Chapter 117 – One Heart (7)
Chapter 117 – One Heart (7)
“I don’t know exactly what the criteria for being a hero are, but anyway, my opponent is a strong man who made a name for himself. And he will definitely try to kill you. Are you confident?”
“I can’t stop him unless I step up. If that happens, we can’t win.”
Before the competition. Serenian, who finally came to see me, informed me of the existence of the enemy general, Alex Peak.
He is a human being, an excellent knight, a being who stood out through a great war and made a name for himself by growing up.
In the war of the other world, such beings were very important. Reputation, major, and the ability to back it up.
It wasn’t difficult to understand. After the Awoken appeared, as they proved their power, the first thing governments around the world tried was to count the Awoken as part of their national power.
In fact, to calculate the national power of each country in this era, how many S-class or A-class people there are, and how loyal they are to the country.
However, the nation as well as the people were enthusiastic about it. High Awakeners were the best fuel for the so-called national pride, surpassing celebrities and sports stars, and it did not cover the country.
Irregulars with such power are important no matter where they are in any world, no matter where they appear. Even more so if they face each other head-on.
“Can a hero be a hero for nothing? They are proven beings. As soon as they descend on the battlefield, the morale of the soldiers who have fallen is recharged and their hearts hardened, while the enemy forces lose their spirit and anxiety sets in. Powers they have? To be honest, unless you are at the level of a warrior, it would be difficult to call a true miracle by yourself. But if it shows potential, that is enough.”
Serenian, who had heard most of the stories from Pia, who had experience, had already grasped the level of presence of the heroes.
That’s why he added all the more that he had to step up.
“Strategy and tactics, and the presence or absence of such special strongmen. He said that true victory can only be achieved by matching all three elements. That is true war.”
“From their point of view, you are just an elf. But elves are different. You are already a hero to them.”
“Half-hero. So I have to prove it then.”
Serenian was already prepared for a fight. He said it might be a good opportunity and hardened his face.
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Serenian, whose reputation and identity have not been properly revealed, is clearly not a hero. A hero is a being who proves it, so she also needed that proof against the world.
There is, however, one of the easiest ways to prove it. Not a trivial way to build up your specialty while fighting monsters, but a way to raise your own rating at once.
“I kill Alex Peak. Kill the enemy commander to give despair to enemies and hope to allies. That is my duty.”
It is to fight against the existing strong and win. In fact, there is no clearer and faster way than that. Her determined face is still clear.
“Are you worried too?”
“I can’t say no. Trusting and waiting is all we can do.”
Pia, who had been blankly thinking about the past, started talking to me.
I nodded his head without denying that. Even at this moment, she will be fighting, so there is no way to know whether the planned operation worked out or not.
I would have been able to step forward without having to worry about this if the enemies had invaded the pot.
‘Proof.’
At the same time, I couldn’t stand the bitter laugh at Serenian’s actions. She is a true hero who constantly throws herself into the battlefield to prove herself.
On the other hand, I am a petit bourgeois who ran away because he was tired of proving himself. On such a subject, she trusts me and follows me.
“Don’t worry too much. She said that her god had taken care of her separately.”
“That’s right.”
Pia looked at my face and comforted me, as if she had misunderstood something.
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“My name is Alex Peak. Demons, monsters, and only those who were decapitated by me are three digit numbers. Can guys like you handle it?”
It was a chaotic battlefield, but his appearance instantly drew everyone’s attention.
Ungainly weight and a fat appearance had no effect on his momentum. It’s not because of his appearance, but because his achievements and his reputation are the root of it.
The kingdom army, helplessly pushed back by the Eden army of elves riding fairy ants in a state where the main force was divided and not properly defended, changed their expression when he appeared.
It was not an unfounded belief. It was the very hope that with him we could win this unfavorable war.
“Anyway, I am only a human. It’s strong enough that you won’t be able to deal with it easily, but it’s sure to wear out before long. You really can’t face all of us.”
“I know, Leon. But you don’t already know how important the heart is and what power it has. If you rush at the author now and become a victim, it will have a bad effect on us as a whole.”
Leon didn’t like it and bit his lip, but Garmin, the commander-in-chief, sighed lightly, realizing that the atmosphere had already changed.
I didn’t even have to think about who would be easier to deal with, the enemies who were swept away like autumn leaves in panic, or the enemies who reorganized their formations with hope.
“Is there really no one? Who can stand up with confidence? How dare you do something like this?”
Meanwhile, Alex raised his voice with greater confidence. It was as if he had applied for a grand war of some sort. Although he was a gambler himself, he was convinced that no one would dare to stand up to him among the elves of Eden.
If things go on like this, momentum will pass on to the kingdom army. It is certain that the Elf army, which was filling its numerical disadvantage with the momentum that set it ablaze by mobilizing elaborate tactics, will be pushed back the moment their momentum breaks.
“Don’t be cocky, aggressor.”
“Ha.”
It was she who appeared then. Serenian, who lured the kingdom’s elite troops to a faraway mountain, quickly returned and arrived here.
She intruded into her battlefield before she knew it, and was glaring at him with dark green eyes, clutching the fairy ant’s reins.
“Who are you? Elf.”
“Do you want to know my name? Like you.”
“Looking at the reaction, he must have aged quite like an elf. I’m 47, how can you be 160?”
As soon as Alex and Serenian met each other as leaders and leaders, heroes and heroes, as soon as they met each other’s eyes, they naturally started fighting.
It wasn’t just a fight of nerves. It was also a fight related to the momentum of the group that believed in each other.
“Are you proud of being young? I’m sorry, but I’m now twenty.”
“…What?”
“Is age important in a fight? All that matters is that here today, the human hero Alex Peak will die to me. If you want to know who I am, he just needs to die at my hands. I’ll tell you then.”
Serenian openly laughed at him, who was embarrassed, and continued to provoke him. She couldn’t help but think that he would be pushed back from her words by the young elf, so she could see his bewilderment.
‘This cheeky b*tch.’
He snorted, holding back his eyes from rolling over for a moment. Anyway, his ruse worked. He succeeded in eliciting her presence as the representative of the elves, so now he just needs to defeat her himself.
Then the kingdom army can ride on that momentum and rush with him, annihilating the elves army.
“Where is that proud snout, let’s see if he can do it even when he is crushed under it!”
“Everything ready! Charge again!”
Along with Alex’s shout, the battle that had stopped for a split second started again.
The two armies collided once again, and he leaped off the ground brandishing his axe and charged at Serenian.
“Let’s go.”
Serenian also, along with the lightning spirit dwelling in his body, crossed the air holding a bow and shot an arrow at him as he slammed an ax into himself.
‘What kind of confidence is that?’
At that moment, Alex’s eyes widened as she saw her crackling, her lightning wrapped around her body and her arrow pointed at herself.
Serenian’s eyes and arrows did not waver at all. As if he knew that his blow would ‘definitely’ work for him.
“What was eaten by that monster cannot be eaten by you.”
At this moment, Serenian wasn’t looking at him. He saw a huge monster that had been hit by his own arrow as it burst through the ground.
“Kuuu…!!”
As he was about to unleash a slash with his axe, he instinctively took a defensive stance. The arrows fired at the same time flew towards his body in the air and turned into retrograde lightning.
A powerful flash that instantly shatters defenses and electrocutes the body. Crashing to her land, he looked down at her trembling arm and saw her aiming an arrow back at himself, gnashing his teeth.