Future Knight

Chapter 107

Although she absolutely did not want to retreat, the situation had already tilted toward defeat, even in her eyes.

Nemitz’s judgment was correct.

They had to retreat before losing any more troops.

Green fiercely attacked the enemies to protect her retreating children and shouted to maintain formation.

“Maintain the formation! Never let it fall apart!”

Maintaining formation was essential even during retreat.

Otherwise, they could fall into chaos, lose control, and suffer near-total annihilation.

“Commander! The enemies are retreating!”

“They’re finally turning tail! Good! Push harder! Don’t let a single one escape!”

Bwooooooooooo!!

Bwooooooooooo!!

As the sound of the victory trumpet echoed across the battlefield, the soldiers shouted with triumph and, with renewed courage, pushed harder against the enemies. Victory was now within sight.

“Just a little more effort! Victory is in sight!”

“Waahhhhhhh!”

As the enemies began to retreat in unison, Kang Chan grew anxious. He had yet to avenge Jaina. He had to kill Green, even at the cost of his own life.

‘Where are you, you green witch?’

Now free of any obstacles like enemy Gigantes or Troll Elves, Kang Chan scanned the surroundings for Green. Soon, he spotted her in the sky, attacking fiercely with the Spirit King. He glared at her with murderous intent, but glaring was all he could do.

He had no means to attack her from the sky.

His current Elven Knight could not fly like Zaid, nor was it equipped with long-range weapons like a rail gun.

Kang Chan then came up with a clever plan and began channeling all his mana into the dagger in his right hand.

“Kraaaah!”

Due to Kang Chan’s sudden surge of mana, the maglight furnace of the Elven Knight began to overheat as if it would melt down any moment.

Soon, all the stored mana in the maglight furnace started concentrating into the dagger in his right hand.

Crackle! Crackle!

As the condensed aura blade compressed further, it began discharging, and cracks started forming in the Gigantes’ arm, which had reached its limit.

But Kang Chan paid no heed and focused even more mana into the dagger.

As the compressed mana reached its explosive limit, Kang Chan hurled the dagger at Green.

“Go!”

Pheeewwwww!

The Elven Knight froze in place after throwing the dagger.

The maglight furnace, which served as the heart of the Gigantes, had expended all its mana in that single strike.

The maglight furnace, now turned to stone, signified the death of the Gigantes.

The knights who watched Kang Chan’s reckless action were stunned, nearly fainting at the sight of the immobilized Elven Knight.

Kang Chan had exchanged the life of a top-grade Gigantes for a single strike.

It was a mad act, akin to trading a Dwarf-made treasured sword for candy.

This was because infusing a maglight furnace with mana required an astronomical amount of money.

But to Kang Chan, the Gigantes didn’t matter.

What mattered was killing Green.

The enormous 3-meter-long dagger, infused with highly compressed aura blade, flew swiftly towards Green.

Phoenix spotted the rushing dagger and quickly spread its giant wings to protect Green. However, Kang Chan’s dagger pierced through Phoenix’s wings as if they were paper and grazed Green.

“Urgh!”

“Kyahhhh!”

Simultaneous screams of pain erupted from Green and Phoenix. Blood gushed from Green’s shoulder like a fountain.

It was a critical wound, serious enough to be life-threatening without immediate treatment.

Phoenix, with its wing pierced by Kang Chan’s aura blade, was also in immense pain.

The power of the aura blade, thrown at the cost of a Gigantes, was immense.

However, Phoenix was not one to back down easily.

Yet, with its contractor, Green, losing consciousness and becoming unable to fight, Phoenix had no choice but to hurriedly leave the battlefield with Green.

As Phoenix left the battlefield with Green, Kang Chan burst out of the Elven Knight, smashing its chest plate with his aura blade.

As soon as Kang Chan emerged, he checked if Green was dead or alive.

What he saw was the sight of Phoenix fleeing desperately.

Seeing Phoenix fleeing without further attacks suggested that Green was severely injured.

However, since he still couldn’t confirm whether she was dead or alive, Kang Chan kicked the ground nervously and cursed.

“Damn it!”

A warning sound came from Kang Chan’s computer.

– Beep! Beep! High-energy reaction detected in space. It’s a Karipta Cannon! Evacuate!

“What?!”

Startled by the unexpected mention of the Karipta Cannon, Kang Chan looked up at the sky.

His expression quickly changed to one of disbelief.

‘No way! Has the Federation Army already arrived? Impossible!’

According to Kang Chan’s calculations, it would take at least 20 years for the Earthlings to arrive.

That was only if the artificial satellites for warp drive coordinates, which the Red Mars ship had set up on its way here, were functioning properly.

There was no way they could have arrived already.

Kang Chan considered two possibilities.

Either another advance team had set out similarly without their knowledge, or a groundbreaking method had been developed to drastically shorten the travel time.

Regardless, the undeniable fact was that an Earthling warship had appeared before his eyes.

In the sky he looked up at, even in broad daylight, a star was clearly visible to the naked eye.

But Kang Chan knew better than anyone that it wasn’t a star.

It was clearly the sight of charging energy before firing the Karipta Cannon.

“Danger! Everyone, run!”

Kang Chan shouted desperately, infusing his voice with mana, causing it to roar across the battlefield like a lion’s roar.

But no soldier stopped fighting just because they heard his voice.

How could they stop fighting when they were facing the enemy right in front of them?

A streak of light struck down on their heads.

In an instant, a light dozens of times brighter than the sun blinded the soldiers, and an unimaginable massive explosion engulfed them.

Bzzzzzzzzzz!

Boommmmmmm!!

The flash continued for several minutes.

When the flash disappeared, a crater spanning several kilometers had formed at the site.

Amidst the dust, which made it impossible to discern directions, the Federation soldiers wandered in confusion, screaming.

The Green Elves who had been pursued by them were equally bewildered but seized the opportunity to hurriedly retreat from the battlefield.

The Federation command was in turmoil.

The morale, which had soared to the sky, collapsed in an instant due to the sudden flash from the sky.

Duke Sachsen, who had returned to the command post to take charge, suddenly felt a sense of unease.

Such a powerful flash was impossible unless it was a dragon’s breath.

However, he soon realized that the flash was not the work of a dragon.

A real dragon had appeared in their camp.

The dragon that appeared suddenly with the light was overwhelmingly massive, unlike any dragon known so far.

And it was incredibly beautiful.

The appearance of such a gigantic dragon threw the Federation soldiers into a panic, making them flee.

“A d-dragon!”

“Oh no! A dragon!”

“Save me!”

The dragon, which suddenly appeared, didn’t even glance at them and looked up at the sky, inhaling deeply.

Then, an enormous amount of mana began to gather within the dragon’s massive body.

Soon, a beautiful green light started to shine from the dragon’s huge body, and it unleashed a powerful green light towards the sky where the flash had fallen.

It was a breath.

Zikyon, who was treating injured patients like a priestess as usual, sensed something and looked up at the sky in shock.

The energy she sensed in the sky grew stronger and soon became incredibly immense, making Zikyon tense.

It was an intense energy that even Zikyon had never experienced before.

‘W-what is this absurd energy?’

Momentarily pausing her work, Zikyon looked up at the sky from where the intense energy was emanating.

She could see something shining like a star.

“What is that?”

She had no way of knowing what it was, but she could soon tell what it intended to do.

She was horrified.

“Gasp!”

As the beam of light from the sky hit the ground, a massive explosion erupted, shaking the earth.

She screamed.

The reason was that Kang Chan was in the place where the light had struck.

“No, don’t!”

At that moment, nothing else mattered to her.

Zikyon deactivated her Safe Change magic and reverted to her original dragon form.

“Direct hit! Woohoo!”

Lebedev, who had aimed the Karipta Cannon, confirmed that it had hit the target precisely and cheered excitedly.

He seemed to be enjoying the situation as if he were playing a game.

The other members of the Zvezda crew gathered in the control room, watching the situation unfold on a large screen.

The reason they had fired the Karipta Cannon into the middle of the battlefield was to halt the Federation Army’s pursuit.

This was because they had chosen to side with the Green Elves in this world.

Zvezda’s choice was simply for amusement.

The Federation Army had long ruled as kings here, so it seemed more entertaining to topple these ruling powers one by one.

After all, Zvezda didn’t need strength.

They had enough power on their own.

What they needed was a loyal dog.

A loyal dog that would move as they wished.

For that purpose, it was easier to exploit a defeated force.

Their understanding of this world was so extensive because they had been gathering information about it indiscriminately for the past few months.

Of course, they did very little directly.

All the data collection and organization were handled by their intelligence computers.

Their warship was equipped with all the necessary facilities and equipment for this purpose.

The intelligence computers sent down infiltration ships equipped with combat droids to gather samples from the ground and used spy satellites to monitor the entire continent 24/7.

The vast amount of information collected in this way was naturally fed to the Zvezda crew, allowing them to easily accumulate knowledge about this planet.

What particularly interested them was the superpowers of the people on this planet.

They had discovered the superpowers of the planet’s inhabitants only a month ago.

At that time, a droid sent to the ground for data collection had been destroyed and did not return.

The last video transmitted by the droid showed a human male slicing through the droid’s high-frequency blade with an extremely primitive sword as if cutting through radish.