"Roooooooooar!"
The first tree root wrapped around the monster's tail.
The yellow monster's bluish yellow eyes could see tens, no, hundreds of tree roots and branches swarming toward it.
This was completely different than any of the abilities that the other humans had used until now.
It felt as if this person was controlling nature itself.
The yellow monster made eye contact with Cale.
That was the beginning.
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"It keeps saying 'that was the beginning'. When the hell will it says 'this was the ending'!?"
Rasheel's impatient voice roared inside his lair as he just wished to sleep.
Perhaps that way he'll forget about all of these and return to the moment where he can still have peace in his mind and heart.
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"Roooooooooooooooar!"
"Ugh!"
The monster started to flail and Cale clenched a branch on the tree that he was standing on.
The former did it to run while the latter did it to capture it.
The only common thing between these two existences was that they were both fighting with their lives on the line.
They were both quite desperate as well.
They both knew that they didn't have much time.
If there was a difference between the two...
Cale had friends by his side.
"Min Ah."
"Yes, sir?"
"It's my turn after that weird golem."
"Puh Rum and I will go after you then."
Kim Min Ah looked toward the golem whose movement is much more natural now, as if it was a human.
But Lee Soo Hyuk was looking at Cale. Unlike Kim Min Ah who couldn't bear to look, Lee Soo Hyuk was remembering each and every one of Cale's appearances.
"I didn't know I would be fighting while looking at his back."
The corners of Lee Soo Hyuk's lips twisted up.
He then looked forward.
He heard a voice drifting away as he looked at the golem's back.
"fucking Horn."
That was all the golem said before jumping off the tree root and into the air.
Tatap.
A different tree root appeared just under his feet.
It was the same tree root that had wrapped around the yellow monster's tail.
'We can't let it get away.'
The Cheapskate who was entrusted with this role was desperate.
He didn't have the time to look back or to stop.
He knew that the opportunity that Cale had created for them was extremely precious.
That was why he quickly started to run up the monster's body.
"Rooooooooooooar! Roooooooooar!"
The monster flailed around.
It shot out electrical currents, but they were all blocked by Cale, giving it no choice but to twist its body to flail around.
Boom! Boom!
The monster's body made dull noises as it slammed into the trees.
"Ugh!"
The Cheapskate ended up slamming into a few trees because of the movements as well.
He almost fell off a couple times.
But he did not stop.
In fact, he was smirking.
"that motherfucker knows I'm here."
Peek.
The yellow monster was looking at him.
The enemy had already noticed the golem a long time ago.
That was why it was flailing around even more.
It was because it knew that the golem had something that could injure it.
But the Cheapskate was already close enough to the monster's head that the two of them could make eye contact.
'This is enough!'
The previous owner of Cale's tremendous fire power jumped into the air after making that conclusion.
He then had a sad smile on his face before it disappeared.
Wind gathered around his ankles and tree trunks appeared in the air to create stepping stones for him.
He could feel Cale supporting him and creating a path for him.
Chhhhhhhhhhhh!
A violent black and red aura viciously wrapped around his sword.
"Roooooooooooooooar!"
The monster opened its mouth and revealed its poisonous fangs toward the golem.
Crack!
But tree trunks quickly blocked its mouth.
"Heh."
The Cheapskate was finally able to reach his destination thanks to his friend's power that had blocked the attack.
He was looking at the places on the monster's body that were neither covered in scales nor dirt.
"Eat shit, motherfucker!"
Slash.
The golem's sturdy sword slashed in a horizontal line.
Slaaash!
It had not been able to make any damages on the scales.
However, the things he was slashing right now were...
"Screeeeeeeeeech---!"
Bluish yellow blood spurt out of the monster's two eyes.
"First, that bastard sight."
The golem's sword started to move again.
He could not stop.
A proper fight was finally starting.
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"Has it not been a proper fight previously?"
Rosalyn, for once, felt irrationally angry as the description seems to be dismissing Cale's effort before this point.
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"Open your damn mouth, oversized eel!"
The Cheapskate headed toward the screaming monster's poisonous fangs.
There was black poison dripping down from the two fangs.
"Isn't it already open?"
He heard Lee Soo Hyuk's voice behind him.
Clang.
Lee Soo Hyuk's sword came out of the scabbard.
The golem blankly looked at him for a while before he started to speak.
"Take care of the left side, punk."
"Alright, sir."
The yellow monster was flailing in pain after suddenly losing its eyes and its sight.
In this short opening provided by that chaos....
They needed to take a lot of things from this bastard right now.
"Roooooooooooooooar!"
The flailing monster screeched and opened up its mouth.
Lee Soo Hyuk could see a violent black and red light coming out of the golem's sword as it rushed past him.
Lee Soo Hyuk's eyes focused on one of the fangs that was dripping a black liquid.
He took a step forward.
Sturdy tree branches became like stairs for him.
He kicked off one of those steps and jumped up.
The moment he reached the apex of his jump...
Lee Soo Hyuk completely focused on his sword.
Many things were being carried by this sword right now.
The flow of the battle that was to come...
The lives of numerous people...
And finally, Kim Rok Soo's pain-filled power that was serving as a stepping stone for him right now.
'I must succeed this time if I have any sense of responsibility.'
Lee Soo Hyuk couldn't hear anything around him.
However, he was so focused that he didn't even realize that he couldn't hear anything.
His sword slowly slashed down.
And the noise around him actually disappeared for a moment.
The monster's screeches...
The noises from the trees growing...
The sound of the golem's sword crashing into a fang...
Even the sound of his own heart beating.
His ability had slashed all noise as well.
Lee Soo Hyuk felt it at that moment.
'Ah. I've grown. My power has gotten stronger.'
Lee Soo Hyuk was certain once he felt this change.
'That fang will be cut.'
He soon saw something that would verify that he was right.
"Roooooooooooooooar---!"
Lee Soo Hyuk heard the monster's pain-filled roar once he could hear again.
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"Yes!!!"
Many people cheered as the attack hits.
It's not a joy filled cheer. But a cheer regardless.
Finally, they're going somewhere with this long fight.
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Pat.
Someone... or rather something placed a hand on his shoulder.
"hmm, not bad. It seems like Ca— Rok Soo guided you well"
The weird golem's voice was oddly amused.
Lee Soo Hyuk could see the right fang that had turned into dust as well as the left fang that was cleanly cut off as he listened to the Cheapskate.
"you did well too, sir"
Lee Soo Hyuk's voice was a bit brighter at the fact that they had finally managed to land a proper attack.
He did not care who the hell is inside this golem anymore. That's not important.
They finally managed to take care of one of this mutant yellow monster's abilities.
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"...I guess we've been wrong about The Hero, the previous owner of The Fire of Destruction as well..."
An elf shamefully said as she admitted that she was one of those who had seen the Cheapskate as nothing past his nickname.
That mindset changed.
And once again, it was thanks to Cale who showed them the way...
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There was still a lot of fighting left to be done, however, his gaze automatically turned somewhere after feeling this small amount of joy.
He wanted to show this to the punk to whom he was both thankful and concerned about.
"Shit, Ca—!"
The golem suddenly screamed before shutting up and starting to run without being able to finish what he was saying.
Lee Soo Hyuk could see Kim Rok Soo who was standing on a pillar on top of the trees that looked like a watchtower.
Kim Rok Soo was plopping on the ground as if he had fallen over.
"Rok-"
It was different than before.
The way he was plopped down made it look as if he had really reached his limits.
"Rok Soo!"
Lee Soo Hyuk subconsciously started to run toward Kim Rok Soo.
But he soon stopped moving.
It was because the golem had stopped.
The Cheapskate could not control this mud based body that way.
"This punk!"
The blank face of the golem is seriously contorted with a frown right now.
"Fuck. This is really annoying."
The golem's eyes were scrunched together as he turned around. It made Lee Soo Hyuk and the Cheapskate make eye contact.
"...Why-"
Lee Soo Hyuk started to speak but could not finish his question.
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'Why did he stop heading over?'
People were asking themselves internally to continue with that line.
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It could not be helped.
Because, that bastard who had fallen down...
The bastard who was kneeling and barely holding onto the ledge of the watchtower, the bastard who was still conscious but seemed to be in terrible, terrible pain...
That was bastard was telling them something.
He was telling them to attack.
He was telling them not to stop.
He was telling them to not come to him.
Tap. Tap.
There was a tree branch tapping on Lee Soo Hyuk's back. It was pushing him toward the yellow monster.
"Fuck!"
The Cheapskate's voice shakes as he started to move in the direction where this body he's residing is telling him to.
Cale had plopped down on the ground...
It seemed as if he had reached his limits...
But his tree branches had not crumbled yet.
That meant that Cale had not released his control over his power even in his terrible condition.
That was telling them to keep fighting.
That was Cale's will to persist no matter what it took.
The Cheapskate had to keep fighting because he understood Cale's will better than anybody else.
Lee Soo Hyuk was able to understand Kim Rok Soo's will based on the sturdy tree root under his foot.
They were not the only ones who understood Cale's will.
The Cheapskate urgently raised his head.
He felt something brush past him.
Once he figured out the identity of that ability...
Baaaaang!
"Roooooooooooar!"
He saw an explosion in the monster's right eye.
It was a bullet.
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"Back then too..."
Choi Han began to mumble.
"Cale-nim stopped me from approaching him back then too..."
Alberu who had been there before had not been able to check on Choi Han due to his own worry about everything else, Cale's condition, and that stupid Eel.
But now he can see it clearly.
He can see how much this has actually traumatized the swordsmaster.
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A bullet had flown over and pierced through the injury on the monster's eye before exploding.
"Haaaaaaaaa. Haaaa."
On top of a different tree near Cale...
Park Jin Tae was breathing heavily as he aimed toward the monster again.
"Crazy bastard. A fucking lunatic."
He was swearing without stopping.
He felt as if he was going crazy because of this unexplainable anger and annoyance. That was why he could not just stand still.
"Ah fuck it, let's just keep going."
Tang!
Another bullet shot out from the barrel of the gun.
Other people started to speak as well.
"Long-distance attack squad, aim for the head! Attack the head!"
"Hey! Run across the trees! You can attack the monster if you use the trees!"
"Squad 1! Let's quickly take care of these monsters and we will head toward the trees as well! Archers, leave these to us and climb the trees! Attack the monsters like Park Jin Tae is doing!"
None of them could stop.
They could all tell the importance of these trees that their commander had sacrificed so much to create.
Choi Jung Soo urgently crouched while on the watchtower.
"Hey, hey!"
Choi Jung Soo was feeling extremely frustrated checking as he checked Cale's condition and offered Cale his hand.
"Ugh!"
Kim Rok Soo had suddenly plopped down on the ground. He heard a pain-filled quiet voice at that moment.
"Hey, Kim Rok Soo! Are you okay?!"
He quickly asked Cale.
"Commander-nim-"
Jae Ha-Jung subconsciously called out to Cale.
He couldn't stand not calling out to him during this pitiable situation.
But Cale heard the Super Rock's voice at that moment. The earth ancient power has listened to Cale's request.
{Cale. This would not last long. Your soul would barely dissipating by the time I put this down. You might even forget some of the recent recordings}
Cale's eyes clouded over.
His recent memories might be forgotten.
He might forget about all of these scenarios or further back.
However, If that was all the price he must pay.
"Let's do it."
He'll do it.
"One more time"
He wished that he won't go as far as forgetting his friends, but he knows that this is not the time to hesitate.
'They're good people.'
He was sure that no matter what condition he ended up with, his friends would help him out later.
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"Cale-nim, we will help you. That's a given. So please... just help yourself too right now"
Even Clopeh were having a hard time witnessing this scenario as its nearing the end.
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Choi Jung Soo and Jae Ha-Jung, who were next to Cale, doesn't fully understood what Cale was mumbling to himself and stopped moving for a moment.
But the fact that he was saying it while drenched in his own blood made their hearts hurt.
"Haaa..."
The pain had lessened.
It was less than half of what it used to be.
"Heh."
Cale let out a short chuckle.
It was at that moment.
{You're at your limit.}
It was the voice of the glutton priestess.
Cale nodded his head.
She was right.
He was at his limit.
{You can't faint.}
Kim Rok Soo's body would not be able to handle it and he would faint if he used any more of his ancient powers.
Cale slowly raised his head.
"Y-You're getting up?"
Choi Jung Soo and Jae Ha-Jung quickly supported Cale.
Cale raised his head and could see the battlefield that was bright from numerous people's light abilities.
It was bright even though it was night time.
"...Huuuuuu."
Cale slowly started to catch his breath.
The pain was only half of what it was before, but it was still painful.
It was that moment.
Booboobooboooooom----.
The trees stopped moving.
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"W-What...?"
"Why did it stop?"
"T-The Hero-nim hasn't collapsed, is he??"
Many people were anxious at the sudden change.
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"Mm!"
"Ah."
The others quickly understood what was going on.
Everybody's heads turned toward the watchtower on top of a tree.
They could see their commander looking down at the battlefield while being supported by two people.
Someone started to speak.
"Don't stop the attacks!"
The trees had stopped.
That meant that there was nothing to hold the yellow monster down anymore.
"Roooooooooooooooar!"
Crack, crack.
The yellow monster started to twist its body and roar out loud.
But nobody was complaining about the fact that the trees were no longer helping them fight this monster.
"Don't waste this opportunity that the Commander-nim has created for us!"
"Attack some more before the trees are destroyed!"
Everybody knew what they needed to do and started to move even without Cale giving any orders.
This was not the case for only the people involved in the attack.
Lee Seung Won, who was stationed in a large area on one side of the castle wall...
He was currently using his Recording ability.
"Commander Kim Rok Soo's attack has stopped. But the trees he created are still present and the attack squads are using them as support to attack as much as possible before the trees are destroyed."
Everything happening on the battlefield was being recorded through his mouth.
Kim Rok Soo had said something to them.
'We need to record everything that happens. It is for the future.'
Lee Seung Won didn't have any power to join the fight, but he was fighting in his own way.
He was thinking that recording everything was his way of fighting.
He turned to the side.
Kim Min Joon, who had the Message ability, had tens of walkie-talkies around him as he delivered information all around.
"Squad 7! Squad 5 says they are about to move up to attack. Please support them from behind!"
"Got it."
"Squad 2. Long-distance attacks will soon start coming from the 3 o'clock direction. Please keep that in mind."
"Yes sir."
Lee Seung Won's older sister, Lee Jin Joo, ran into the castle with a document Kim Min Joon created for him.
"Mr. Min Joon. I just need to read all of this, right?"
"Yes. Please help everyone not be so anxious."
"Yes sir!"
She would use her Amplification ability to inform the people inside the shelter what was going on and lessen their anxiety.
Everybody was fighting.