Flashy Adventurer System : Show Off to Get Stronger! - Chapter 651

Chapter 651: New Entrance
‘Tch, only a minute and a half left, huh? I need to end this…’

“Commander! The enemy reinforcements are outside the building, heading toward the top floor!” one of Shye’s underlings shouted as he arrived with seven others from the west entrance.

Their arrival eased the pressure on the rest of Shye’s forces, who had been locked in combat with Fifteenth Hawkling’s men.

“Worry not, I’ll dispose of this guy soon,” Shye replied, a black armor that enhanced his physical attributes emerging on his torso.

Fortunately, upon reaching level five, Shye’s [Fallen’s Howl] skill gained the option to suppress its blood-curdling howl.

While this meant the [Fear] stacks on his opponent wouldn’t double, he would still receive the physical attribute boost for a minute and a half.

Observing the black armor that emerged on the enemy commander’s body, Fifteenth Hawkling’s eyes narrowed behind his golden hawk mask.

The black armor was familiar to him as it was used by one of his “friends”.

However, he was also aware that skill books were aplenty, and that terrorists were usually fond of [Dark]-type skills.

Furthermore, Shye’s black armor usually appears after he howls, thus allowing Shye to escape Fifteenth Hawkling’s suspicions for the time being.

They had a minute and a half of combat left.

At this point, Fifteenth Hawkling knew that he was no match for the enemy commander for now, and had now opted for the survival option.

He didn’t know what the terrorists’ goals were, but it was for sure something inside the room behind him.

He had to keep the terrorists out for at least another minute.

In the next moment, Fifteenth Hawkling activated a physique-enhancing skill, causing white vapor to emit from his feet.

This time, it was Shye who narrowed his eyes.

He had never seen this skill used by either Kiin or Siegfried before.

‘Judging by the vapor release, this is most likely an agility-enhancing skill…’ he thought.

Trusting his instincts, Shye quickly charged towards Fifteenth Hawkling with unbelievable speed, his speedy footsteps echoing in the spacious hallways.

Naturally, his opponent quickly got out of the way of his forward slash attack.

‘Heh, I knew it…’ Shye mused upon confirming that Fifteenth Hawkling’s physique enhancement skill boosted his agility. ‘Unfortunately for you…’

He had another plan. If Fifteenth Hawkling didn’t want to be in his way, then he was all for it.

Sprinting straight towards the room’s door, Shye destroyed it with one [Power Slash] causing metallic debris to fly everywhere and clouds of dust to fill the air.

“AAAAHHHH!!” The researchers inside screamed in utter horror as they gathered in one corner of the room like little chicks in front of a vicious coyote.

‘Tch! What a dirty bastard…’ Fifteenth Hawkling inwardly cursed, sprinting in front of the researchers in hopes of protecting them.

He only has to hold on for forty more seconds before the terrorists would have to retreat.

With how Shye immediately looked at the researchers, Fifteenth Hawkling concluded that Stronghold Fifteen’s researchers were the targets of today’s Hadean Varsa operation.

After all, these researchers in this specific stronghold were among the best Dweezel had, as they were responsible for developing and improving mana-powered defense mechanisms such as traps, mana blast turrets, gates, and many more.

In short, Fifteenth Hawkling could see why Hadean Varsa would target the researchers.

“Hoh, that’s it, you should stop running. Otherwise, I’ll slaughter these megamind lambs.” Shye taunted.

He knew that Kiin would never be able to fight him head-on and survive for forty seconds. The guy could bring out his shields or talismans or whatever, Shye didn’t care.

It would be impossible to last for such a long time using merely crutches. If Fifteenth Hawkling wanted to survive, he would have to rely on skills and attributes.

Items could only take one so far.

Shye wasted no time, immediately charging straight at his opponent. He then used his skills one at a time.

He knew that he would merely waste his skills if he stacked them on top of the other, as one protective item could easily thwart his attack, regardless of how destructive it was.

Now, the only thing he needed to do was burn through Fifteenth Hawkling’s arsenal of crutches.

‘Power Slash!’

The battle turned into the two commanders mind-gaming each other as Shye used his skills wisely.

Fifteenth Hawkling couldn’t afford to overuse his protective items, otherwise, he would be in trouble.

For the first attack, the young Hawkin Vice-Commander guessed correctly, blocking Shye’s attack head-on using the shield in his inventory.

*CLANG!*

A metallic noise echoed throughout the researchers’ room as Shye’s katana and Fifteenth Hawkling’s shield clashed, sending the latter momentarily flying before skidding and stopping right in front of the terrified researchers.

“Hoh, nice guess. Then what about this?”

This time, Shye used a regular slash attack. However, he used two [Boost] charges, making this specific strike considerably stronger than his first one.

‘Heh, you think I’m an idiot that would panic and fall for mere words? Try again!’ Fifteenth Hawkling inwardly thought, opting to use his shield again to defend.

*CLANG!*

*BOOM!*

Another deafening clang, followed by a powerful explosion, filled the air as clouds of dust billowed, reducing the nearby wall to rubble and creating a new entrance.

Blood and mangled flesh splattered across the remaining walls, a gruesome testament to the horror and slaughter that had just unfolded.

Meanwhile, Fifteenth Hawkling spat out blood on the ground, struggling to stand up as his entire back hurt like crazy.

This time he guessed wrong.

How could he have anticipated that such a seemingly ordinary attack would carry such devastating force?

He had messed up, leading to the deaths of around five researchers, their fragile bodies crushed as Fifteenth Hawkling was hurled like a cannonball, slamming into them.

‘Shit!’ the young Hawkin Commander cursed as he hastened his movements of getting up.

Unfortunately, when he turned to check on the researchers he was supposed to protect, anger surged through him.

He had failed—they had all been slaughtered like chickens!

There were only ten seconds left for the terrorists, he could even hear their reinforcements’ footsteps and worried voices.

Fifteenth Hawkling had to choose.

Should he stay here and prevent the terrorists from escaping? This option was very tempting, as he only needed to hold on for ten more seconds and the damned terrorists were done for.

However, in his current condition, could he still do so?

Staying behind was risky. After all, he could lose his life. All his men that were outside the room were already dead.

He was alone.

‘F*ck it! I’m staying!’

He had a [Legendary]-tier escape item anyway.

Though his heart ached, as it was the only sign of affection and attention he received from his father, he knew that failing too badly would cause him to lose favor.

His brothers would undoubtedly seize this failure to push him out of the succession race.

So, even though he knew he might have to use his escape item if he stayed any longer, he resolved to see it through.

“You bastard…Since you want to stay in our stronghold so badly, I shall make sure you damned terrorists stay here forever…”