Chapter 131 - Crown of Thorns (5)

Hansoo frowned as he felt the minute presence of people transmitted through the ground.

‘But I can’t leave this place yet.’

Boooooom!

“Uwaaaak!”

The giant factory, that had long stopped producing the Akadus due to lack of resources, had turned into a mess from the shockwaves and soundwaves of the battle.

<soul>.</soul>

<soul>‘I wondered where it was…It was here huh.’</soul>

<soul>They needed to get over there and take over the black crown.</soul>

<soul>Oteon shouted out loudly and squeezed out the remaining power of the forbidden technique as they charged towards the Akadus.</soul>

<soul>It hadn’t even been an hour since they started to fight with the Akadus who were protecting the Factory.</soul>

<soul>And the living ones weren’t in that good of a shape either.</soul>

<soul>“Kuuuu…”</soul>

<soul>Akarons who had been turned into a mess were making painful expressions and were rolling around the ground.</soul>

<soul>But even during this suffering, the eyes of the Akarons were fixated on the Crown of Thorns in the distance.</soul>

<soul>‘The side effects will die down eventually.’</soul>

<soul>Taruhol smashed his fist onto the chest of the Akadus.</soul>

<soul>The Akadus, which still moved despite receiving damage to its head, stopped working as the core got smashed apart.</soul>

<soul>Taruhol clenched his teeth in order to suppress the pain and then shouted towards Hansoo who had been fighting next to him.</soul>

<soul>“Yes. The Akaron with the strongest physique must take it on!”</soul>

<soul>When he sees Taruhol acquiring the Crown of Thorns and see him using it properly, he will implant a soul fragment onto him.</soul>

<soul>Since the humans wouldn’t be able to easily do much to the Akarons if they have the Akadus along with the Crown of Thorns to control them with.</soul>

<soul>It was written in the memory crystal that the Dragon Essence Blade would come out when they acquired the Crown of Thorns.</soul>

<soul>As Taruhol heard Hansoo’s words, he made stomping noises as he crazily headed towards the Soul Telautograph.</soul>

<soul>“Help the first pillar so he can arrive there intact!”</soul>

<soul>And Taruhol ran even more urgently after seeing this.</soul>

<soul>He would need to acquire the Crown of Thorns as quick as possible before casualties rose too much.</soul>

<soul>While they were constantly moving up.</soul>

<soul>Oteon, who had been fighting near the tunnel along with hundreds of other Akarons, shouted towards Hansoo.</soul>

<soul>The formation would break down and the casualties would rise even more if Hansoo left.</soul>

<soul>“Wait for me. There’s something I need to deal with.”</soul>

<soul>Hansoo then felt the humans, who had gotten quite close, as he rushed towards them.</soul>

<soul>“Let’s go in quickly! We don’t know what they would do!”</soul>

<soul>A tunnel which did not look simple even from a single glance.</soul>

<soul>Rong Wian felt urgent after realizing that it had been quite a while since they went in.</soul>

<soul>The people who had escaped along with Rong Wian started to run madly.</soul>

<soul>A strange tunnel that was artificial even from a simple glance.</soul>

<soul>It seemed like a relic site of the Akarons, another reward might be prepared in a place like this.</soul>

<soul>Powerful shockwaves and sounds of clashes came through the tunnel and rushed over their head.</soul>

<soul>They didn’t know what was inside but this told them that it was dangerous.</soul>

<soul>“What are you going to do Rong Wian. It doesn’t seem easy over there either, are we going back?”</soul>

<soul>It would be dangerous if they continued.</soul>

<soul>But then both the battlefield they came from and the one they were heading to were dangerous.</soul>

<soul>‘Shall I have a look.’</soul>

<soul>“Let’s just wait here, we don’t need to fall in danger by going in. And it seems like they would win anyway.”</soul>

<soul>They would return if that was the case but there wasn’t really a need for them to if they weren’t going to lose.</soul>

<soul>Rong Wian laughed.</soul>

<soul>It would be hard for them to dodge the aggression they would receive after the battle ending.</soul>

<soul>At that moment a strange existence came into his view.</soul>

<soul>‘What is it?’</soul>

<soul>An entirely golden existence that was closer to a dragon than a human.</soul>

<soul>It was the guy who had risen to fame recently in just a few days.</soul>

<soul>The one who always had the upper hand was not the desperate side but the leisurely side.</soul>

<soul>‘That side is urgent too, he shouldn’t be trying to make us into enemies at this point.’</soul>

<soul>His mind was set ease as he looked at the hundreds of adventurers who had been gathered here.</soul>

<soul>Rong Wian shrugged his shoulders as he spoke.</soul>

<soul>That idea was solidified even more as he saw Hansoo who was covered in blood from head to toe.</soul>

<soul>Hansoo just spat out a short sentence.</soul>

<soul>“…What?”</soul>

<soul>One person smirked as he spoke.</soul>

<soul>“You guys lost that chance already.”</soul>

<soul>He hadn’t brought the Akarons here.</soul>

<soul>To this place which was much more vicious that the silver battlefield back there.</soul>

<soul>“I don’t know what you’re saying… I guess we’ll just stay here then.”</soul>

<soul>Hansoo heard these words as he looked around.</soul>

<soul>No, they had escaped the silver battlefield since they agreed with this guy anyway.</soul>

<soul>Why wouldn’t the others escape, they had the ability to as well.</soul>

<soul>‘This is the end for you then.’</soul>

<soul>Rong Wian raised his weapons with a nervous expression from that.</soul>

<soul>That moment.</soul>

<soul>Booooooooooom!</soul>

<soul>“You’re a bit of a coward huh?”</soul>

<soul>Actually he had thrown it towards where he had come out from.</soul>

<soul>Boooom!</soul>

<soul>A tremendously large sound was heard from the battlefield in the distance where Hansoo had thrown the spear to.</soul>

<soul>“G.o.ddamit…”</soul>

<soul>Taruhol grinded his teeth and smashed the wall in front of him after getting to the Soul Telautograph.</soul>

<soul>But Taruhol didn’t give up as he continued to smash it.</soul>

<soul>At that moment.</soul>

<soul>Kiiiiiiing</soul>

<soul>Along with a sound of something activating.</soul>

<soul>Taruhol unconsciously cursed out loud after seeing this.</soul>

<soul>He didn’t know what was coming down within the energy barrier and the white steam.</soul>

<soul>The thing that was coming down was extremely dangerous.</soul>

<soul>At that moment.</soul>

<soul>Booooooom!</soul>

<soul>Taruhol looked towards where the lightning had come from.</soul>

<soul>The spear which flew in through the tunnel cut through the skies and smashed into the thing within the steam.</soul>

<soul>At the same time 12 golden beams exploded out from the steam.</soul>

<soul>Towards where the spear came from.</soul>

<soul>Kiiiiiiiing!</soul>

<soul>“What the h.e.l.l have you just…”</soul>

<soul>“If you don’t want to do your part then I will make you do it forcibly.”</soul>

<soul>The moment Rong Wian was about to reply to those words.</soul>

<soul>Something flew in from the tunnels as it turned six people into minced meat.</soul>

<soul>“What! f.u.c.king h.e.l.l! What the h.e.l.l is this!”</soul>

<soul>Kwajijik</soul>

<soul>“Uaaaak!”</soul>

<soul>It was so fast that they couldn’t even see it.</soul>

<soul>A similar look as the one of the silver Tiradus from the outside.</soul>

<soul>12 golden Akadus that towered 5m tall.</soul>

<soul>Ooooonggg</soul>

<soul>The adventurers started to madly attack the Akadus flying towards them but it was useless.</soul>

<soul>Rong Wian shouted out in fury from this scene.</soul>

<soul>If he had left it then it would’ve attacked the Akarons.</soul>

<soul>In order to make them fight it instead.</soul>

<soul>“This is a better choice than a failure.”</soul>

<soul>Hansoo thought of the past.</soul>

<soul>Eres, Kangtae, Keldian and his opinions were all different.</soul>

<soul>Since humans could change.</soul>

<soul>Quite similar to how Eres thought, since Keldian also thought that humans could change at any moment.</soul>

<soul>Hansoo was in between Keldian and Kangtae but respected Eres’ opinion since his goal was saving the human race.</soul>

<soul>Hansoo thought of the report of the young Tekilon, who was ruling over the Red Zone.</soul>

<soul>But this was really the limit.</soul>

<soul>‘Eres, it seems like you were a bit wrong. This place… doesn’t have that much leisure.’</soul>

<soul>No, for success he was willing to sacrifice tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people.</soul>

<soul>‘Change the benchmark. The ones who would go up and fight along with us in the Abyss… Will only be those who deserve to live.’</soul>

<soul>But since these guys refused, this was the only option to acquire the Crown of thorns.</soul>

<soul>“Uaaaaak!”</soul>

<soul>Hansoo heard the screams that were ringing from all around him as he threw them away as bait and discreetly flew back towards the Crown of Thorns.</soul>

<soul>“d.a.m.nit! It became even harder because of those b.a.s.t.a.r.ds!”</soul>

<soul>They emptiness of those who had ran away could not feel any heavier than this.</soul>

<soul>He wanted to get away from this d.a.m.ned place along with his wife.</soul>

<soul>No, most of the Margoth levels were probably thinking this.</soul>

<soul>They could definitely survive with their power levels.</soul>

<soul>Gwanje thought of his wife.</soul>

<soul>Living like a sc.u.mbag was enough for himself.</soul>

<soul>That guy would only survive if he and the others held on here.</soul>

<soul>At that moment.</soul>

<soul>A sudden sound rang throughout the battlefield as all of the Akadus suddenly stopped moving.</soul>

<soul>Gwanje made a joyful expression as he crumpled onto the ground in a sitting position.</soul>

<soul>Gwanje muttered as he looked at the silver Akadus that had fallen in front of him.</soul>