Arena

While Kim Hyunho and Cha Jihye were delaying the transportation troops carrying supplies to the border, Laman City was in the heat of battle.

Even when the Arend Kingdom appeared with large forces, the soldiers defending Laman City did not feel that nervous.

In this war, the invading side was their Aman Empire after all.

The one preparing for the invasion was also the Aman Empire, so they did not think that the Arend Kingdom, inferior in their numbers, would try to attack first.

Above all, Laman City was a natural fortress.

They had faith that they wouldn’t be conquered even if they were attacked.

However,

“Whaaaaa!”

“Charge!”

The soldiers of the Arend Kingdom started charging towards the castle walls.

They threw stones with catapults and climbed the walls using ladders.

“Are they frickin’ crazy?”

“Fire the arrows!”

Arrows flew from both sides.

Blood and screams were everywhere.

They were taken aback by the frontal attack from the Arend soldiers, but they soon began to act in order.

Meanwhile, one group of soldiers appeared with ladders, just like any others.

“Let’s go!”

The soldier up front shouted. The following soldiers nodded their heads.

The one at the front was none other than Odin.

The following were all examinees as well.

They were disguised as normal soldiers and were acting according to plan.

They had thought about what methods they could use as examinees to bring damage to the fortress.

However, their conclusion was that only a frontal attack could conquer the fortress.

‘If we utilize the power of the 20x muscle strength from the suits, then we can climb over the castle walls and open its gates.’

They would open the gates, and let the Arend soldiers in and bring the battle to the city.

If they did that, they would bring irreparable damage to the Aman soldiers.

If everything went well, they would probably be able to take over the city as well.

“Let’s go!”

Odin ran while carrying the ladder.

Even though the ladder was large enough to scale the walls of the castle, Odin was carrying it by himself.

He was easily capable of carrying it one-handed even without using aura, as he had the support from the artificial muscle fiber suit.

“Ha!”

Odin threw the ladder and the ladder was put in just the right spot.

The examinees behind him followed suit.

“Kill them!”

“Wipe them out!”

“Damn them!”

The examinees started scaling the wall at a rightening rate. They didn’t use hands while they climbed.

After running up the ladder as though he was on flat land, Odin pulled out his sword.

Paah!

Aura blade gushed out from his sword.

Fear colored the expressions of the soldiers defending the walls.

“Aura blade?”

“It’s an aura master!”

“No… way….!”

Aura masters were supreme experts that ordinary soldiers had no hope to contend with.

“W, we should run……!”

Odin ran like a tiger and swung his sword.

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“Arrrgh!”

“Graaargh!”

“Ugh!”

All the soldiers in the path of his sword were ripped apart.

Odin continued to swing his sword and killed all living enemies around him.

After he swept past one round, other examinees followed suit.

Then he shouted.

“Quickly, open the gates!”

The examinees ran to the gates.

“No, stop them!”

One commander-looking person from the Aman Empire’s side shouted in despair.

However, the next moment, a knife flew and struck his neck.

The commander collapsed, dead.

Then, a blond girl appeared where he was and pulled out the knife. It was Marie Johanna. She then disappeared like magic again.

Aura master Odin, as well as other rankers of Earth.

Even the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the city could not obstruct their ambush.

Many soldiers were guarding the castle gates, but all that happened was that Odin built a small hill out of corpses.

Rumble!

The drawbridge was drawn down and the gates opened.

“Whaaaa!”

“It’s open!” 𝗳𝔯𝙚e𝒘e𝚋𝘯𝚘ν𝙚l.𝑐o𝙢

“Charge!”

The Arend army started flooding in through the gates.

“Our job here is done now, and we should get fighting. Marie and Shuhei, you two should find as many of the high-ranking officers as possible and assassinate them.”

“Yes.”

The Arend army clashed against the soldiers of the Empire within the city.

It was a chaotic fight with little scuffles littered all around the place. f𝒓𝑒e𝙬𝒆𝚋𝘯૦𝘷𝐞𝑙.c𝑜𝐦

The large number of Aman soldiers didn’t mean much in a battle like this.

The examinees, on the other hand, were achieving great feats amidst this chaos.

It seemed that Laman City would fall to the Arend Kingdom’s hands.

***

All examinees were battling to clear the final mission.

Kim Hyunho, especially, as he was battling alone against the transportation troops carrying supplies to Laman City as well as the dark magicians and corrupt examinees guarding them.

Although he didn’t feel lonely as Cha Jihye was with him, he was still having a hard time.

However, there was one person that pushed himself too far as he had the most crucial role in this war.

It was Dana Litalin.

Not only was he controlling the satellite, which required technical expertise, he was also in control of 2 Marbles of the Abyss.

Although he didn’t participate in the battle directly, the only person in both worlds that could control those marbles’ super-long range like this was him.

Each of the marbles were in support of Kim Hyunho and the Aman Imperial Palace respectively.

As he was controlling two of them at super long distances, he would usually not have any energy to do anything else. It would also be impossible if Dana wasn’t trained in his mind.

‘Just when are you planning to move.’

The one he was worried about the most was Kajad Pun Aman.

Only when Kajad went to the Brown Mountain Range would their plan for the final mission go well.

Attacking and damaging Laman City was only secondary.

To be frank, it didn’t matter even if they lost the war.

As long as they kill Kajad, the exams would be over.

If all exams ended like that, then who cares about the shift of Arena’s political power?

-Litalin, how’s it going over there?

Kim Hyunho’s voice could be heard.

“They should be battling right now. They should have succeeded in entering Laman City. How is it on that side? I think I just heard you giving orders to Sylph a few hours ago.”

-Oh, yeah. Someone was talking to Lee Chang-wee about ‘examinees’ so I took care of him. From how I got no karma, he’s probably a dark magician.

“That’s a good result. Although he was only a servant taking care of the dirty deeds, Lee Chang-wee never had a low position in the Second Advent Association. Someone consulting him regarding something should be in a high position even as a dark magician.”

-Really? Anyway, on our side, the situation isn’t looking too good.

“What do you mean by that?”

-Lee Chang-wee, that dude seemed to have noticed our plan to attack Laman City. He made examinees and dark magicians run to Laman City.

“Why don’t you attack their procession then? There’s no way they are going to give up their supplies.”

-Lee Chang-wee and two other dark magicians are against me. Lee Chang-wee’s pathfinder skill allows them to use the Eyes of the Abyss to track me.

Hearing those words, Dana closed his eyes and fell into thought.

A moment later, he spoke up.

“At that point, I think you’ve finished your job there. For now, don’t confront them and return to this place.”

-Are we okay now, then?

“Yes. It was our original plan to attract them here anyway.”

-Then I’ll be returning.

“Oh, please throw the Marble of the Abyss into the air.”

-What?

“You’ll be returning, so the marble will be used elsewhere. From now, we’ll use the communication device for the necessary contact.”

-Okay then. I’m throwing it now.

Then, Kim Hyunho took out the Marble of the Abyss from his pocket and Dana started being aware of the situation around.

Hyunho then threw the marble.

Dana focused and controlled the marble.

The marble started to fly straight towards the Aman Imperial Palace.

Although one Marble of the Abyss was watching the palace right now, it was only carefully watching the perimeter.

The palace from the outside could be watched with the satellite, so it didn’t have much meaning.

The important part lay within the palace.

To be exact, under the palace, where Kajad was resting.

‘I’ll definitely be found out if I enter the underground palace.’

Kajad Pun Aman was a freakish dark magician considered to be on par with the founder of necromancy.

If his Marble of the Abyss entered the underground palace, he would find out immediately

It would be lucky if he destroyed the marble immediately.

If Dana gave him some time, then Kajad would reverse-calculate the magic formula and discover his location.

‘It doesn’t matter if he finds out or not.’

The Marble of the Abyss arrived at the palace. Now, two marbles were orbiting around.

‘Let’s go!’

Dana controlled one of them to infiltrate the palace.

He flew it very carefully so that it would go unseen by anyone.

He entered the underground palace using the passage only used by high-ranking personnel of the Second Advent Association.

He started sweating cold sweat.

Even though he was looking at the laptop screen, watching the battle happening in Laman City, his concentration was on the marble.

It was scary to think about meeting Kajad again, even when it was through the marble.

-Hhhhhhhh…….

A groan could be heard.

It was an unforgettable voice.

The voice of Kajad Pun Aman.

‘Let’s go.’

Even if he was found out, it would be a big harvest if he learned what kind of state Kajad was in.

-Ugh, it’s so…… painful.

The marble started approaching towards where the voice came from.

-It is so painful to live in this imperfect state.

“……..”

-Isn’t that so? Dana Litalin.

“……I agree. Though, I never lived as long as you did.”

-Hahaha…….

An aged man could be seen. His top half was naked and was covered with magic formula tattoos.

Dana made the marble approach the old man.

Kajad saw the marble, and saw beyond the marble and to Dana.

-I should have transcended all realms of desire, but I was not able to.

“So I see.”

-Hahaha, I’m thirsty.

Kajad stood up. He put a cape around his shoulders and continued.

-I cannot hold back anymore!

Dana had a proper look at Kajad’s eyes burning with greed.

Crack!

Kajad destroyed the marble with his hands. However, Dana was satisfied with what he just saw.