Chapter 508: Beyond the Heavens Kingdom versus Akhan

Chapter 508: Beyond the Heavens Kingdom versus Akhan

The situation between Crazy Tyrant Akhan, Baroque Kingdom and the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom in front of the capital of Baroque Kingdom was very surprising.

In fact, the people of Korea and the rest of the world believed that Beyond the Heavens Kingdom would not be able to exert much power and would not be able to change the situation, even if they made their appearance. All of them believed that the ordinary soldiers of the kingdom would only tread the path to death the moment they joined the battle.

[Beyond the Heavens Kingdom is a small nation. Not only is their population small, even their troops are small. If they lose their troops in this battle, then they would likely meet their downfall.]

[As you can see, the masked knights that came with Crazy Tyrant Akhan can cut down more than a hundred of Baroque Kingdom’s soldiers, but it seems like only ordinary soldiers are going to deal with them.]

[Beyond the Heavens Kingdom should have never let their soldiers go to war.]

Alas, the scene in front of them was completely different from what they expected. The gates of the capital of Baroque Kingdom opened, as Legion Commander Park led the charge of the soldiers of Beyond the Heavens Kingdom.

‘Grandpa...!’

Park sat calmly on his horse as he watched the swarming monster corps carrying their enemies.

‘Those Lumae Kingdom bastards!’

This was the thought that everyone was secretly thinking.

Grit, grit, grit—

Park did not feel any fear despite seeing their enemies’ huge advantage in numbers.

Ghost Spear Ben was a man that did not shed tears or blood. He was someone that planned fifteen hours of training for the soldiers per day and did not even show mercy to those that have injured their legs or fainted during the process.

‘But it’s because you were there...’

The soldiers of Beyond the Heavens Kingdom could stand strong and firm because of Ben’s existence. Park was also witness to Ben’s rare moments of tenderness. He had seen the old man roam around the barracks after his late night training, pulling up the blankets of the soldiers that had kicked them away, and looking at the injured and fainted ones for a long time before turning around.

“I will always remember you.”

It was now the time for them to repay Ben.

“Uwaaaaaaaaah!” Park roared loudly, immediately discouraging the enemies. Then, he pulled the spear on his back and stabbed the knight that tried to cut him down with his sword.

“Hiyaaaaa!”

“Aaaaaaaaah!”

“Graaaaaaa!”

The Beyond the Heavens Kingdom was showing their overwhelming momentum. The soldiers had completely forgotten about their fear of death as they attacked their enemies.

Clang— clang, clang— clang—!

They were doing what Ghost Spear Ben had taught them.

“We never learned to back down!!!” Park cried as the soldiers of Beyond the Heavens Kingdom pierced through their enemies!

All of the commentators were stunned.

[The, the soldiers of Beyond the Heavens Kingdom are that strong?]

[Unbelievable. Their ordinary soldiers are cutting down three to four of the enemy troops, the very same enemy knights that can cut down hundreds of soldiers in one go.]

[The soldiers of Beyond the Heavens Kingdom are not losing ground! No, they are even overwhelming their opponents!]

Unlike what everyone thought, it was a given that they would be this strong. Their commander-in-chief was Brod, the one that taught them swordsmanship was Elpis, and the one that taught them spearmanship was Ghost Spear Ben. Even their growth potential was several times higher than any kingdom soldiers. They had fought for their lives and faced the brink of death many times over, which allowed them to grow even further.

However, the truth was that they were not really overwhelming their opponents. It just looked like they were. This was because their momentum had soared through the roofs.

One of the Beyond the Heavens’ soldiers flew back after getting hit by an iron mace.

Crack, crack, crack—

The soldier heard his ribs crack but he never stopped. He grabbed a handful of dirt and threw it at the face of his enemy.

“Ugh! Coward...!”

“Uwaaaaaaaah!” But the soldier just shouted as he threw himself towards his enemy. The soldier toppled his enemy over and stabbed him in the neck with the dagger hanging on his waist. Some of the Beyond the Heavens’ soldiers fell flat on the ground with swords stuck in their abdomens.

“Kill them all... huh?”

The knight that stabbed the soldiers on their abdomen moved to cut down the others. However, before he could do so, he lost his balance and fell on the ground. This was because the fallen soldier of the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom grabbed his ankles and held onto him with his final strength. The shocking part here was that the soldier had already lost his breath.

“Hiiiiik!”

When the knight realized the situation he was in, another soldier of Beyond the Heavens Kingdom had already approached him and cut off his head. The soldiers of Beyond the Heavens Kingdom followed Ben’s teachings down to the T. They were truly people that had never learnt how to back down.

“Ughhh...”

“These, these crazy bastards...!”

“M, monsters...!”

One of the Beyond the Heavens’ soldiers, who was stuck with dozens of arrows, threw himself over and protected his comrades from the incoming fireballs. Even when their weapons broke they would just use stones and continue to deal with their enemies.

Step—

***

Kimaris had witnessed Ghost Spear Ben dying in action. He also witnessed how the old man eventually protected what he wanted to protect. After that, he went to the battlefield and watched the soldiers of the kingdom fight desperately.

‘All this, for what?’ Kimaris asked himself. He was once a soldier and soldiers usually fought either for honor or money. He had never seen anyone fight for someone with their lives on the line, ever. But the soldiers of Beyond the Heavens Kingdom were charging forward and putting their lives on the line, just to fight for someone.

‘Is it because of Ben?’

Kimaris wanted to ask the soldiers and Ben this question, ‘What kind of a king is Minhyuk, for you all to go this far?’

What kind of a king were they serving for these soldiers to willingly risk their lives to protect their kingdom and treasure it dearly?

Throb—

Kimaris felt an ache in his heart. If he served this king, would he have a happy life? Would he choose not to embrace Verus and become a demon? Then, at that moment...

Baaaaaaaang—

“Ugh! You arrogant lizard bastards!!!”

The dragons slowly began to push back the rankers of Beyond the Heavens Kingdom. This was because the humans did not have regenerative powers. There was little they could do against the dragons’ immense regenerative powers.

“So, they’re also fighting to protect something.”

Everyone in this kingdom was different. Everyone of them was strong. And everyone served only one king. And the king that these people served, the king that they wanted to protect...

Kimaris moved as he thought of their king.

***

“Damn bastards!!!”

Shwaaaaaaa—

Genie’s whip swung violently and slammed into the dragons. However, no matter what she did, she could not break through the dragons’ shields. All her attacks were reflected.

The fight between the strong was often one of balance. Although they were in a close fight, a slight tilt in the balance and everything would collapse. Their formation would be destroyed and they would be exterminated.

That was exactly their situation right now. The dragons gradually pushed back the key figures of Beyond the Heavens Kingdom. On top of that, the Beyond the Heavens Kingdom’s Named NPCs and rankers were all reaching the limits of their bodies and MPs. But the dragons were different. Their MPs were close to infinite.

Baaaaaaaaang—

“Conir!!!”

A huge flame slammed straight into Conir, forcing him to fly back. Another dragon also used Diss and sent it towards the running Paladin Corr. Corr shrieked the moment the Diss shot through his thighs.

[Vice Guild Master Genie: Are the supports not here yet?!]

[Khan: Not yet, hang in there a bit more.]

[Ace: I’m on my way!!!]

If some of the support troops arrived to protect this place then the balance might be restored to some extent. But...

‘We’re about to collapse...’

The number of dragons was too high. Then, Genie saw Gorfido swing his Ten Thousand Sword and Ten Thousand Chains, but there was a dragon that was waiting to pounce on him.

‘No...!’

There was this thing called intuition. Genie had a hunch that Gorfido’s body would be torn to shreds the moment that mouth snapped shut. But then...

Vwoooooooooong—

Slaaaaaaaaaash—

A gigantic ax flew and struck the head of the dragon that was trying to devour Gorfido.

“Graaaaaaaaaaaack!”

“...!”

“...!”

“...!”

While everyone was shocked, the ax flew back to an outstretched hand.

Grab—

The one that grabbed the ax suddenly started running. The man was tall, as tall as Elpis, and had dark skin. This man was none other than Demon Kimaris, who leapt into the skies and split another dragon’s head with his ax.

Slaaaaaaaaaaaaash—!

Kimaris stood in front of the incoming monster corps and dragons. His time to shine was about to begin. Then, the notifications rang in Minhyuk’s ears, who was far away from them.

[You have met the conditions of the Hidden Quest: Kimaris’ Loyalty.]

[Kimaris has sworn his eternal allegiance to you.]