Chapter 5: No Choice
'If you have managed to have all the Skills in the Skill list, then you can get an exclusive Skill.' said Tut.
Erend is currently outside the bunker with a cup of hot coffee in his hand. He looked up at the moon and stars in the beautiful night sky. Erend took a sip of his coffee.
"Really? What skill is that?"
'Dragon Transformation.'
Erend gasped. "Whoa. Okay."
'Yeah. Pretty amazing. But you have to wait. Every time you level up, you can only get 1 Skill Point.'
"That's alright. Even now I feel strong enough."
'A strong enemy has yet to appear.'
Erend's cup stopped before touching his lips. "How do you know?"
'I just know.'
Erend stares at the place the portal usually appears. "A strong enemy is coming, huh? Well, thanks for the warning."
'Don't think about it. Anyway, the Daily Quests will appear soon.'
"Alright. I'll wait."
'I will go now.'
Tut's voice was not heard again after that. Erend, who was still in great shape, finished his coffee for a while outside the bunker.
After that, he went up and walked on. Elf corpses were strewn around him and began to emit an unpleasant smell. Erend didn't care and kept walking until he finally came upon one of the giant pale-skinned corpses.
"This thing is huge," Erend muttered.
He tried to lift the big club that the creature was holding. Erend can lift it easily even though the club looks like it weighs 30 Kilograms.
Suddenly the red portal opened. Eren jumped back in surprise and then prepared to swing the big club he was holding.
But no Elf troops appeared from there. All Erend saw was a pointy-eared girl staring from the energy hole. They both stare at each other. Erend was so mesmerized by her beauty that he couldn't think straight.
"What's your name?" asked the Elf girl.
After hearing his voice, Erend realized that he was talking to the enemy.
"I won't tell you," replied Eren coldly. The Elf girl looked disappointed.
"Tomorrow, the Unicorn Riders will come," said the Elf girl.
"What?" Erend frowned. "Get ready. When dusk comes, they will ride."
The portal was closed again. Erend froze in place.
"Unicorn Riders?"
Erend immediately imagined how the form of the Unicorn he had seen. A horned horse that has Magic power. And they were ridden by Elves? Erend immediately knew that it was something very dangerous.
He dropped the big club and then ran back towards the bunker.
"Twilight, huh. Again, the surprise came."
~~~
That night, Erend told everything he knew to Lt. Boartusk. Even though he had to take a hit in the head for waking the Lieutenant up. Erend could bear it easily.
"Are you crazy?" Ask Lt. Boartusk who was ready to hit Erend once again.
"I heard it, Lieutenant!" Erend said.
"From who?"
Erend knew that saying an Elf girl said that to him would sound very strange.
"I saw the Portal opened a little. Then, I saw they were starting to prepare," Erend replied. He didn't know whether the lie he had made so quickly would work or not.
"Then you said they would attack at dusk?" asked the lieutenant.
"Yes!" Erend nodded.
"You heard that from them too?"
"Uhhh..."
The Elves spoke a language they didn't understand. Then how would Erend say that he heard it all from an Elf girl who could speak their language?
"Whatever." Lt. Boartusk got up from his bed. "I'll ask for more supplies of explosives and ammunition."
"Yes, please, Lieutenant!"
The Lieutenant went to the communication room and Erend returned to his room.
He told Billy the same thing. Billy looked confused but he didn't ask much anymore. Because what is certain is that the enemy intends to attack again.
~~~
The next day arrived quickly. This time the soldiers were not too nervous about waiting for the attack because they already knew that the attack would come at dusk.
The expected supplies of explosives and ammunition have yet to arrive because the bureaucracy for these front-line fighters is always difficult. No one was surprised, just angry.
There were also a few tanks and machine guns left. Even then some are damaged and almost unusable. Especially after yesterday receiving the attacks of the giants.
But no matter what the circumstances, they must continue to fight. Because that is the only way to survive.
The soldiers were already waiting in the trenches with their rifles pointed forward waiting for their enemy. The sun went down slowly and finally dusk arrived.
The portals in front of them began to open one by one. And what came out of it were troops riding straight-horned horses.
"What the fuck..." Billy muttered with admiration mixed with horror.
"Yeah, shit." Erend wasn't too happy that his prediction was correct.
"FIRE!" shouted Lt. Boartusk.
Shots flew from the trench towards them.
The Unicorn-riding Elves raised their shining shields and blocked the bullets that were raining down on them. The unicorns were also impervious to bullets because they were also wearing metal armor that seemed to glow.
They started running towards the trench. Spear in one hand and shield in the other.
Several of the Unicorn Riders ran towards the tanks and charged at them. Their weapons could penetrate the tank's body easily.
At this rate, this defense will be broken. Erend didn't know why they had to wait five years before sending the Unicorn riders. If they sent them out early, they would have won the war sooner.
"My last ammo!" One of the soldiers shouted.
Around him, the soldiers had also run out of their ammunition.
"Shit! We're all going to die!" said Lt. Boartusk while throwing away his last magazine.
Erend had run out of ammo too.
"At this rate, there's no other choice," Erend muttered. Billy who was next to him heard that.
"Don't do anything stupid!" Billy said.
Erend turned to him. "How much ammo do you have?"
"Two."
"Give me everything."
"What would you do?" Billy asked.
"No time. Hurry!"
Erend grabbed Billy's last two magazines and put one of them into his rifle. After that Erend jumped from the trench.
"Erend!" cried Billy.
But Erend was already running towards the Unicorn riders.
[ Skill activated: Dragon Scale (Lv.1) ]
One rider thrust his spear at Erend. But the spear hit Erend's scaled skin and he bounced off his Unicorn.
Erend jumped on top of him and pressed the tip of his rifle into the Elf's face.
"Hi."
'DRDRDRD....'
The rifle spewed several bullets simultaneously into the Elf's face and crushed it.
Erend stood up. Around him, the Unicorn-riding Elves already surrounding.
"Let's fucking go!"
~~~
Chapter 6: A Heavy Resistance
Erend took his dagger and held it in his left hand. While in his right hand he holds a rifle. The Unicorn Rider Elves looked at him with puzzled and surprised looks.
Erend ran towards one of the Elves and started firing the rifle. Bullets rained down on the Elf and made it difficult for him to move.
Erend jumped so high and plunged his dagger into the Elf's neck and they fell from the Unicorn. The unicorn he was riding on neighed angrily and kicked Erend until he was blown away.
Then the Unicorn ran towards Erend. His horns started to glow and from the horns, lightning came out and struck Erend.
Erend crossed his arms in front of his face and blocked the Unicorn's lightning strike. The [Dragon Scale] skill that was still active allowed him to withstand the attack easily.
All the Elves were there and stared at Erend with wide eyes. The shock made them wasn't able to move.
Erend's rifle was shattered by the Unicorn's lightning. But the dagger was still intact. Erend jumped at the Unicorn who was rushing towards him. One hand held the horn of the Unicorn, while the other hand stuck the dagger into the horned horse's neck.
"HHAAAAAA!"
Erend shouted while throwing the Unicorn away. Then he stood with the body covered in Unicorn blood and still wrapped in the reddish-black scales.
Erend became a figure who gave new terror to the Elves.
"What did you see?!" Challenge Erend. "Let's fight!"
All the emotions he had experienced since the first time plunged into the battlefield. All the dead friends were snatched away by the damn pointy-eared creature. All those emotions grew bigger and bigger inside Erend's chest. Much bigger than before.
An Elf who seemed to be the leader of the Unicorn riding Elf army commanded in the Elf language. Erend didn't know what it meant but he could guess that it was an order to attack. Because what happened next was that the Unicorn-riding Elves had indeed charged toward Erend.
Erend took the spear from the corpse of the Elf he had just killed and used it to fight. The spear felt light in Erend's hand. He never knew how to fight with a spear. But he knows one thing. If he thrust the spear hard enough, the Elf who was on the tip of the spear would die.
So Erend did that. He kept [Dragon Scale] active without realizing that his MP would be drained.
All spears, swords, and magic thrown at Erend can be resisted by his scale. The Elves were starting to get scared. Erend thrusts his spear and hits an Elf. He fell and the Unicorn he was riding, in turn, attacked Erend. And Erend also killed the Unicorn.
The battle between Erend and the army continued until the Unicorn Riders began to retreat and reduced the intensity of their attacks. Suddenly, Erend felt his body become weak. He fell to his knees.
"Shit. What happened?"
'You're starting to run out of MP. Don't you know that using Skills requires MP?' Tut's voice echoed in his head.
[ MP: 3/10 ]
"I know but... I didn't think about it."
Realizing their enemy seemed to have lost strength, the Elves drew closer and charged at Erend. But from the direction of the trench, the bombardment came surprising the Elves.
Erend looked up and saw the soldiers had come out of the trenches and were walking in line towards them.
"KEEP FIRING!" shouted Lt. Boartusk.
Those who have run out of rifle ammo shoot with pistols. Those who had run out of pistol bullets held their daggers. Waiting for the right moment to plunge the dagger at the Elves.
Seeing the smoldering spirit of his comrades, Erend smirked. Then he got up slowly.
'Hey, Tut. Will my MP fill up by itself?' asked Erend in his mind.
'Yes. But for now, your MP will fill up very slowly. When intelligence increases, your MP and MP regeneration speed will also increase,' replied Tut.
'Alright.'
The Elves were starting to feel depressed. They would technically win against the humans who had run out of bullets.
But the presence of a human figure who could provide heavy resistance and had killed several of them, made the Elves hesitate.
The spirit of the humans who looked like he couldn't die. Something the Elves had never seen before.
The leader of the Unicorn-riding Elf felt that this situation was not in their favor. So he ordered his soldiers to retreat.
But Erend didn't let them back off that easily. He grabbed the Elf's spear and sword that lay on the ground and struck back.
"HHYAAA!!!"
Erend thrust his spear at the Elf riding on the Unicorn causing it to fall. Then Erend continued by slashing the leg of the Unicorn that the Elf was riding beside him.
The Unicorn rolled over then Erend stabbed the sword at him. Even though he no longer had the MP to use Skills, Erend could still fight with the strength he had.
The Elves were furious to see Erend kill their comrades so cruelly. But their anger had to stop because the soldiers were getting closer.
The leader shouted his orders and the Elf riders retreated into the Portal. Erend looked at those who were retreating in fear with a smirk on his face.
"Yeah! Run into your mother's lap!" Erend shouted.
The soldiers who arrived next to him shouted the same taunts and curses to escort the Elves away until they entered the portal.
"Ha Ha Ha! They run like cowards!" Billy who was already beside Erend said.
Erend turned weakly towards him. He wanted to add Billy's taunts to the Elves. But his gaze shook and the whole world seemed to roll over. Or actually, it was Erend who had rolled down on the ground.
~~~
When Erend opened his eyes he thought that he would be on the bed and staring at the ceiling of his room. But this time he was in a large outdoor place.
Erend immediately looked up at the blue sky as soon as he woke up. The soft grass surface was underneath. Erend sat up and spread his gaze around. He was next to a small lake.
"Hello."
A voice startled Rainn and he turned his head. Standing next to him, was the figure of the Elf girl he had seen in the Portal that time.
Erend immediately jumped to his feet and stepped away. He was with the enemy now.
"Why am I here?" Erend asked, sharply.
"Sorry. But I just wanted to talk to you," said Aurdis. The Elf Princess.
~~~
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