Chapter 395 – Survival of The Fittest (4)

Chapter 395 – Survival of The Fittest (4)

Han-Yeol was accompanied by the Gurkhas, and they immediately moved to control the crowd as soon as Han-Yeol gave the command.

The total number of protestors in Seoul numbered three million, but they were spread out throughout the city. The actual number of protestors gathered in front of the Blue House numbered four hundred thousand.

Controlling such a huge crowd with just one hundred Gurkhas was an impossible task, as there was no way their voices would reach all the way back.

“Get back, everyone!”

“Please move faster!”

Fortunately, the Hunters with flying abilities flew up and helped the Gurkhas control the crowd. They flew back and forth to alert the crowd of the danger up ahead.

“H-Huh?”

“What did they say just now?”

The people at the back failed to realize the severity of the situation. They stood around looking at each other and did not listen to the warning to quickly move back.

“Ugh...”

“We have to make them move back quickly...”

The Hunters in the air continued to fly around and warn the crowd, but they were not taken seriously.

This reaction was understandable as the crowd couldn’t assess the situation for themselves, given their extreme distance from the front where the threat was located.

They had to come up with a solution fast.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, one of the flying Hunters landed beside the soldiers and snatched away one of the megaphones.[1]

Fortunately, Han-Yeol did not destroy the speakers, so they could still be used.

Beep!

The sound of feedback from the speakers captured the attention of the crowd.

“Huh?”

“What’s going on?”

The Hunter who grabbed the megaphone was none other than the one who agreed with Han-Yeol’s ideology—Se-Na.

[Everyone! A horde of monsters has appeared in front! Please run away!]

‘Eh? Why is Se-Na lying?’

Her comrades were perplexed by her sudden lie.

“Kyaaaaah!”

“H-Hey! Run away!”

“Help me!”

Her white lie was very effective.

The Hunters repeatedly failed to convince the crowd to retreat no matter how much they flew up and down, but just a few words from Se-Na worked magic in making the crowd retreat. She cleverly used the innate fear every ordinary person felt toward the monsters, and that worked wonders as the crowd immediately retreated as if they all had received evacuation training.

Fortunately, no casualties occurred while the crowd ran for their lives.

The massive crowd finally dispersed, and the assailant Han-Yeol had been searching for and finally made his appearance.

“Hoho! This is why these foolish commoners have to be ruled with fear. Hmm... it seems that youngster has realized things quite quickly for his young age. I’ve been trying to teach my grandson for twenty years, but he still hasn’t gotten it.”

Whoosh!

A powerful gust blew past the Blue House gates. The gust created a small twister in front of the gates, and a person’s silhouette was visible within the twister.

Then, a small man holding a cane appeared from the twister.

“I didn’t expect it would be you...” Han-Yeol muttered.

“Hoho! An old man like me would not be of interest to a passionate young man like you.”

“Hmm...”

Han-Yeol had completely forgotten Woo Han-Jong. There were no problems with his memories—the old man simply did not leave that big of an impression when they had first met.

“Hoho! What’s wrong, young man?”

“No, nothing... You’re probably here to fight, right?” Han-Yeol asked. He did not bother using honorifics for Woo Han-Jong.

On the other hand, there were three Master-Rank Hunters among Woo Han-Jong’s retainers, and these three would be more than enough to massacre all of the protestors int the blink of an eye.

Fortunately, Han-Yeol also had three Master-Rank Hunters with him.

“Tara, Mujahid, and Mariam.”

“Yeah, I felt it too.”

“Please leave it to me.”

“Don’t worry and let me handle it, hyung-nim!”

Han-Yeol nodded and replied, “Hey, who can I trust if not you three?”

He indeed trusted these three more than anyone else. Of course, that was only if his monster pets were excluded.

Compared to Han-Yeol and the trio, who seemed very calm, the Hunters in the crowd started to get frustrated.

“What?!”

“W-Who are they?”

“What are those people?”

“Did they do that a while ago?!”

The thought of changing the country with their hands made their hearts pound excitedly a while ago, but the appearance of this strange group of people doused their excitement.

“Who are you people?!”

“Get out of the way!”

“Do you wanna fight?”

The Hunters’ morale was at an all-time high right now as they held the advantage in numbers, they had no idea they were against Woo Han-Jong, and Lee Han-Yeol was on their side.

“Hoho! A good beating is the best remedy for stupidity.”

Seuk...

Woo Han-Jong made a small movement that looked as if he was just shaking his sword, but the result of that small movement was not small at all.

Sukeok!

However, Han-Yeol was not going to fall twice for the same trick.

‘Heup! Chain Smite!’

Shwiiiik! Bam!

Woo Han-Jong’s slash was about to cut down the Hunter at the front, but Han-Yeol’s Chain Smite managed to deflect it just in time.

Not only the Hunter at the front, but even the dozens behind him would have been cut in half if Han-Yeol reacted 0.1 seconds too late.

“H-Hiiiik!” The Hunter shrieked in horror and retreated.

He failed to notice anything while it was happening, and he only reacted three seconds after Han-Yeol deflected Han-Jong’s attack.

‘T-This is not a fight between humans!’ the Hunter exclaimed inwardly—and he missed his mommy.

“Hohoho! You’re not an easy opponent, young man.”

“Hey, I’m your opponent, old man. Why don’t you focus on me and don’t involve others?”

“Hmm?”

“It’s my turn now, right?”

Bam!

Han-Yeol gathered his mana in his back foot and kicked off the ground. Then, he swung the sword in his right hand extremely quickly, not giving his opponent the time to react.

“Try blocking this,” he smugly said as he used one of the skills he obtained after defeating Craspio.

‘Shockwave Slash.’

This was a skill that would unleash a second shockwave attack even if the enemy blocked the sword. Anyone targeted with this skill should pray they possess the mana and skills to deflect it, as failure to do so would mean certain death.

“Hoho!” Woo Han-Jong nonchalantly laughed and raised his bamboo sword to block the attack.

Cheeeng!

However, Han-Yeol was not fazed by his attack getting blocked—no, he used Shockwave Slash hoping his opponent would block it.

1. I’m not sure how a megaphone connects to speakers...? A quick Google search shows it’s possible, but it requires some additional fancy tech stuff. ˉ\_(ツ)_/ˉ ?

2. I couldn’t find any medieval equivalent of ‘come here’. ?