After blocking Baterâs attack, Junhyuk distanced himself from the hero. Elise started attacking then. Her attack stat was inferior to Junhyukâs, but it was still high.
If Elise damaged Bater little by little, even Bater wouldnât be able to endure it.
Bater had used all of his powers, same as Junhyuk. Junhyuk had Eliseâs buffs, and Bater had been debuffed by Junhyukâs attacks.
Junhyuk joined Elise in attacking Bater, and the heroâs health started dropping fast. It was certain that Bater had a high defense stat. Junhyuk had to hit a critical to deal 9 percent of damage.
Bater was so skill that even when the hero was paralyzed, Junhyuk had a hard time hitting him with crits. However, there was a limit to what Bater could do by himself.
When Bater finally died, Junhyuk sighed, relieved.
Junhyuk had killed Regina, but Elise had been the one to deliver the final hit on Bater. Both of them had killed one each.
The items the allies carried were special. Junhyuk inspected the item he picked up and smiled. Regina had dropped a gear for pants. The gear increased health and defense, and they were items the enemies socketed to others.
Junhyuk took the gear and turned to Elise. She had picked up a belt.
âThis is nice! I got a belt, something I lacked, and itâs for a tank!â
âSo, Eliseâ¦â
âWhat?â
âYou need to learn hand-to-hand combat. If not that, you need to increase the response time of Moon Core.â
Bater had shown that he could attack Elise through her attacks. Junhyuk was confident that he could do better than Moon Core, and the result of that had been the amount of damage that Elise had received.
He wanted to prevent that from happening again.
Elise smirked and said, âThen, I have to reprogram things. Iâll need research data. I need heroes as opponents. Can you help me with that?â
Junhyuk needed to practice the Triple Yin Yang, but he agreed to her request.
âWhen we get back, weâll gather data.â
Junhyuk contacted the others and told Sarang that he had met Bater.
âYeah? I wonder whoâll be on my side.â
âProbably Killa, and maybe Doctor Tula.â
Sarang nodded heavily.
âIâm nervous. Iâm not so sure about this.â
âYou can do it. However, the enemy heroes are stronger than before, so be careful.â
âI wonât let my guard down.â
Junhyuk smiled and said, âOK. Tell Layla to be careful. Weâll go hunt buff monsters.â
âSure. Iâll let you know what happened after the battle.â
âOK.â
Junhyuk and Elise occupied the buff tower and went their separate ways, right and left. Just in case, Junhyuk took Eunseo with him. Meanwhile, the allied minions formed a defensive wall around the tower. The number of casualties had been low. One hundred and eighty minions had survived, and the heroes had killed the riflemen after their fight.
Junhyuk and Eunseo took down a buff monster, but he didnât get any synthesis materials from it.
When he got back to the tower, the allies reported in.
âI killed a bald man. It had been a long time since Iâd met an enemy as strong as him.â
Jean Cloâs defense was outstanding. It was good that Gongon had managed to kill him. However, Gongon looked serious.
âWithout Helen, I wouldnât have managed it. His defense is far too strong.â
Junhyuk should be the one to take on Jean Clo. His items were made to pierce through heavy defense.
Then, he turned to Sarang, who gave him a faint smile and said, âLayla was killed, but we killed them all.â
âHow was it?â
âTheir damage was absurd. Without my ultimate, I wouldâve died as well.â
Sarang had used her invulnerability, which meant the enemies were definitely strong. The main problem was Doctor Tula. The doctorâs tiny spiders could analyze the entire battlefield. There was no way to escape their surveillance.
âDid anyone see Adolphe?â
âNot here.â
âWhoâs Adolphe?â Gongon asked.
So, Junhyuk explained, âHe was the enemy champion. He was equipped with a saw-bladed sword.â
âWe havenât seen him.â
Nobody had seen Adolphe, which was a good thing for the allies if the champion wasnât there, but Junhyuk wondered if that was the case.
âIf they are lacking a champion, thatâs good for us. Layla died, but we are winning.â
The five enemy heroes had been killed, whereas only one allied had died. However, he couldnât let his guard down. He had been lucky to kill Regina early, otherwise she couldâve created serious problems for him.
âThen, push for the next towers.â
âI canât push without Layla.â
After some thought, Junhyuk said, âWeâll hold the middle. Elise will stay here, while Iâll go join Sarang. If you see enemy heroes heading this way, contact me. Weâll tell Layla to head for the buff tower, and when she gets here, Elise will move with her.â
Elise nodded, and Junhyuk contacted Layla to tell her the plan. Then, he took the portal in the direction of Sarang, leaving Eunseo and the minions with Elise.
Junhyuk met Sarang a moment later and smiled.
âYouâve worked hard. Letâs go.â
âItâs been a while since Iâve been paired with you.â
âRight.â
Junhyuk had been pairing with Elise to take the middle recently. When they reached the next enemy watchtower, they saw enemy heroes waiting for them.
Killa and Doctor Tulla were there, and they had brought riflemen. Junhyuk waved at them, and Killa pulled out her rifle and aimed at him, saying, âI heard that Bater was showering you with compliments!â
Doctor Tula smiled at him and added, âYou are still wearing my glasses.â
âI am. How did you know?â
Doctor Tula touched his new pair of glasses and said, âThis is a new model. I can analyze items with them.â The doctorâs eyes widened as he added, âAnd you are covered in fine items!â
âYou really can see them.â
Doctor Tula could see his items, but Junhyuk didnât care.
He turned to Sarang and noticed that she seemed hesitant about something. He looked toward where she was looking and saw as someone appeared from behind the enemy heroes. Bater was pounding his fists together. Junhyuk smiled at him.
âI heard you were coming here. This is a welcome party.â
Bater had great items and powers, and Killa had long range attacks. Doctor Tula was also there. The fight would be two versus three.
Junhyuk looked at Sarang and said, âKill Killa first.â
The allies had to deal with the damager first. Otherwise, the damage they received would get out of hand. Killing Killa was their first task.
Junhyuk grabbed Sarang and teleported. As soon as he got close, he used his Spatial Collapse. The collapse was triggered on Killa, but it did not hit her. She lost 80 percent of her health.
Wanting to finish Killa, Junhyuk took off. At the same time, Doctor Tula released his spider web. Junhyuk teleported again, evading the web. He reappeared behind Doctor Tula, distancing himself from Bater.
Elise shot her electric blast, which paralyzed two enemies. As he ran toward Killa, Sarang cast Thunderstorm.
Crraaack!
The Thunderstorm was aimed at Doctor Tula, who got hit. Junhyuk attacked Killa, but the hero used her ultimate, so Junhyuk cancelled his attack and raised his force field.
Boom!
Junhyuk and Sarang were launched toward the bottom of the enemy watchtower. While the force field was up, the allies had to get out of there quickly.
Bater stood in their way, and Killa and Doctor Tula retreated.
Junhyuk teleported. It was his last teleportation. At the same time, he lengthened Akshaâs Longsword. As Killa jumped back to dodge, Junhyuk used his Dimensional Slash.
Junhyuk didnât want to use all of his powers, but it was more important to kill Killa. The slash cut through her neck, and Killa died.
Next, Bater pounded Junhyukâs force field with his fists. The force field got stuck in the ground, so Junhyuk slashed Bater.
The enemy hero defended himself and retreated. Junhyukâs attention turned to Doctor Tula, who only had 50 percent of his health left.
The doctor defended himself with his mechanical spider legs and moved to join Bater. When Junhyuk had had Eliseâs buff, things had been easier. However, the buff was gone now, so he couldnât kill Doctor Tula with regular attacks.
Junhyuk had used all of his powers, and Sarang had used her main attack powers.
The enemies countered.
Doctor Tula fired a flamethrower at him, saying, âFocus on him!â
Junhyuk protected Sarang from the flames while the riflemen shot at the allied heroes.
Each attack from a minion dealt 1 percent of damage to heroes. Junhyuk dodged some of the bullets, but he was hit twice.
There were over a hundred riflemen around them.
âAttack, minions!â he shouted, and the allied minions rushed forward toward the riflemen. Bater was rushing at him, so he pushed Sarang aside.
Bater punched him hard.
Boom!
Junhyuk was launched away, rolling across the ground. Doctor Tula and Bater focused on Sarang now.
Junhyuk stretched Akshaâs Longsword and attacked the enemies in his way, running to rejoin the fight against the enemy heroes.
He had used all of his powers, so it wouldnât be easy to get there on time, but he couldnât just stand there.