Chapter 191: Chapter 191

Kuan O’Brien looked up at the sky.

A pillar of flame was spinning as it fell towards the ground.

The hound members’ moving blades of magical power began to move.

Though more than half were destroyed by Choi Hyun-seok’s fighting technique, many still remained.

The rotating blades moved quickly to block the pillar of fire.

It was impossible to block Park Hyun-a’s magic with the weakened blades.

At this rate, it was only a matter of time before all the blades would turn to ashes.

Kuan O’Brien shouted.

As the magic was canceled, the blades blocking the flames disappeared.

Simultaneously, the hound members urgently abandoned their positions.

The pillar of flame reached the ground in an instant.

Several hound members who couldn’t dodge in time were engulfed in flames and turned to ashes instantly.

Meanwhile, Park Hyun-a checked on Choi Hyun-seok.

He tried his best to calm his raging mana after forcefully increasing his output.

Fortunately, thanks to the time Park Hyun-a stalled, he had recovered to some extent.

Though it would take time to fully recover his condition, he could at least move his body.

“From now on, I’ll induce chaos. The key is to prevent them from using chain magic. You understand what I mean?”

Choi Hyun-seok nodded at Park Hyun-a’s words.

One of the biggest reasons why the multiple enemies are threatening is chain magic.

The vast magical power coming from large numbers was overwhelming violence in itself.

However, chain magic is extremely difficult to use despite its strong power.

The hound members were only able to do this because they had undergone repeated training for a long time and had prepared for battle here in advance.

‘One way or another, chain magic can’t be used if we disrupt them from within.’

Park Hyun-a kicked the ground.

She planned to dive between the enemies and scatter their formation.

In fact, Park Hyun-a’s close combat ability was also very impressive.

It’s just that it falls short compared to her magic.

Even with just her close combat ability, she was strong enough to be legendary.

Ekut Fighting Technique

Park Hyun-a’s body rotated quickly, and her roundhouse kick struck.

Magical power shot sharply following the trajectory of her moving foot.

Red lines appeared on the hound members’ bodies as blood sprayed in all directions.

Though she caused bleeding to dozens of enemies at once, unfortunately, none seemed to have received fatal wounds.

But Park Hyun-a smiled.

After all, the real fight was about to begin.

While the enemy was blocking Park Hyun-a’s fighting technique, Choi Hyun-seok had already completely approached them.

Seeing Choi Hyun-seok approach, one hound member thrust his sword.

Instead, Choi Hyun-seok grabbed and pulled the member’s wrist.

Then came the headbutt.

A noise that was hard to believe rang out from heads colliding.

The hound member fell to the ground with a cracked skull.

His overwhelming physique had already reached superhuman levels even without mana.

Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-a began to rampage in earnest.

The enemies fell helplessly.

It couldn’t be helped since the difference in levels was extreme from the start.

The number of hound members rapidly decreased.

Commander Kuan O’Brien began to feel anxious.

‘I must kill at least Choi Hyun-seok here.’

The original target was Choi Hyun-seok.

They had obtained information that Park Hyun-a was with him and tried to deal with both, but the situation had become complicated.

In this case, they had no choice but to deal with Choi Hyun-seok, who was the initial target.

If not, even if he returns alive, he would be a dead man.

Just as Kuan O’Brien was gritting his teeth and about to rush forward.

A sly voice was heard from behind.

“As expected, I knew this would happen.”

Kuan turned around in surprise.

The Hero Cultivation Project.

This massive project to transform heroes into Gatren’s secret weapons has quite a long history.

Nearly half a century of research and experiments.

The time spent on full-scale development alone exceeds 30 years.

The project was conducted in a strictly cellular organization format for secrecy.

The Pope oversees everything with various managers in charge of their respective areas below him.

Martin Ruska was also one of such project managers.

He commands no less than 2,000 heroes under him.

Each individual’s combat power reaches 80,000.

“Lord O’Brien. Didn’t I tell you? The hounds are no longer needed.”

Manager Martin Ruska appeared before them, leading two thousand heroes.

Kuan O’Brien clenched his fists.

“Originally just a stray dog cleaning the empire’s sewage… You received too much undeserved power.”

“Don’t bare your teeth. I might have to pull them all out.”

Despite the gentle voice accompanying his smile, the content was incredibly brutal.

“Now it’s time to end this unfitting wolf act. Time to return to the sewage that suits you.”

Martin Ruska pushed past his shoulder.

Kuan O’Brien trembled with rage, but there was nothing he could do.

‘That cunning bastard wouldn’t have done this on his own.’

Martin Ruska is a shrewd man.

He always carefully weighs gains and losses and never does anything that would cause him loss.

The fact that such a Martin Ruska appeared to help the hounds, who were no different from competitors.

‘There must have been orders from the Pope.’

The Pope never trusted him from the beginning.

It’s frustrating, but Martin Ruska’s words were right.

The era of the hounds is now over.

“Nice to meet you for the first time, Choi Hyun-seok. Park Hyun-a.”

Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-a tensed up at the sudden appearance of the heroes.

Their power seemed far greater than the hounds.

And their numbers were about 20 times more.

Choi Hyun-seok glanced at Park Hyun-a.

‘Can we handle this?’

‘Absolutely impossible.’

As they exchanged opinions through eye contact.

“I am Martin Ruska. Though humble, I am the commander leading these heroes as you can see.”

Martin Ruska’s attitude was completely relaxed.

He continued speaking while walking around as if taking a stroll.

“As you know, struggling is pointless.”

“If you come quietly, I’ll spare your lives. I swear to God my words are not lies.”

Martin Ruska made the sign of the cross and closed his eyes for a moment.

He appeared to be praying to prove his words were true.

At that moment, Park Hyun-a and Choi Hyun-seok turned around simultaneously.

If they couldn’t win by fighting, running was the only option.

No matter how strong the enemy was, comparing individual power, their side was overwhelmingly stronger.

Meaning they couldn’t possibly be caught in a chase.

But the Holy Empire of Gatren wasn’t foolish.

Martin Ruska had naturally considered the possibility of them running.

He had already made all preparations.

At Martin Ruska’s words, five hundred heroes joined hands.

The magical power flowing from their bodies created a massive current.

The magical power shot into the sky.

The continuously rising magical power soon exploded with a boom- sound and began spreading in all directions.

“Shit! It’s a barrier!”

A translucent dome-shaped barrier covers the area.

Park Hyun-a tried to escape the barrier’s range, but the magic completed faster.

Park Hyun-a frowned at the wall of magical power blocking their path.

“Damn… That’s not enough.”

Given enough time, Park Hyun-a alone could break it, but the enemy was in pursuit.

To quickly make a hole in the barrier, Choi Hyun-seok and Park Hyun-a would need to combine their strength.

However, Choi Hyun-seok hadn’t recovered from his internal injuries yet.

Looking back, they could see the heroes chasing at a terrifying speed.

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“Didn’t you say it’s not enough?”

“Fighting those bastards is pointless. Even if the chances are slim, breaking this barrier is more realistic.”

As Park Hyun-a drew her sword to pierce the barrier.

Choi Hyun-seok grabbed her wrist.

“4 minutes. We just need to hold out for 4 minutes.”

“I called for reinforcements as soon as those guys appeared.”

Park Hyun-a was startled by the mention of reinforcements.

Who could be coming here?

“No time to explain in detail! Just hold out for 4 minutes somehow!”

The enemy had already approached right in front of them.

“Damn it! If I die here, I’ll haunt you as a ghost forever!”

“Understood, let’s go!”

If they were going to fight, they needed to close the distance.

It was better to engage in close combat to buy time than to face large-scale chain magic.

Then some of the enemies rushed forward and used magic.

When hundreds of heroes used illusion magic simultaneously, their numbers instantly multiplied to thousands.

The numerous illusions immediately rushed toward the two.

“Breakthrough! These are decoys!”

It was buying time to use other magic.

The magic level was low enough that distinguishing real from fake wasn’t too difficult.

The problem was the overwhelming number of enemies.

‘Can’t break through!’

Real heroes mixed among over a thousand illusions.

They skillfully exploited gaps to launch attacks.

With illusions throwing themselves from all directions, it was chaos.

Defense alone was overwhelming.

Making a path was absolutely impossible.

Choi Hyun-seok turned his head at the explosion.

Park Hyun-a’s situation didn’t look good either.

Though she eliminated illusions with magic, they quickly created new ones and attacked.

“Here it comes! Prepare!”

Choi Hyun-seok could also feel the massive magical power gathering in the air.

They had given the enemy too much time.

As he bit his lip, magic flew in from all directions.

The entire space was covered in magic.

A bitingly cold wind blew before an ice storm struck in an instant.

The following whirlwind merged with the storm, increasing its power.

Smaller magics continued layering on top, steadily strengthening the magic.

‘This isn’t just randomly firing magic. It’s real chain magic, created after careful calculation.’

Beyond just large-scale magic used by many people.

It was ultra-large-scale magic designed to increase power by considering magic compatibility.

Park Hyun-a urgently called for him, but there was no response.

No matter how much she looked, she couldn’t find him in the vortex of various magics.

‘Damn! He better not die!’

Park Hyun-a was in no position to worry about others.

She needed to use all her power to survive this level of magic.

But Choi Hyun-seok had internal injuries.

He couldn’t properly control his mana.

Could he endure such magic in that state?

‘If you die here, I’ll really kill you…!’

Park Hyun-a’s hands trembled.

Whether from deploying shields at maximum output.

Or from worry about Choi Hyun-seok, she couldn’t tell.

Park Hyun-a bit her lip hard.

The enemy’s magic is growing stronger.

They kept layering magic to maintain the flow without breaks.

This wasn’t amateur work.

At this rate, even Park Hyun-a would fail to block the magic and die.

‘It’s do or die now!’

Park Hyun-a poured all her remaining bonus points into magical power.

Her magical power increased tremendously and simultaneously began to backflow inside her body.

Originally, Park Hyun-a’s magic stat was 580.

With 128 added, it became 708.

Looking at stats alone, it increased about 22 percent.

But her actual magical power nearly doubled.

Park Hyun-a had already been operating magic near her manageable limit.

She couldn’t control the increased magical power.

No, rather she abandoned control and encouraged the rampage.

An overwhelming amount of magical power beyond legendary levels began sweeping everything away.

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