Chapter 114 - Dwarves – 5 (1/2)
Dwarves – 5
Cain joined the frontlines, easily recognized by everyone there. He expressed his anger by jumping in particularly violently as he joined the fray.
“The dwarves are gone?!”
“Damn, we hadn’t finished talking…what are you doing?!”
It didn’t take long for the humans on the frontlines to learn that the dwarves had vanished. But right now, no one was able to pull their attention away from the Chaos Souls, and that was true of the Elakatra, as well. Bringing out the Chaos Souls was effective, but it kept them busy too.
“Cain!”
[Oh, ahhhhh!]
Cain exerted an absolute power before the weaker mobs. The monsters were shattered by his powerful rush, and the blackmines spewing out of his open mouth in all directions.
“Is Rebellion really letting such a monster free?”
“This nonsensical power…don’t get caught up in it!”
“This’ll end quickly.”
If any group stood out aside from Rebellion, it was One Flag. All of the escorts were using melee abilities, but the officers, including Lee Minha, were using magic. They were thoroughly bombarding the thousands of Chaos Souls at once, swallowing them up in the magic. They certainly had enough power to contend as the strongest in Korea. Their strength and sheer scale were incredible.
“Ooh, I still hate them.” Mireina, who had been on guard against the Elakatra and One Flag, was now astride Canis’s back. It was a smart tactical decision since she used the bow, but Lee Chan-yu let out a whistle as he watched her. I felt kind of bad.
“From now on, he’ll get a little faster.”
“Isn’t he fast now?”
“I need him to jump around a little bit, for emphasis. Here goes.”
[Groahhhhh!]
“Ahhhhhh!”
Canis completely smashed through a large shopping mall building and slammed onto the ground. His target was a group of Chaos Souls flocking towards a defense team. The Chaos Souls and humans’ screams harmonized in my ears, forming the sweetest sound in the world. I would hand nothing over to the Elakatra or One Flag. I owned this battlefield now, and would imprint my moment in these humans’ minds.
“The Chaos Souls aren’t even able to approach us.”
“They’re different from us…”
“Maybe they’re stronger than One Flag?”
I laughed bloodily as I listened to the words of the survivors, clearing the rest of the Chaos Souls in the area. I wasn’t a big fan of some of their impressions and turned to look at a group belonging to One Flag locked in battle. Canis turned his head in search of other prey, finding them easily enough. The Chaos Souls were crowding here in numbers large enough to destroy an entire country. I sat on the fast-running wolf, looking back at Mireina, who was hugging onto my chest.
“From now on, keep your eyes open and keep firing arrows. Only aim at what I’ve caught.”
“Yes!” My goal was to have Mireina and Lee Chan-yu evolve today. Thinking about the number of enemies here, it might just be possible. I had such hopeful thoughts as I encouraged Canis to keep moving.
“What the hell is this about?” Meanwhile, in the underground castle, the dwarves were blatantly disregarding Rain’s greetings. Alec stared at my alter ego, and around him, thirty dwarven warriors stare at me with a similar question burning in their eyes.
“This is the underground, where you were before.”
“It is similar…”
“The sky is the same.” They gossiped as Rain stood back, smiling lightly at the situation.
“I will wait inside.”
“Alright.” After dismissing Rain, I corrected my posture and faced them. Although it was an alter ego, I could think and act separately, thanks to Ubiquitous. So, communicating with them now would pose no problem.
“Let us start with the situation you were in. Did you figure out that the elves were trying to kill you?”
“It was weird. They were not only trying to provoke us, but also were calling the humans to gather against us. It felt thoroughly planned.” They had seen through it surprisingly well.
“How much do you know about the Great Fusion?”
“I know a bit. Since awakening as a dwarf, I’ve been making spears and fighting in the underground, but I’ve met helpers from time to time. They’ve given me information.”
“Helpers?”
“Humans in the form of monsters.” I nodded, recalling Lee Chan-yu’s words.
“Then you know how the fallen are treated.”
“I didn’t believe it, but I saw it myself today.”
“I wanted to go outside, but to be hunted just for having a dwarf as my partner…” Dwarves other than Alec began to speak up, blaming the elves’ obvious hostility and swearing about their fate. I gave them a supplementary explanation as I listened to their complaints before turning back to Alec.
“I’m sorry I broke your weapon earlier.”
“It’s okay…I know why.” He nodded reluctantly.
“You were trying to protect us. It happened so fast that I didn’t even know what was happening…”