The Mad Spearman of the Northern Front - Chapter 123

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

The Mad Spearman of the Northern Front (123)

It was unbelievable even seeing it with his own two eyes. It felt like he was having a terrible nightmare.

Thunk!

Every time a blue flower bloomed from the darkness, a red flower bloomed alongside it.

“He, he disappeared!”

“Where is he! Where did he go!”

In an instant, three comrades died before their eyes.

But what was even more shocking was the figure of the bastard who disappeared into the darkness immediately after killing them.

How could such movement be possible?

‘Setting aside the mana control that can be turned on and off like a switch…’

Bowkartaon’s pupils moved rapidly left and right.

The moment he thought he had caught the movement, the bastard disappeared again.

A skilled assassin?

Did he possess an artifact that enabled stealth?

‘…No, that’s not it.’

Even within the Kar Tribe, there were warriors specialized in assassination.

And if he was using an artifact capable of stealth, there would have been at least a mana reaction.

That bastard’s movements were completely different from that kind.

Simply…

‘A bastard too familiar with the darkness of the Northern Region.’

At this moment when moonlight was shining down.

How the shadows extending from the reed bed moved.

Which direction the sound moved along with the wind.

How to use the blind spots of the enemies in front of him as well as their bodies as cover…

All of these things seemed to form individual pieces fitting together like a puzzle.

Without a doubt.

‘This kind of fighting… even among those people, only a very few.’

Truly, wasn’t this movement like a medal that only those who had survived desperately for decades on this northern battlefield could possess?

Bowkartaon found it difficult to even maintain his reason in this situation unfolding before his eyes.

But then.

“What are you doing!”

“…!”

With a thunderous shout, Ulk, who had been in front of the reed bed, yelled toward Bowkartaon.

Ulk said.

“Find that bastard and give orders! You’re the only one who can track him right now!”

The number of remaining subordinates was now only about thirty.

They had lost half of their forces.

If they lost more here, even if they killed the bastard, the damage would be too great.

‘Just to catch one Empire bastard…’

Dozens of his and Bowkartaon’s subordinates had died.

Due to their blood, the surroundings reeked so strongly of blood that his nose was becoming numb.

But…

“…”

Arteon glared at them from the darkness, sharpening his senses.

A situation where not even a single mistake could be tolerated.

Dozens of eyes moved to chase him, and the moment his location was discovered, their swords and axes would pour down.

And above all, there was one bastard watching this entire place from a short distance away.

‘A bastard with better senses than expected.’

Bowkartaon.

Even if only for brief moments, hadn’t he nearly been discovered by that bastard several times?

However, as time passed, Arteon felt like he was finding some feeling from the past.

The eerie feeling as if a blade was pressed right below his throat.

There had never been a single time when he had the advantage on this northern battlefield.

The experience of having to win even in always disadvantageous situations was now awakening Arteon’s senses in this place.

‘About twenty more ahead…’

He had already killed about half of the bastards.

However…

‘It’s taking longer than expected…’

Since he had given away the artifact that blocked the cold, the longer time was delayed, the more he couldn’t prevent the cold penetrating his body.

‘The moment I use mana, my location will be exposed.’

If there were only bastards at the subordinate level, it wouldn’t matter.

‘Those two…’

Were they called Ulk and Bowkartaon?

He thought that facing those two simultaneously in his current state would not be easy.

Above all, weren’t the arrows that Bowkartaon shot quite burdensome attacks even for him?

It wouldn’t be easy to dodge those arrows while fighting other bastards.

‘At least ten more ahead…’

Only by reducing that number further could he create an opportunity to escape.

Arteon, hiding in the darkness, looked at the bastards with sharp eyes like a beast of prey.

But the Kar Tribe warriors were already watching their surroundings with quite cautious expressions.

Half of their comrades had already died horrible deaths.

Despite suffering such great damage, they still hadn’t been able to touch even a hair of that bastard.

‘Such humiliation…’

‘We must kill him.’

They couldn’t let an Empire dog run wild in their front yard, where they could be called the rulers of the Northern Region.

Whoooooosh!

The cold northern wind blew, and heavy tension pressed down on the training ground.

It wouldn’t be strange for any situation to occur anywhere at any time.

A silence where not even breathing could be heard pressed down on their chests and began squeezing their hearts.

But they couldn’t just keep confronting each other forever.

The first to move was Arteon, who was ‘doing the hunting.’

Swish.

With light footsteps that seemed to glide over the snow, his figure slid like a shadow being sucked into the darkness.

“He’s coming!”

The close distance was at most 1-2 meters.

Beyond the darkness where they could only rely on their senses.

They certainly knew the bastard was coming, but.

“Watch out to the side!”

Swooosh!

A Kar Tribe warrior quickly ducked at the blue aura extending fiercely.

They had already learned enough from the deaths of other comrades that they couldn’t take it head-on anyway.

However…

Slash!

“Gah!”

Despite deliberately dodging, it was impossible to perfectly avoid his attack.

“Bowkartaon!”

The moment Arteon appeared, Ulk shouted loudly.

In response, Bowkartaon released the bowstring he had been drawing toward the bastard as if he had been waiting.

Whiiiiiiiing!

Eeeeeeeeeeek!

With an air-rending sound that seemed to tear the air itself, an arrow instantly rushed toward Arteon’s chest.

He wanted to aim for the head or neck, but had to target the area with the maximum surface area.

Since this guy had such ghostly movements.

“Attack him!”

From the other side, excluding the direction the arrow was flying. 

With Ulk’s command, the Kar Tribe Warriors rushed toward Arteon.

They had to become obstacles as much as possible to prevent him from dodging Bowkartaon’s arrow.

Even if they died here.

Swoosh! 

“Uaaaaaaah!”

“Die, you monster bastard!”

To the Kar Tribe Warriors’ eyes, Arteon was a monster itself.

Despite having such a young appearance, wasn’t he a ghostly guy who freely wielded aura and hid in the darkness?

Arteon saw the arrow flying from the side along with the Kar Tribe Warriors rushing at him.

These guys….

‘They prepared thoroughly.’

Using their comrades’ deaths as a lesson, they prepared the best move to kill him.

It could certainly be called a dangerous situation, but.

‘…You were unlucky.’

You guys, that is.

He had experienced this kind of situation several times in his past life.

Crack!

Arteon immediately placed the middle part of the spear shaft on his shoulder, grabbed the end of the shaft, and swung the spear quickly like a lever.

The spear he swung while bending his body forward drew a large semicircle and extended threateningly toward them.

However, they rushed toward Arteon as if ready to die, which instead created the perfect formation to use as a shield.

Bang!

The moment the spear swung greatly from top to bottom struck the ground.

Whoosh!

Using the spear as a support, Arteon rotated his body and kicked the guys beside him, pushing them away.

At the lightning-fast attack, three Kar Tribe Warriors were instantly sent flying.

And the moment Arteon lifted the spear he had used as support.

Swooooosh! Claaaang!

Bowkartaon’s arrow and Arteon’s spear collided in midair, emitting an intense light.

Boooooom!

The shockwave from the collision of aura against aura was intense.

The three Kar Tribe Warriors who had fallen right beside them were caught in the explosion and screamed. 

“…Crazy.”

Bowkartaon, who had shot the arrow, couldn’t believe his eyes.

It was definitely timing that couldn’t be dodged or blocked. 

‘He managed to block it, but… the shock should still be considerable…!’

“Ulk! Attack him! Now’s the chance!”

Bowkartaon shouted while nocking another arrow to the bowstring.

But as the blinding light and waves gradually subsided.

“Wouldn’t that chance apply to me as well?”

“…!”

At the voice coming from right behind him, Bowkartaon urgently turned around and swung his bow.

However….

Thunk! Thunk! 

“Kuaaaaaaah!”

Arteon instantly stabbed both thighs with his spear.

Bowkartaon screamed and collapsed to the ground from Arteon’s spear strike.

Ulk and the remaining Kar Tribe Warriors widened their eyes as they looked at Arteon.

When did he get there.

They had completely lost track of his movements.

However, Arteon looked at them with a considerably exhausted expression, then placed his spear against the fallen Bowkartaon’s neck.

“…If you’re thinking of chasing me, feel free to chase as much as you want. But you’ll have to trade this guy for it.”

Slice!

Arteon made a thin cut on Bowkartaon’s carotid artery.

“…Guk!”

Bowkartaon instinctively grabbed his neck with both hands.

However, the amount of red blood flowing between his fingers was extraordinary.

“If you press down tightly, you’ll save your life. Of course… you’ll die if you don’t get treatment in time.”

“Bowkartaon!”

“Bowkartaoooon!”

Ulk and the other Kar Tribe Warriors urgently ran toward Bowkartaon, shouting.

Seeing them, Arteon threw himself into the darkness without looking back, withdrawing his mana.

If by any chance they abandoned this archer and chased him.

‘…I die here.’

But judging by the atmosphere, the archer seemed to be the most important leader, so he could take this gamble.

And….

“Huk…! Huk…! Huk…!”

He ran frantically across the snow-covered plains without even using mana.

Fortunately, the gamble seemed to succeed, as there were no more pursuers.

However….

Thud.

“Cough!”

Arteon collapsed to the ground, coughing up blood as he bent over.

His arms supporting him on the ground trembled violently, and his eyes were bloodshot as if they would spill blood at any moment.

‘…Was I overconfident?’

No, absolutely not.

Not once had he been careless when fighting those Kar Tribe bastards on this northern battlefield.

He always gave his best and fought with all his might.

Perhaps that’s why.

“Now… I think I understand a little.”

The clash just now.

Because of it, though it was just for a moment, he felt like he could see the path to the next level.

If he could just reach out a little more.

‘5th Star….’

The extreme realm he couldn’t reach in his past life.

He felt like he could reach that place.

‘Is this as far as I go?’

His eyes were gradually closing.

The faces of his subordinates who had followed him in his past life flashed by quickly.

“…I’m sorry.”

For being such a pathetic superior.

Arteon unconsciously muttered as he slowly closed his eyes.

But then.

Wooooong!

Arteon felt something moving in his lower abdomen along with an alien energy filling his entire body.

Just before Arteon was about to lose consciousness, the Heart of Ether positioned in his mana core breathed vitality into his entire body.

Of course, complete recovery with this was impossible.

‘Th-this is…?’

But it was possible to maintain Arteon’s dying flame.

And right at the moment they overcame this crisis.

“Platoon leaderrrrrrrrr!”

Arteon unconsciously formed a faint smile at the voice heard from afar and dropped his head to the ground.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————