Junhyuk’s sword extended to twenty meters. It was aimed at Epilen. However, Epilen disappeared into a black portal he had made while touching Gongon. That was Epilen’s ultimate.

Gongon and Epilen were gone, so Junhyuk returned his sword to its original size and started to run again. He got closer to the fight. The taunt was over, so when Sarang regained consciousness, she shot two electric blasts.

One was aimed at Alondo and the other at Durandal. They both hit, and Junhyuk ran toward Durandal.

Both enemies had high defensive stats, but he knew he could kill them both. As he headed toward Durandal, Junhyuk swung Aksha’s Longsword.

Thuck!

It was easy for him to strike the head of a stationary enemy. It was a critical hit, and the attack dealt 30 percent damage. On top of that, it triggered the extra strike, which dealt another 15 percent damage.

The extra strike also had a piercing buff.

Junhyuk had a new sword, and its damage capabilities were crazy good. Junhyuk went for a second strike, but Durandal regained his movement and raised his arm to block it. Suddenly, a dark energy emanated from Durandal’s body and enveloped the hero.

Clang!

The strike was cancelled, and so was the damage from it. However, Durandal’s power also dealt damage to the hero himself. It wasn’t a simple defense buff. Durandal had cancelled all incoming damage at the cost of 6 percent of his health.

Junhyuk clicked his tongue and took a few steps back. Looking around, he saw Zaira fire missiles at Alondo, who had regained his movement and was trying to attack Sarang.

A black ring was tying Sarang now, and Alondo was rushing toward her. Zaira was flying toward Sarang as well. Not caring about Durandal, Junhyuk ran toward the others. Sarang was shackled by the black ring, and her health was nearly gone. Her ultimate had kept her from dying, but the five seconds had pa.s.sed while the black ring had her. If someone touched her, Sarang would die. On top of that, Junhyuk couldn’t do anything for her since he had already used his force field.

While he worried about what would happen, Zaira stepped in front of Alondo, who swung his scythe at the gynoid.

Boom!

Zaira fell, and Alondo swung his scythe again, releasing the skeleton horses. They stampeded toward Sarang. The horses were much faster than Junhyuk. Before she could move again, Sarang was overrun by them. She was gone, and Junhyuk grimaced.

A black portal appeared out of nowhere, and Gongon and Epilen reappeared. Gongon quickly kicked Epilen and followed the attack with a headb.u.t.t.

Boom!

Gongon was still enlarged when he headb.u.t.ted Epilen, so the hero faded. Epilen had already been hit by the Thunderstorm, so the headb.u.t.t was too much for him.

Junhyuk knew that only Durandal, Alondo and the champion remained. Durandal retreated very fast.

The hero was now within reach of the castle’s archers, but Junhyuk chased after him anyway. Nevertheless, he wasn’t happy to fight Durandal while under attack from the archers.

Alondo quickly retreated as well, but Gongon, who was now floating in the air, released flames in all directions, triggering his transformation.

The transformed Gongon flew in the open sky, high above the enemies. The archers attacked him, but Gongon ignored them while breathing fire down on the battlefield. The ma.s.sive flames headed toward Durandal.

Boom!

The hero blocked the attack, but fire dealt additional damage to undead. Durandal was covered in it. So, Junhyuk trusted Gongon with Durandal. The champion was running toward Gongon, but the dragon could handle both.

Junhyuk’s task was to finish Alondo. When Junhyuk caught up with the hero, Alondo stopped retreating and swung his scythe.

Clang!

Junhyuk tried to extend his longsword, but the scythe blocked its path, and Alondo pushed him back. Alondo was aware that Aksha’s Longsword had no power while it was extending, so he aimed for those moments.

Frowning, Junhyuk swung the Blood Rune Sword.

Clang, clang, clang!

At close range, Junhyuk was extremely fast with his attacks, but even while accelerating, he couldn’t read the trajectory of the scythe. He continued to attack, using both swords, but Alondo was mounted on a horse, so it was hard to attack him. On top of that, the skeleton horse was intelligent, and it kept a reasonable distance from Junhyuk.

Without his powers, Junhyuk couldn’t kill Alondo. When he realized that, he called for Gongon, “Gon, take Alondo!”

Gongon breathed fire down on the hero, and Junhyuk went over to fight Durandal, who was an easier opponent for him.

While Junhyuk ran toward Durandal, the hero raised his right fist up high. As Gongon attacked Alondo, Durandal slammed his fist against the ground.

Boom!

The ground shook, and suddenly, both Gongon and Junhyuk were being dragged toward Durandal. The enemy hero was pulling both allied heroes while dealing them damage. That was the tank’s ultimate.

Durandal’s position was complicated. He was right where the archers were attacking, so now, Junhyuk and Gongon were under attack from them as well.

Alondo ran toward them while Durandal pulled them. Junhyuk ignored Alondo and swung his sword at Durandal. The hero’s power simply pulled the enemies. It didn’t stun them, so Junhyuk struck him hard, and Gongon breathed fire on him.

The champion transformed into a bear and stood in front of Durandal. Alondo closed in, swinging his scythe and slicing Gongon’s neck. The dragon scowled and beat its wings. Flames went everywhere. They covered Durandal, Alondo and the champion.

The flames didn’t care about defense. That was the type of power that definitely damaged the enemy. Gongon was a big help.

Junhyuk swung at Durandal again. The hero raised his arm to block, but Aksha’s sword extended and bent like a whip, striking Durandal’s head.

Durandal fell, and Junhyuk turned to face the transformed bear. His new sword easily killed the champion, and once the champion was dead, Junhyuk turned toward Alondo.

The archers were still attacking him, but the allies still had a lot of health.

Gongon was back to his original form. He was much smaller now, but he headb.u.t.ted Alondo.

Boom!

Alondo got pushed back, and Junhyuk ran toward him. Realizing he was in trouble, Alondo started to run away. He was heading toward the castle wall, not the gate, so Junhyuk shook his head and swung his longsword. It extended, aimed at Alondo’s back.

Alondo blocked the attack with his scythe and kept on running. When he got to the wall, his skeleton horse ran up it.

Alondo was now on top of the parapet, and Junhyuk stared blankly at the hero. While staring back at him, Alondo slowly retreated from the parapet.

The archers were attacking him, so Junhyuk retreated as well. Once he was out of range, he attacked the enemy minions on the battlefield. The lengthened sword slashed through the minions easily.

Undead minions were clusy when compared to human minions. However, undead minions felt no pain. If undead minions lost an arm, they would continue to fight. In that sense, they were superior to human minions.

From a distance, he started slashing undead minions one by one. They rushed after him, but without a hero, they were getting ma.s.sacred. Junhyuk took the opportunity to use Aksha’s Longsword the way he wanted. He was trying Aksha’s swordsmanship and practicing the whip moves.

When the undead got closer, the sword shortened. He could control its length, and because of that, when the blade was short, his swordsmanship changed as well.

Aksha had become a legend for a reason.

Junhyuk and Gongon killed the one hundred minions, and Junhyuk ordered the allied minions to attack the castle. With their shields up, the allied minions attacked the gate.

Junhyuk waited for them to bring down the gate and picked up items.

The gate was destroyed, and he and Gongon went inside and killed the archers. Looking at his minions, Junhyuk sighed heavily. Only twelve of them had survived. The archers had been too much for them.

Junhyuk wanted to do more, but he didn’t have enough minions for that. Looking at Gongon, he said, “We don’t have enough minions.”

Minions were very important now, and without them, the allies couldn’t continue their advance. So, Junhyuk decided to retreat with Gongon. As they retreated, Junhyuk started wondering: Should he return to his own castle and come back later?

He contacted the other allies.

Layla and Rodrey were destroying the second watchtower on the right path, and Junhyuk told them to go visit Bebe. He told Sarang to come meet them with a minion battalion reinforcement.

Looking at Gongon, he said, “Let’s head back and join Sarang.”

There was an extremely low chance that the enemies might get to Sarang before Junhyuk, but that was that. He would join her and visit Bebe.

With the exception of the middle path, the allies had destroyed all watchtowers. After visiting Bebe, they would be able to choose which path to take. Their enemies did not have time to breathe like the allies, so after getting more equipment, the battle would be over.