Junhyuk did not think that was the end, so he didn’t waste his time in the harrowing void. After training his Harmonizer, Junhyuk slowly opened his eyes.

Ariel was staring at him with worry, but he laughed at her and said, “Don’t worry.”

He knew the battle would be tough, but he hadn’t expected to die like that. Yet, Junhyuk didn’t give up. It was better that way.

Junhyuk had to fight Artlan in this round, so it was normal that he’d die once in a while. He inspected his items in search of what he had dropped. He had lost a bracelet.

Junhyuk smacked his lips, but he was glad to know he hadn’t lost any of his set items.

He walked up to the exit, and Ariel shouted with her hands in a cone, [Hero Junhyuk Lee deployed!]

He walked outside. Junhyuk knew the battle would be ferocious, and that’s why he had chosen not to take many minions with him. He decided he would go all out now.

“Whew! I couldn’t deal with four.”

The allies had killed Diane right off the bat, but Junhyuk ended up dying in the end. He was selecting the minions he would take with him when Sarang walked out.

“You too?!”

“That was a lot of damage!”

The damage of Vera’s powers was overwhelming, and that was the difference between a hybrid damager and a pure damager. Sarang’s Thunderstorm dealt a lot of damage, but all of Vera’s powers dealt high damage.

Sarang had her heal and her electric blast to paralyze her enemies, and her invulnerability was good in a tough situation, but she couldn’t really win against Vera head on.

Soon, Layla appeared.

“Layla! You too?!”

“Yes. I got killed. We killed Vera, but Artlan killed me.”

Artlan’s defense was really high, and Junhyuk was only able to get through it because of his set’s effect.

He sighed and contacted Gongon.

“Where are you?”

“I lost. How’s it going over there?”

“I didn’t know Nudra would be this hard. I’m fighting with the help of the watchtower, but the enemy champion is here, and he brought some minions.”

Junhyuk took a moment to think and said, “I’ll head over. Just wait a little longer.”

“OK.”

With the group in the castle, Junhyuk went to Bebe’s store and pulled out some items. One item was from Vera, and the other was from Diane. He gave the one from Vera to Sarang and asked, “Did you lose something similar?”

Sarang smiled brightly and replied, “Yes! I can equip this right now!”

“OK. Then, do it. I’ll sell Diane’s item.”

It would’ve been nice if the allies could share their items, but they didn’t have any gold left, so Junhyuk had to sell something now.

Bebe smiled when he inspected the item and said, “That’s a nice item, and it’s been upgraded, which is excellent! Are you selling it?”

Junhyuk nodded, so Bebe told him the price, “This is a legendary item, so the base price is 1,500,000G, which means I’ll give you 750,000G for it. It has been upgraded fifteen times, so I’ll add another 250,000G for a total of 1,000,000G.”

Without hesitation, Junhyuk sold the item and looked for another bracelet. He wanted a better item than the one he had lost.

He could only buy low-ranked legendary items with the amount he had, but legendary items had an extra stat buff.

He chose a bracelet with +20 to piercing, +25 to attack and +200 to health. After putting it on, he closed and opened his hand.

“Are you buying anything else?” he asked the others.

“No.”

“Then, head to the buff tower. I’ll go help Gongon.”

Junhyuk thought about where Gongon could be. He had been to the second watchtower on the left side, so he imagined its location and teleported.

When Junhyuk appeared, Gongon cheered, “Welcome!”

“You can’t kill him?”

“Look!”

Nudra had a power that pushed his enemy back. He could also defense for a long time. However, due to Gongon’s strength, Nudra had lost a good amount of his health. He only had 40 percent of it left.

When Nudra saw him, he became anxious.

“How did you get here?”

“I teleported.”

“Vera told me you died.”

“That’s right.”

“You teleported here from the castle?”

“My power has evolved.”

Nudra clicked his tongue and said, “I can’t just die. Let’s go!”

Junhyuk nodded and turned to the minions behind Gongon. There were a hundred of them.

“Attack!” Gongon shouted, and Junhyuk looked at the enemy champion.

“I’ll kill the champion.”

The champion had a restraining power. As for Nudra, he was wearing a pair of gloves that shone in rainbow colors.

“When did you upgrade those?!”

Nudra wouldn’t be an easy opponent. The hero was wearing a different garb from the one Junhyuk knew, which meant his set had changed.

Junhyuk teleported. Elise and Gongon would push forward and deal with Nudra together, so Junhyuk used his Dimensional Slash right off the bat.

The enemy champion died instantly. It was important to kill the champion before he could use his spells.

Gongon was heading for Nudra. He tried headb.u.t.ting the enemy hero, but Nudra released a strong gust toward Gongon.

Nudra could use his powers better than Gongon, so he started retreating. However, Junhyuk triggered his Spatial Collapse on him, and while he was being sucked into the void, Nudra scowled.

He lost a large chunk of his remaining health, and Elise finished him off with her ultimate.

Nudra clicked his tongue while fading and said, “Three is too many.”

Junhyuk started attacked the watchtower. Once it was destroyed, he sighed.

If the allies could find the enemies’ locations, he could teleport to them and completely change the flow of the battle. He could shut down the enemies’ advances with his teleportations.

The enemy team wouldn’t be easy to handle, but now, he didn’t think the allies would lose.

He turned to GOngon and said, “I’ll head back to the buff tower. What are you going to do?”

“We shouldn’t push on. We’ll take the portal instead.”

“Right. It’s time for a team battle.” After some thought, Junhyuk said, “I’ll go first. Join me when you can.”

“Take me with you!”

Junhyuk grabbed both Gongon and Elise and said, “If I disappear by myself, please understand.”

“Of course.”

Junhyuk thought about the buff tower and teleported. Once he was back there, he looked around but smacked his lips immediately after.

Only the minions he had left there were there. He couldn’t teleport with others. If he had been able to do that, his team would have an even greater advantage.

He looked down the mountain path and contacted the other heroes, “n.o.body is coming this way.”

The allies would regroup at the buff tower and climb down the mountain together, but Junhyuk shook his head.

He could only teleport to where he had been, so he started moving and teleporting down the mountain. It would take an hour for everyone to get to the buff tower. Junhyuk wouldn’t get to the enemy watchtower within that time, but he wanted to start covering the distance.

He was moving down the path, but he still couldn’t see any enemy heroes.

Frowning, he asked, “Did they go somewhere else?!”

The enemy heroes could have gone buff monster hunting. Suddenly, Junhyuk thought about something, but there was no way for him to get there on time. They could have gone dragon hunting.

Junhyuk told the allies that he would go check on the dragon. He could teleport anywhere, which meant that he might be able to steal the dragon kill if the enemy heroes were attacking the dragon.

He teleported as close as he could and heard from Gongon that he had reached the buff tower. Gongon couldn’t see any enemies from there, so Junhyuk kept on.

When he reached the dragon’s nest, he contacted the others and told them the enemies were there. He couldn’t kill the dragon by himself.

“Where are they?”

He asked Sarang and Layla when they would be able to join Gongon at the buff tower, and they told him that it would take a couple of hours. For a team battle, they should have at least four heroes together.

After their response, Junhyuk decided to wait by the valley. If the enemy heroes showed up, he would steal their kill.

After an hour of waiting, Gongon contacted him.

“What’s up?”

“s.h.i.t! They used the portal!”

“How many?”

“Four!”

Junhyuk frowned and said, “Get back to our watchtower. I’ll join you.”

The enemy heroes had used the portal and headed to the buff tower, thwarting the allied plan.

“They didn’t come hunt the dragon.”

Junhyuk headed back to the buff tower. He teleported and immediately saw an arrow flying his way.

Boom!

It was an explosive arrow. He was damaged right after teleporting. The explosion pushed him back, and Junhyuk scowled.

“Thanks,” he heard Elise say.

He had taken the hit for her.