centaurs .

The expressions of the centaurs, who were wearing light leather armour as scouts, were really complicated . They were excited from the battle, pleased about being rescued and anxious since they didn’t know who the people before them were .

In-gong recognized that the green centaur was the leader . There was a blue armband around his right arm .

“I am 9th Prince Shutra . ”

The centaurs roared simultaneously .

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“Really wonderful! Amazing!”

Karma shouted with excitement . Her wide and bright eyes reminded him of Caitlin .

'Isn’t it natural?’

It hadn’t even been a day since they were separated, so her face and voice were clear . In-gong was reminded of Caitlin but he quickly realized reality again .

"Prince, wipe your face . ”

Carack handed over a dry washcloth to In-gong . He was known as In-gong’s aide, so the centaurs would listen to his simple instructions .

Two centaurs dismantled the corpses of the cassios while the other three took down the tent and packed the luggage . It was in preparation to move .

As they prepared to leave for a new camp, In-gong mounted the draco and replied to Karma absent-mindedly .

“Well, well . Yes, yes . Good . Make sure they eat when we arrive at the new camp . ”

The draco seemed to only eat live food like snakes but they were actually omnivores . The casios meat from today would be enough to last a few weeks .

“Prince, we are ready to leave . ”

Carack said while covering a small cauldron with a lid . It felt like he was going to start preparing a meal while moving .

"The nearest campground is only 20 minutes from here . ”

Karma’s eyes were still shining like lanterns . In-gong directed the draco toward the centaur scout leader .

"Did you say you were Quick Wind?”

“Yes, Your Highness . ”

The centaur with the armband, named Quick Wind, responded to In-gong’s question . His eyes weren’t as bright as Karma’s, but there were clearly emotions in them .

‘Ah, Prince remembered my name!’

In-gong guessed that might be the emotion, then asked a question,

"Can you give me the details of the situation?”

Immediately after the battle was over, he hadn’t been able to hear anything except for their names and that they were a scouting group . Quick Wind spoke in a fast manner like his name,

"We were expecting 9th Prince tomorrow . In order to check the safety of the surrounding areas, we were sent to scout and encountered the casios . ”

Quick Wind’s face darkened dramatically . Like he had thought, they had been scouting .

In-gong sighed and asked again,

"The casios have already come this far down?”

The casios subjugation quest required him to defeat the casios in the north after joining the centaurs . In other words, the casios should have been in the north at this point .

However, the casios had shown up here . It was a little farther south than the settlements of the centaurs .

Quick Wind answered with an uneasy expression,

"It doesn’t seem like the whole group has come down . It's just . . . the casios seem to be moving faster than usual . ”

It was different from the previous times . In-gong sensed something ominous as he listened .

"I can’t believe this . The demon king’s mission really isn’t ordinary . ”

Carack said from beside In-gong .

‘I had been hoping this wouldn’t happen . ’

Of course, it wasn’t like the demon king had been expecting this exact situation . However, he would have felt something was wrong if the demon king’s task was ordinary .

In-gong nodded while gazing at Karma ahead of him .

"Once we get there, let’s have a meal . ”

“Don't worry . I won’t eat everything . "

Carack laughed and tapped on the pot that he was holding like a treasure .

The next afternoon, In-gong arrived at the settlement of the centaurs .