Ark The Legend Vol 15 Chapter 4

High density nutrients like DHA and EPA have been injected into your body.

Thanks to the infusion of nutrients, the body’s physical capabilities have been activated for a period of time.

That message popped up!

The Hyper Drone Lv. 2 increased all stats by 35%!

Then the 3rd evolution of the Charenjok’s Token increased the effect by 10%! After mobilizing his battle suit and the Charenjok’s Token, his stats had increased by 45%.

The preparations were complete!

“Okay, let’s go!”

And he moved!

Tu tu tu tu! Tu tu tu tu! Ping! Ping!

Laser scopes gathered on Ark’s body after he revealed himself and bullets flew. But he didn’t use Sword Defense. In most battles, it would be difficult to switch to offense from defense. Sword Defense required him to stand still in order to scatter the bullets all over the place!

‘I need to break through!’

“Phantom Boots! Soul Sprint!”

The Phantom Boots that allowed him to avoid 50% of long distance attacks when moving! His body changed into a transparent state as he charged through the bullets.

Of course, he wasn’t invincible in this state. Soul Sprint only increased evasion by 50%. It would be difficult to breach through the shower of bullets.

“Armed Mind s.h.i.+eld!”

Ark invoked the armed Mind s.h.i.+eld that gave 2 Aegis s.h.i.+elds. And he also set the Baius s.h.i.+eld in front of him. He was surrounded by 3 s.h.i.+elds on the left, right and front. And he used Soul Sprint to dash through the air!

Tu tu tu tu! Tu tu tu tu! Ping! Ping!

He crossed through hundreds of metres of bullets. The bullets bounced off the Aegis and Baius s.h.i.+elds. Occasionally some projectiles would penetrate the s.h.i.+eld. Ark literally penetrated through hundreds of bullets and rushed towards the stone mountain.

And in the next moment, his sword dropped downwards.

Pepeng! Chwajijijijijik!

The white light of the Equalizer exploded! Sparks flowed along the surface of the Nak.u.ma. The Nak.u.ma absorbed the damage with its s.h.i.+eld. However, it was common sense that the s.h.i.+eld was vulnerable to melee attacks! In addition, Ark’s stats were increased by 45%!

A series of continuous attacks broke the s.h.i.+eld.

“Sonic Sword!”

-The s.h.i.+eld has been destroyed! Switch attack! Weapon change!

The Nak.u.ma stumbled and retreated after the s.h.i.+eld disappeared.

At the same time, 4 mechanical arms emerged from it. Firearms were a disadvantage in close combat so the program switched weapons. And the moment the machine rushed forward with its sharp arms….

“Armed Binding Sword!”

Ark turned and exclaimed. At the same time, the chest of his battle suit opened and chains of lights shot out. The lights shot out form Ark and bound the Nak.u.ma.

“Don’t get me wrong. I can easily avoid your attacks. But now I’m not in a position where you are my only opponent.”

The Nak.u.ma were gathered on the stone mountain. It was a huge tangle of rocks like a jungle gym. Of course, the positions of the Nak.u.ma was different. Some were above the rocks, some were under the rocks 10 metres away where others were scattered and aiming towards Ark.

‘It is an easy road. I know their location so the bullet trajectory is easy to read. But it is difficult to predict the firing angle and obstacles with Kuem Radon. Soul Sprint is a skill that applied when moving. If I stay in one position too long then it will be disadvantageous.’

So the method he chose was to approach them!

‘But this terrain isn’t unfavourable. There are many obstacles on this stony mountain. At least it allows me to avoid intensive gunfire when changing location!’

In order words, they were more vulnerable! His method of dealing with them was not staying in one place too long. Ark had already decided to use this tactic after using Kuem Radon.

And one of the most useful techniques in this terrain was ‘Armed Binding Sword.’ This technique meant he could move at will through the rocky terrain.

Kikikiki! Kikikiki! Kikikiki!

‘…Three of them?’

The sight of three Nak.u.ma gathered on a flat rock caught his eye. The machines gave signs of confusion as Ark jumped up. They aimed their muzzle but Ark was faster.

“Khafra Fencing 4th style, Piercing!”

Ark stabbed with his Equalizer. And a ray of light penetrated the body of the Nak.u.ma.

Pepeng! Pepeng! Pepeng!

It was a dash at the speed of light! Sparks flew from the Nak.u.ma’s s.h.i.+eld as Ark pa.s.sed through them.

‘This is more than I thought….’

Khafra Fencing 4th style, Piercing. It was a good offensive skill but he hadn’t expected this much strength.

The technology itself was a rush type. However, it was completely different from what he imagined. It was such an explosive acceleration that Ark lost his eyesight for a moment! The strength of the acceleration reduced the durability of the Nak.u.ma’s s.h.i.+eld by 50%.

‘But this skill can’t be blindly used in a place like this.’

It was a relatively, s.p.a.cious rock but it only extended for 10 metres. He could only accelerate a short distance on the rock. But the new skill still had a great use.

Tu tu tu tu! Tu tu tu tu!

There was a hail of bullets without a break. Ark blocked with the Baius s.h.i.+eld. The white light of the Equalizer painted a complex trajectory as Ark attacked the Nak.u.ma.

It wasn’t a straight horizontal or vertical line. It was an endlessly smooth curve! A series of continuous attacks!

Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap….

Sparks kept on flying from the Nak.u.ma after Ark’s attacks. And when the Nak.u.ma’s s.h.i.+eld was almost peeled off.

“Hyung-nim!”

Hoksullo yelled from a distance.

Ark turned and saw a Nak.u.ma in the rear. Some Nak.u.ma had targeted Hoksullo while Ark was distracted by the enemies.

In response, Hoksullo pulled out a pistol from his bag. Unlike Rapid’s talking pistol, Hoksullo was just holding a simple gun. He fired at the bunch of Nak.u.ma!

‘d.a.m.n, I didn’t think they would head to Hoksullo. If only I knew this would happen.’

Hoksullo was an important NPC to Ark. He needed Hoksullo to find the emergency pods.  But now he needed to save Hoksullo so it was a huge burden.

‘I guess I need to use this.’

“Come, Bao!”

Ark maintained a distance from the Nak.u.ma and waved his arms. Then the s.h.i.+eld fell to the floor as a liquid before changing into a golem.

-Dammit! What are you doing? Why are my arms covered in dirt? Why did you summon me in such a way? I’ve told you many times that I am a proud….

“Shut up!”

Ark kicked Bao and shouted.

–Ugh! What? Kicking me? You b.a.s.t.a.r.d! Why are you kicking me?

“You fool, can’t you tell by the atmosphere? This is an emergency!”

–Emergency, you….

Bakak!

Bao was blown away in a curve and flew over the Nak.u.ma.

-Ouch! W-what? This b.a.s.t.a.r.d?

“Blast!”

Bao had rolled forward like a s...o...b..ll and tumbled in front of the Nak.u.ma. At Ark’s cry, he reflexively crouched down and fired awls at the Nak.u.ma. The Nak.u.ma reeled backwards as the projectiles shot from Bao. And….

-A new enemy has emerged! The target will change depending on the risk! Shoot! Shoot!

Tu tu tu tu! Tu tu tu tu!

–Ugh! What? What? What?

“Your mission is to deal with them!”

Ark shouted towards Bao.

Bao was still level 30. On the other hand, the Nak.u.ma were level 100. They weren’t proper opponents. However, it was possible to buy some time with Hoksullo helping.

“Hoksullo, cover hat guy called Bao!”

“Understood!”

Pepeng! Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa!

An explosion occurred at the same time Hoksullo answered. Ark was pushed back by a pressure and flew into a rock. He lifted his eyes and noticed a Nak.u.ma holding a launcher.

“Dammit, there really is a variety of problems.”

Then the launcher fired another sh.e.l.l.

“Armed Binding Sword!”

Ark aimed the light at the rock in front of him. At the same time, the light was pulled and caused the rock to fly. It flew over Ark as the Nak.u.ma’s muzzle aimed towards it. And it was. .h.i.t with bullets from a Gatling gun!

‘I’ve been fighting with 5 Nak.u.ma.’

“Chain Attack!”

Pepeng! Pepeng! Pepeng!

Ark clenched his fist and shouted.

The Nak.u.ma Ark was fighting were engulfed in an explosion.

This was another attack learnt on the ghost planet. Khafra Fencing 5th style, Chain Attack! The enemies attacked were connected with a chain that would blow up.

This technique could connect up to 5 enemies. It would give more damage when more enemies were connected.

But there was a limitation. The chained enemies couldn’t be too far away. In fact, the Nak.u.ma that attacked Hoksullo had originally been chained together. But now they were too far so the skill had been released. He only took out 3 with the explosion.

Thanks to that, the damage of the explosion had been halved.

In the meantime, Ark moved being a sword and gasped for breath.

‘The battle and Octopus’s Blessing has increased by stats by 45% but I am facing 13 Nak.u.ma that are level 100.’ This wasn’t a situation where he could afford to relax. Despite there being many obstacles, he couldn’t fight without receiving damage. His clothes had become wet from blood. ‘I can’t be hasty. I need to move tirelessly around them!’

This was required when dealing with a large number of enemies! He couldn’t stop moving his head or body for a moment. He would be riddled with holes the moment he stopped.

‘I can’t think about escaping from Ikyullos with Marquis Martin and the crew or protecting Hoksullo. It will be no use if I’m dead. So now I must focus on the fight.’

Ark deleted all other thoughts. And once his head was empty.

He raised his entire body.

‘…..Go!’

Syu syu syu syu! Pepeng! Tu tu tu tu!

In the meantime, the Nak.u.ma were firing the launcher and machine guns everywhere. Rocks became recessed and engulfed in flames.

But Ark was already somewhere else. Ark used Kuem Radon to search the movement of the Nak.u.ma and then used Armed Binding Sword!

“Khafra Fencing 3rd style! Galaxy Sword!”

A shower of swords swirled around the Nak.u.ma. And the Nak.u.ma turned their muzzles towards other rocks. Ark jumped between rocks like Tarzan and avoided the sh.e.l.ls and bullets. And he would quickly stop to attack the Nak.u.ma before moving again.

“That is Ark who receive the t.i.tle of Beltana’s Hero in the Bellin Constellation….!”

The Nak.u.ma’s bullets poured in to the rocks.

Hoksullo stared blankly at Ark’s battle. However, Ark hadn’t even used all the tricks in his bag.

Ark checked the mana remaining in his battle suit. The maintenance time had increased by 30% thanks to the synchronization on Impeltus. However, the battle had already started for 30 minutes and there was 40% mana left.

Ark could still hold on for 10 minutes but….

‘It isn’t very effective compared to how long I’ve been fighting.’

The battle was one-sided in Ark’s advantage. But he still hadn’t killed any Nak.u.ma. The problem was that he couldn’t stick to one enemy for too long.

But the s.h.i.+elds were destroyed and the Nak.u.ma were forces into close combat. Thanks to that, the Nak.u.ma’s health had steadily reduced but hadn’t reached 0 yet. There was still a short delay as hundreds of bullets rained down so it was like walking a tightrope to avoid it.

‘Hoksullo is concerned and I can’t keep this up forever. Something was required to change the situation. And there is still a chance!’

His worries didn’t last long.

“Armed Binding Sword!”

Ark made a decision as light exploded from him. He avoided the bullets and climbed to the summit of the rock, allowing 12 Nak.u.ma to enter his sight.

Ark aimed his gun at the Nak.u.ma. No, the moment he was about to do it!

“Solid Armour! Summon Fire Avarice!”

The s.p.a.ce behind Ark distorted and a new armour appeared. It mounted on the battle suit to increase the bulk by 1.5 times. This was the Solid Armour he obtained on the ghost planet!

The weight increased so his movement slowed down but his defensive power increased by 30%. But the defense wasn’t Fire Avarice’s real value.

“Start Fire Avarice!”

Woong woong woong woong! Woong woong woong woong!

A red light appeared at Ark’s shoulders and made it bloat like a balloon. Red dots flashed on the bodies of the Nak.u.ma Ark was looking at.

After 12 red dots appeared!

“Carpet bombing!”

Pusung! Pusung! Pusung! Pusung!

In the next moment, his bloated shoulders opened and 12 small missiles shot up. This was the carpet bombing skill of Fire Avarice!

The Nak.u.ma instinctively sensed the crisis as missiles emerged from Ark’s body and tried to hurriedly withdraw. However, the missiles of Fire Avarice were guided missiles!

Kwa kwa kwa kwa! Kwa kwa kwa kwa! Kwa kwa kwa kwa!

Flames shot up from 12 different places on the stony mountain. The Nak.u.ma were mechanical creatures but were still weak to explosive weapons. Furthermore, most of them had their health decreased to 50% during the 30 minute battle.

The carpet bombing turned 8 Nak.u.ma into piles of trash. Then a bizarre scene occurred.

‘What is that?’

Among the remnants of the broken Nak.u.ma. A unknown black shape rose up.

‘It’ floated above the rubble for a moment before being sucked into the black curtain in the sky.

He had experience fighting the Nak.u.ma on Nephalim and Amara but this was the first time he saw this scene.

‘Is that really the Nak.u.ma? Or…..’

Ark had kept up the Hajaska rune after landing here. If he hadn’t used it then he wouldn’t have been able to see Ikyullos. Therefore, he used the power of Hajaska once he landed on Ikyullos.

Maybe black spirits had also emerged from the Nak.u.ma on Nephalim and Amara. He just couldn’t see it until now.

‘Speaking of which, I don’t know that much about the Nak.u.ma despite hunting with the Silver Hand. Maybe this black shape is related to how the Nak.u.ma forms.’

But now wasn’t the time to dig out the secrets of the Nak.u.ma. He needed to defeat all the Nak.u.ma!

‘There are 4 Nak.u.ma remaining!’

“Fire Avarice release! Armed Binding Sword!”

Ark got rid of the Solid Armour and flew down. His mana was running out so he needed to peel off the battle suit. Now they were in a critical condition so he could handle the 4 remaining Nak.u.ma.

Ark, Hoksullo and Bao were able to take care of the remaining Nak.u.ma in 5 minutes.

–You! Master, look at me!

“Summon release.”

And Bao returned to his s.h.i.+eld form.

His level rose after the whole experience.

Bao who was summoned also had his level rise. Bao had gone up 4 levels.

“Amazing, Hyung-nim! To be honest, I thought it was hopeless. Managing to defeat so many Nak.u.ma alone; you truly are worth being called a hero.”

“Were you surprised?”

“Huh? Ah no, my words were a mistake.”

Hoksullo quickly shook his head.

“In fact, I thought that Marquis-nim was favouring Hyung-nim too much among all the pioneers.”

Ark had also notice that atmosphere previously.

After obtaining the t.i.tle of Beltana’s Hero, many officials were interested in Ark. However, the crew members riding on Marquis Martin’s n.o.blesse didn’t show any interest. No, the atmosphere had actually been rather cold.

Hoksullo quickly started talking after Ark didn’t respond.

“But now I realized that it isn’t just Marquis-nim’s personal preference. No, I am ready to concede that you aren’t normal. Anyway, you are amazing. Swis.h.!.+ I’ve seen anyone fight like that. And….”

Hoksullo glanced at Ark before adding.

“A person from the Galactic Federation is using a Rama battle suit.”

It was obvious he wanted an explanation. But Ark ignored him. He didn’t want to explain the circ.u.mstances of the Rama battle suit because the emergence of the Nak.u.ma had complicated the situation.

“If there is an opportunity then I will explain it at a later date. Right now we need to search for the other emergency pods. The situation has changed with the Nak.u.ma. The Nak.u.ma has the ability to detect machines. The safety of the other crew members can’t be guaranteed. We should find the other members before they are attacked by the Nak.u.ma.”

“Indeed.”

Hoksullo swallowed his saliva as he stared at the corpses in the emergency pods.

“Some of the crew who escaped from the n.o.blesse aren’t combatants.”

The situation was more desperate than before. No matter how urgent, he still picked up the loot that dropped from the Nak.u.ma.