"Beyond the mountain, our enemies are resting."
Arina pointed towards the mountain.
'Why not teleport us to a closer location, that would be even more convenient? And afterall, in this terrain, it won't be easy to spot a team of only twenty six men.'
Arman swallowed these words, as he was afraid that he would be looked down upon if he showed that he was lacking battle experience.
It took two minutes to organise the formation of the squad and after that, they all strided towards the mountain.
The formation was as follows:
Power type in the front, they would attack the enemy directly and try to penetrate their defences;
The Assassin class would stealthily move around the squad, making only the main attack force visible to the enemy.
They would scout ahead and would ambush any enemy on the way;
The tanking class would be in the middle, their sole purpose is to protect the support class;
And the support class would stay behind everyone. Not directly involved in the combat.
They weren't suited for combat in the first place. Their bodies were fragile and they weren't agile. Yet, they were the most important part of the squad. Because they provided the squad.
It included magicians, healers, boost providers and etc.
They would heal teammates, debuff the enemy, attack the enemy with magical spells.
Since Arman was new, his class wasn't determined yet, so Dai Ito — the typical meddlesome old man, insisted that Arman should be kept in the rear end of the formation.
He said that Arman's class wasn't determined so he could not be sent to the forefront.
Ofcourse, it was just a cover.
Just by looking at Arman's physique one could tell that he was a combat type.
The old man was afraid that if Arman died, the King of Heaven would turn the world inside out.
At this Arman tried to show that he was a combat type. He even blew up a huge cliff.
But, the skill he used was Fire Ball.
A King was nearly an omnipotent being, so a King was like an all rounder.
And Fire Ball was a magic spell.
Same was true with Infernal Blazes.
As for Extensive dagger arts, they were so violent that the squad's cover would be blown up, revealing their presence and location to the enemy. So their was no question in using it.
Arman was assigned in the rear.
"Kid, I am doing it for your own good."
Arman felt the cold wind slap his face.
After walking for a couple of hours, they finally reached the foot of the mountain.
But the work wasn't done here.
They now had to now climb the mountain.
Anyone would have grown angry and just returned due to their exhaustion.
But the ones present today weren't normal people.
All were Killers;
All had special powers.
The mountain which was atleast a few dozen times bigger than Mt. Everest couldn't even change the expressions on the face of the squad.
In another hour, the peak of the mountain was also scaled.
Everyone was tired, except for Dai Ito and Arina.
"I guess we should take a rest."
The old man remarked.
The tired squad members brought their body to a state of motion and started unzipping the bags.
The folded tents were unfurled and the ends were tied to the supportive rods.
Arman sat down and drank two full jugs of water.
Gasp.
Arman wasn't used to such heavy exercises.
He found it hard to move even an inch now.
After resting for about fifteen minutes, the team members started repacking the stuff.
It was only his status as a King that had kept him composed. Otherwise, he would have already collapsed.
Not wanting to spoil the impression others get of him, Arman concealed his feelings and got himself to moving.
To cross the mountain, The squad first got down the peak and balanced their position on a huge boulder the size of a bus.
The boulder was adjoining to a steep uprising of rocks, which formed a bridge like structure.
It didn't seem that it was formed naturally.
Apparently, someone had built this bridge to cross the mountain.
Arman stroke his chin and started thinking about who could have built the bridge.
'It can't be the enemy.'
The enemy might not even have known of the existence of this bridge. Had they known about it, they would have taken security measures to protect it, as it allowed a foreign invasion to happen, though on a small scale.
But, isn't this supposed to be a different planet. So how come the squad leaders knew about it? Having a closer look, they all looked like any other earthling.
Perhaps, there was someone on this alien planet who sided with humanity.
As Arman was making such conclusions, the Flame King taunted him,
"Determining whether your teammates are earthlings or not, have you even seen an alien in the first place?"
Arman pouted like any other spoiled brat would do. To avoid any suspicion, he dropped a message.
[Shut up! I have seen Soso.]
To this, the Flame King laughed and said,
"Well, that lad is more of a hybrid than a complete alien."
[Whatever.]
After covering a seemingly short distance, the squad arrived at the end of mountain.
It was the time to climb down.
But, there was a problem.
Unlike the front side of the mountain, which was inclined, the rear end was a cliff.
It was a ninety degree upright cliff.
And to see the clouds, one had to lower their head, instead of raising it.
There was no climbing down the mountain.
And, if someone fell from up here, be it a normal person or any of the Killers present here, would attain Nirvana.
But, just as always, Dai Ito and Arina, the strongest guys here were an exception.
Without a second thought, Arina ran towards the edge of the cliff and dived down.
Dai Ito thumped his forehead with his right hand.
"Oh no! Now, I will have to do all the work myself."
Dai Ito had planned that he and Arina would bring one memeber at a time with them to the bottom of the mountain, and then climb back to bring another one.
Arman sighed in disgust.
Again and again, he had to rely on others.
If he had to rely on others, then what use was this power?
It was then when he was thinking, the Flame King appeared.
"Then why don't you jump down by yourself?"
"Are you mad? I will die if I jump down from here."
Arman lost his cool.
Dai Ito raised & brow and his eyes twitched
"what is he talking to? The air?"
The same thought circulated through the brains of the other teammates.
"Come on, you are a KING, Use you brain. You can Use your flames to vapourise the moisture present in the air."
Said the Flame King
"Sorry, I'm not interested" Arman declined.
"Why not?" The Flame king closed up
"No means No!" And Arman distanced himself by walking backwards.
"You will!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
As the process continued, Arman found himself at the very brink of the cliff, only a step away from his fall.
"If I once say no, then it is a no!!!"
"Alright" Saying so the Flame king extended his arm to push Arman down the mountain.
No, to be more precise, he made a gesture of doting so. As he hadmade himself intangible, the Flame king's hand would pass through Arman's body. So, nothing should happen to Arman.
But to the Flame King's surprise Arman actually fell down the cliff.
"Oh, I didn't even push him."
Actually what caused Arman's fall was the imbalance of his posture which appeared after Arman tilted his body to withstand the push. But, when he didn't meet any force the tilt caused Arman to lose belance
Arman's body speeded towards the ground.
The Flame King reappeared by Arman's side.
"Quick, point your palm towards the ground and make a burst of flames. This will vapourise the moisture and provide force to propell you upwards.
But Arman's mind had stopped working as nothing but panic was filled in his mind!
"Oh F***!"
The Flame king swore. He had expected the son of the King Of Heaven to have atleast the basic reflexes.
Everyone was astonished at the scene. Though this 'Arman' had mental issues, it was quite brave of him to jump dow the mountain while only being a destroyer. Though it was all useless without any strength to cover it up.
Dai Ito thumped his head. He took a deep breath and let go of the anger in his head.
"We will say that he was K.I.A. atleast that would uphold his reputation. Now that he brought in to our doom, that's the last we can do." Said Dai Its while trying to visualise how the king Heaven would kill him. Dai Ito imagined atleast a dozen ways, so as to feel less pain when his imagination would come to reality.
The ground was now clearly visible. So were the green trees with a hundred thousand branches in the canopy.
Tired of shouting. the Flame King summoned spear in Arman's hand. He then gripped Arman hand & stabbed it into the uprising boulders of the mountain.
This sent a big shockwave of recoil through Arman's arms. The muscles in his body were experiencing a rapid tear. Though a this caused the body of Arman to sustain many injuries, it was the best decision to make.
Not only did it slow down Arman's fall greatly, the shock made Arman come back to senses.
Arman quickly summoned his armour.
The earlier red flames had grown darker.
The fiery red armour with pitch black spots appeared.
[Name:
[Type: Armour]
[Grade: D (Growth Type.)]
[Rating: Myth]
[Name:
[Type: Helmet]
[Grade: D (Growth Type.)]
[Rating: Myth]
[Name:
[Type: Boots]
[Grade: D (Growth Type.)]
[Rating: Myth]
[Name:
[Type: Thigh Guard]
[Grade: D (Growth Type.)]
[Rating: Myth]
[Name:
[Type: Shoulder Guard]
[Grade: D (Growth Type)]
[Rating: Myth]
[Name:
[Type: Gaunlet]
[Grade: D (Growth Type)]
[Rating: Myth]
[You have successfully equipped the
[All class-specific skills are boosted]
Arman ignored the message and struck the pointed heel of the
The spear and boots moved like a plow in the farm.
As Arman got near to the land, he created a burst of mana, which further reduced his speed and jumped off, abandoning his spear.
Arman braced himself for the impact.
Arman's body clashed with the hundreds of thousands of branches in a large canopy formed by many trees.
The branches broke, but before they did, they greatly absorbed Arman's momentum.
And Arman fell to the ground.
Thanks to the Armour, Arman wasn't dead.
He had multiple fractures in multiple places, he tilted his head to spit out mouthfuls of hot blood.
Only to stop and get back to his initial position.
As there was someone here, who was watching him.