Chapter 254: Territorial Defence (Bottom)

When Minhyuk saved Ruwan and his guild members, he only took five minutes. Minhyuk could not ignore Ruwan when he saw his defeated look when facing certain death. He could not pass by like nothing happened when he saw that.

After that, the troops that had hidden behind the bushes and the wooded areas with Prince Argon had begun to run quickly. After a long time, Minhyuk was finally able to see Philip Village. It had become a bunker in the middle of the war. He could also see the swarm of enemies that surrounded his friends.

Among the chaos, Minhyuk was also able to find the face of his father. He could see his father fighting a fierce battle against a huge dragon made out of bones, and that his friends were starting to falter and be pushed back.

‘Those bastards!’

For Minhyuk, his dad was his very special person. Just recalling that his dad had been PK-ed before and forced to log out made him seethe in anger. That was why he came running without any rest, and the moment he witnessed the scene, his anger and fury towards the Bone Dragon Lord soared.

Minhyuk and his troops kept on running on horseback. However, the moment he saw the Bone Dragon Lord try to devour his dad, Minhyuk immediately took out his ‘Instantaneous Movement Parchment’.

It was an item that he had purchased in the Royal Shop, an artifact that was vastly different from the return scroll. In the case of a return scroll, one needed to designate a village or an inn where they could return to. If you named it as ‘Return to Ber Village’, then it would send you back to that village. On the other hand, the instantaneous movement parchment was a special parchment that could allow the player to teleport to the place that he had seen with his very own eyes. It could also allow them to move to a place where they had previously been to, even if it was not a village or an inn.

Just as he was about to tear the parchment, notifications rang in his head.

[The Monarch’s Seeds have borne fruit.]

[You will be able to summon 500 ancient soldiers for 4 hours.]

[Ancient Soldiers will appear once you say ‘Summon’.]

‘Ancient Soldiers…?’?

That was when he learned about the identity of the ‘Monarch’s Seeds’. The Ancient Monarch, the Food God’s subordinate, had suffered greatly after being controlled by Verus. Therefore, he hid his troops in the Monarch’s Seeds, as a weapon that could be used against them.

“Summon.”

[It will take about one minute for your summons to appear.]

However, Minhyuk did not have the time to wait for them to be summoned. He quickly tore the parchment and said, “Beans, I’m leaving the rear to you.”

“Oiink!”

Flash—

Minhyuk was covered in a bright light the moment he tore the parchment. When the light faded, his figure had already disappeared. Since the parchment was only meant for one person, Beanie, who was sitting snugly on his shoulder, fell down abruptly on the horse.

“Ooiiiink!” Beanie cried loudly, feeling a little embarrassed since it fell on the horse in an ungraceful manner. Still, Beanie quickly grabbed the reins of the horse and galloped forward.

Meanwhile, Argon looked at the scene incredulously, mumbling, “A pig… is riding on a horse…”

It was quite a spectacle, something that Argon had never seen in his 3,000 years of elf life.

***

Black Dragon watched as the hellhounds clung on the walls of the bunker and made themselves explode. Because of that, Black Dragon and the Boys failed to switch with Legend, which allowed them to be pushed back.

Black Dragon quickly gave the orders to Britney and Destiny. He said, “Wipe out the enemy!”

“

Kiyeeeeeeeee!

”

“

Kiyeeeeeeeee!

”

The two of them roamed the skies as they tried to stop the influx of the enemies. At that very moment, the Slayer of Death appeared in front of him.

Crack!

As soon as the Slayer of Death shook his wand, huge bones burst through from the ground, and started to form into a gigantic creature. The creature that was slowly beginning to form was none other than the great and gigantic Bone Dragon.

Along with that, the notifications began to ring.

[You have met the Bone Dragon Lord.]

[The Bone Dragon’s Sphere has been triggered.]

“

Graaaaaaaaa!

”

Black Dragon heard a loud roar accompanying the notifications.

[Britney’s Breath is sealed for 5 minutes.]

[Destiny’s Breath is sealed for 5 minutes.]

“…!”

Britney and Destiny were part of the four legendary dragons. However, the problem was that they had not yet reached their full potential yet. At best, they were still at the young dragon stage. In comparison, the Bone Dragon Lord that was in front of them looked like it was already close to full growth.

In fact, the information and content about dragons had not yet been fully released in

Athenae

. After all, these were dragons! The strongest creatures in this world!

The Bone Dragon Lord looked similar, and yet different, to a dragon. When talking about bone dragons, then Genie, Khan and Locke had also hunted them in the Time Attack Dungeon. However, they were the weakest among the Bone Dragons that had ever been born. On the other hand, the creature in front of Black Dragon had already almost achieved full growth, and it was also one of the highest-ranking members of the bone dragons.

The Slayer of Death, who had summoned the Bone Dragon Lord, had a deep, dark smile on his face. Even though his strength in dark magic had risen considerably in terms of summoning the dead, the Bone Dragon Lord could only be summoned for about half an hour. Still, that was more than enough. He was also aware that Destiny and Britney were nothing more than fledglings, no more than young dragons at this stage, and posed no threat to him.

‘I’ll kill them and turn them into undeads…’

The Slayer of Death thought, mouth almost tearing apart with his wid nasty grin.

Britney and Destiny flew furiously.

Crack

—

Bang!

The two of them bit all over the Bone Dragon Lord’s body, but the only thing that they got were aching teeth.

Unlike ordinary mobs, the bones of the Bone Dragon Lord were sturdy, solid and hard. The bones were hard enough to match against that of a real, living and breathing dragon.

“

Graaaaaaa!

”

At that moment, bone blades sprouted all over the body of the Bone Dragon Lord. The blades stabbed and pierce through the bodies of Britney and Destiny.

“

Kihyaaaaaack!

”

“

Graaaaaa!

”

[Bone Spear.]

[The skin and flesh pierced by the bone spear will melt rapidly and will induce extreme pain.]

Britney and Destiny fell to the ground. They writhed and struggled hard from the terrible pain of their skin melting. The Bone Dragon Lord approached them in order to finish them off, but Black Dragon blocked its path.

‘Britney… Destiny…’

Britney and Destiny were both very precious to Black Dragon. Even though they were just creatures born in this virtual world, he still considered them to be his friends and family. Even if he died, he would just come back to life, but he knew that these children would not.

Black Dragon glared fiercely at the Slayer of Death and the Bone Dragon Lord. Even if his neck got sliced through by a sword, he did not want them to touch these children.

Britney and Destiny felt his feelings through their ‘connection’. They trembled and struggled to stand up.

“

Kyahaaaaack!

”

“

Kihyeeeeee!

”

They were grasping at their last straw to protect Black Dragon. Even if they staggered and fell down with their shaky legs, they still struggled to stand up.

“These punks…”

Just like the saying, sometimes animals were purer, more innocent and better than humans. They were creatures that loved and cared for Black Dragon in a pure manner.

“You won’t be able to touch these children, even if you put a blade to my neck!”

“Ho?”

The Bone Dragon Lord took one step forward as it opened its huge maw.

“

Graaaaaaa!

”

Whether it was Britney or Destiny, it did not matter. They heard the voice of the man that cared, loved and wanted to protect them.

“You’ve touched someone that you shouldn’t have touched.”

Suddenly, a cold and sharp voice rang loudly.

The Slayer of Death and the Bone Dragon Lord looked up. When they looked up, they saw a gigantic frying pan quickly descending down on them.

‘Frying pan?’

At that moment, the Slayer of Death could not help but smile.

‘That’s just a giant frying pan, can that even scratch the head of the Bone Dragon Lord?’

In addition, the bones of the Bone Dragon Lord had a ‘Break Armor’ effect. In the event of an attack, the impact would be returned to the weaker mineral, weapon or armor. In worst case scenarios, the opponent would even have their weapons shattered.

‘That huge frying pan is going to break.’

Then…

Baaaaaaaaaaang—

…a loud noise erupted from the point of impact as a cloud of dust rose in the air. The face of the Slayer of Death that was smiling earlier was now filled with shock and wonder.

‘That frying pan… is sturdier… than the bones of the Bone Dragon Lord?’

He could even see clearly that the head of the Bone Dragon Lord was slammed into the ground. Rhond slowly turned his head around. He could see a man with a now smaller frying pan glaring fiercely at him.

“I’m going to show you what happens to people who mess with this person.”

Minhyuk had already decided to devour him.

‘Killing intent…?’

There was something that closely resembled killing intent emanating from the human in front of Rhond. The man was even able to ram the Bone Dragon Lord’s head in the ground easily. Of course, the Bone Dragon Lord was still not dead yet.

Then, Rhond heard the sound of fierce fighting from behind him.

‘It’s changing. The winds are changing…’

Just like the wind that was previously blowing eastward could flow westward, it seemed like the human troops were now forcing them back.

As for Black Dragon who was staring at Minhyuk from behind…

‘I’ve always thought that you’re still young.’

This was his son who was suffering from eating addiction. When Minhyuk got sick, Black Dragon had made up his mind to become this child’s pillar.

‘Let’s not frustrate and worry this child.’

Perhaps he believed that his child was still young and needed his protection, but before he knew it, his son had already become a reliable adult himself.

“You bastard, who the hell are you? Why are you spouting nonsense?” The Slayer of Death asked after gathering his senses. He held back a laugh after seeing the Bone Dragon Lord get caught in a surprise attack.

Baaaaaaaaang—

The Bone Dragon Lord jumped up as it rushed towards Minhyuk furiously.

“

Kiyeeeeeeeee!

”

However, Minhyuk just said, “Scattering Sword.”

He used the Scattering Sword that condensed the damage of eight basic sword attacks into one! A powerful and overflowing force slammed into the Bone Dragon Lord’s body.

Baaaaaaang!?

Crack!

At that moment, they heard a crack from the bones of the Bone Dragon Lord.

‘…?!!!’

‘It’s not just his frying pan! This bastard’s sword is built with a harder mineral that can ignore the Break Armor!’

At that point in time, Minhyuk realized that it was futile to try and cut the bastard’s bones into pieces. So, instead of cutting it down, he decided to just pulverize the bastard.

Minhyuk quickly switched to his frying pan again. He enlarged the frying pan and activate his Rampant Sword. Dozens of afterimages of his frying pan slammed constantly at the Bone Dragon Lord’s body.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

Crack, crack, crack— Crack, crack, crack—

The Bone Dragon Lord also had a tremendous regeneration ability. As soon as its bones cracked, it would immediately stick back together. Unfortunately, right now, the Bone Dragon Lord’s bones were beginning to crack to the point that it was beyond repair.

Baaaaaaaaang!

As soon as Rampant Sword ended, Minhyuk used ‘Like the Wind’ to narrow their distance by three meters, which he followed up with Sword of Fury.

Shweeeeeeeeeek—?

The Sword of Fury had a tremendous force. Even though what Minhyuk was using was a frying pan and not a sword, the power that was condensed in it was still tremendous.

The Sword of Fury could now kill enemies within a two-meter radius, through the strong wind force that would be produced. It even had an additional 100% damage on enemies.

Baaaaaaaaang!

Then, his last attack slammed into the Bone Dragon Lord.

Shweeeeeeeeeek—?

At that exact same moment, a fierce and bitter wind blew strongly as it tore the surrounding area around the Bone Dragon Lord.

.

“…?!”

The Slayer of Death was shocked to see that the Bone Dragon Lord flew back and rolled on the ground.

Minhyuk finally answered the Rhond’s question from earlier, and said, “His son.”