Junhyukâs Spatial Slash penetrated the dragonâs neck Now, the dragon had a gaping wound on his neck and on his chest. Seeing that, Rongaâs eyes beamed.
âJunhyuk!â the enemy hero shouted, fully aware of Junhyukâs Spatial Slash.
Junhyukâs task had been to finish the dragon, but the dragon had not died. Gritting his teeth, Junhyuk dashed toward the beast.
Ronga chased after him. The enemy hero had rushed through a firebreath, but he hadnât lost much health. Junhyuk thought that was strange, but he didnât have the time to learn more about it.
Yagi was already shooting at the dragon.
The dragon snapped its tail, swinging it toward Ronga, but the hero simply jumped over it. Garu was now far away from the dragon since he only had 30 percent of his health left. Junhyuk thought he mustâve acted as bait for the firebreath.
Looking at the tail that was now swinging toward him, Junhyuk decided he had to kill the dragon immediately.
He used his jumping skill, and thirty meters into the air, he stabbed at the dragon with Akshaâs Longsword, but the sword stretched and wrapped itself around the dragonâs neck. With the dragon tied up, he stabbed through its neck with the Blood Rune Sword.
Junhyuk had been lucky. His piercing stat had been enough to pierce through the dragonâs scales. Then, he pulled Akshaâs Longsword back, and as he did, it sliced right through the dragonâs neck. A lot of blood poured out, but the dragon wouldnât die.
Junhyuk scowled then. Now, he had to deal with both Ronga and the dragon.
Ronga jumped on the dragonâs tail and ran right up the dragonâs back. Junhyuk was in a precarious position. Suddenly, an explosion of green energy blasted through the dragonâs body. Yagi had stacked the ailments and caused the explosion, which was wide enough to slam Junhyuk. The explosion ignored defense, and Junhyuk bit his lip as he lost 22 percent of his health.
Ronga was running toward him, but regardless of that, he had to kill the dragon.
Junhyuk ran toward the dragonâs head. His speed buff was still active, so he was faster than Ronga.
The dragon felt him climbing it and shook its head. By that point, Ronga was really close to reaching him. The dragon wasnât moving its torso, so Ronga could run safely along its back to get to Junhyuk.
Junhyuk lengthened Akshaâs Longsword and stuck it through the dragonâs neck. The dragon shook its neck, and Junhyuk felt everything move.
He looked at the spot the Spatial Slash had pierced thorough. The spot was still bleeding, so he accelerated and pulled out Akshaâs Longsword. He was freefalling now, and the dragonâs eyes beamed. It opened its mouth, chasing after him.
Ronga jumped from the dragonâs back, also chasing after Junhyuk.
Arrows stuck to his back, and Junhyuk extended his hand and shouted, âDIE!â
Junhyukâs power activated right where the dragon had been struck by the Spatial Slash.
Crack!
The Spatial Collapse opened a gaping hole through the dragon, and the hole was sucking everything toward it.
Ronga was within range, so since he was also freefalling, he couldnât withstand the suction of the Spatial Collapse. He seemed scared by that, and Junhyuk smiled.
Then, he heard a friendly voice.
[Youâve killed the dragon Kaloyan. For the next two hours, you get a 30 percent increase to health regeneration rate, a 30 percent increase to movement speed, a 30 percent increase to attack speed, a 30 percent increase to defense, and when you attack, you will inflict an additional one hundred damage on top of your normal damage. If you die within two hours, you will lose yours buff.]
Junhyuk had gained the dragonâs buff, so he knew it was time for him to escape. He extended Akshaâs Longsword toward the ground, and once it stuck through the ground, he shortened it, using it to pull himself down.
Suddenly, a shadow loomed over his head.
Boom!
Junhyuk turned to look and saw the debris scattered everywhere as he got launched up. He clicked his tongue because he needed to save his teleportation for the cliffside.
In the air now, he was being struck by Yagiâs arrows as she ran toward him.
Things didnât look good. The Spatial Collapse had ended, so Ronga also chased after him.
Junhyuk wanted to play close attention to Ronga. The enemy hero should have his powers back by now, so he was extremely dangerous.
Biting his lip, Junhyuk raised his force field around himself.
For the next ten seconds, now that he had the buff, he could run away. He had the dragonâs buff, but he also had the towerâs buff. For that reason, his speed was unbelievable.
Laughing at him, Ronga asked, âWhere are you going?â
Junhyuk was running toward the cliffside and not to an open space, and the cliff was a hundred meters tall. Ronga was confident that even if he tried teleporting up it, it wouldnât work.
Junhyuk looked at his enemies, who were walking slowly toward him, and gave them a biter smile. It was possible that he would die.
When he reached the cliff, he looked back again and saw that there was some distance between him and his enemies now, so he flipped Ronga off.
The enemy hero didnât understand the gesture, but he could guess what it was, so he bared his teeth to Junhyuk.
âRoooaar!â
Ronga ran to him roaring, and Junhyuk teleported again. He only went up thirty meters, stabbing the cliffside with the Blood Rune Sword when he appeared. He teleported another thirty meters up and looked down. His enemies were below him.
âNext time you see me, you should be afraid!â
Junhyuk meant to go up against them again before the buffs wore off. After that, he stretched Akshaâs Longsword and stuck it to the side of the cliff above him.
He shortened it, and the sword pulled him up. Junhyuk was smiling at his ingenuity when the sword got unstuck from the cliff. He immediately stabbed the cliffside with the Blood Rune Sword and sighed.
He had climbed another ten meters, so making his way up like that was possible for him.
After he sighed, he looked down. On Earth, he wouldâve used a different method to escape. There, he couldâve accelerated and run up the cliff.
Ronga wasnât giving up. The enemy hero did the same thing Junhyuk did and stuck his sword into the cliff. That was something Junhyuk hadnât expected, and it stunned him. On top of that, Ronga was climbing faster than him.
Junhyuk had already used all of his powers, so he smacked his lips and while he stabbed the cliff with the Blood Rune Sword, he attacked Ronga with Akshaâs Longsword.
He triggered his acceleration and attacked at the same time Ronga pulled his sword from the cliffside. Ronga still had enough presence of mind to blockâ¦
Clang!
⦠But that was all the enemy hero could do at that moment. Ronga fell to the ground, and Junhyuk smirked. He was the superior hero on the cliffside, all because of Akshaâs Longsword.
When Junhyuk got to the top, he looked down and shouted, âCome and chase me!â
Ronga bared his teeth at him and shouted in reply, âWeâll take the road!â
Ronga, Yagi and Garu took the road out of the Dragonâs Valley.
His enemies would take a while getting to him, and that made him feel at ease. Because it was possible that they would ambush him and because Junhyuk couldnât sense things inside the reed fields, he decided to take the longer road to be safe.
Taking the right path, he contact Layla.
âLayla, how is it going?â
âWe are done on this side. Iâm thinking of advancing.â
âHm⦠I stole the dragon kill, but the heroes are alive. They might chase after me or head your way, in which case, theyâll get to you before I can.â
Junhyuk wanted to have the allies gather up. With the dragonâs buff, he didnât think the allies would lose if they fought as a team.
âShould we come to you?â
After some thought, he said, âNo. Keep advancing. Iâll join you.â
On top of having the greater speed buff, Junhyuk could also teleport. He ended the conversation and took off running and teleporting when he could.
He didnât take one of the trails, going through the trees to make sure he wouldnât come up against Ronga. Then, he connected with Sarang.
âWhere are you?â
âWe are almost at the left path.â
âDid you upgrade your weapon?â
âOf course!â she said, smiling, and made the victory sign with her hand. She waved the orb in front of him and said, âThe sixth upgrade was a success!â
âI told you to only do the basic ones.â
âElise did it too!â
Junhyuk didnât care about Elise. The scientist would keep her weapon for a long time, but he wanted Sarang to sell her weapon as soon as she had something else prepared. The upgrades werenât necessary.
Still, Junhyuk agreed with her regardless since the upgrade had been a success.
âOK. Go join Gongon. It would take a while to reach the left from here, so it should be safe. Destroy that tower.â
âWill do!â
Junhyuk disconnected and teleported again and again on his way to Layla. He hoped that she wouldnât have to fight Ronga herself, so he moved quickly.